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best for Orange County. He thinks that this road is an endless road and there are endless <br />permutations. He personally thinks that the examples of Congress and our legislature are <br />hardly ones that he wants to hold up as representative of good democracy and action. He <br />thinks the essence of what is being done, is that they as the Board of County Commissioners <br />are trying to do what is best. He thinks that it is true that they are all trying to listen. He said <br />that he is conservative by nature and he has tried to balance his concerns with the concerns of <br />the people that he has listened to. He thinks the proposal an the table will advance the interests <br />of rural Orange County and will guarantee that there will be two members of the Board that will <br />always reside in rural Orange County, but it will not divide Orange County into special interest <br />areas that are based solely on geographic interests. He said that he respects Commissioner <br />Cordon's opinions, but he thinks that they can draw a map that is adequately reflective of <br />proportional representation with aseven-member Board that either has two or three members <br />from a district that is in Chapel Hill Township. <br />VOTE: Ayes, 4; no, 1 (Commissioner Carey} <br />Commissioner Gordon said that she does not favor the details of this proposal, <br />especially with respect to the way the maps would be drawn and to the number of <br />representatives in each of the districts. However, she is voting for the seven member board <br />because she would like to see something move forward to be put on the ballot, and it will have <br />to come back to the Commissioners for approval of the details. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to <br />include nominating of County Commissioners by district and electing County Commissioners at <br />large, regardless of the adopted map. <br />VOTE: Ayes, 2; Nays, 3 (Chair Jacobs, Commissioner Halkiotis, Commissioner Foushee} <br />MOTION FAILED <br />b. Authorization to Release One-Time Supplemental Funding to OPCILME to <br />Facilitate Divestiture/Transition of Cross Disability Services (UNFUNDED <br />MANDATE} <br />The Board considered authorizing the release of a one-time County supplemental <br />appropriation in the amount of $41,012 to OPCILME to facilitate the divestiture (transfer} of <br />Cross Disability Services to Crass Disability Services, Inc. {XDS, Inc.), anon-profit organization <br />established by existing OPC operations staff, with a projected start-update of May 1, 2006. <br />John Link said that this is an example of the intended measured process of renovation of <br />mental health. Judy Truitt and her staff have worked to divest an important service and <br />continue the creation of anon-profit (Cross Disability Service). During the budget process, they <br />indicated that there would be two or three occasions during the year when there would be <br />divestiture of certain services and that there would need to be some bridge money while the <br />existing non-profit took over an OPC Mental Health service. They had earlier transitioned <br />Kidscope to the Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project and XDS, Inc., is the second example. <br />This is funding for one month so that the new non-profit can begin providing services. This <br />program provides intensive treatment to individuals with multiple diagnoses. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to <br />approve authorizing the release of a one-time County supplemental appropriation in the amount <br />of $41,012 to OPC/LME to facilitate the divestiture (transfer} of Cross Disability Services to <br />Cross Disability Services, Inc. (XDS, Inc.}, anon-profit organization established by existing OPC <br />operations staff, with a projected start-up date of May 1, 2006. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />