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2 1 After providing an overview of the agenda, Cynthia Brown asked and received agreement from 2 everyone to adhere to the following Group Agreements (Ground Rules) during the day: 3 • Speak Your Truth- Speak from the "I" position, rather than detaching from your perspective 4 ("you") or universalizing your perspective ("we"). 5 • Lean into Discomfort and Lean into Each Other - By design, authentic dialogue challenges 6 participants. Discomfort signals that you are being challenged and perhaps even growing from 7 the experience. Support each other to participate fully. Step up and practice asserting if you 8 tend to be reserved or quiet. Step back and practice listening if you tend to be talkative. 9 • Expect and Be Willing to Accept Non closure - Embrace the process as the task. While this 10 process might be designed to resolve an immediate question, it will raise far more questions 11 than answers about the larger issues uncovered through the dialogue. Engaging in the 12 dialogue and process of working together will reap far greater rewards than simply making a 13 decision about what "to do." 14 • Have Fun , Take Risks 15 • Think out of the Box/Be Creative (Don't feel compelled to do things the way they've always 16 been done) 17 • Speak one at a time 18 • Accept other's truth - Which doesn't require your agreement but acknowledges the fact that 19 for people their perception is 100% of reality. 20 • Listen for Understanding 21 • Leave your Ego at the Door - Ego That part of us that continues to worry, live in doubt, is 22 afraid, judges people, is afraid to trust, needs proof, believes only when it is convenient, fails to 23 follow-up, refuses to practice what it preaches, needs to be rescued, wants to be a victim, 24 beats up on "self", needs to be right all the time and continues to hold on to what does not 25 work. Taken from the Introduction of "One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days & 40 Nights 26 Towards Spiritual Strength & Personal Growth" by lyanla 27 28 Financial/Budget Overview 29 30 Clarence Grier, Assistant County Manager/Financial Services Director, gave an overview of the 31 Fiscal Year 2013- 2014 budget. He said the economy is still weak but expected maybe 2% growth. 32 33 3Lid t iiii iiii•on °°°l iiii hl iiu li ts: 34 • There's potential that the county will no longer administer the funding for the childcare program 35 — it was anticipated that the state would take over the childcare program in June 2012 but did 36 not. Even if the county doesn't receive that funding, the childcare program will continue to 37 operate under state control. 38 • He said preliminary revenues: $180,002,776 39 • Expected adjustments to Expenditures: $8, 692,572 40 • TOTAL preliminary expenditures $188, 695, 348 41 • Potential Property Tax rate impact to balance FY 2013/14 budget 1 .11 cents which would be 42 about $1 .5 million. 43 • Fund Balance is at 22% now up from $16.8% last year. 44 • School funding target of 48.9%— not a hard rule — policy only 45 • Relative flow of funds — state reimbursement policy after expenses incurred impacts budgeting 46 practices. 47 48 49 50 51