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17 1 Commissioner Pelissier asked how many more positions need to be added. 2 Jim Groves said there are still a few more positions on the telecommunications side, 3 and after this year they should all be fully staffed. 4 Chair Jacobs asked if the County is getting away from temporary staff and reducing 5 turnover. 6 Jim Groves said the department is working diligently to reduce turnover in 7 telecommunications. He said the nature of the job will always mean some overtime. He said 8 the turnover is usually just due to the stress of the job and the shifts required. 9 Commissioner McKee hopes that co- location of the fire departments is reducing stress 10 and increasing morale. 11 Jim Groves said co- location is making significant progress with reducing response 12 times. 13 Commissioner Rich asked about the significant differences in several of the budget 14 numbers. 15 Darryl Butts said there are annual fees associated with the network infrastructure to 16 make phone calls. He said this increase will always be there. He said some of the other costs 17 are associated with the initial infrastructure involved with equipment purchase, and there are 18 some grants being applied for to help with this. He said the department will need to spend 19 down the fund balance in order to receive future grants, and this will be brought to the Board for 20 approval in the future. 21 Clarence Grier said the fund balance increased because $900,000 had to be given back 22 when ambulances were mistakenly thought to be approved by the 911 Board. 23 24 Housing, Human Rights and Community Development, Pg. 317 (including Non - 25 Departmental items, Pg. 355) 26 Tonya Walton referred to page 325, and said the Department includes Human Rights 27 and Relations Division within the general fund, the Urgent Repair Program, HOME, and 28 Section 8 voucher homelessness partnership programs, which are located outside of the 29 general fund. She said there were two key budget drivers within the Community 30 Development fund. She outlined the highlights below. 31 32 Budget Highlights 33 • Federal Sequestration Impacts: On October 15, 2013, the BOCC restored federally 34 sequestered HUD funds, totaling $141,110, through a General Fund Balance appropriation 35 (Budget Amendment #2). The FY 2013 -14 Commissioner Approved budget only included 36 funding for federally- funded positions; no personnel changes occurred during that year's budget 37 process. 38 39 Tonya Walton said within the Human Rights and Relations division there was a grant 40 specialist position eliminated, and this reduced the personnel budget by $81,000. 41 She referred to a Human Services non departmental item on page 355, which outlines 42 the impact fee reimbursements to non - profits meeting the established housing criteria. 43 Michael Talbert said before Tara Fikes retired she presented a draft proposal for an 44 affordable housing clearinghouse. He said that initiative is moving forward. He said this will 45 come as an information item at the meeting on June 17th. He said future funding will likely be in 46 the range of $50,000 to $75,000. 47 Commissioner McKee asked about which year this future funding would occur. 48 Michael Talbert said this would likely be in 2014 -15. He said it needs to be presented to 49 the partners and the towns first. He said this could be handled as a budget amendment.