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general fund. She said there were two key budget drivers within the Community Development fund. She outlined the highlights below. Budget Highlights • Federal Sequestration Impacts: On October 15, 2013, the BOCC restored federally sequestered HUD funds, totaling $141,110, through a General Fund Balance appropriation (Budget Amendment#2). The FY 2013-14 Commissioner Approved budget only included funding for federally-funded positions; no personnel changes occurred during that year's budget process. Tonya Walton said within the Human Rights and Relations division there was a grant specialist position eliminated, and this reduced the personnel budget by $81,000. She referred to a Human Services non departmental item on page 355, which outlines the impact fee reimbursements to non-profits meeting the established housing criteria. Michael Talbert said before Tara Fikes retired she presented a draft proposal for an affordable housing clearinghouse. He said that initiative is moving forward. He said this will come as an information item at the meeting on June 17th. He said future funding will likely be in the range of$50,000 to $75,000. Commissioner McKee asked about which year this future funding would occur. Michael Talbert said this would likely be in 2014-15. He said it needs to be presented to the partners and the towns first. He said this could be handled as a budget amendment. Commissioner porosin said he is concerned about the dwindling number of fair housing cases initiated. He said this is shown on page 322. He is suspicious that the County may not be doing a good enough job of letting people know about the fair housing enforcement capabilities available James Davis said there had been some turnover during that time, and less outreach was done. He said there are 7 or 8 cases being closed out this year, and the number has actually been increasing over the past two years. Chair Jacobs asked if James Davis felt like they were aggressively doing outreach to the community. James Davis said yes. Commissioner Price said when people are rejected for housing, they often don't report it. Commissioner porosin said they need to do a better job of getting this information out to the public. Commissioner porosin asked about the status of the permanent position. Michael Talbert said this was being left as is until the new manager is on board. • Information Technologies, Pg. 329 Chair Jacobs noted a white copy of the agenda abstract at the Commissioner's places in preparation for the June 17th meeting. Darryl Butts said the operating budget has a net increase of$394,000 for 2014-15. He said the two driving factors including 5 new FTE's approved as part of the IT strategic plan. He said the other increases were in contract services. Jim Northup said IT is in the process of hiring two of the six positions, and interviews are happening this week. He said service to Emergency Services has been increased, and IT is reaching out to other departments. He said full funding for all six positions is included in this year's budget.