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14 <br />1 Coordinator position to a .60 FTE position; approve changing a currently budgeted temporary <br />2 grant funded Medical Office Assistant position to a permanent .50 FTE position; and approve <br />3 the receipt of $5,468 in additional Medicaid revenue. <br />4 <br />5 Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda <br />6 <br />7 c. Contract Renewal for Engineering Services <br />8 The Board considered approving a contract amendment to the existing agreement for <br />9 general engineering and environmental services for the Solid Waste Management Department <br />10 with Draper Aden Associates, Inc. for engineering and consulting services for two (2) additional <br />11 years through December 31, 2016 and authorizing the Chair to sign. <br />12 Chair Jacob said he has previously asked about the length of this contract, the location <br />13 of the vendor, and whether the vendor pays a living wage. <br />14 <br />15 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Price to <br />16 request that anytime the County is extending an existing contract, staff will supply information <br />17 regarding how many years that contract has been in existence, whether the vendor has an <br />18 office or is located in Orange County, and whether or not the vendor pays a living wage. <br />19 <br />20 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />21 <br />22 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Rich to <br />23 approve a contract amendment to the existing agreement for general engineering and <br />24 environmental services for the Solid Waste Management Department with Draper Aden <br />25 Associates, Inc. for engineering and consulting services for two (2) additional years through <br />26 December 31, 2016 and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />27 <br />28 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />29 <br />30 7. Regular Agenda <br />31 <br />32 a. Social Services Child Care Proposal for 2014 -2015 <br />33 The Board considered a proposal for serving children needing child care subsidy in <br />34 Orange County with a plan that will only address the current fiscal year but will provide a <br />35 framework for additional discussions during the next budget planning cycle. <br />36 Nancy Coston said the Board had asked her to go back and work on a new proposal. <br />37 She said her staff has reviewed all information and funding, and the proposal being brought <br />38 forward is to make no changes in the people being served through June 30th, and to implement <br />39 the fee change. <br />40 She reviewed the following information from the abstract: <br />41 At a Board budget work session on November 11, 2014, the Department of <br />42 Social Services (DSS) shared the impacts of recent budget cuts and eligibility changes on <br />43 families in Orange County. The Board requested additional information and recommendations <br />44 from DSS staff and the Board of Social Services on options for serving these children. The DSS <br />45 staff and board have developed a proposal for the remainder of this fiscal year. The eligibility <br />46 changes, recommendations and financial impacts for this year can be found in the attached <br />47 chart. <br />48 <br />49 For several years, the state has not rebased subsidy allocations using the available census <br />50 data. This year begins a six -year cycle to implement this rebasing and Orange County's base <br />