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6 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 9, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 2 <br /> SUBJECT: Outside Agencies: FY 2015-16 Manager Recommended Allocations <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> Finance and Administrative <br /> Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> A. Advisory Board Assignments Bonnie Hammersley, County <br /> B. Outside Agency Funding: BOCC Manager, 919-245-2308 <br /> Feedback and Direction Paul Laughton, Interim Director, <br /> Finance & Administrative Services <br /> 919- 245-2452 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To present the County Manager's recommendations for the FY2015-16 Outside Agency <br /> Funding Process. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The County Manager's Office annually solicits funding applications from the Outside Agency <br /> community. In January 2015, the County received 57 applications with requests totaling <br /> $1,591,515, an increase of$488,915 above the current year's appropriation. <br /> Finance and Administrative Services Staff distributed applications to staff and advisory board <br /> groups for review (Attachment A). County Department Directors and their advisory boards <br /> received applications related to their functional areas. Representatives from Cardinal <br /> Innovations Healthcare Solutions-OPC reviewed mental health agencies; the Employee <br /> Committee evaluated community-based service agencies that did not align with a particular <br /> County department (e.g. Communities in Schools). Recommendations made by the advisory <br /> groups were for consultative purposes only. The County Manager reviewed agency applications <br /> and advisory board feedback, then consulted with County Management Staff and proposed <br /> appropriations. All parties used the Board of County Commissioner's (BOCC) guiding principles, <br /> adopted in December 2010, to evaluate programs and propose funding recommendations <br /> (Attachment B). <br /> For FY 2015-16, the County Manager recommends funding for 43 agencies totaling $1,054,400, <br /> a net decrease of $48,200 above the current year's appropriation. The FY 2015-16 Manager's <br /> Recommended Operating Budget contains a complete list of funding requests, <br /> recommendations and agency narratives within the Outside Agency section (page 354). <br />