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14 1 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Burroughs to 2 enter into a contract with the Center for Home Ownership for $22,000. 3 4 VOTE: Ayes, 5 (Chair McKee, Commissioner Price, Commissioner Burroughs, Commissioner 5 Pelissier, Commissioner Jacobs); Nayes, 2 (Commissioner Rich and Commissioner Dorosin) 6 7 Commissioner Price/Chair McKee Voices Together $3000 8 Commissioner Price OCIM Samaritan Relief $7585 9 Commissioner Burroughs Communities in Schools (CIS) $12,000 10 Commissioner Rich Art Therapy Institute $1000 11 12 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to 13 extend capacity to serve .5 FTE, in the amount of$39,575, for a practitioner for the Health 14 Department to address men 18 and over, beyond the issue of communicable diseases. 15 Commissioner Burroughs said this is a conversation that the Board of Health should 16 have first. 17 Bonnie Hammersley said there was a request from the Board of Health to add a position 18 and a half, and the need was for the entire request, not just the half time position. 19 Commissioner Pelissier said the Board really does need to understand the implication of 20 this issue. She said there needs to be a conversation about people just coming into the health 21 department for physicals before she is willing to support the motion. 22 Chair McKee said he would have been more comfortable if this conversation had taken 23 place with the Director of the Health Department, Dr. Colleen Bridger. 24 25 VOTE: Ayes, 3 (Commissioner Jacobs, Commissioner Dorosin, Commissioner Price); Nayes, 4 26 (Commissioner Burroughs, Commissioner Pelissier, Chair McKee, and Commissioner Rich) 27 Motion failed. 28 29 Funding for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools 30 Commissioner Burroughs said she was not just elected to support the schools or just 31 one school system but rather she is focused on the children the schools serve. She said that 32 one district states a need of$800,000, in order to not cut positions. She said the other district 33 may need to cut positions due to State mandates regarding salary and benefits. She said if the 34 Board is unable to provide the schools the necessary $1.4 million, students will be impacted. 35 She said there have been cuts over the past 6 years that total $10 million. 36 Commissioner Burroughs said the schools in Orange County are working very hard to 37 support their students and there is still great need. She said concerns have been raised that 38 the schools are receiving close to 50 percent of the County's budget. She said 50 percent is a 39 round number but it is arbitrary and does not address need which should be the focus. She 40 thinks that meeting the needs is important and takes money and she would support a tax 41 increase. She said she is fully confident that the funds would be used wisely and that the Board 42 should trust the school districts. 43 Commissioner Dorosin clarified Commissioner Burroughs proposal, asking if she seeks 44 an additional $1.3 million, with 800,000 for CHCCS and 500,000 to OCS. 45 Commissioner Burroughs said she is asking for an additional $65 per pupil on top of the 46 already proposed $81 per pupil by the Manager. 47 Commissioner Jacobs said Commissioner Burroughs' comments are consistent with 48 what the Board of County Commissioners has always done. He said the Board trusts the 49 school systems and seeks the best for the students in Orange County.