Agenda - 09-06-2016 - 6-a - Minutes

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14 1 Manager has recommended funding some of these non-profits because they were the Board's 2 priority. 3 Commissioner Burroughs asked Janice Tyler if she could highlight the funding needs of 4 Senior Care of Orange. 5 Janice Tyler said this group is continuing to struggle and has about enough money for 6 one month of payroll. She said Veterans Affairs owes the agency about $20,000. She said the 7 census fluctuates, which makes it difficult to plan. She said it is hard for this agency to meet 8 the living wage criteria this time but noted that this is the only day health program for seniors in 9 Orange County. She stressed the importance of this program. 10 Commissioner Rich referred to Behavioral Insights and asked if the County is providing 11 this service already and if so, why is any funding being offered at all. 12 Bonnie Hammersley said the $4,000 was a recommendation of the Criminal Justice 13 Resource Manager who identified any duplicate services and determined that $4,000 of 14 services is still being provided by Behavioral Insights. 15 Travis Myren said this funding is for staff to write sentencing plans. 16 Commissioner Rich asked if this task could be brought in-house. 17 Travis Myren said he does not believe the current staff has the skill set to do this task. 18 He said there is also a desire to start a Batterers Intervention Program; however, certification 19 was not received to start this program so this portion is not being funded. 20 Commissioner Price asked if this $4,000 could be contracted out. 21 Bonnie Hammersley said the $4,000 is for a contract and will be administered and 22 monitored by the Criminal Justice Resource Manager. 23 Commissioner Jacobs said another variable that is to be considered when determining 24 outside agency funding is how much an organization serves the residents of Orange County. 25 He said the Food Council serves 100% in Orange County. 26 Bonnie Hammersley said the spreadsheet did not cover the geographical service areas 27 and staff tried to incorporate as much as possible from the applications. 28 Commissioner Jacobs requested that next year more information be provided regarding 29 the agencies that are not funded, so that Commissioners can independently evaluate the 30 agency and see if they concur with the Manager's recommendation. 31 Commissioner Jacobs said the Board needs to acknowledge Commissioner Dorosin's 32 suggestion to fully fund previously funded agencies, and if so, then there would be no need for 33 further discussion on those agencies. 34 Bonnie Hammersley said if the Board wants to delay the mark-up-mark-down process 35 until the next meeting it can do so, as all amendments will be reviewed at that time. 36 Commissioner Jacobs suggested deferring this conversation about the outside agency 37 amendments until the next meeting due to Commissioner Dorosin's illness this evening. 38 Commissioner Price said she planned to propose more for the Hillsborough Art's 39 Council. 40 Chair McKee said he agreed with the decision to defer this discussion until the June 16th 41 meeting. 42 Commissioner Rich asked if Commissioner Dorosin's suggestion could be clearly 43 explained. 44 Bonnie Hammersley said Commissioner Dorosin's suggestion is to fully fund the 45 requests of previously funded agencies, as well as any new agencies that the Board of 46 Commissioners determined to fund. 47 Commissioner Rich said she had a question about non-departmentals and referred to 48 the Upper Neuse River Basin Association (URNBA) on page 378. She said funds are being 49 used to test water and she asked if it is expected that the cost to do this project will continually 50 increase.