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

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9 1 Commissioner Burroughs said as Communities in Schools (CIS) is dissolving, she has 2 withdrawn her amendments, and instead proposes giving the funds from OCS to CHCCS 3 instead. 4 Commissioner Jacobs said if policies are being considered, then perhaps there should 5 be a target for funding for outside agencies. 6 Commissioner Jacobs said the Board is going to fund one department's one position, 7 but many departments' requests did not get funding. He proposed seeing all the departments' 8 requests for positions and others items. 9 Bonnie Hammersley said there is a list of requests that were not recommended for 10 funding, on page 40 of the budget book. She said 24 positions were requested, and only 7 11 were funded. 12 Commissioner Jacobs suggested viewing and discussing these requests in future 13 budget discussions. 14 Commissioner Price said she liked Commissioner Jacobs' compromise for outside 15 agency funding. 16 Commissioner Price asked Commissioner Dorosin if he does not want to fund agencies 17 included in section 2. 18 Commissioner Dorosin said he would suggest discussing these individually as a Board 19 at this meeting. He said the whole budget is around $200 million, and the Board is talking 20 about an $80,000 portion. 21 Commissioner Rich said to take CIS out of the motion. 22 23 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs, to 24 fully fund all agencies recommended for funding in section 1 (page 410), with the exception of 25 CIS, unless fully funding the agencies would increase the proposed amount more than 50%, in 26 which case they would receive the 50% increase. 27 28 VOTE: Ayes, 6; Nays, 1 (Commissioner Pelissier) 29 30 A motion was made by Commissioner Burroughs, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to 31 add $114,000, from former CIS funds, to the schools' funding, to be divided by ADM. 32 Commissioner Rich asked if these funds will recur every year in the general school 33 funding. 34 Bonnie Hammersley said it will go into the base operating funding per school, allowing the 35 funds to be recaptured and distributed evenly. 36 Paul Laughton said, by ADM, CHCCS would receive $68,503 and OCS would receive 37 $45,497. 38 39 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 40 41 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Rich to re- 42 capture the notion of funding outside agencies, and to add this to a work session in the fall for 43 further discussion. 44 45 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 46 47 Commissioner Dorosin proposed a break in order to tally funds used thus far and 48 determine remaining funds. 49 Meeting resumed at 9:29 p.m. 50 Paul Laughton said there is $147,338 remaining to be allocated.