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8 Bonnie Hammersley said at the last work session, the Food Council was inadvertently left out of the Manager's recommended budget. She said the Food Council did a presentation to the Board at the April 5, 2016 work session and did go through the outside agency process. Bonnie Hammersley said Chair McKee asked for an increase for the Meals on Wheels, as this agency expects a 4,000-meal increase. Yellow sheet: OUTSIDE AGENCIES Commissioner Dorosin said he suggested a proposal to broadly fund these agencies, and clarified what he is proposing. He said the Board recognizes the work that these non- profit agencies do in the community, and the Board discussed last year about raising the amount of funding for outside agencies. He said the difference between the agencies requests and the Manager's recommended budgets for those agencies is about $108,000, less $22,000 for Housing for New Hope. He suggested as a show of a united front, that the Board allocates the full amount to all of the agencies, for which the Manager recommended funding. Commissioner Rich asked if the $16,000 for the Food Council is in a particular pot at this point. Bonnie Hammersley said it is included as part of Commissioner Dorosin's proposal. Paul Laughton said the difference is $94,953 of what was requested for those that received funding in 2015-2016. He said if the $22,000 for Housing for New Hope is removed, and the $16,030 for the Food Council added back in, the total is $88,483. Commissioner Dorosin said this would fully fund all agencies in line item number 1, all of which were Manager recommended for some funding. Commissioner Rich said some of these would be really big jumps in funding and asked if the Board is willing to go that far Commissioner Dorosin said yes, since this is an extraordinary time for these non-profits with the legislature. He said he is not recommending a policy change with the outside agencies. Commissioner Burroughs said she liked this proposal and suggested bringing back this discussion of increasing the amount of funding for outside agencies. She said these are the people she works with, and though she understands Commissioner Dorosin's rationale, she would prefer just funding the Manager's recommendations as of now. She said the applications were reviewed and funding decisions were made for a reason, and with careful thought. Commissioner Price echoed Commissioner Rich's point that fully funding some of these agencies would require a large jump from the Manager's recommended amount. She also echoed Commissioner Burroughs' point of respecting the decision making process thus far. Commissioner Jacobs said he is sympathetic to Commissioner Dorosin's proposal, but the Board should agree not to raise any recommended funded agency more than 50% of its request. He said that may make other Board members more comfortable and also honor the process and the staff's work. Commissioner Dorosin said that may be the way to proceed. He said the primary reason these agencies do not get full funding is because there is a limited pot of funding. He said if there is not support for his proposal, then he would defer to Commissioner Jacobs' proposal. Commissioner Pelissier appreciated Commissioner Dorosin's sentiment behind his proposal, but the other major thing to her is that departments submitted requests, as well as agencies and schools, and the staff and Commissioners must prioritize. She does not like supporting a blanket proposal and preferred going through each one.