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14 <br /> 1 the County of Maintenance of Effort directly, instead of through Cardinal, has improved some <br /> 2 access for certain groups. He said he appreciated this effort. <br /> 3 Commissioner Rich asked if these are some of the funds that had been redirected <br /> 4 through Cardinal Innovations. <br /> 5 Colleen Bridger said money that was MOE funding is now going to the Health <br /> 6 Department's budget and being subcontracted with El Futuro, which allows El Futuro to serve <br /> 7 undocumented residents. She said this would not have been as easy to achieve if the money <br /> 8 had gone through Cardinal Innovations. <br /> 9 Bonnie Hammersley said there are other funds going directly to the Department of Social <br /> 10 Services that has been redirected with Cardinal. She said staff worked closely with Cardinal <br /> 11 during last year's budget process, and funds were identified that could be redirected into <br /> 12 County. She said this will be reviewed again for 2017-2018, in an effort to create a hybrid <br /> 13 system, similar to that in Mecklenburg County. <br /> 14 Commissioner McKee said there have been issues surrounding documentation and <br /> 15 Cardinal Innovations. He said he is glad that people are being served, and the Federal <br /> 16 government can deal with questions of documentation. <br /> 17 Commissioner Burroughs said she is looking forward to the budget process. She <br /> 18 thanked Dr. Bridger for her service to the community, and wished her luck in San Antonio. <br /> 19 Chair Dorosin echoed Commissioner Burroughs comments. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 5. Public Hearings <br /> 22 NONE <br /> 23 <br /> 24 6. Consent Agenda <br /> 25 <br /> 26 • Removal of Any Items from Consent Agenda <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Items f and h by Commissioner Price <br /> 29 <br /> 30 • Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda <br /> 31 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Burroughs to <br /> 32 approve the Consent Agenda. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 35 <br /> 36 • Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda <br /> 37 <br /> 38 f. Contract Award for Engineering and Environmental Services with Draper Aden <br /> 39 Associates, Inc. <br /> 40 The Board will consider approving a new agreement for general engineering and <br /> 41 environmental services between the Orange County Solid Waste Management Department and <br /> 42 Draper Aden Associates, Inc. (DAA) of Coats, North Carolina for consulting services for a five <br /> 43 (5) year period and authorize the County Manager to sign. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Commissioner Price said there is a section in the contract that reiterates the living wage, <br /> 46 and she would like to include a paragraph emphasizing Equal Opportunity as well. She said <br /> 47 these contracts may already be done, but moving forward she would like to see this included. <br /> 48 John Roberts said this could be done. <br /> 49 <br /> 50 A motion was made by Commissioner Burroughs, seconded by Commissioner Price to <br /> 51 approve a new agreement for general engineering and environmental services between the <br />