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/~��/ <br /> MINUTES `~�'' <br /> MAY 25, 1982 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners net in a special session <br /> on Tuesday, May 25, 1982, at 7:30 P.M. in the Commissioners' Room, Orange <br /> / { County Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina, <br /> Commissioners present: Chairman Richard E. Whitted, and Commissioners <br /> Norm Gustaveson, Shirley [. Marshall, Norman Walker and Don Hillhoit (who <br /> arrived at 7:57 P.M.) <br /> The purpose of the meeting was a budget work session with the U-P-C <br /> Mental Health Center and Department of Social Servfoes, <br /> Mr. Bill Baxter, Director of U-P-C Mental Health, presented his bud- <br /> get to the Board of Commissioners. He said it represented a 17% increase over <br /> last year's budget request due primarily to the Willie M. Program which is <br /> 100% State funded. Orange County's share of the increase among the three <br /> counties is about 20*' The total budget request is for $3,865,347.00. <br /> The Board thanked Mr. Baxter for his presentation. <br /> Mr. Tom Ward, Director of the Department of Social Services, presented, <br /> with the aid of his staff, that Department's requested budget which is <br /> $49,893 more than the County Manager has recommended. Ms. Janice Schopler, <br /> Chair of the Board of Social Services, in introductory remarks, said the <br /> Department was unable to meet mandated services due to funding cutbacks. <br /> This failure to provide mandated services is of great concern to the Board <br /> of Social Services which feels the responsibility is not properly staff's <br /> but that Board's and the Board of Commissioners'. She added that the Board <br /> of Social Services fully supports the budget as requested by the Department. <br /> The total requested budget is $1,091,638; the Manager has recommended <br /> $1,041,745'00' <br /> Ms. Deanna Bullard outlined the specific needs and requested levels <br /> of funding for Full-time Equivalent Adult Service Staff and Day Care while <br /> Mr. George Cole and Ms' Lane Cooke specified needs and levels of service for <br /> Child Protective Services. These are the areas of major differences between <br /> the Manager's recommended budget and the Department's requested budget. <br /> The Board told Mr. Ward it would like to have a breakout of programs <br /> with contributions by the Federal . State and County Governments over the pre- <br />