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10 Chair Dorosin said he hoped that no one takes the Board’s questions about charter 1 schools as criticism of the school districts. He said he opened the Pandora ’s Box because he 2 just did not understand the charter school process. He said both school districts are excelling, 3 and are at the top of the best schools lists in N.C, and this is a powerful message. He said 4 there is an equally powerful coordinated, well-funded attack on traditional public schools that is 5 supported by corporations that are hired to run the charter schools, and by legislators who are 6 well supported by those corporations. 7 Todd Wirt says he knows he is “preaching to the choir”, and shared the statistical 8 information for the benefit of the public. 9 Commissioner Price suggested that OCS promote itself even more than it does. 10 Todd Wirt said OCS is working on this, and letters/releases are sent to the media 11 regularly. 12 Commissioner Price said she gets regular reminders of events that are going on in 13 CHCCS, but does not receive the same information from OCS. She encouraged OCS to 14 include the BOCC on emails about events, accomplishments, etc. 15 Commissioner Rich said the Board of County Commissioners is asked questions about 16 charter schools all the time, and thanked OCS for all the information that it shared this evening, 17 as it is helpful for the public. 18 19 • Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Pg. 152 & 158 20 • Orange County Schools, Pg. 152 & 244 21 22 2. Discussion of Outside Agencies Funding for FY 2018-19, Pgs. 399-411 23 24 BACKGROUND: 25 Each fiscal year, non-profit organizations that deliver community services have the ability to 26 apply for program funding from Orange County. In December 2016, the Orange County Board 27 of Commissioners adopted a funding target of 1.2 percent of the county’s general fund 28 expenditures, less the appropriation for education expenses, for the purpose of funding outside 29 agency operations. Historically, the county had a funding target of 1.0 percent. 30 31 Applications are reviewed by staff members for completeness and eligibility. The applications 32 are then presented to a specific advisory board, depending on the subject matter. Each 33 advisory board is responsible for scoring each application based on an application scorecard. 34 The application scorecard is comprised of five weighted categories with a total possible score of 35 100. The five categories and the total possible points are: Mission (10 points), Collaboration 36 Efforts (15 points), Customer Impact/Value (25 points), Results (25 points), and Plan for 37 Implementation (25 points). The County Manager presents recommendations to the Board of 38 County Commissioners, which approves the final allocations. 39 40 Recipients are required to submit written program reports that include: goals, description of 41 activities/challenges, revisions of timelines/budgets, and other relevant information. Funded 42 projects are monitored for progress and performance, financial and administrative 43 management, and compliance with the terms of Performance/Development Agreement(s). 44 Monitoring may involve site and/or office visit(s). 45 46 For fiscal year 2018-19, Orange County received applications from 59 agencies. The requests 47 totaled $1,828,491, an increase of $462,750 above fiscal year 2017-18. The FY 2018-19 48 County Manager’s Recommended budget includes funding awards for 50 agencies with a total 49 of $1,401,173; an increase of $35,432 from FY 2017-18 Commissioner Approved Budget. The 50