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