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40 <br /> Commissioner Bedford said it is more cost effective to incorporate it all in the long term. <br /> Travis Myren said, if it so chooses, the Board can include in the motion to direct staff to <br /> apply any proceeds from the sale of the current detention center facility to debt service. <br /> Board Action <br /> Approve a Scope and Budget Option and Authorize Staff to Prepare a Budget Amendment <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Price, to <br /> approve option 3b with the reduction of the detention center capacity by 40 beds. <br /> VOTE: Ayes, 2 (Commissioner Dorosin and Commissioner Price); Nays, 5 (Chair Rich, <br /> Commissioner McKee, Commissioner Marcoplos, Commissioner Bedford, Commissioner <br /> Greene) <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Marcoplos <br /> for the Board to approve Northern Campus Option 3b and authorize staff to present a budget <br /> amendment at an upcoming meeting to appropriate funds based on the Board-approved Option. <br /> VOTE: Ayes, 6; Nays, 1 (Commissioner Dorosin) <br /> c. Funding Plan for Orange County Services Impacted by Federal Government <br /> Shutdown <br /> The Board considered approving $100,000 from the Social Justice Funds to be used for <br /> food if the demand is greater than the capacity of the existing food programs. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley reviewed the following information: <br /> BACKGROUND: The shutdown of the United States federal government began at midnight on <br /> Saturday, December 22, 2018. About 380,000 federal employees were furloughed, and an <br /> additional 420,000 employees for the affected agencies were expected to work with their pay <br /> delayed until the end of the shutdown, totaling 800,000 workers affected out of 2.1 million <br /> civilian non-postal federal employees. <br /> During the shutdown, 95% of federal staff for the USDA's Food and Nutrition Services were <br /> furloughed. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the food-stamp program, <br /> was funded through a $3 billion contingency fund appropriated by Congress in 2018; if the <br /> shutdown continued through March 2019, those funds will be exhausted, leaving some 38 <br /> million Americans without food stamps and endangering food security. <br /> The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was one of the federal agencies <br /> closed during the partial government shutdown that began on December 22, 2018. HUD <br /> indicated there were enough Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) funds to keep the <br /> program running through the end of February. Although landlords may not get their payments <br /> from HUD in March, the Housing Authority (PHA) cannot terminate due to a government <br /> shutdown but landlords can terminate if they do not receive payment from either the PHA and/or <br /> tenant regardless of a shutdown. HUD requires these conditions in the leases used for both the <br /> Section 8 HCV program and properties receiving Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance <br /> (PBRA). <br /> ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES <br />