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22 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Chair Rich asked if those applicants that did not score well had attended the grant 2 <br />writing class. 3 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said yes, most did. 4 <br />Commissioner Dorosin asked if an entity, which was previously funded, is guaranteed to 5 <br />get its base budget regardless of its score. 6 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said yes. 7 <br />Commissioner Dorosin said he would question why the County would continue to fund 8 <br />an agency that is scoring so low. 9 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said there have been some agencies that were not funded again 10 <br />due to such a low score. She said low scores are not usually related to the application, but 11 <br />rather to the service no longer being needed. 12 <br />Commissioner Dorosin said the score does not have to be a zero to warrant review. 13 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said looked at the example of the Hillsborough Arts Council, 14 <br />which score an 88, and received an increase of $1,462; and the Arts Center, which score a 96, 15 <br />but only got an increase of $916. 16 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said the Arts Council requested a larger increase ($40,000) than 17 <br />the Arts Center ($15,000). 18 <br />Commissioner Greene said she is not clear on this year, and asked if the problem is that 19 <br />agencies are asking for enough money. 20 <br />Allen Coleman said it is the percentage difference between what was received last year, 21 <br />and the requested increase this year. 22 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said, with this in mind, one could not go wrong by asking for 23 <br />more. 24 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said the agencies have to justify increases in the application, and it 25 <br />is the difference between the base and the request, and they can get 35% of their request. 26 <br />Commissioner Price asked if new programs are scored differently. 27 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said a new program only gets scored on 75%, and she said it is not 28 <br />100% grant. She said 25% of the weighted scoring is on past experience. 29 <br />Allen Coleman said that is correct, and there is a “results” section in the scoring matrix, 30 <br />for which a new agency would not yet have data. 31 <br />Commissioner Price asked if 75 is the highest score a new agency could receive. 32 <br />Allen Coleman said there are 75 total points possible, which is then divided against an 33 <br />100-point scale. 34 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said a new agency can score over 79, and if it scored 100, it can 35 <br />receive 35% of its request. 36 <br /> 37 <br /> 38 39