Agenda 06-18-19 Item 8-a - Minutes

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27 is value in the work that it is doing for the County. She said each group is reviewed and spoken 1 openly with. She said every group that has received money is providing a service to the 2 County, but some are not increasing the services provided, so staff and advisory groups did not 3 see a reason to increase funding. 4 Commissioner Dorosin said the groups may be providing a service, but he questions 5 exactly what the service may be, and if it could be done more effectively by someone else. He 6 said he likes the scoring system, but if part of the exercise is to evaluate the value of the 7 services being provided, there ought to be notation has to why low scoring agencies do/do not 8 receive funding. 9 Bonnie Hammersley said better performance measures have been put in place, but the 10 resources are limited, and there must be a weighting system to best allocate all the funds. She 11 said staff can flag these agencies, and discuss low scores in great detail with them. 12 Bonnie Hammersley said they are working closely with food distribution agencies (e.g.: 13 Meals of Wheels, OCIM and OCRA), and there was not time to distribute how the funds would 14 be distributed, but checks are not cut immediately, and money is received by a reimbursement 15 model. She said she hopes next year there will be greater consolidation in this area. 16 Commissioner Dorosin said he wants does not want to only reward organizations that 17 have the means to hire a grant writer, or submit a top tier application. He said he wants to 18 support community-based organizations, and if someone scores low, but provides a valuable 19 and unique service, he wants to see that agency funded. He would like to have all this 20 information. He said he wants it to be very clear for those looking in from the outside. 21 Commissioner Price referred to page 9, and an organization that scored a 78 but is 22 getting $50,000 because they have received it before; however, there is another organization 23 on the same page that scored 79 and is getting nothing. She said this is difficult logic to explain 24 to the public. 25 Bonnie Hammersley said these agencies are being scored based on what they are 26 requesting. 27 Chair Rich said it is also related to the services that an agency is providing, and this 28 book is a whole picture, not just a score. 29 Commissioner Price said the logic just does not make sense. 30 Commissioner Marcoplos said the reasoning behind the added request is evaluated, 31 which validates that dollar request. 32 Commissioner Price said this is a good system, but it appears unbalanced when 33 programs that do not score well continue to receive base funding. 34 Commissioner Marcoplos said to communicate to the public more about how the 35 process works. 36 Commissioner McKee said this system is by far so much better than the process that 37 existed when he came on the board in 2010. He said he appreciated the effort that staff has 38 put into this process, and said the County is far less likely to be challenged now that it is in 39 place. 40 Bonnie Hammersley resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 41 42