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

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29 Commissioner Dorosin asked if Commissioner Greene is advocating that Orange 1 County fully fund this position if the towns are unwilling. 2 Commissioner Greene said no, but she would like the County to lead by example and 3 commit its portion of the funding. She said Carrboro seems to have said no, and Chapel Hill 4 has yet to discuss the position. She said if Chapel Hill is willing, she would like to see the 5 County and Chapel Hill work together to cover the missing $5000 that was intended to come 6 from Carrboro. 7 Bonnie Hammersley said that Commissioner Greene is referring to the amendment 8 sheet she sent out today, and on June 11th the Board of County Commissioners will be voting 9 on each amendment, and she has put this item in as a partnership line item (which means it 10 depends on funds from all jurisdictions). She said the $15,229.50 is only Orange County’s 11 portion, and she said if the Board wants her to change that then let her know. 12 Commissioner Greene said the executive committee of the Partnership for 13 Homelessness did not have a chance to discuss this since procedurally it did not come up to 14 them that way. She said she hoped the Board and Chapel Hill could fund it this year, and it 15 could be shared by all four entities next year. 16 Bonnie Hammersley said if this is determined by the time the budget is approved, then 17 an amendment can be done. 18 Commissioner Dorosin said there is a request for $39,050, and the County is giving 19 $23,824. He asked if this for the same position, or if this is an additional request. 20 Commissioner Greene said the request for $39,050 is not broken down between that 21 which is needed for regular work and that which is needed for the new position. 22 Bonnie Hammersley said part of the outside agency request was to help fund this 23 position, but not all of the funds were to come from the County. He said CEF has applied to all 24 of the jurisdictions, and she does not know how much was requested from the County, but a 25 portion would go to fund this new position. 26 Commissioner Greene said CEF’s spreadsheet indicates request of $19,050 from the 27 County for this position. 28 Commissioner Dorosin said there is a recommendation to give CEF $23,824. 29 Commissioner Greene said the $20,000 received by CEF last year was not for this 30 position. 31 Commissioner Dorosin said he needs more information about this amendment. 32 Bonnie Hammersley said it is a part of their ask, but their base was only $20,000 and 33 their addition included some for that position. 34 Commissioner McKee said he wants to be careful to not move away from this process 35 and he has had several agencies contact him requesting additional funding. He said he will not 36 support giving additional funding because the process is data based, and this discussion seems 37 to be moving away from the established process. 38 Commissioner Greene said yes, and no. She said the proposal being made by the 39 Manager, is that this worthy position of housing locator should be managed by the PTEH, which 40 is not an outside agency. 41 Commissioner McKee said the position was grant funded, the funding for which has no 42 ended. He said he does not question the usefulness of the position, but the Board needs to be 43 careful about the blurring the process. He said this seems like a separate conversation. 44 Commissioner Price said she is concerned about what message this may send, and she 45 would feel better if this came up in an overall housing discussion. 46 Commissioner Greene said it would be good for this organization to speak to the Board, 47 and this is the intersection of homelessness and housing. 48 Bonnie Hammersley said she will send out an updated amendment list each week. 49 Commissioner Bedford suggested putting this information out for public consumption. 50