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15 1 Commissioner Dorosin said the Board then decided to add almost $2 million to this 2 reduction. 3 James Bence said the County actually added $2 million to the reserves. 4 Commissioner Dorosin said the County took nothing from reserves. 5 James Bence said $2.7 million was added to the fund balance, and the County has 6 already appropriated $7.8. He said when the $2.7 million was added, the County reached its 7 goal of 16.5% unassigned fund balance. He said the more this balance is used, the more the 8 County will eat into its ideal percentage. 9 Commissioner Dorosin referred to the letter at the Commissioners' places, and item #6 10 talks about cybersecurity. He asked if this takes into account the new staff that has been 11 created for cybersecurity. 12 Bonnie Hammersley said the new position will begin as of January 2020, which will help 13 address point#6. 14 James Bence said all of this is as of June 30, 2019. 15 Chair Rich asked if the BOCC should send additional questions to Gary Donaldson and 16 Bonnie Hammersley, once it receives the PowerPoint. 17 18 19 5. Public Hearings 20 NONE 21 22 6. Regular Agenda 23 24 a. County Commissioners: Boards and Commissions Assignments 25 The Board considered selecting the Boards and Commissions on which Board members 26 would like to serve during 2020. 27 28 BACKGROUND: BOCC members serve on various County and County-related boards and 29 commissions. On an annual basis, BOCC members indicate their desire to continue serving on 30 specific boards or commissions or their desire to make changes. 31 32 Chair Rich said she would like to answer a few questions that have been submitted 33 regarding this process, first of which is why pick National Association of Counties (NACo) and 34 North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) at an organizational meeting 35 versus this meeting. She said these are associations and not committees, but these 2 can be 36 added to the chart. 37 Commissioner Marcoplos said the Board needs to re-visit a few aspects of this process 38 at another time. 39 Chair Rich said the next question asks what happens if one joins a board part way 40 through the year, or a board is newly formed, does one stay on that board. She said Donna 41 Baker said, traditionally, Commissioners get to stay on a board, but this is open for discussion. 42 Commissioner Price said Commissioners can ask to stay on it. 43 Chair Rich reviewed the various situations where this is currently an issue. 44 Commissioner Bedford said she is in a similar situation with the Behavioral Task Force, 45 and said she assumed staying on this would have to be her one save. 46 Commissioner Price asked if this implies an automatic continuance on a board. 47 Chair Rich said the Commissioners would just ask. 48 Commissioner Price asked if this would be a save or a pick. 49 Commissioner Rich said no.