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10 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Commissioner Price asked if the department is hiring more staff for the upcoming 1 <br />election. 2 <br />Rachel Raper said she is ramping up her seasonal temporary employees, which was 3 <br />originally expected to handle early voting sites; but now this workforce may be shifted to handle 4 <br />absentee ballots in the office. 5 <br />Commissioner Price asked if more funds will be needed for advertising. 6 <br />Rachel Raper said she is waiting to see what the General Assembly provides for 7 <br />direction first. 8 <br />Commissioner Price asked if absentee voters will need a notary. 9 <br />Rachel Raper said one usually needs a notary or two witnesses, but she will wait to view 10 <br />the GA bill first. 11 <br />Commissioner Dorosin said he has heard that many temps who work the polls are 12 <br />elderly, and some counties are looking for alternative measures due to polling sites not being 13 <br />able to accommodate social distancing. He asked if Orange County is looking into any of this, 14 <br />and what has Rachel Raper heard from other areas. 15 <br />Rachel Raper said she is waiting until mid-July to send out a poll to her poll workers to 16 <br />gauge where the “holes” are. She said she is looking in detail at the question of 17 <br />accommodating social distancing. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 20 <br /> 21 <br />General Government 22 <br />• County Attorney – page 110 23 <br />John Roberts was in attendance 24 <br />• Total expenditure budget - $666,764 25 <br />– Decrease of $9,268 Compared to FY2019-20 26 <br />• Reduction in Litigation Expenses due to Settled Cases 27 <br />– $10,000 Reduction in Operating Budget 28 <br /> 29 <br />General Government 30 <br />• County Manager – page 113 31 <br />• Total expenditure budget - $2,946,480 32 <br />– Reduction of $8,235 Compared to FY2019-20 33 <br />– Countywide Travel and Training Reduction 34 <br />• Transfer Partnership to End Homelessness to Housing & Community 35 <br />Development Department 36 <br />– Improve Coordination of Continuum of Housing Related Services 37 <br /> 38 <br />General Government 39 <br />• County Manager – page 117 40 <br />– Arts Commission 41 <br />• Total Expenditure Budget - $225,199 42 <br />– Increase of $13,771 due to Personnel Related Costs 43 <br />• Performance Measures 44 <br />– Arts Incubator at Eno River Mill 45 <br />» 1st Tenant in March 46 <br />» Four Studios Paying Rent 47 <br />» One Studio Under Lease 48 <br />» Four Vacant with Six on Waiting List (On Hold due to 49 <br />COVID-19 Precautions) 50