Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
6 <br /> John Roberts said he would contact the Executive Director for comments, and feedback <br /> from the ABC Board. <br /> Commissioner Price asked if there are any questions on the request. <br /> Commissioner Bedford said she would recommend making the request to the ABC <br /> Board for additional funding, since the Executive Director says he is open to hearing it. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said staff will make that request. <br /> Commissioner Price asked if there are any comments on the percentages. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said funding was increased a few years ago, and he raised it <br /> again this year, due to record profits. He said he was told the increase was unlikely due to <br /> paying the living wage and compression. He said there is a significant amount of revenue, and <br /> perhaps the percentages should be increased. <br /> Chair Rich asked if the percentage issue should be included in the agenda item. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said he would not want to delay the first issue. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said previously the ABC Board funding went into the General Fund, <br /> although it was supposed to be identified for specific spending purposes. She said when the <br /> Criminal Justice Resource Department (CJRD) was created, the County identified positions that <br /> would be covered by ABC funds, including the Director of this Department. She said Cait <br /> Fenhagen, CJRD Director, has identified initiatives and programs that are needed in her <br /> department, and ABC funds have been requested to cover these items. She said the way the <br /> money is spent must be identified, and staff can make requests for more funding if necessary. <br /> Gary Donaldson, Chief Financial Officer, said the audit was completed, and items were <br /> not funded due to being cautious about COVID/recession fall out. <br /> Commissioner Bedford asked if someone from the CJRD should be a voting member, as <br /> opposed to a Commissioner. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said no, the voting member should be leadership, not staff. <br /> Commissioner Price said it may be important to see where there are shortfalls. She said <br /> thinking back there was some good ideas, like pretrial diversion, that could have benefitted from <br /> funds. <br /> Chair Rich asked if Bonnie Hammersley would proceed with an abstract for a future <br /> BOCC meeting. <br /> Commissioner Greene said she does not see a benefit of having fixed set allotment as <br /> needs rise and fall each year. She said asking for what is needed is likely the best approach. <br /> 2. New Street Outreach and Harm Reduction Program <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To share information about a new grant-funded county initiative supported through a <br /> collaboration between the Criminal Justice Resource Department and the Housing and <br /> Community Development Department with the Partnership to End Homelessness. <br /> Caitlin Fenhagen, Criminal Justice Resources Director, and Corey Root, Homeless <br /> Programs Manager, presented the following item: <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Since 2017, each year people with lived experience of homelessness, housing and homeless <br /> service providers, the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness, and other community <br /> stakeholders have identified a street outreach program as a gap in the Orange County <br /> homeless service system (latest gap analysis update from 2019). Orange County has had <br /> proven success with a street outreach program, connecting people living unsheltered with <br />