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5 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Slide #14 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Management Response <br /> g visitors Bureau Fund-Identified$329.000 <br /> in additional cost containment measures <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Sportsplex Fund-Initiatives include <br /> 11 furloughs and discretionary spending <br /> 12 Second Quarter Update and monthly <br /> 13 monitoring of key revenue and expenses <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Commissioner Dorosin asked if the funding for SROs expenditures has come back to the <br /> 16 County. <br /> 17 Gary Donaldson said this is an ongoing discussion, and SROs are still being utilized for <br /> 18 other services at the school facilities. <br /> 19 Commissioner Dorosin said there are no students at the schools, and he asked if there <br /> 20 is a reason the schools are receiving funding for SROs. <br /> 21 Bonnie Hammersley said currently Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) are not <br /> 22 being paid for SROs. She said Orange County Schools (OCS) SROs are employed by Orange <br /> 23 County, and the County has kept all employees employed. She said the County is not paying <br /> 24 for SRO services at this time. <br /> 25 Commissioner Dorosin said he would like more information on this issue. He said <br /> 26 CHCCS should not receive funding for SROs, if they are not working in the schools. He said if <br /> 27 the OCS SROs have been redeployed to other tasks by the Sheriff's Office there should still be <br /> 28 some excess of funds somewhere. <br /> 29 Bonnie Hammersley said she could get more information from the Sheriff's Office for the <br /> 30 Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). She said the Sheriff's Office is doing a lot of food <br /> 31 delivery, and the SROs may be the manpower for this service. She said the invoicing is done <br /> 32 differently between the two school districts. She said school nurses have been deployed to do <br /> 33 contact tracing, and are thus still employed. <br /> 34 Commissioner Dorosin said the schools are not invoicing the County, so there should be <br /> 35 unspent funds, which should be reflected in the financial reports. <br /> 36 Bonnie Hammersley said it is hard to make decisions on the first quarter report, but the <br /> 37 point is noted. <br /> 38 Commissioner McKee said Orange County Schools is using their SROs in the teaching <br /> 39 pods, if that is the right term. He said the BOCC should get a report from the Orange County <br /> 40 Sheriff, and clarification from both school districts, as well as an update on return to school <br /> 41 plans. <br /> 42 Chair Rich said the teaching pods are called learning centers. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 2. Update on CARES Act Funding Allocations <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager, presented the following: <br /> 47 <br /> 48 BACKGROUND: <br /> 49 The County received two funding allocations through the Corona Virus Aid, Relief, and <br /> 50 Economic Security Act or CARES Act. CARES Act funds were distributed to counties based on <br /> 51 population. CARES Act funding must be used to fund expenses directly related to the County's <br />