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5 <br /> Slide #14 <br /> Management Response <br /> • Visitors Bureau Fund-Identified 5329,000 <br /> in additional cost containment measures <br /> Sportsplex Fund-Initiatives include <br /> furloughs and discretionary spending <br /> • Second Quarter Update and monthly <br /> monitoring of key revenue and expenses <br /> Commissioner Dorosin asked if the funding for SROs expenditures has come back to the <br /> County. <br /> Gary Donaldson said this is an ongoing discussion, and SROs are still being utilized for <br /> other services at the school facilities. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said there are no students at the schools, and he asked if there <br /> is a reason the schools are receiving funding for SROs. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said currently Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) are not <br /> being paid for SROs. She said Orange County Schools (OCS) SROs are employed by Orange <br /> County, and the County has kept all employees employed. She said the County is not paying <br /> for SRO services at this time. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said he would like more information on this issue. He said <br /> CHCCS should not receive funding for SROs, if they are not working in the schools. He said if <br /> the OCS SROs have been redeployed to other tasks by the Sheriff's Office there should still be <br /> some excess of funds somewhere. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said she could get more information from the Sheriff's Office for the <br /> Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). She said the Sheriff's Office is doing a lot of food <br /> delivery, and the SROs may be the manpower for this service. She said the invoicing is done <br /> differently between the two school districts. She said school nurses have been deployed to do <br /> contact tracing, and are thus still employed. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said the schools are not invoicing the County, so there should be <br /> unspent funds, which should be reflected in the financial reports. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said it is hard to make decisions on the first quarter report, but the <br /> point is noted. <br /> Commissioner McKee said Orange County Schools is using their SROs in the teaching <br /> pods, if that is the right term. He said the BOCC should get a report from the Orange County <br /> Sheriff, and clarification from both school districts, as well as an update on return to school <br /> plans. <br /> Chair Rich said the teaching pods are called learning centers. <br /> 2. Update on CARES Act Funding Allocations <br /> Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager, presented the following: <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The County received two funding allocations through the Corona Virus Aid, Relief, and <br /> Economic Security Act or CARES Act. CARES Act funds were distributed to counties based on <br /> population. CARES Act funding must be used to fund expenses directly related to the County's <br /> response to the pandemic. These funds cannot be used to supplant currently budgeted <br />