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yam o. `~ ~,Ee ~ ~~ ° :'~Jh. .,, ~., Orange County Finance Department 208 South Cameron Street Past Office Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: John Link, County Manager Ken Chavious, Finance Director Gwen Harvey, Assistant County Manager July 12, 2005 919 227-2031 Fax: 919 644-3324 3 Tel: 919 732-8181 919 968-4501 919 688-7331 Joint Orange Chatham Community Action (.IOCCA) Follow up Actions In response to the concerns raised about JOCCA ,subsequent to the adoption of the County's btadget which included $100,000 for this non profit agency, Gwen Harvey and I met with Sandra Sanchez, .JOCCA Director, to discuss the issues related to the withdrawal of funding far the 2005-2006 fiscal year by Chatham County,, and whether there were grounds for Orange County concern, Prior to meeting with Ms, Sanchez, Gwen and I spoke with Chatham County management and were informed that the reasons for not funding .IOCCA were related to the organization's financial stability and overall fiscal management, According to Ms, Sanchez, the decision by Chatham County to suspend 2005-2006 funding for JOCCA was a surprise to the staff as well as the JOCCA board. Ms. Sanchez stated that it was her understanding that this decision was made at the Chatham County staff level and never reached the County Commissioners for a decision, She also stated that the JOCCA board will request to meet with the Chatham Commissioners to discuss the issues surrounding this decision in the very near future. The amount of funding in question is $22,238. I have reviewed the audited financial statements for JOCCA for the past three fiscal years and the following information provides a synopsis of said review, • At the end of the 2001--2002 fiscal year JOCCA had an overall operating deficit of $38,162. At the end of the 2003-2004 fiscal year that deficit had been reduced to $8,414,