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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 5, 2021 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-d <br /> SUBJECT: Proposed Performance Agreement Provision Requiring that Non-profit <br /> Organizations Receiving Funds through the County's Outside Agencies Process <br /> Provide the Opportunity for Public Comment at Regular Meetings <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager, <br /> 919-245-2306 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approval of a proposed Performance Agreement provision requiring that <br /> non-profit organizations receiving funds through the County's Outside Agencies Process provide <br /> the opportunity for public comment at regular meetings. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the September 2, 2021 Board of Orange County Commissioners (BOCC) <br /> Business meeting, a petition was submitted by Commissioner Earl McKee for the Board to <br /> consider a policy requiring any entity receiving County funds include on their regular meeting <br /> agendas an opportunity for public comments. <br /> Each year Orange County allocates over$1 million to local non-profits to provide various services <br /> and meet needs across the community. Applications for funding are submitted by the non-profits <br /> through the County's Outside Agency process. The applications are assigned to appropriate <br /> County advisory groups and staff based on subject matter, and reviewed and scored based on an <br /> established matrix. As part of the County's annual budget process, the Manager then makes <br /> funding recommendations for each non-profit to the Board of Commissioners, and the Board <br /> approves the final funding amounts for each entity. <br /> Recipient organizations subsequently sign performance agreements with the County agreeing to <br /> utilize the funds as proposed and in compliance with other provisions. It is proposed that the <br /> Board consider a Performance Agreement provision requiring that the non-profit organizations <br /> receiving funds through the County's Outside Agencies Process provide the opportunity for public <br /> comment at their regular meetings. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this item. <br />