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17 1 experts do their work. She said tying funding to specific metrics is an over stepping of 2 boundaries, as the BOCC does not understand these metrics sufficiently. She said this will not 3 help students. She said it is very important to have conversations with the schools, and to gain 4 understanding, but she disagrees with tying funding to certain metrics. She said the BOCC 5 would not like if the state micromanaged in this way. 6 Commissioner Hamilton said she does agree with the employee wage adjustment and 7 thanks staff for their sacrifices. She said she would like to have a list for what ARPA funds were 8 originally allocated versus what these funds cannot be used for. She said she would like to 9 know how much funding remains and how the BOCC can assign it. 10 Chair Price said the achievement gap, mental health and SEL are interrelated, and the 11 BOCC is addressing both in this funding category. She said she feels good about letting 12 schools make decision about how to spend this money within this category. 13 Bonnie Hammersley said the superintendents suggested that the districts can provide 14 key performance indicators for both and would be doing it anyway. She said the 15 superintendents do not feel like the Board is micromanaging them and are extremely pleased. 16 She said the state requires the county to provide key performance indicators for everything it 17 does, so it is not unusual to receive money and have to do this. 18 Commissioner Greene proposed striking the last paragraph under"Opportunity Gap 19 Reduction and Student Mental Health Support Fund" of the attached memo. She suggested 20 keeping paragraphs 1 and 2, and making the next to last sentence of 2nd paragraph, "as 21 proposed, each district would provide a spending plan each year with key performance 22 indicators, which could not supplant current spending." 23 24 A motion was made by Commissioner Greene, seconded by Commissioner McKee, to 25 amend the Update in FY2020-21 Year End Financial Results memo as indicated above. 26 27 Commissioner Bedford made a friendly amendment to correct the allocation amounts in 28 the second paragraph under"Opportunity Gap Reduction and Student Mental Health Support 29 Fund" based on average daily membership. 30 Commissioner Greene and Commissioner McKee accepted Commissioner Bedford's 31 amendment. 32 Travis Myren said the actual budget amendment for these changes will come back on 33 December 14, 2021 and he will attach the updated memo to the actual budget amendment so 34 the Board can take final action. 35 Chair Price said the Board does need to vote on the motion on the floor. 36 Commissioner Fowler asked if the Board should wait to vote on the proposed 37 amendment until the rest of the items on the memo are discussed in case there are additional 38 amendments. 39 Chair Price recommended voting on any amendments separately. 40 The Board decided to move forward with a vote on the motion made by Commissioner 41 Greene. 42 43 Roll call ensued 44 45 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 46 47 Commissioner McKee thanked staff for the $4 million for capital reserve, and would like 48 for it to be left standing for a wireless solution or other need. 49 Travis Myren said he can talk about the rest of the framework. He said a lot of non- 50 congregate sheltering was paid for during the pandemic assuming there would be Federal 51 Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reimbursement, but now there is pushback from the