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16 <br /> Commissioner Richards asked if there are performance measures in the interlocal <br /> agreement for Community Home Trust. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said yes. <br /> Commissioner Fowler clarified that Community Home Trust does not have a ranking in <br /> the outside agency process but is included in the 1.2% of funding. <br /> Commissioner McKee said he supported option 2, but he was still going to resign from <br /> the Community Home Trust board. He said that it is clearer that there is no conflict of interest <br /> by resigning. He said the process for outside agency funding is better now, and it is clearer <br /> how we get to the allocation for outside agency funding. He said option 2 gets the county <br /> further to a clean process. <br /> Chair Price asked if Community Home Trust requires that elected officials sit on the <br /> board. <br /> John Roberts said he thought it was in their bylaws, but the bylaws will have to be <br /> changed. <br /> Commissioner Bedford thought maybe it could be changed to have a staff <br /> representative rather than an elected official. <br /> Chair Price asked if there is a consensus for option 2 so it can be placed on the agenda <br /> at the business meeting. <br /> Commissioner Greene said that this option allows for the commissioners to amend the <br /> manager's allocation. <br /> Chair Price said that would not be done until September. <br /> Commissioner Greene said that she just wants to be clear on what they are voting on for <br /> Option 2. She said they could remove the middle sentence and simply allow the manager to <br /> make the allocation and remove the board's input and she said she is fine with that as an <br /> option. <br /> Chair Price said that even with that option, the Board could make the budget <br /> amendment anytime after the budget is adopted. <br /> Commissioner Greene asked why the Board's ability to amend the budget needed to be <br /> stated in Option 2. <br /> Chair Price said it was there for clarity on the process. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said that second sentence could be removed because once a <br /> budget is adopted the board automatically has authority to amend it. <br /> The Board agreed by consensus to include option 2 in the FY23 budget ordinance, <br /> removing the language about budget amendments. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked how long the outside agency funding has been set at 1.2%. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said the 1.2% grows every year because the general fund grows <br /> every year. She said that it could say a target of 1.2% but in most cases, it exceeds that <br /> slightly. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked what percentage of allocation is compared to the requests. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said this year requests were around $2.2 million and that the <br /> allocations were around $1.9 million. <br /> Commissioner Fowler said these agencies get approval because of specific needs that <br /> the county has. She asked if there was a greater or lesser need if the percentage would <br /> change. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said they have maintained that percentage for 8 years and it grows <br /> every year. She said that the amount increases, because revenue increases. She said it does <br /> not address the education side of the budget. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked for clarification on departments that are more conservative <br /> in their review of applications. <br />