Agenda - 09-06-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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15 1 Bonnie Hammersley said Club Nova's award last year was combined with maintenance 2 of effort money with the provider. She said this year outside agency money has been separated 3 from the maintenance of effort money. She said that Club Nova will receive $160,000 from 4 maintenance of effort funds this year. 5 Commissioner Richards said she is trying to understand how the agencies were 6 evaluated. 7 Bonnie Hammersley referred to the first four slides that showed the evaluation criteria. 8 She said they were evaluated with the advisory boards and the department director that 9 oversees that function area. 10 Commissioner Richards asked if agencies that scored close to the 69 cutoff were able to 11 be reevaluated. She said that Piedmont Health received a 68. 12 Bonnie Hammersley said that score was given because they provide duplicative services 13 to the county. She said that the Board of Health felt it was not a need the county should fund at 14 this time. 15 Commissioner Richards asked if this is shared with the agencies when they have their 16 meetings with her. 17 Bonnie Hammersley said no because at the time of the meeting she has not made a 18 decision. She said the reason she has the meeting is to find out what they are doing and then 19 afterwards she discusses with department directors and reviews the scores. She said that 20 Piedmont Health was one that she did look into and that she agrees with the score because it is 21 duplication. 22 Commissioner Richards said that because of the new law, the commissioners decided 23 they were going to remove themselves from the process. She asked if Chapel Hill and Carrboro 24 followed the same process. 25 Bonnie Hammersley said Chapel Hill Town Council Members resigned from boards. 26 Chair Price said that she resigned, and that Commissioner McKee resigned. She said 27 that she thinks they all did. 28 Bonnie Hammersley said the decision made by the Board will not have an impact on this 29 part of the process, only their ability to submit amendments. She said that it will not change 30 what she does. She said that she has done this process the same way. She said to put it in 31 context, the county is close to $2 million in outside funding while Chapel Hill is at $500,000 and 32 Carrboro is around $250,000. 33 Commissioner Richards asked if the scoring is the same for all three entities. 34 Bonnie Hammersley said no because the county depends on outside agencies to 35 operate county business on the county's behalf, so the towns do not provide as much to outside 36 agencies because their relationship is different. 37 Commissioner Richards clarified that there is no input from commissioners in this 38 process. 39 Chair Price said that was pretty much the decision years ago because there was too 40 much commissioner input. 41 Commissioner Richards said there is no opportunity for input or amendments from the 42 commissioners. 43 Chair Price said it is not absolute but the preference is for commissioners to allow the 44 County Manager to determine funding because they have already been through a double 45 screening review. She said that the will of the Board has been to allow the County Manager to 46 do this. 47 Commissioner Richards said she is trying to understand what changed this year. 48 Chair Price said it was the timing. She said this used to be part of the whole budget 49 process. 50 Commissioner Richards said they interpreted it one way and others another.