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35 <br /> 1 Slide#48 <br /> Human Services <br /> b Child Support Services — page 91 <br /> Total E"n&ure Budget-$1,194,674 <br /> — ?otaArevenue af($1,547.C3r3� <br /> W G*mral Fund cocMrJLwAcc—($,312,366) <br /> Recommended Budget Changes <br /> — Ti36.0CY3increase in legal seNicea for County Attorney to bA fixataftettDUMy <br /> hours on child supportcases—No Net CouMy Increase <br /> — $7,854increasein net County coatsto reatoretravel&basriiirg to pre-pandemic <br /> levels <br /> — %7.115 increase inlelephoneexpensesdueloiemoiework <br /> — $236,424dec:reaseinrevenuebased onStale esiimatewhich isbased on <br /> spending in the p^aryear;spelling down due to vacancies <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> sF N10FUTI f CILR4YLINA <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Erica Bryant, Child Support Services Director, introduced herself. <br /> 4 Travis Myren said the state decrease is based on the spending from the prior year. He <br /> 5 said that there were vacancies last year and that accounts for the down spending. He said that <br /> 6 is why state money is down. He said those vacancies have been filled and they are fully staffed. <br /> 7 Chair Price asked how the staff attorney position splits their time. <br /> 8 Travis Myren said it is a fulltime staff attorney that spends 30% of her time on child <br /> 9 support cases. <br /> 10 Chair Price asked what the reason for the increase is for this position. <br /> 11 Travis Myren said this represents the 30% cost of the person's time that is dedicated to <br /> 12 Child Support. <br /> 13 Erica Bryant said this is a decrease from two years ago. She said before this, they had a <br /> 14 contract attorney that was budgeted at a higher rate. She said they had budgeted zero last year, <br /> 15 but that they needed to budget it this way for state reimbursement. <br /> 16 Chair Price asked if one staff attorney works 30% on child support, what do they work on <br /> 17 for the other 70% of their time. <br /> 18 Erica Bryant said they spend 30% of time dedicated to Child Support Services and the <br /> 19 other time they are dedicated to the County Attorney's office. <br /> 20 Travis Myren said for the state to reimburse this as a Child Support expense, it needs to <br /> 21 be budgeted it in that department. He said that it is not an actual increase across the county <br /> 22 budget. <br /> 23 Commissioner Fowler asked if there was a correlating decrease in county attorney's <br /> 24 budget <br /> 25 Travis Myren said yes. <br /> 26 Commissioner McKee asked if the state reimbursement will come back to full funding <br /> 27 once the spending reflects the fully staffed positions. <br /> 28 Travis Myren said he expects that to occur. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 <br />