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35 <br /> Slide #48 <br /> Human Services <br /> Child Support Services — page 91 <br /> F Total Expenditure Budget-$1,194,674 <br /> — Tatal revenue of($1,547,034) <br /> N►1 G rel Fund cowld uiar—($312,360) <br /> Recommended Budget Changes <br /> — $W,0OOin crease inlegslservres for County Al6ameyta bill fix staff attomey <br /> hours on child eupport€ases—No Nei Courriy Increase <br /> — T37,S54increaseinnetCounty€owstorestoretravel&trairirgtopm-pandemic <br /> levels <br /> — $7.115 increase inielephaneexpensesdueiorennoiewark <br /> — $236,424de€reasein revenue besedon Stale esiimetewhich is besedon <br /> spending in the prior year:spending dow.clue to vacancies <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> �F MOR71 t CAROLINA <br /> Erica Bryant, Child Support Services Director, introduced herself. <br /> Travis Myren said the state decrease is based on the spending from the prior year. He <br /> said that there were vacancies last year and that accounts for the down spending. He said that <br /> is why state money is down. He said those vacancies have been filled and they are fully staffed. <br /> Chair Price asked how the staff attorney position splits their time. <br /> Travis Myren said it is a fulltime staff attorney that spends 30% of her time on child <br /> support cases. <br /> Chair Price asked what the reason for the increase is for this position. <br /> Travis Myren said this represents the 30% cost of the person's time that is dedicated to <br /> Child Support. <br /> Erica Bryant said this is a decrease from two years ago. She said before this, they had a <br /> contract attorney that was budgeted at a higher rate. She said they had budgeted zero last <br /> year, but that they needed to budget it this way for state reimbursement. <br /> Chair Price asked if one staff attorney works 30% on child support, what do they work <br /> on for the other 70% of their time. <br /> Erica Bryant said they spend 30% of time dedicated to Child Support Services and the <br /> other time they are dedicated to the County Attorney's office. <br /> Travis Myren said for the state to reimburse this as a Child Support expense, it needs to <br /> be budgeted it in that department. He said that it is not an actual increase across the county <br /> budget. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked if there was a correlating decrease in county attorney's <br /> budget <br /> Travis Myren said yes. <br /> Commissioner McKee asked if the state reimbursement will come back to full funding <br /> once the spending reflects the fully staffed positions. <br /> Travis Myren said he expects that to occur. <br />