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4 <br /> 1 Commissioner Fowler said this change would bring total funding back in line with the <br /> 2 percentage that was previously funded before the MOU ran out. <br /> 3 Commissioner Portie-Ascott said it looks like the County Manager recommended the <br /> 4 amount requested by the Chapel Hill Library on page 179 of the budget document. <br /> 5 Bonnie Hammersley said the Chapel Hill Library does not send in a budget request and <br /> 6 she recommended the base budget from the previous year. She said her recommendation was <br /> 7 made prior to the completion of the report from the Library Task Force. <br /> 8 Chair Bedford said since the Board did not adopt the MOU as recommended by the <br /> 9 Library Task Force, which would have resulted in a budget amendment by staff, she brought it <br /> 10 forward. She said the funding for this amendment would come from various sources. <br /> 11 Commissioner Richards asked if the additional $85,000 was recommended in the <br /> 12 County Manager's budget. <br /> 13 Bonnie Hammersley said no, she recommended funding at the same dollar amount as <br /> 14 the prior year. <br /> 15 Chair Bedford said the base budget is $536,323. <br /> 16 Bonnie Hammersley said since she did not recommend an increase, any additional <br /> 17 funding has to be approved by a budget amendment. <br /> 18 Commissioner Richards asked how the $85,000 will be funded. <br /> 19 Bonnie Hammersley said there are three staff amendments that will produce $85,000 for <br /> 20 this amendment and are on slide #7. <br /> 21 Vice-Chair McKee said he isn't sure he will support this amendment. He said there are <br /> 22 increased costs to the county library, and he still has issues with what he perceives as a lack of <br /> 23 interoperability. He said he thinks the Chapel Hill Library does a great job, but it was the town's <br /> 24 decision to build the library and it is their responsibility to fund it. He said he is aware that a <br /> 25 number of out-of-town residents use the library, but he doesn't think he can support this. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 A motion was made by Chair Bedford, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to approve <br /> 28 budget amendment OPER-001. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 VOTE: Ayes, 6 (Commissioner Hamilton, Commissioner Richards, Commissioner Fowler, <br /> 31 Chair Bedford, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Portie-Ascott); Nays, 1 (Vice-Chair <br /> 32 McKee) <br /> 33 <br /> 34 MOTION PASSES <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Chair Bedford reviewed budget amendment OPER-002, which she sponsored. The <br /> 37 amendment is detailed in the table slide #4. She said the feasibility study at Efland Cheeks <br /> 38 Community Center could show whether it's more cost effective and appropriate to enclose the <br /> 39 back patio or get a temporary mobile unit, and staff could bring a report back to the Board to <br /> 40 inform a decision. She said the $6,000 for the study will come from the Capital Reserve fund. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 A motion was made by Chair Bedford, seconded by Vice-Chair McKee, to approve <br /> 43 budget amendment OPER-002. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Chair Bedford reviewed budget amendment OPER-003, which she sponsored. She said <br /> 48 she would like to utilize a .07 cent tax increase to provide $150,000 to support the Interfaith <br /> 49 Council's Permanent Supportive Housing program. She said permanent supportive housing is <br /> 50 identified as the highest need by the Partnership to End Homelessness Leadership Team. She <br /> 51 said permanent supportive housing involves intensive case management, often for residents <br />