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7 <br /> 1 Slide #6 <br /> Operating Budget Amendments <br /> SponsorAmendment <br /> Page Fund Total <br /> OPER-006a Hamilton 224 Visitors ($112,890) $0 ($112,890} <br /> Bureau Reduce Tax Rate by.05 <br /> OPER-007 Hamilton 64 Article 46 Gut$20,000 in Article 46 <br /> funding for Durham Tech <br /> Innovation Hub, <br /> reallocated to County <br /> Economic Development <br /> OPER-008 Fowler 299 Policies Retum Fund Balance <br /> Policy to 2017 version <br /> (attached)to be <br /> _ discussed in Fall- <br /> OPER-009 Bedford WA Policies Amend the Outside <br /> Agency Funding Policy <br /> (attached) to remove <br /> funding target <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 6 N01Z_F1I GARCMANA <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Commissioner Hamilton explained budget amendment OPER-007, which she <br /> 4 sponsored. She said she would like to withdraw this amendment. She said after reviewing the <br /> 5 information Durham Tech sent about the Innovation Hub, she thinks the Board should support it. <br /> 6 She added that she will bring a future petition to renegotiate the funding that the county already <br /> 7 provides for Launch and including Durham Tech's presence at the Innovation Hub in that cost. <br /> 8 Vice-Chair McKee said he appreciates Commissioner Hamilton for reconsidering this <br /> 9 amendment. <br /> 10 Commissioner Richards said there are two items related to Durham Tech that she would <br /> 11 like to put forward as amendments at this time. She said she would like to fund $10,000 for the <br /> 12 staff Recruitment and Retention fund and $8,000 for the Apprenticeship Coordinator position. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 A motion was made by Commissioner Richards, seconded by Vice-Chair McKee, to fund <br /> 15 the Apprenticeship Coordinator position at Durham Tech in the amount of$8,249 from Article 46 <br /> 16 funds. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Chair Bedford asked what source should be used to fund the $10,000 to fund the <br /> 21 Recruitment and Retention position. <br /> 22 Travis Myren said there are extra funds in the Social Justice Fund that can be used to <br /> 23 balance the general fund. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 A motion was made by Commissioner Richards, seconded by Commissioner Greene, to <br /> 26 fund the Recruitment and Retention position at Durham Tech in the amount of$10,000. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Commissioner Fowler explained budget amendment OPER-008, which she sponsored. <br /> 31 She explained she would like to return to using the previous fund balance policy and would like <br />