Agenda - 09-05-2024; 8-a - Minutes

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10 1 Bonnie Hammersley said that the score cards are available to any agency who wants to 2 understand how their applications were scored. She said that once the ranking is presented to 3 the Board, then the scorecard would be public record. 4 5 Slide #16 Questions ORANGE 6 -ItIIf .%It(IIIN% 7 Commissioner Richards asked for clarification that the Board would no longer see 8 agencies that are funded through direct department contracts such as with Social Services. 9 Bonnie Hammersley said it is a line item in their departments and would be presented as 10 part of the Social Services department budget. 11 Commissioner Richards clarified there would also be agencies in Housing and DSS. 12 Bonnie Hammersley said there are also ones in Health and CJRD. She said those 13 agencies do not have to fill out a grant application but rather the department director makes a 14 recommendation to the County Manager. She said that this year there were limited resources. 15 Commissioner Hamilton said she would like more information on the criteria that the 16 County Manager is looking for to determine the funding. 17 Bonnie Hammersley said that is on the scorecard. 18 Commissioner Hamilton said there is not a lot of information in the budget document on 19 how the scoring is done. She suggested a summary of the process in the budget document to 20 make it easier for the public to understand and how the process is done. 21 Bonnie Hammersley said that probably would have been helpful to include as had been 22 done in previous years. 23 Commissioner Hamilton said it would be good for the public to understand. She said it 24 would also be helpful to know how to get more information. She said when dealing with limited 25 funds, it would be good to see how the rubric balances priorities. She said she does not know 26 how services get weighed. 27 Bonnie Hammersley said it is weighed by the department head working with the advisory 28 board. She said they can determine if services are redundant. She said that for many years Child 29 Care Services were applying and that is a service already provided. She said the 30 recommendations are done by the advisory board and scored by a team and guidance of the 31 department director. She said the process has changed in the last 10 years to focus on how 32 outside agencies can help the county. She said the priorities are food, public safety, childcare, 33 human services types of services. She said she should have included the scoring and is happy 34 to answer any questions. 35 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked for clarification on the recommendation for El Centro 36 Hispano. 37 Bonnie Hammersley said El Centro's score made them eligible for$2,500, which is all they 38 requested.