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12 <br /> 1 Courtney McLaughlin said that isn't happening at this time, but this is a goal for the <br /> 2 department over the next year. <br /> 3 Commissioner Richards said it seems that the work slowed down and she would like to <br /> 4 see how that will be implemented. She asked if that is part of the plan for the next year. She said <br /> 5 the intention is that the department will be able to facilitate training and reactive those who have <br /> 6 previously been part of the GARE team, so they can be part of implementing the work. <br /> 7 Travis Myren said focuses for next year include how to drive racial equity work forward <br /> 8 and what that looks like and the other portion is community engagement and how county staff <br /> 9 interacts with diverse sections of the community. <br /> 10 Commissioner Fowler said there are subcommittees on the Board of Health working on <br /> 11 the various issues uncovered in the Community Health Assessment. She said previously, equity <br /> 12 was a specific subcommittee, but now all subcommittees use an equity lens in their respective <br /> 13 work. She said hopefully other departments are doing that too. <br /> 14 Courtney McLaughlin said part of the budget process is looking at how requests impact <br /> 15 equity, so all departments are using it to some extent. She said the next phase is getting everyone <br /> 16 on the same page as far as tools they are using, how empowered people feel to use the tools, <br /> 17 and feeling more connected as an organization when working on racial equity efforts. <br /> 18 Travis Myren said the Board doesn't see this, but if a department is requesting any new <br /> 19 initiatives as part of the budget process, they must fill out a racial equity questionnaire, which are <br /> 20 taken into account in the recommended budget. <br /> 21 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked if the department's work is more internal facing now <br /> 22 that the fair housing staff has moved to Housing. <br /> 23 Courtney McLaughlin said the office is also a part of the One Orange group with <br /> 24 municipalities, partners with community agencies with similar goals, and staffs the Human <br /> 25 Relations Commission. <br /> 26 Chair Bedford said at the Assembly of Governments meeting, there was a request to <br /> 27 change the presentation of data in the Equity Index. She asked if that had been done. <br /> 28 Courtney McLaughlin said they are looking at making the dashboard user-friendly and <br /> 29 timely in the next phase of the work. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Slide #16 <br /> Human Services <br /> • Library Services — page 183 <br /> • Total expenditure budget-$3,490,734 <br /> - Net County costs increase by$617.545 compared to Base Budget <br /> • Living Wage increase for Temporary Employees -$27,229 <br /> • Southern Branch Library Operating Expenses <br /> Occupancy date October 1,2024 <br /> Six new staff and increasing 0.662 FTE of existing Cybrary staff-Q407,702 <br /> - Temporary staffing-$35,300 <br /> - Operating casts for materials,supplies,other resources-$147.314 <br /> Library share of building operating casts-$77,540 <br /> - Total budget impact-$667,356 <br /> • No change in contribution to Chapel Hill Library-$621,323 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 16 I OR'rH CAROLR4A <br /> 32 <br />