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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES February 17, 2020 1 THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MET ON MONDAY: February 17, 2020 at the Hillsborough Commons, Hillsborough, North Carolina. BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS PRESENT: Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, Ann Wilkerson, Pat Garavaglia, Susie Enoch, and Jamezetta Bedford. GUEST: None. BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS ABSENT: None. STAFF PRESENT: Nancy Coston, Director; Sharron Hinton, Human Services Manager; Lindsey Shewmaker, Human Services Manager; and Micah Guindon, Business Officer. I. Call to Order and Introductions DSS Chair, Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, called the meeting to order at 4:04 pm. II. Board Comments Tamara Dempsey-Tanner asked whether there were any issues with flooding during the heavy rains. Lindsey Shewmaker responded that water levels rose but there was no impact to property. III. Public Comments None. IV. Agenda Changes Pat Garavaglia asked for an update on the Food Bank food. V. Action Items On a motion by Pat Garavaglia, the Board approved the minutes of January 2020 with corrections. Jamezetta Bedford seconded the motion. The motion was carried without dissent. VI. Items for Discussion and/or Decision 1. Budget Presentation Nancy Coston presented the proposed budget for FY2020-2021. There is a county increase of $495,000 from FY2019-2020. Most of this increase is due to staff salary increases annualized. The majority of other increases were offset by increased revenues. There are two new positions in the budget. One was approved mid-year for Rapid Rehousing and we are asking that it be continued. The second position is another supervisor in the area of public assistance which will be responsible for Family and Children’s Medicaid. There are other increases in administration including upgrading phones and archiving phone data. Lease costs for the Europa Center are included as well as costs for scanning child welfare records using interns.