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levels of service the Chapel Hill Library currently provide to residents. This year the Council is <br /> asking the County to come back to funding levels of 20% ($462,000) this year. The Council is <br /> also asking that immediate steps be taken to establish a long-term agreement that uses a <br /> revenue formula in order to make commensurate the levels of funding and usage by residents of <br /> Orange County (outside of Chapel Hill) within three years. <br /> Thank you." <br /> Debi Timiko said that she joined the CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) <br /> program, and these programs help people learn how to support each other. She found the <br /> course to be enlightening and empowering and she learned how to be ready for emergencies <br /> and to take care of her family. She said that there are other volunteer services in the <br /> community such as staffing for emergency shelters and helping at flu clinics. She encouraged <br /> the County's support for the Volunteer Coordinator position to keep these services alive and <br /> well. <br /> Karl Knapp lives in the Laurel Springs neighborhood. He is here in support of the <br /> Manager's budget. He said that this budget fully meets needs for OCS and most of CHCCS's <br /> budget. He said that he would be more thrilled about the budget if it were not funded by a large <br /> tax increase. He said that the tax increase is not in there because of extravagant spending on <br /> programs, but because of lack of economic growth. He said that he knows that the County <br /> Commissioners will be under pressure to cut the tax rate, but he asked them not to cut <br /> education, social services, or public safety. In the area of education, the request from CHCCS <br /> already includes some reductions, and further reducing would require cuts of existing programs. <br /> He hopes that the County Commissioners will continue their support of education. <br /> Karen-Kincaid Dunn is appreciative of the support of the Board of County <br /> Commissioners for Club Nova. She said that state and federal funding has decreased for their <br /> services and Club Nova continues to provide a large volume of services that are not <br /> reimbursable. Even with level County funding, Club Nova still provides a substantial share of <br /> non-funded services. The OPC allocation of County funds and the County's direct allocation <br /> pay for transportation, crisis intervention, services for members who also receive ACT services, <br /> medical case management, and other facets of the program. Club Nova serves some of the <br /> most disabled and poor citizens of the County and the clubhouse is life-sustaining, <br /> compassionate, proactive, and cost effective. Club Nova reduces hospitalizations and keeps <br /> members out of the legal system. She said that, in order to exercise fiscal responsibility, Club <br /> Nova had to freeze one of its program staff positions. Without the allocation from the County, <br /> Club Nova would lose two additional staff positions, which would be a total loss of over a third of <br /> the program staff. This would be devastating to the services. She said that Club Nova needs <br /> both the public and private dollars. Club Nova is fundraising. She asked for the same allocation <br /> from the County as last year. <br /> Sonda Oppewal asked for funding for the Public Health Reserve Corps, the Community <br /> Emergency Response Team, and the Volunteer Coordinator position. She said that she has <br /> been a volunteer nurse in the corps, and they need the Volunteer Coordinator position to be <br /> effective in times of a disaster. She would like the County Commissioners to consider this <br /> resource in the County's funding. She said that this would be minimum input, but tremendous <br /> output. <br /> Claire Watkins is President of the Friends Board for Central Orange Senior Center. She <br /> came to address a portion of the budget not being recommended by the County Manager <br /> relative to Orange County positions for the senior center. She said that it is expected that the <br /> attendance will greatly increase once the center is moved to the new facility. The two positions <br /> are of absolute necessity— one full-time Facilities Manager for five days a week, and one part- <br /> time Facilities Manager for four evenings and a few hours on Saturdays. Paid, trained <br /> employees are required because they will be handling monies and taking care of various things <br />
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