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MAY 25, 1982
.The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in a special session
on Tuesday, May 25, 1982, at 7:30 P.M. in the Commissioners' Room, Orange
County Courthouse, Hillsborough; North Carolina.
Commissioners present: Chairman Richard E. Whitted, and Commissioners
Norm Gustaveson, Shirley E. Marshall, Norman Walker and Don Willhoit (who
arrived at 7:57 P.M.)
The purpose of the meeting was a budget work session with the O-P-C
Mental Health Center and Department of Social Services..
Mr. Bill Baxter, Director of O-P-C Mental Health, presented his bud-
get to the Board of Commissioners. He said it represented a 17% increase aver
last year's budget request due primarily to the Willie M. Program which is
100% State funded. Orange Co'unty's share of the increase among the three
counties is about 20%. The total budget request is for $3,855,347.00.
The Board thanked Mr. Baxter for his presentation.
Mr. Tam Ward, Director of the Department of Social Services, presented,
with the aid of his staff, that Department's requested budget which is
$49,393 more than the County Manager has recommended. Ms. Janice 5chopler,
Chair of the. Board of Social Services, in introductory remarks, said the
Department was unable to meet mandated services due to funding cutbacks.
This failure to provide mandated services is of great concern to the Board
of Sacial Services which feels the responsibility is not properly staff's
but that Board's and the Board of Commissioners'. She added that the Board
of Social Services fully supports the budget as requested by the Department.
The total requested budget is $1,091,638; the Manager has recommended
$1,041,745.D0.
Ms. Deanna Bullard outlined the specific needs and requested levels
of funding far Full-time Equivalent Adult Service Staff and Day Care while
Mr. George Cole and Ms. Lane Cooke specified needs and levels of service for
Child Protective Services. These are the areas of major differences between
the Manager's recommended budget and the Department's requested budget.
The Board told Mr. Ward it would like to have a breakout of programs
with contributions by the Federal, State and County Governments over the pre-
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vious two years. .There was also a consensus that mandated services should
be examined to determine the "reasonableness" of the mandates. The Board
also asked that. Child Protective Services supply information about on-going
caseloads. The Board felt that this information would be most helpful bath
in the budget process and communications with the State Representatives in
Washington. The Board felt assessment of the impact on clients was important.
Commissioner Whitted thanked those who made presentations tv the Board
and announced the Board's meeting schedule on the budget.
With no further business to come before the Board, it adjourned the
meeting by consensus.
Richard E. Whitted, Chatir
Paulette Pridgen-Pond, Clerk