HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 10-05-2021; 6-d - Proposed Performance Agreement Provision Requiring that Non-profit Organizations Receiving County Funds Provide the Opportunity for Public Comment at Regular Meetings 1
ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: October 5, 2021
Action Agenda
Item No. 6-d
SUBJECT: Proposed Performance Agreement Provision Requiring that Non-profit
Organizations Receiving Funds through the County's Outside Agencies Process
Provide the Opportunity for Public Comment at Regular Meetings
DEPARTMENT: County Manager
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager,
919-245-2306
PURPOSE: To consider approval of a proposed Performance Agreement provision requiring that
non-profit organizations receiving funds through the County's Outside Agencies Process provide
the opportunity for public comment at regular meetings.
BACKGROUND: At the September 2, 2021 Board of Orange County Commissioners (BOCC)
Business meeting, a petition was submitted by Commissioner Earl McKee for the Board to
consider a policy requiring any entity receiving County funds include on their regular meeting
agendas an opportunity for public comments.
Each year Orange County allocates over$1 million to local non-profits to provide various services
and meet needs across the community. Applications for funding are submitted by the non-profits
through the County's Outside Agency process. The applications are assigned to appropriate
County advisory groups and staff based on subject matter, and reviewed and scored based on an
established matrix. As part of the County's annual budget process, the Manager then makes
funding recommendations for each non-profit to the Board of Commissioners, and the Board
approves the final funding amounts for each entity.
Recipient organizations subsequently sign performance agreements with the County agreeing to
utilize the funds as proposed and in compliance with other provisions. It is proposed that the
Board consider a Performance Agreement provision requiring that the non-profit organizations
receiving funds through the County's Outside Agencies Process provide the opportunity for public
comment at their regular meetings.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this item.
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SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to
this item:
• GOAL: ENABLE FULL CIVIC PARTICIPATION
Ensure that Orange County residents are able to engage government through voting and
volunteering by eliminating disparities in participation and barriers to participation.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal
impact associated with this item.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board direct the County Attorney
to include an additional provision in performance agreements requiring that non-profit
organizations receiving funds through the County's Outside Agencies Process provide the
opportunity for public comment at regular meetings.