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AGENDA
NEW HANOVER COUNTY
Non -County Agency Funding Committee
Finance Conference Room #500
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Meeting Minutes
Present: Neal Lewis, Damien Buchanan, Elizabeth DeBiasi, Randy Reeves, and Shannon
Winslow
Excused: Fred Gainey
Staff/Administrative Support: Sheryl Kelly, Scott Steinhilber, and Gwen Hill
1. Introduction of Sheryl Kelly, Budget Officer
Scott introduced Sheryl to the Committee
2. Non -County Agency Application Revisions
• Require an agency organization chart
• Have staff provide a summary of agency funding for previous three years and identify
any issues with performance
• Add application instructions including uniform font size, bullet point format for
responses and exclusion of marketing and other materials in the application package
• Include rubric and strategy map with application
• Reword question regarding the ability to leverage New Hanover County funds
• Reword question regarding the impact on the program/service if funding is reduced
below the requested amount
• If the funding request includes Salaries and Benefits, require an explanation of the
related positions
• When presenting completed applications to Committee members, the contact
information should not be redacted
3. Discussion of Non -County Agency Survey
• The draft survey was reviewed and several revisions were identified
4. Future Training for Agencies
• Agencies should be strongly encouraged to attend the training
• Training should focus more on the content of the application this year
5. FY19-20 timeline
• Committee set Wednesday, October 3 as next meeting to finalize the application
revisions and to discuss the application scoring process
• A couple of proposed dates were change for February, 2019
• Future meeting dates will be finalized at October meeting
6. Bruce Mason's Replacement
• Gwen explained that there have been no applications received as of yet for the
Committee opening. The deadline for applications is October 1 with an October 15
appointment