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County explains placeholder process after child advocacy center asks for funding
Summary
After the Child Advocacy Center and other nonprofits noted they had not received allocations, commissioners said staff put a $1.4 million placeholder for community funding and that allocations will be decided during the budget workshop.
Several nonprofit representatives, including members of the Child Advocacy Center, requested funding during the public hearing, and media asked county leaders why the current budget did not show allocations for some organizations.
The chair said the county budget includes a community funding line that usually is allocated by the board after staff screening. This year, staff—following board direction—placed a $1.4 million placeholder in the manager's budget but did not assign those dollars to specific nonprofits before the workshop. Last year, the county allocated about $1.1 million.
The lack of pre-allocation created confusion when some organizations received letters saying they had not been funded; the chair apologized and said the board will allocate the dollars at the upcoming budget workshop.
No final decision on the Child Advocacy Center's request was announced at the meeting; commissioners reiterated the board's role is to allocate community funding and that staff will present allocation options during further budget sessions.
