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Board directs staff to post community funding application after refining scoring and disclosure language
Summary
Supervisors directed staff to revise and post the community services funding application (the board allocated $100,000 for awards); discussion covered timelines, weighting of scoring criteria, whether to favor new applicants and whether finalists should present to the board.
The board reviewed the community services funding application process after allocating $100,000 in the current budget for community funding requests and directed staff to revise application language and post it quickly so awards and contracts can be completed earlier in the fiscal year.
Staff noted last year’s process received about 33 applications and that scoring took until Thanksgiving; a staff member said, “It gives the agencies an opportunity to, you know, create a program and execute it during the year.” Board members debated whether the rubric should favor new applicants (suggestions included small point reductions for prior awardees) and whether finalists should be asked to present; some supervisors said presentations are valuable for public transparency, while others warned that presentations add time and workload.
Staff proposed revising language to require applicants to disclose prior county funding for a defined timeframe (one year was discussed as reasonable) and suggested a six-week application window after posting. The board asked staff to produce sample language for scoring and disclosure and to aim to have the application posted in August so scoring and contracts can be completed sooner.
