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Board of County Commissioners Budget Workshop Meeting Minutes - Final July 14, 2021 <br />explained that non-profit agencies were capped per the outside agency <br />funding policy to the April Consumer Price Index of 4.4%. <br />Vice Chairman O'Bryan recommended an additional 2.4% for 211 Palm <br />Beach to bring them up to the 4.4%, and proposed re -visiting the outside <br />agency funding policy prior to the next budget process. <br />Chairman Flescher was opposed to the increase for 211 Palm Beach. He <br />could not justify the salaries paid to the organization's CEOs, as he felt the <br />Board should be good stewards of the taxpayer's money. <br />Commissioner Adams explained the County does have policies in place that <br />would fund programs verses salaries and supported revisiting the outside <br />agency funding policy. She agreed that mental health needed more funding <br />and referred to County Administrator Jason Brown with regard to the <br />CARES Act money designated for mental health. A discussion followed <br />among the Board on revisiting the policy and the need to increase the <br />funding for mental health. The majority of the Board was not opposed to <br />increasing the funding for 211 Palm Beach to 4.4%, but was not inclined to <br />increase funding that had not been requested when there were other <br />agencies that had requested an increase and were cut. <br />Chairman Flescher opened the floor for public comments. <br />Philip Cromer, PhD., Licensed Psychologist and Chief Executive Officer, <br />and Angela Guzenski, Chief Operating Officer, Mental Health Association <br />(MHA) in Indian River County, thanked the Board for their support, their <br />attention to the MHA organization, and consideration of the MHA's budget. <br />Marty Zickert, Director, and Jim Romanek, Executive Director, Veterans <br />Council of Indian River County, thanked the Board for their support and for <br />providing the military parking signs throughout the County. <br />QUASI NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS <br />001-110 COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR (SRA) <br />001-110 CTC -SRA -SENIOR SERVICES <br />001-110 GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER, INC. <br />001-110 PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE OF GIFFORD <br />Indian River County Florida Page 12 <br />