AGENDA DATE: 8/8/2018
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Agency Budget Review Team (ABRT) Process
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Consideration of participation with the City of Charlottesville in a comprehensive review and the FY 20 application process
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, Allshouse, L, Bowman, Bittle
PRESENTER (S): Lori Allshouse
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
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BACKGROUND: The City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County have conducted a joint application process for local government funding of nonprofit organizations since the 1980s. The Agency Budget Review Team (ABRT) was created in 1991 and the agency review process has been refined over the years to include the use of an objective rating tool and outcome measures.
The current ABRT process provides a single application process for agencies that apply for funding from both the City and the County, community involvement in the review of applications, and a focus on the achievement of identified outcome metrics. Art and cultural agency applications for County funding are not currently included in the ABRT application review process.
Following the adoption of the City's FY 19 Budget, Charlottesville City Council suggested that there be a comprehensive review of the ABRT process. On July 16, City Council approved City staff's recommendation to conduct a comprehensive review of the ABRT process and stated that currently funded ABRT agencies would be provided the same level of funding in FY 20 as the City provides them in FY 19. City Council stated that further details regarding the review process will be finalized after the Board of Supervisors determines whether the County will be participating with the City in the comprehensive review.
On August 1, County staff requested that the Board direct staff as to whether the County would participate in the comprehensive review of the ABRT process with the City of Charlottesville and whe...
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