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OFFICE OF GRANT MANAGEMENT
DIVISION OF BUDGET &FINANCE
Washington County Office of Grant Management
100 West Washington Street, Conference Room 2001
Hagerstown, MD 21740
240-313-2040
Community Organization Funding Committee (COFQ
Meeting Minutes
October 14, 2021
Members present via conference call/zoom: Alan Mullendore, Jadah Swartz, Lee Downey, and
Mary Towe
Staff present via conference call/zoom: Susan Buchanan, Rachel Souders and Julie Mackereth
Guest present via conference call/zoom: Dawn Wintermoyer
I. Opening - Welcome
• Susan called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. She welcomed everyone.
II. Approval of Minutes
• A motion was made by Mary Towe; seconded by Lee Downey to approve
March 25, 2021 minutes as written: motion approved
III. Citizen Participation
• No citizens participating
IV. Receipt of Communications
• Susan shared, The Humane Society sent a thank you note for the award they
received from this past funding cycle.
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V. Report of Chairperson
• Susan introduced, Rachel Souders our new Senior Grant Manager, and Dawn
Wintermoyer, Commissioner Charles Burkett's pending appointee to the
committee. Susan informed the committee that Dawn's appointment will be
presented for approval at the BCC meeting on Tuesday,. October 19, 2021. Miss
Wintermoyer was invited to attend the October meeting to learn more about the
COF process.
• Old Business — None scheduled
VI. New Business
Election of Vice -Chairperson of the COF Committee — Susan informed,
members per the by-laws of this committee the Director of Grant Management
is the Chair and the Vice -Chairperson is elected. The Vice -Chairperson's duty
would be to run the meetings if the Chair was unable to.
A motion was made Mary Towe; seconded .by Alan Mullendore to nominate Lee
Downey for Vice -Chairperson; motion was approved.
No other nominations were made, Lee Downey accepted the nomination.
By unanimous vote, Lee Downey was voted as Vice -Chairperson.
Lee abstained from voting
Review of 1-108 list additions — Susan reviewed the three new organizations
that were added to the list.
PurrHaven, Inc.
America's Hauling for Hope, Inc.
Partners in Care Maryland, Inc.
• Review the BCC/ Service Priority Areas and Funding Parameters for FY2023 —
Susan reported, The BCC has allocated $774,000 in available funding. The
service priority areas will maintain their same funding amounts. This year the
BCC is allowing capital expenses to be considered for funding allocations. Susan
reviewed updates that were made to the application.
• Fiscal Year 2023 application review and process — Susan included, in each
committee members email a copy of the application. She shared there were
some revisions made to a few application questions. The release date for the
application is November 3, 2021. The application due date is December 9, 2021
by 3:00p.m.
• Confirm COF Committee meeting dates —
➢ Monday, December 20, 2021—Pick up applications/binders
➢ Wednesday, January 26, 2022 — Scoresheets due by 4:00p.m.
➢ Thursday, February 17th, 2022 — Workshop 8:30a.m.-2:OOp.m.
VII. Committee Member Comments
• Susan announced each board member, giving them an opportunity for comments.
VIII. Adjournment
Alan Mullendore motioned; seconded by Mary Towe; to adjourn the meeting;
motion approved @ 12:49 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Julie Mackereth
Senior Office Associate
OGM
Approved By: Date: ZI t-7 l ZO�
Susan Buchanan
Chairperson