June 16, 2025 Board Meeting: Funding Applications and Decisions
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June 16, 2025 Board Meeting Summary
The board convened on June 16, 2025, with six members present (quorum) and approved the agenda and previous month's meeting minutes. Funding balances were reported: Chapel Hill pot $7,843 (with an expected $20,000 disbursement next fiscal year), Carbor pot $6,487 (expecting $7,000 soon), and Orange County bail bonds group $726 (dissolving, with a final $6,000 MOU in process). The board reviewed seven applications, making decisions on each.
Discussion Items
Funding Balances
Matt reported that the Orange County bail bonds group is dissolving, affecting funds for rural Orange County residents. He noted exploring options to broaden Chapel Hill funding scope to cover that area.
Applicant: Tiffany Curran (Tapel Health Funds)
Lauren presented: 35-year-old white female, resides in Chapel Hill in an Oxford house, 93+ days sober, unemployed, three children, owes $393 Orange County case with $50 fine and $133.50 DMV fee, three FTAs. Matt noted her license is suspended due to FTAs. He recommended continuing the application for one month so she can work with him to resolve FTAs and avoid collateral consequences. Motion to continue passed (Mark absent, others voted yes).
Applicant: Dana Penley (Chapel Hill Funds)
37-year-old white female, residence in Chapel Hill, attending UNC Horizons, Hurricane Helene victim, owes $3,187 on three Buncombe County cases (civil judgment with accruing interest), plus $70 DMV restoration fee. Motion to approve full amount plus a few extra dollars for accrued interest, including DMV fee. Seconded and passed (Mark abstained, Donna, Tiffany, Olivia, Amber yes).
Applicant: Rachel Mead (Chapel Hill Funds)
38-year-old white female, attending UNC Horizons, owes $200 Lee County case, $120 DMV fee, fine of $25 (likely able to pay). License reinstatement needed. Motion to approve court costs and restoration fee contingent on her paying the fine. Passed unanimously.
Applicant: Sunday Jones (Orange County Funds)
57-year-old Hispanic female, unsheltered in Levin, lost job and housing, owes $260 on two cases (Alamance and Orange), $8,350 DMV fees (likely typo, but transcript says $8,350), one FTA with court date June 23. Motion to continue to July meeting to assess needs after court appearance. Passed unanimously.
Applicant: Anna Wall (Chapel Hill Funds)
31-year-old Hispanic female, attending UNC Horizons, owes $60 on a 2014 Chatham County marijuana possession case (debt relief had cleared other tickets). License is inactive but not suspended. Motion to approve $60 to close the case. Passed unanimously.
Applicant: Anthony Sanders (Chapel Hill Funds)
60-year-old white male, previously at IFC shelter, owes $1,773 court costs, $425 fines, $130 DMV fee, multiple FTAs and pending cases. No contact since April despite multiple attempts. Motion to deny application for lack of contact, with option to reapply. Passed unanimously (Mark, Tiffany, Danielle, Olivia, Amber yes).
Key Outcomes
- Tiffany Curran: Application continued to July 2025 meeting to resolve FTAs with Matt's assistance.
- Dana Penley: Approved for full amount plus additional for accrued interest (Chapel Hill funds).
- Rachel Mead: Approved for court costs and restoration fee contingent on fine payment (Chapel Hill funds).
- Sunday Jones: Application continued to July 2025 meeting after June 23 court date.
- Anna Wall: Approved for $60 court cost (Chapel Hill funds).
- Anthony Sanders: Application denied due to lack of contact (Chapel Hill funds).
- Next meeting: Scheduled for Monday, July 21, 2025.
Meeting Transcript
Yeah. All right. Thanks, everyone. Welcome for our our June meeting. I'm sure you received Lauren's email last week with the new applications. So we have five new ones and uh one held over from last session. I'm gonna go ahead and um share my screen to get on to the formalities, and then I'll pass over to Lauren for this month's uh applicants. All right, you should see my screen here with the agenda. Um we'll go ahead and start with an a roll call beginning with Donna. Thought I saw her. It's our note taker. Oh, she's been going on and off, it looks like. Oh maybe she has some difficulties. We'll go ahead and move on then. Though uh Crystal Crystal, I think is off. Mark. Yes, Tiffany. I'm here. I'm present. Um Danielle here. Ty, I don't believe I saw him. No, he's absent. Uh Olivia. I'm here. I don't believe we have April on. But we do have uh Amber there in the chat. So uh with her, that is we get to six, so we're at quorum today, so we can go ahead and move on with umadies. We're gonna have a motion to approve the agenda we have here on the screen. Someone will second that. I'll second. Second by Tiffany and vote with Mark. Yep. Danielle. Yes, Olivia. Yes, and Amber. Yes, via chat. And then um next order of business is the meeting minutes from last month. I believe everyone on today was also on last month. So uh yes, this is circulated last week in the email. But I'll go ahead and move to um approve it. I'll second. Second by Tiffany. Vote beginning with Mark. Looks good to me. Danielle. Yes. Olivia. Yes. And Amber. There we go.
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