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Enclosure 4 <br />Non-Departmental Topics <br />1. Cable TV Re-franchising (budget page 11-15) <br />The Board asked why cable TV advisory costs were not absorbed by cable franchising fees. <br />Cable TV re-franchising costs are budgeted as a non-departmental miscellaneous expenditure <br />in the general fund to pay Triangle J Council of Governments for technical assistance in <br />franchise renewal negotiations. Revenues generated by cable franchises, ($172,000 projected <br />for 1999-2000), are recorded in the general fund and substantially exceed the amount of <br />expenditures for the re-franchising process, ($9,000 budgeted 1999-2000)-. While there is no <br />statement in the budget regarding the specific use of franchise fee revenue, an assumption <br />can be made that these fee's do indeed offset the cost of cable re-franchising. <br />2. Board of Commissioner Contingency (budget page 11-18) <br />The Board asked why the amount recommended for Board of Commissioners' Contingency <br />remained at $250,000 for 1999-00 when historically the budget has been in the $ 100,000 to <br />$150,000 range. Staff anticipated legal fees associated with the. impending litigation with <br />Carolina Power and Light would be appropriated, from the Contingency account. Should <br />those expenses exceed the amount allocated for Contingency, the Board could appropriate <br />additional funds from the County's fund balance. <br />3. Manager's Miscellaneous (budget page 11-16) <br />This account provides funds for miscellaneous, non- budgeted "expenditures that often arise <br />during the fiscal year. This account provides the Manager with the flexibility to handle small <br />non-budgeted items as they occur. This account prevents requesting small expenditures from <br />the Board of Commissioners contingency account. The requested increase results from this <br />historical spending patterns, as well as the potential need to use interns in the 1999-2000 <br />fiscal year for various projects. Examples of major expenditures over the past two years <br />from this account include: <br />• The portion of the TJCOG local assessment not included in the BOCC Departmental <br />budget. associated with <br />• Payment to the Town of Carrboro for the cost of joint facilitation <br />developing a land use plan for Carrboro.'s transition area. <br />• Payment for property appraisal Camp New Hope. <br />• Payment for inserts in the tax bills. <br />• Payment to Triangle Land Conservancy for Landscape with Wildlife project. <br />Expenses associated with the update of the Impact Fee technical report. <br />4. Employee Development/Taining Funds. (budget page 11-15) <br />Board <br />Attachments 1 and 2 of this enclosure include the information requested by the Bo d <br />regarding the employee development and training account. <br />A/ — / <br />