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-521 e) Court increases due to juvenile detention costs, difficult to estimate. 51,000.00 f) ?Manpower funds are required for tools, equipment, etc. in support of emergency employment work crews. $1,OOO.D0 g) Agricultural Extension needs an additional $500.00 each in telephone and supplies to make it through year. $1,000.00 h) Contingency adds $23,834.00 as part of recovery from decreased appropria- tion to Debt Service. Net effect of Debt Service reduction is to fund the $8,142.00 in general appropriation increases and leave the remaining for contingency. 4) In the Social Services Administration and Program Funds a number of accounting changes are made to redistribute funds. a) Deficits and Surpluses are balanced as follows: AA (2,037.00) AD (1,722.00) Medicaid (4,790.00) AFDC 9,390.00 841.00 balance to Administration b) Reduce AA expenditures by$2,750.00 and transfer those funds to choreworkers in Social Services. c) Tansfer AFDC expenditures, $17,280.00, and State Aid, $14,289.00, for AFDC Foster Care to Social Services Administration and reduce local match from Administration by $2,991.00." Upon the motion of Commissioner Walker, seconded by Commissioner Whitted, it was moved and adopted that the 1974-1975 Budget Amendments that were presented by the Fiscal Officer be accepted. Chairman Garrett referred to Item #9 on the Agenda: (Appointees to the T.9ater- sewer Authority). Chairman Garrett advised the Board that she had received a request for the Board to postpone appointments to the Water-Sewer Authority until Thursday night. The County Attorney advised the Board that there were no decisions that needed to be made at this time that could not be made by the committees and the University of North Carolina except the decision on the rates that would be established for the Water-Sewer System. It was agreed that all action on the matter would be deferred until Thursday, May 8, 1975. The County Attorney advised the Board that the••request of Orange County Medical Foundation, Inc. to be exempt from the taxes based on the General Statues that covers hospitals, he felt was not valid. The Foundation does not quality be- cause the General Statutes does control. The purpose of the proposed building is that of ffee enterprise. The Board requested the County Attorney to meet with Dalton Loftin, Attorney for the Foundation, and review the matter. The matter of the Duke University property and their tax appeal was discussed. The County Attorney informed the Board. that he had received a request from the Hillsborough Historical Commissien to allow the Commission to install a plaque on the Courthouse as this property was the former site of the home of William Churton. The Board agreed to allow the plaque to be installed. The County Attorney presented the following application from the Sheriff's Department: "WHEREAS, the County of Orange herein called the 'Applicant' has thoreughly considered the problem addressed in the subgrant application entitled Forensic Equipment and has reviewed the project described in the applica- tion; and . ~ WHEREAS, under the terms of Public Law 90-351 as amended, the United States of America has authorized the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, through the North Carolina Division of Law and-- Order to make federal grants to assist local governments in the improvement of the criminal justice system. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE County Commissioners IN pPEN MEETING - ASSEMBLED I'_d THE CITY pF HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THIS 5th DAY OF MAY. 1975, AS FOLLOWS: 1. That the project referenced above is in the best interest of the Applicant and the general public. 2. That Sheriff be authorized to file, in behalf of the Applicant, an annlica- tion in the form prescribed by the Division of Law and Order for a subgrant in the amount of $483.44 to be made to the Applicant to assist in defraying r the cost of the project described in the application. This individual shall act as the authorized representative of the Applicant in connection with all