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• Tom.. <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 16, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. g - f' <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment # 6 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget Office <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ ;~` <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1~ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Budget Amendment <br />Capital Project Ordinances <br />Grant Project Ordinance <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Dean, extension 2151 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To approve the following budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 1998-99. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Environment and Resources Conservation Department <br />1. At its December 1, 1998 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners created the new Environment and <br />Resources Conservation Department. The department began operation on January 4, 1999. Staff identified <br />the need fora $52,000 appropriation from the Board's contingency account to finance departmental <br />operations for the balance of the 1998-99 fiscal year. On January 19, 1999, the Board of County <br />Commissioners established a new Administrative Assistant position for the new department, at a cost of <br />$12,000 for the remainder of the fiscal year. This amendment appropriates $52,000 in ERCD operating funds <br />from the Commissioners Contingency and allocates them to the Community Planning function. (see block <br />#1, page 3) <br />Health Department <br />2. On December 15, 1998, the Board of County Commissioners accepted Medicaid maximization funds totaling <br />$235,481 on behalf of the Orange County Health Department. The department plans to use these funds for <br />non-recurring items and give priority to replacing older equipment, meeting OSHA requirements, and <br />possibly redesigning clinical space. The attached capital project ordinance, Health Department Medicaid <br />Maximization Capital Project Ordinance, allocates these funds. No County dollars are required in order to <br />receive these funds. (see page 4) <br />3. At the December 15, 1998 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved a contract between the <br />Orange County Health Department and Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project (CHTOP) to provide family <br />coordination services to the Early Head Start Program. In addition, the Board established two permanent full- <br />time Social Worker positions to enable the Health Department to meet the projected outcomes of the program. <br />Continuation of these positions is subject to the continuation of grant funds. CHTOP will reimburse the <br />