ORD-2009-185 - Observation Well Network Capital Project Ordinance

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d R ~ - avo 9 1 ~`.s. ~a -- ~~- ~; ~ 9 ~c cannot afford it and does not need it. He requested that the Board of County Commissioners direct staff not to proceed with the consultant study and to redirect any funds appropriated to pay for County services. He asked that the Board spend money on things that matter and not consultants. Commissioner Yuhasz said that the expenditure of money for this study will in the long run save money and provide better services. He does not want to delay this. A motion was made by Commissioner Yuhasz, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to approve a Request for Proposal which solicits proposals from qualified vendors to conduct an assessment and provide a report detailing the fire, rescue, emergency medical, and emergency service capabilities within Orange County. Commissioner Gordon said that there was a lot of information here. She said that the County Commissioners should be very careful about consultants in the future. Commissioner Pelissier said that sometimes staff has the expertise and she agreed with looking carefully at consultants. In this case, she agrees with the consultant because it is a very complex system of service providers. Commissioner Gordon said that there are no dates on pages 5, 7, and 8. Frank Clifton said that the staff did not know when a decision was going to be made. The dates will correspond with the requirements for advertisements of solicitations for consultants. VOTE: UNANIMOUS c. Fiscal Year 2009-10 Budget Amendment #5 The Board considered approving budget, grant and capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2009-10. Frank Clifton said that this has been a carryover item and the Board asked it to be brought back. He said that budget amendments are historically the way that Orange County has dealt with these issues and he thinks that it distorts the fund balance at the end of the fiscal year. He would like to work to change this during the budget process. He said that this is basically when projects have been funded and allocations have been made that goes beyond the end of the fiscal year but was budgeted last year. Rather than setting up a line item and showing it in the budget for the next fiscal year, the dollars come out of the general fund and then a budget amendment comes back to address it. Commissioner Gordon said that she has trouble with how to explain this to the public, because the budget had to be cut at the beginning of the fiscal year, and now it is being increased. Financial Services Director Clarence Grier said that they would include this as part of the budget process at the end of the year, so that it would be transparent. A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to approve budget, grant and capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2009-10 for the Health Department, Housing and Community Development, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Social Services, Department on Aging, Orange Public Transportation, Parks and Recreation -Fairview Park Capital Project, Emergency Services Department, Technical Amendment -Hillsborough Commons Capital Project, Revenue Department, and Cany Forwards. VOTE: Ayes, 6; Nay, 1 (Commissioner Gordon)