Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
o~p-ao~o-O3~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 20, 2010 <br />Action Agen a <br />Item No. ~-~ <br />_SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 2009-10 Budget Amendment #9 <br />DEPARTMENT: Financial Services <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Attachment 1. Budget as Amended <br />Spreadsheet <br />Attachment 2. Year-To-Date Budget <br />Summary <br />Attachment 3. Specialty Crops Grant <br />Project Ordinance <br />Attachment 4. Local Food Initiatives <br /> Grant Project Ordinance <br />Attachment 5. C. W. Stanford <br /> Renovation Capital <br /> Project Ordinance <br />Attachment 6. Cameron Park <br /> Elementary Renovations <br /> Capital Project Ordinance <br />Attachment 7. Technology Application <br /> Project Capital Project <br /> Ordinance <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Clarence Grier, (919) 245-2453 <br />PURPOSE: To approve budget and capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2009- <br />10. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Grant Project Ordinances <br />1. The Orange County Cooperative Extension and Economic Development Departments <br />have received the following two (2) grant awards: <br />• Specialty Crops Grant - At its January 21, 2010 meeting, the Board of County <br />Commissioners approved the receipt of a $20,000 award from the North Carolina <br />Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. This grant will help support the <br />emerging needs at the PLANT @ Breeze Farm Enterprise Incubator Program. <br />Specifically, the funds will be used to support training and field activities, including <br />sustainable soil and water management, insect, disease, and weed management, <br />