ORD-2007-020 - Ordinance approving Budget Amendment #13 for FY 2006-07

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oQp -aoD7-o~~ ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 12, 2007 Action Agenda Item No. 4h h SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #13 DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT (S): Attachment 1. Budget as Amended Spreadsheet Attachment 2. Year-To-Date Budget Summary Attachment 3. Information Technology Capital Project Ordinance Attachment 4. Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Capital Project Ordinances INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Coffey, (919) 245-2151 PURPOSE: To approve budget, school and county capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2006-07. BACKGROUND: Department of Social Services The Department of Social Services has received notification from.the State of additional funds for the current fiscal year for Child Day Care Subsidies. The department plans to use the additional $150,000 to continue to provide childcare subsidies to low-income families. Currently, there are 810' children and their families who benefit from this program. An additional 137 are on the waiting list. The additional funds will go towards moving children off the waiting list. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds, and brings the budget for this program to $4,436,864 for fiscal year 2006-07. (See Attachment 1, column #1) Governing and Management Non-Departmental 2. The 2006-07 approved budget includes $375,000 in anon-departmental health insurance account, which provides for up to a 16.0 percent health insurance -rate increase. Effective January 1, 2007, the NCACC Trust renewal rate increase was 1.9 percent. This budget amendment provides for the transfer of $90,648 from the health insurance increase account to individual departments in the General Fund to cover the additional health insurance costs leaving a balance of $284,352. Staff plans to carry these unexpended funds forward into