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Appropriations: <br /> 1. Defer hiring 2 Emergency Services positions for one year_ ($130,000) <br /> 2. Rea ro riate savings realized in Cable Casting Contract ($45,000) <br /> 3 1 Decrease Board of Elections printing budget to reflect State <br /> — <br /> allowing competitive bidding for ballots ($37,000) <br /> 4. Defer Board of Elections equipment maintenance until fiscal <br /> year 2008-09 ($15,000) <br /> 5. Change delivery of employee newsletter from paper to <br /> electronic ($3,000) <br /> 6. Delay hiring of Environmental Health Food & Lodging and <br /> Well Construction positions by 6 months ($52,000) <br /> 7. Reduce BOCC Contingency by 50% ($17,500) <br /> 8. Delay hiring of Staff Attorney position by 3 months (effective' <br /> November 1, 2007) ($33,000) <br /> 9. Add Water Resources Position Effective November 1, 2007 $51,000 <br /> 10. Eliminate Funding for Medicaid Increase ($545,000) <br /> 1.1. Reduce 01(k) from $5 increase to $2.50 increase per pay <br /> period ($46,500) <br /> 12. Delete funding for Orange Alamance Water Study ($20,000) <br /> 13. Increase appropriation to Energy Management $6,844 <br /> 14. Retain Families in Focus Program in Health Department $26,000 <br /> 15. Increase funding to Orange Community Housing for Land— <br /> Trust Staffing $35,000 <br /> 16. Retain Medical Reserve Corps for one additional year $17,000 <br /> 17. Increase appropriation for HYAA $1,125 <br /> 18. Eliminate funding for Critical Needs Reserve (Carry forward <br /> lunexpended funds from fiscal year 2006-07) ($125,000) <br /> 19. Budget for Library Services Interoperability Study $10,000 <br /> 20. Increase appropriation for School Fair Funding to be split <br /> 50/50 between CHCCS and OCS $188,000 <br /> 21. Increase Schools Current Expense Funding from$2,957 per <br /> ,pupil to $3,069 $2,081,912 <br /> Total Changes to Recommended Appropriations $1,347,881 1 <br /> Revenues: <br /> 1. Increase Investment Income Budget 100,000 <br /> 2. Increase Ad Valorem Tax Rate by the Equivalent of One Cent <br /> to Fund Additional Increases in Current Expense Appropriation 1 ,247,881 <br /> Total Changes to Recommended Revenues 1,347,8811 <br />