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Appropriations: <br />1. <br />Defer hiring 2 Emergency Services positions for one year <br />($130,000) <br />2. <br />Rea ppropriate savings realized in Cable Casting Contract— <br />($45,000) <br />3. <br />Decrease Board of Elections printing budget to reflect State <br />allowin comnetitive bidd'-- for ballots <br />($37,000) <br />4. <br />Defer Board of Elections equipment maintenance until fiscal <br />year 2008-09 <br />($15,000) <br />5. <br />Change delivery of e—mployee newsletter from paper to <br />electronic <br />($3,000) <br />6. <br />Delay hiring of Environmental Health Food & Lodging and <br />Well Construction positions by 6 months <br />($52,000) <br />7. <br />Reduce BOCC Contingency by 50% <br />($17,500) <br />8. <br />Delay hiring of Staff Attorney position by 3 months (effective <br />November 1, 2007) <br />($33 fl00) <br />9. <br />Add Water Resources Position Effective November 1, 2007 <br />$51,000 <br />10. <br />Eliminate Funding for Medicaid Increase <br />($545,000) <br />11. <br />Reduce 401(k) from $5 increase to $2.50 increase per pay <br />period <br />($46,500) <br />12. <br />Delete funding for Orange Alamance Water Study <br />($20,000) <br />13. <br />Increase appropriation to Energy Management <br />$6,844 <br />14. <br />Retain Families in Focus Program in Health Department <br />$26,000 <br />15. <br />Increase funding to Orange Community Housing for LanT- <br />Trust Staffing <br />$35,000 <br />16. <br />Retain Medical Reserve Corps for one additional year <br />$17,000 <br />17. <br />Increase appropriation for HYAA <br />$1,125 <br />18. <br />Eliminate funding for Critical Needs Reserve (Carry forward <br />unexpended funds from fiscal year 2006-07) <br />($125,000) <br />19. <br />Budget for Library Services Interoperability Study <br />$10,000 <br />20. <br />Increase appropriation for School Fair Funding to be split <br />50/50 between CHCCS and OCS <br />$188,000 <br />21 <br />I <br />Increase Schools Current Expense Funding from $2,957per <br />pupil to $3,069 <br />$2,081,912 <br />Total Changes to Recommended Appropriations <br />$1,347,881 <br />Revenues: <br />1. <br />Increase Investment Income Budget <br />100,000 <br />2. <br />Increase Ad Valorem Tax Rate by the Equivalent of One Cent <br />to Fund Additional Increases in Current Expense Appropriation <br />1,247,881 <br />Total Changes to Recommended Revenues <br />1,347,881 <br />