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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 15, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No._ <br />SUBJECT: Acceptance of Funds To Continue Evening/Weekend Hours at Two Senior <br />Centers <br />DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) NO <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jerry M. Passmore, Aging Director, <br />245 -2000 <br />Janice Tyler, Senior Centers <br />Administrator, 245 -2000 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the acceptance of funds from the Friends of the Robert and Pearl <br />Seymour Center and from the Friends of the Senior Center for Central Orange during FY2010- <br />11 to maintain after hours service at the two senior centers by employing non - permanent staff. <br />BACKGROUND: In order to reduce expenses in the FY2010 -2011 budget, the Department on <br />Aging recommended that the Central Orange and Seymour Centers hours of operation be <br />limited to normal County business hours from 8:00 -5:00 p.m. This eliminates the funding for an <br />evening Facility Manager position for four evenings per week (shared between the two facilities) <br />and some Saturday hours of operation at the Seymour Center. <br />In anticipation of this reduction in service with the Board of County Commissioners' adoption of <br />the FY2010 -11 budget, the boards of both Friends organizations have met and pledged <br />financial support to reimburse the Department on Aging for non - permanent personnel to <br />continue two evenings (5 -9 p.m.) per week at Central Orange and two evenings (5 -9 p.m.) and <br />some Saturday hours (9 a.m. -1 p.m.) at the Seymour Center. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Friends of the Seymour Center have committed $8,000 and the <br />Friends of Central Orange have budgeted $6,000 for the non - permanent personnel. No County <br />funds will be used for these additional hours of operation. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the following: <br />(1) Accept the funds during FY2010 -11 from the Friends of the Robert and Pearl Seymour <br />Center to employ a non - permanent employee to provide hours two evenings per week <br />and some Saturday hours; and <br />(2) Accept the funds during FY2010 -11 from the Friends of the Senior Center for Central <br />Orange to provide hours two evenings per week. <br />Staff will include this item in the first budget amendment for FY2010 -11 to budget the funds in <br />the Department on Aging's Community Based Services account. <br />