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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 22, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. g_ e <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #11 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Ns~; <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) Na '~ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Budget Amendment INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Dean, extension 2151 <br />Middle School Enrichment Camp Grant Project <br />Ordinance <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Senior Health Coordination Grant Project Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Ordinance Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To approve budget ordinance amendments and grant project ordinance amendments. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Board of Elections <br />1) The Board of Elections has received $8,000 in unanticipated additional revenue from candidate <br />filing fees this fiscal year. The additional revenue offsets unbudgeted printing costs for ballots <br />associated with the November 1997 bond referendum. The attached budget amendment <br />appropriates these funds to the Board of Election budget (see block #1, page 5) <br />Arts Commission <br />2) The Arts Commission has received notification of a grant award from the North Cazolina Arts <br />Council. This $2,000 award is to assist the department in developing an Internet site where citizens <br />can access a listing of all County artists. The attached budget amendment appropriates these grant <br />monies to the Arts Commission. (See block #2, page 5) <br />DSS <br />3) The Department of Social Services has received additional State daycaze funds, totaling $90,515 for <br />the 1997-98 fiscal year. These monies enable the department to assist families who are on waiting <br />lists for daycare services. This budget amendment (see page 5, column 3) will bring Orange <br />County's total State daycaze allocation to $2,259,632. <br />4) The Department of Social Services has received additional unanticipated donations for foster care <br />for the 1997-98 fiscal year. These funds provide Christmas for children in foster care and send them <br />