ORD-2006-001 - Budget Amendment # 8

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well as cover the cost to distribute bins door to door and record collection rate changes before and after bins are put into use. b. Grant funds from the American Plastics Council totaling $3,500 to be used to promote recycling of plastic bottles through advertising in print and radio ads, as well as shelf .takers in grocery stores. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these grant funds. (See Attachment 1, column #6) 7. The Solid Waste Enterprise Fund has received a donation of $250 from an Orange County citizen to be used for recycling education efforts. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these donated funds. (See Attachment 1, column #7) Equipment and Vehicles Capital Project Ordinance 8. The Orange Public Transportation (OPT) Department has received funds totaling $6,000 from the sale of under-utilized vans to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. These funds will be used to purchase a vehicle from the Triangle Transit Authority (TTA) in order to provide the new TTA/OPT Hillsborough to Chapel Hill public route as authorized by the Board of County Commissioners at their December 13, 2005 meeting. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 3, Equipment and Vehicles Capital Project Ordinance) Governing and Management Non-Departmental - 407 (k) Enhancement, Health Insurance Increase and In-Range Salary Adjustment 9. The 2005-06 budget provides fora 401(k) enhancement of $86,320. With the adoption of the 2005-06 budget, the Board of County Commissioners approved an increase of $5 per pay period for permanent non-law enforcement. employees, increasing the County's 401(k) contribution from $20 to $25 per pay period for all permanent non-law enforcement employees. This budget amendment provides for the transfer of $86,320 from the 401(k) enhancement account to individual departments in~the General Fund to cover. the additional 401(k) costs. (See Attachment 1, column #9) 10. At its October 3, 2005 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved a transfer of $19,212 from fund balance to the employee health insurance account to supplement the 2005-06 health insurance budget. The 2005-06 approved budget included $361,024 in a non-departmental health insurance account, which provided for up to a 15.9 percent health insurance rate increase. Effective January 1, 2006, the NCACC Trust renewal rate increase was 16.5 percent with the addition of a $250 deductible for inpatient hospital services and outpatient hospital services to the Blue Care Plan. Budget Amendment #4 provided for the appropriation of fund balance from the General Fund in the amount of $19,212 to cover the additional health insurance costs needed for FY 2005-06. This budget amendment provides for the. transfer of $380,236 from the health insurance account to individual departments in the General Fund to cover the additional health insurance costs. (See Attachment 1, column #10)