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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 18, 2005 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 5-i <br /> SUBJECT: Budget Amendment#3 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT. <br /> Attachment 1. Budget as Amended Donna Dean, (919) 245-2151 <br /> Spreadsheet <br /> Attachment 2. Year-To-Date Budget <br /> Summary <br /> PURPOSE: To approve budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2005-06. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Environment Resource and Conservation Department <br /> 1. At its October 3, 2005 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved a contract <br /> with the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) of Toronto to conduct <br /> a joint greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory and emissions reduction action plan. <br /> With this, the Board also approved an interlocal Memorandum of Agreement between the <br /> Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and Orange County regarding administration of the <br /> project. The total cost of the project is $45,000, and will be funded with $14,100 from grant <br /> funds received from the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization, <br /> and from cost-share funds from Chapel Hill ($12,731), Carrboro ($4,388), and Orange <br /> County ($13,781). These cost-share amounts from the towns and the County are based on <br /> proportional population as of the 2000 census. The County's share was included in the <br /> fiscal year 2004-05 approved budget, and will be included as part of the carry forwards into <br /> fiscal year 2005-06 to be presented to the Board in the an upcoming budget amendment. <br /> This budget amendment provides for the receipt of the grant funds, as well as the funds <br /> from the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. (See Attachment 1, column #1) <br /> County-wide Departmental Budget Reductions <br /> 2. During its September 13, 2005 work session, the Board of County Commissioners reviewed <br /> staffs recommendations for budget reductions/savings and revenue enhancements in order <br /> to achieve a $500,000 operating budget reduction, along with a $300,000 reduction in the <br /> areas of Medicaid, health insurance and energy/utilities as included in the approved fiscal <br /> year 2005-06 Budget. The Board approved departmental budget reductions totaling <br /> $729,145 in the General Fund and reductions of $35,000 in the Revaluation Fund, with no <br /> reductions anticipated currently in expenditures in the areas of Medicaid, health insurance, <br /> and energy/utilities. Although not included in the work session materials, staff also <br />