ORD-2004-008 - Budget Amendment #9

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tIlA -- ", /) 4P, ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 4, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #9 DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No ATTACHMENT (S): Attachment 1. Budget as Amended Spreadsheet Attachment 2. High School #3 School Capital Project Ordinance Attachment 3. November 20, 2002 Letter Regarding High School #3 from Barry Jacobs to Valerie Foushee INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Dean 245 -2151 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732 -8181 Chapel Hill 968 -4501 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane 336 - 227 -2031 PURPOSE: To approve budget ordinance and school capital project amendments for fiscal year 2003 -04. BACKGROUND: Arts Commission The Dreams -of- Flight creative writing project is an officially endorsed program of the First in Flight Centennial Commission and is administered by The North Carolina Arts Council. The North Carolina Arts Council awarded the Orange County Arts Commission a grant in the amount of $2,750 for this project; these funds are included in the approved budget for FY 2003 -2004. The Orange County Arts Commission raised a total of $3,500 from the following sources: Orange County School System ($500), New Hope Elementary School PTSA ($1,000), Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools ($1,000), Smith Middle School PTSA ($1,000), to be used as the County's local match for the Dreams -of- Flight creative writing project in New Hope Elementary School (4t' graders) and Smith Middle School (8th graders). The funds are designated for artist fees (playwright) and to purchase flight - related resources for schools' media centers: This amendment provides for the receipt of $3,500 in matching funds for the North Carolina Arts Council grant. (See Attachment 1, column #1)