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Solid Waste Enterprise Fund <br />2. In January 2003, Orange County condemned four parcels of land, totaling 18.34 acres, <br />along Eubanks Road in Chapel Hill Township. The land is being used primarily as the site <br />for the County's new construction & demolition landfill and associated buffers and uses. As <br />required by State law, Orange County at that time filed with the Clerk of Court a payment of <br />$216,000, which, based on a May 2002 appraisal obtained by Orange County, represented <br />fair market value for the property acquired. In late June 2004, County representatives <br />reached agreement with the former property owner on the total price to be paid for the <br />property, $272,500. The attached budget amendment will appropriate $57,947 in fund <br />balance from the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund to cover the additional cost for land and the <br />County's share of property taxes due. (See Attachment 1, column #2) <br />Orange County Animal Shelter Fees <br />3. On June 30, 2004, Orange County assumed the operations of the Animal Shelter from the <br />Animal Protection Society. When the Board of County Commissioners approved the County <br />Fee Schedule for FY 2004 -05, the pet adoption fees were not included in the fee schedule. <br />Pet adoption fees include an animal deposit, as well as the cost of the following services: <br />microchip insertion, vaccination, disease testing, and spay /neuter. This budget amendment <br />provides for a technical correction of the County Fee Schedule for FY 2004 -05 to include the <br />following pet adoption fees: <br />Service <br />Total Fee <br />Cat Adoption <br />$ 89.00 <br />Kitten Adoption 5 months and under <br />$ 80.00 <br />Dog Adoption <br />$113.00 <br />Puppy Adoption 5 months and under <br />$104.00 <br />Department on Aging <br />4. The Department on Aging has received funds from the Triangle J Council of Government for <br />Orange County's share of the Duke Energy program to purchase fans for low- income elderly <br />Orange County residents. Duke Energy donates funds annually to this program. This <br />budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column #4) <br />Scattered Site Housing Rehabilitation Program Grant Project <br />5. On May 18, 2004, the Board of County Commissioners approved acceptance of a FY 2004 <br />Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) totaling $400,000 from the N.C. Department <br />of Commerce for a Scattered Site Housing Rehabilitation Program. Funds from this grant <br />will be used to repair approximately 15 substandard houses occupied by low - income families <br />in the Towns of Carrboro and Hillsborough, as well as unincorporated areas of Orange <br />County. Program participants will be selected from the existing Housing Rehabilitation <br />Program waiting list according to date and time of waiting list placement. There were <br />approximately 45 families on the waiting list as of May 2004. In selecting participants, <br />priority will be given to owners that lack indoor plumbing or have plumbing deficiencies, or <br />are elderly or disabled. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these <br />