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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />.Meeting Date: October 19, 2004 <br />~a4~ --aoo~• //D <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. S- I <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #4 <br />DEPARTMENT: ,Budget <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />Attachment 1. Budget as Amended <br />Spreadsheet <br />Attachment 2. Year-To-Date Budget <br />Summary <br />Attachment 3. Conservation Easement <br />Capital Project Ordinance <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Dean 245-2151 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve budget and capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2004- <br />05. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Social Services <br />1. On October 5, 2004, the Board of County Commissioners accepted $105,514 in additional <br />State child protective services monies and established two new permanent full-time child <br />protective service social worker positions to be funded with the monies. The annual salary <br />and benefit costs of these positions totals $101,916 with the remaining $3,598 covering <br />start-up and operational costs associated with the positions. No additional county match is <br />required. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of the child protective services <br />State funds and establishes two new permanent full-time child protective service social <br />worker positions within the Department of Social Services. (See Attachment 1, column #1) <br />2. Also on October 5, 2004, the Board of County Commissioners established four new Social <br />Worker positions for the Department of Social Services. Through a contractual arrangement <br />between the County and the Orange County School district, the newly established positions <br />would provide social work and case management services in the schools. The cost of the <br />new positions will be partially offset through Medicaid reimbursements with the remaining <br />costs being reimbursed to the County from the Orange County School system. Estimated <br />costs for the remainder of the current fiscal year totals $150,000 including salary, benefits, <br />operational and one-time start-up costs. Annualized costs for fiscal year 2005-06 are <br />