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o~~-02003-- oa ~' 1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 6, 2003 <br />Action Agend~ <br />Item No. ~-~, <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #11 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />Attachment 1. Budget as Amended <br />Spreadsheet <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 ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2002-03. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Department of Social Services <br />1. The Department of Social Services has received notification from the State of additional funds <br />totaling $159,130 for child-care subsidies to low-income families. To date this fiscal year, <br />approximately 1,023 children and their families have benefited from this program. This budget <br />amendment provides for the receipt of these additional State funds and brings the budget for this <br />program to $3,442,299 for fiscal year 2002-03. (See Attachment 1, column #1) <br />Health Department <br />2. The Health Department has received notification from the North Carolina Division of Public <br />Health of additional Aid to Counties grant funds totaling $25,000 for fiscal year 2002-03. This <br />grant had previously .been cut by $8,740. The Division of Public Health has strongly <br />recommended that these additional funds be used for bioten'orism preparedness and response <br />related expenditures. As such, these funds will be used for training and to offset existing <br />personnel expenses related to the bioterrorism preparedness and response efforts already <br />underway in Orange County. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these additional <br />funds. (See Attachment 1, column #2) <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impacts are included in the background information above. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of County Commissioners <br />approve the attached budget ordinance amendments. <br />