ORD-2003-035 Budget Amendment #13

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ORANGE COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 17, 2003 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #13 DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No ATTACHMENT (S): Attachment 1. Budget as Amended Spreadsheet 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 amendments for fiscal year 2002 -03. BACKGROUND: Department on Aging The Department on Aging has established a Frail Elderly Fund for persons who want to make donations to enhance care management services. To date this fiscal year, the department has received approximately $4,000 in donations. It is anticipated that $5,000 will be collected by June 30, 2003. These funds would be used for mobility- related home modifications. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column #1). Orange Public Transportation (OPT) 2. Orange Public Transportation (OPT) has received notification of additional funding from the North Carolina Department of Transportation to support rural transportation programs for the current fiscal year. The funds total $133,261 and include monies for the Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) in the amount of $17,077, and the Discretionary Rural General Public Program in the amount of $116,184. Two County transportation programs. benefit from ROAP funds: 1) Elderly and Disabled Transportation Assistance Program — assists residents who are 60 years old and older or disabled in paying for medically necessary transportation 2) Work First Transitional /Employment Transportation Assistance Program — assists former Work First clients and other low- income persons certified for Medicaid and Food Stamps with employment- related transportation. The additional Discretionary Rural General Public Program funds enable OPT to offer three new services: