ORD-2003-106 Budget Amendment #1

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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 19, 2003 c~aP~ ~ ~° ~-' rod Action Agenda Item No. ~~-~ SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #1 DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) 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 2003-04. BACKGROUND: Health Department 1. The State of North Carolina's Department of Health recently modified the laboratory requirements for county health departments. The State now requires that all ordering and obtaining of lab results be conducted through an on-line, software system. To assist with this requirement, the Health Department wiH be reimbursed up to $3,000 for computer and printer upgrades/replacements in its two labs in order to access the State lab system. .The Orange County Health Department will require one computer upgrade and two printer replacements to address this mandate; the estimated cost of these items is $2,800. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See attachment 1, column #1). Department on Aging 2. The Department on Aging has received notification from the Corporation for National & Community Service-National Senior Service Corps of additional grant funds for FY 2003-04 .for its Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). When submitting their budget request for FY 2003-04, the Department budgeted $50,562 for these anticipated grant funds, but has since received notification that the amount of the grant award will be $58,959 for FY 2003- 04. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these additional grant funds totaling $8,397. (See attachment 1, column #2).