ORD-2003-136 Budget Amendment #4

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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 21, 2003 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #4 DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No ATTACHMENT (S): Attachment 1. Budget as Amended Spreadsheet - Attachment 2. Medicaid Maximization Capital Project Ordinance Attachment 3. Whitted Human Services Center Capital Project Ordinance 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 and capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2003 -04. BACKGROUND: Library Services 1. The Orange County Library has received additional literacy grant funds of $500 from the Wal -Mart Foundation. These grant funds will be used to support the department's bilingual (Spanish /English) story time programs by paying a bilingual storyteller to promote reading and to provide books in Spanish and English for children and families. These programs are offered twice per month on Saturdays. There is no County match for the receipt of these funds. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column #1). Department of Social Services 2. The Department of Social Services (DSS) has received a reimbursement of $6,723 from the State for a child that was in Orange County DSS custody prior to adoption. A child was discharged from the hospital in March 2002 and placed into foster care. The foster care costs were paid by Title IVB -State and Local funds from March 2002 -April 2003. The Social Security Administration — Supplemental Security Income (SSI) division has just ruled on the case filed by DSS for the child, and it was determined that the child was entitled to the full SSI payments. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column #2)