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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 9, 2003 <br />o ~P,d ~ ~o~~ -~~'.~ <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ - ~ <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #7 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Attachment 1. Budget as Amended <br />Spreadsheet <br />Attachment 2. OCS Middle School #3 <br />School Capital Project. <br />Ordinance <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <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 .336-227-203.1 <br />PURPOSE: To approve budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2003-04. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Health Department <br />At their December 1, 2003 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved the <br />establishment of two new positions within the Health Department related to public health <br />preparedness and emergency response -one Public Health Preparedness Coordinator and <br />one Volunteer Coordinator -effective December 1, 2003. The Public Health Preparedness <br />Coordinator position will be funded through a recurring federal allocation to the State in the <br />amount of $69,.199 for Orange County. The Volunteer Coordinator position will be funded <br />through athree-year federal grant in the amount of $50,000 for each year. The Volunteer <br />Coordinator position funding is for athree-year period, after which time the Board of Health <br />and the Board of Commissioners will evaluate the grant and decide whether the effort merits <br />continuation. There is no County match for the cost of these positions. This budget <br />amendment allows for the receipt of the additional allocation of funds totaling $69,199 from <br />the N.C. Division of Public Health for the. Public Health Preparedness Coordinator position, <br />and the .receipt of the $50,000 grant award for FY 2003-04 from the U.S. Department of <br />Health and Human Services Public. Health Services for the Volunteer Coordinator position. <br />(See Attachment 1, column #1) <br />Planning Department <br />2. At their December 1, 2003 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved the <br />establishment of a new.. Plans Examiner position and a new Code Compliance Officer <br />position effective. January 1, 2004, as well as two additional two-year, time-limited Code <br />