ORD-2003-183 - Budget Amendment #7

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Compliance Officer positions effective January 1, 2004 within the Inspector's Division of the Planning Department. The estimated personnel, operating, and one-time start-up costs associated with these four positions are approximately $175,000 for FY 2003-04. This budget amendment allows for an appropriation of $175,000 from the County's General Fund fund balance to pay for these positions. (See Attachment 1, column #2) Orange County Schools Middle School- #3 3. In November 2000, the Board of Commissioners approved a Policy on Planning and Funding School Capital .Projects. That .policy identifies two levels of school construction projects -Level 1 and Level 2. Level 1 projects are those projects that have a relatively small scope of work and can be accomplished using a single prime contractor, in house staff or entail purchasing equipment and vehicles. Level 2 projects are major projects that require several phases,to complete. For these projects, the Commissioners approve project funding in four phases: • Concept/Pre-Planning Phase -includes preliminary programming and design work that would result in conceptual drawings and preliminary cost estimates • Planning Phases -includes siting the facility, construction of infrastructure, and preparation of construction documents in preparation for the bidding process • Design and Construction Phases -includes final design, facility construction and purchase of equipment, furnishings, technology and one time start up costs • Final Accounting Phase - provides a reconciliation of actual project expenditures with approved budget Funds in the amount of $18.5 million were included in the voter approved November 2001 bond referendum for siting and construction of a third middle school in the Orange County School system. On June 26, 2003, the Board of County Commissioners approved "the option purchase price of $38,505 for option to purchase agreements to be executed between the Orange County Schools and the respective property owners for the parcels comprising the proposed site for the OCS middle school. The acreage being considered for purchase is up to 100.62 acres with a total purchase price is $1,283,500. The amount of $38,505 covered the cost of a six-month purchase option for OCS for land located in the Efland area. .While waiting for the land transaction to be completed, Orange County Schools has moved forward with preliminary design and site work for the new middle school. OCS and County staff and attorneys have been collaborating,. along with the designated, project representatives of both governing boards and the OCS-selected architectural firm, to identify and work through land use and utility infrastructure matters related to this project. The Orange County Board of Education recently received a report on the preliminary conceptual site design of the proposed school site. In keeping with the BOCC's Policy on Planning and Funding School Capital Projects Policy, the District pursued a prototypical building. design: The Board of Education has worked with Corley, Redfoot and Zack, Architects, to design a new middle school that, for the. most part, is a prototype of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools' R. D. and Euzelle Smith Middle School