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Human Resources <br />2. The Federal Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) allows individual claims <br />meeting a cost threshold of $15,000 and a cost limit of $90,000 to be submitted for <br />reimbursement. These funds must be used to defray health insurance premium or <br />benefit costs and cannot be used as a general fund revenue item. This service will be <br />contracted with RDS Services (Retiree Drug Subsidy) who will submit the claims and <br />receive a percentage of the subsidy recovered (see chart below). It is estimated that this <br />could provide $512,200 net the fee charged by RDS, to help offset future health <br />insurance increases. This budget amendment provides for a transfer of $10,000 from <br />currently budgeted funds in the Health Insurance Increase non-departmental account to <br />cover the retainer required by RDS. (See Attachment 1, column 2) <br />~Subsid Recovered Fee <br />$0 to $100,000 20% <br />$100,001 to $500,000 10% <br />$500,001 to $2,000,000 5% <br />Over $2,000,000 2% <br />• Annual maximum fee shall not exceed $200,000 <br />Visitors Bureau <br />3. At its August 23, 2011 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved the FY <br />2011-12 Performance Agreement between the Town of Chapel Hill and the Visitors <br />Bureau to receive an allocation of $150,000 from the Town of Chapel Hill. The Visitors <br />Bureau's FY 2011-12 Approved Budget included anticipated revenue of $200,000 from <br />the Town, so this budget amendment provides for the reduction of $50,000 in budgeted <br />revenue and advertising expense within the Visitors Bureau FY 2011-12 budget. (See <br />Attachment 1, column 3) <br />Health Department <br />4. The Health Department has received notification of the receipt of a $5,000 grant award <br />from the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) and the National <br />Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). The Department will use <br />these funds to coordinate aone-day planning meeting with a team of 10 community <br />agencies with a resulting action plan for sustaining local tobacco control efforts. This <br />budget amendment provides for the receipt of these grant funds for the above mentioned <br />purpose. (See Attachment 1, column 4) <br />5. The Health Department has received notification from the State of reduced funding for <br />FY 2011-12 for the following Smart Start supported grants: <br />Child Care Health Consultant Grant -reduction of $9,652 (from $73,252 to <br />$63,600). The impact of this reduction is nominal. The loss of revenue will be <br />offset by savings as a result of moving a Senior Public Health Educator into this <br />position instead of a higher salaried Public Health Nurse. The Public Health <br />Nurse was reassigned to a vacant position within the department. <br />