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3 <br />• Agri-Tourism Marketing - $25,000 to create a map, brochure and online materials <br />that spotlight the county's agri-tourism offerings including Bed & Breakfast <br />establishments, Pick your Own Stands, Farm Markets, special events, agri-tainment, <br />etc. <br />With this appropriation, approximately $287,000 remains in the Visitors Bureau Fund's <br />available fund balance. This budget amendment provides for the fund balance <br />appropriation of $75,000 from the Visitors Bureau Fund for the above stated purposes. <br />(See Attachment 1, column 3) <br />Health Department <br />4. During the June 2011 budget work sessions, the Health Department received notification <br />from the Orange County Partnership for Young Children that it would not receive Smart <br />Start funds of $29,950 for the dental services program for FY 2011-12. The Board of <br />County Commissioners approved a fund balance appropriation of $33,000 to sustain the <br />program in the FY 2011-12 Approved Budget. At the time of budget approval, the <br />previously anticipated Smart Start funds of $29,950 were still included in the Approved <br />Budget. This budget amendment provides for the reduction of the budgeted Smart Start <br />funds and leaves $33,000 in County approved funds for continuing this program. (See <br />Attachment 1, column 4) <br />Emergency Management Services <br />5. At its September 20, 2011 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved the <br />location of an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) substation on the UNC-CH campus to <br />provide enhanced service delivery to the campus and the Chapel Hill area. Furniture, as <br />well as maintenance and utilities, have been provided by UNC-CH, while the County will <br />cover the estimated $13,000 in costs for annual parking permits ($3,000) and the <br />installation costs of the shore lines ($10,000) to keep ambulance charging and cooling <br />systems operational. Funds to cover this $13,000 expense will come from a fund <br />balance appropriation from the E-911 Fund. <br />6. The Department also requests a fund balance appropriation of $3,570 from the E-911 <br />Fund to cover the costs of the master planning phase of a Regional Public Safety <br />Training Center. The center will be used for in-service and specialized training for all <br />fire/rescue, EMS and law enforcement personnel in and around the region. Area <br />agencies and their respective governmental entities are contributing to the planning <br />effort. <br />This budget amendment provides for a fund balance appropriation of $16,570 from the <br />E-911 Fund for the above stated purposes. (See Attachment 1, column 5) <br />7. The Department has received notification from the State of North Carolina, Department <br />of Crime Control and Public Safety, of additional FY 2011 Emergency Management <br />Performance Grant funds of $15,000. The grant period for the use of these funds <br />continues through September 30, 2012, and thus these funds will be set up for use in a <br />multi-year grant project. The department plans to use these funds to assist in <br />maintaining the comprehensive Emergency Management Program. This budget <br />