ORD-2012-029 Fiscal Year 2012-13 Budget Amendment #1

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002 • National Family Caregiver Support Program - funds totaling. $25,672 to provide support to individuals who are the primary caregivers of frail older adults through the Caregiver Day Out program, in-home respite, and support group staff for counseling support groups. • Donations — receipt of funds totaling $15,000 for FY 2012-13 from the Friends of the Seymour Center, the Friends of Central Orange Senior Center and the Triangle Sportsplex to continue after hours service two evenings (5-9 p.m.) per week at Central Orange and two evenings (5-9 p.m.) and some Saturday hours (9 a.m.-1 p.m.) at the Seymour Center through the use of non-permanent personnel. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of the above mentioned funds. (See Attachment 1, column 1) Department of Social Services 2. This year the Department of Social Services will assume responsibility for guardianships. In the past this service was provided through Orange-Person-Chatham (OPC) Area Program. OPC has decided to no longer provide this service given the merger with Piedmont Behavioral Health. The cost of the guardianship support is $15,000 for approximately seven cases and will be transferred from the OPC budget to the Social Services budget. This budget amendment provides for the transfer of $15,000 from the OPC Area Program budget to the Department of Social Services for FY 2012-13. (See Attachment 1, column 2) Miscellaneous 3. In May 2009, the Board of County Commissioners approved the Human Resources Department to annually review one third of the County's position classifications to ensure classifications accurately reflect the work being performed by County employees, as well as provide a more manageable fiscal implementation for classification changes. The County's final review occurred in FY 2011-12 and the cost for covering the adjustments (up to $60,000) was included in the Approved FY 2012-13 Budget within the Governing and Management Non-Departmental section. Most of the positions in the third review were determined to be appropriately classified, but a total of 26 positions were reclassified at a total General Fund cost of $84,597, which reflects both the salary.and benefits impact. This budget amendment provides for the allocation of $60,000 from the Pay and Classification Study Non-Departmental account, and appropriates fund balance of$24,597 from the General Fund to the affected employees' departments to cover the total costs. (See Attachment 1, column 3) Orange Grove Fire Department 4. The Orange Grove Fire Department has recently completed driveway construction at Station #2 located on SR 1113 (Rocky Ridge Road). The department spent a total of $27,012 for the project. North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) received a request form the Orange Grove Fire Department for reimbursement cost for the driveway construction at Station #2. Under NCDOT policies, the County is responsible for invoicing NCDOT for reimbursement of eligible construction costs not to