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<br />Appropriations: <br />1. Defer hiring 2 Emergency Services positions far one year ($130,000} <br />2. Reappropriate savings realized in Cable Casting Contract ($45,000} <br /> <br />3 Decrease Board of Elections printing budget to reflect State <br />' allowing competitive bidding for ballots ($37,000} <br /> <br />4 Defer Board of Elections equipment maintenance until fiscal <br />' year 2008-09 ($15,000} <br /> <br />5 Change delivery of employee newsletter from paper to <br />' electronic ($3,000} <br /> <br />6' Delay hiring of Environmental Health Food & Lodging and <br /> Well Construction positions by 6 months $52,000 <br />7. Reduce BOCC Contingency by 50% ($17,500} <br /> <br />8' Delay hiring of Staff Attorney position by 3 months (effective <br /> November 1, 2007) ($33,000) <br />g' Add Water Resources Position Effective November 1, 2007 $51,000 <br />10. Eliminate Funding for Medicaid Increase ($545,000} <br />11 Reduce 401 (k) from $5 increase to $2.50 increase per pay <br /> period ($46,500} <br />12. Delete funding for Orange Alamance Water Study ($20,000) <br />13. Increase appropriation to Energy Management $6,844 <br />14. Retain Families in Focus Program in Health Department $26,000 <br /> <br />15. Increase funding to Orange Community Housing for Land <br /> Trust Staffing $35,000 <br />16. Retain Medical Reserve Corps for one additional year $17,000 <br />17. Increase appropriation for HYAA $1,125 <br /> <br />18. Eliminate funding for Critical Needs Reserve (Carry forward <br /> unexpended funds from fiscal year 2006-07) ($125,000} <br />19. Budget for Library Services Interoperability Study $10,000 <br /> <br />20. Increase appropriation for School Fair Funding to be split <br /> 50150 between CHCCS and OCS $188,000 <br />21 Increase Schools Current Expense Funding from $2,957 per <br /> pupil to $3,069 $2,081,912 <br />Total Changes to Recommended Appropriations $1,347,881 <br />Revenues: <br />1 . Increase Investment Income Budget 100,000 <br />2. Increase Ad Valorem Tax Rate by the Equivalent of One Cent <br />to Fund Additional Increases in Current Expense Appropriation <br />1,247,881 <br />Total Changes to Recommended Revenues 1,347,881 <br />