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ORANGE COUNTY - <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 21, 2000 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Budget Amendment#4 <br /> .DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Attachment 1. Budget as Amended Donna Dean 245-2151 <br /> Spreadsheet <br /> Attachment 2. Pathways Elementary TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> School Construction . Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Project Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve a budget ordinance amendment and Pathways Elementary School <br /> Construction Capital Project Ordinance. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Department on Aging <br /> 1. On October 17, 2000, the Board of County Commissioners approved the receipt of training <br /> funds for the Department on Aging's Caregiver Outreach Program. Anticipated monies from <br /> Carol Woods and the Triangle J Council of Governments to fund the program total $7,950. <br /> This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds (column 1, attachment 1). <br /> Pathways Elementary School Construction Project Ordinance <br /> 2. The Orange County School system is preparing for opening of Pathways Elementary School <br /> in December 2000. Over the past few months, there have been several change orders <br /> issued for various items. , In addition, the system is in the process of ordering furniture and <br /> equipment for the new school. This budget amendment increases the project budget by <br /> $1,790,644 (the amount needed to cover the items mentioned above) bringing the total <br /> project-to-date budget to $12,972,720. This total includes one-time start-up costs of <br /> $235,000 approved by the Board of Commissioners on November 1, 2000. Once the <br /> elementary school is completed and the project closed, the school system anticipates <br /> transferring project savings (estimated at this time to be in the neighborhood of $1.3 million) <br /> to the new high school project. (see Attachment 2, Pathways Elementary School <br /> Construction Project Ordinance). <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impacts are included in the background information above. <br />