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97 - a3 7 i <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 21, 1997 <br /> SUBJECT: 1997-98 School and County Capital Project Ordinances <br /> DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) ` k?' { <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) s <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Project Summary Sheet Donna Dean, Budget Director <br /> Project Ordinances TELEPHONE NUMBERS: --ext. 2151 <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider adopting school and County capital project ordinances for the 1997-98 fiscal <br /> year. <br /> BACKGROUND: At their meeting on June 30, 1997,the Board of Commissioners adopted many of <br /> the capital project ordinances needed to carry out the Capital Improvements Plan for 1997-98. The <br /> Board postponed action on the balance of the necessary project ordinances until after further discussion <br /> at the August 7, 1997 bi-monthly work session. The Board at that time approved most of the rest of <br /> the 1997-2007 CIP. The attached project ordinances will implement those funding decisions and <br /> provide the necessary appropriations for the 1997-98 fiscal year. <br /> Two sets of project ordinances for 1997-98 remain to be considered at subsequent meetings. Project <br /> ordinances related to the Strategic Automation Plan(SAP)will be prepared for the Board's <br /> consideration after the SAP Technical Review Task Force completes its review of the draft SAP and <br /> reports its recommendations to the Board in November. <br /> The other project ordinance to be brought for Board consideration in November deals with funding for <br /> emergency preparedness,specifically with enhancing the readiness of several school buildings to serve <br /> as emergency shelters, The recommended CIP for 1997-98 included$300,000 for the installation of <br /> generators at two schools—At the Board's direction, staff are examining less expensive options. <br /> County and school staffs are developing recommendations based on making two school buildings <br /> "generator ready"to serve as emergency shelters. A project of this scope would involve wiring to <br /> accommodate generators for basic lighting,heating,and kitchen cooking and refrigeration facilities at <br /> two schools. Generators would actually be leased on an as needed basis whenever actual or expected <br /> weather conditions warrant. Staff are also examining options to include in this project funds to <br /> purchase additional generators for other County buildings that are needed in emergency situations, <br /> and/or to make those buildings"generator ready". <br />