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z'dq --7 > <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 3, 1999 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8_q <br /> SUBJECT: Budget Amendment#4 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Budget Office PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1999-00 Budget As Amended Donna Dean, extension 2151 <br /> Capital Project Ordinances <br /> Grant Project Ordinances TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Letter of Request from Efland Volunteer Fire Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Department Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve budget ordinance amendments and capital and grant project ordinances for fiscal <br /> year 1999-00. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Amendments for Items Approved by Prior Board Action <br /> Health Department <br /> 1) On September 7, the Board of County Commissioners accepted a Smart Start grant for Orange County's <br /> Community Awareness Project. The purpose of this project is to link families with young children to <br /> community health services.At that time, the Board authorized one time-limited full-time equivalent <br /> Bilingual Community Awareness Coordinator position. The Board established the position for the period <br /> of October 1,.1999 through June 30, 2000. Continuation of the position is dependent on a second year <br /> appropriation of Smart Start funds from Orange County's Partnership for Young Children. Anticipated first <br /> year program costs total $57,515. The grant from the Partnership totals$47,887. The remaining cost of <br /> $9,628 consists of in-kind contributions from the county including office space and equipment, <br /> supervisory time and program supplies. (see Smart Start Grant Project Ordinance, page 6) <br /> Emergency Telephone System <br /> 2) On October 5, the Board approved a contract for the purchase of a Digital Voice Logging System for the <br /> E911 Center. The current system, installed in 1994, is outdated, failing and not Y2K compliant. The <br /> Board approved an appropriation from the Fund's fund balance totaling $29,763, sufficient to cover the <br /> cost of the new system. This budget amendment appropriates the fund balance and increases the capital <br /> equipment budget for the Emergency Telephone Fund. (see column#2, page 5) <br /> Amendments for Items Included in the 1999-09 Capital Investment Plan <br /> Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Capital Project Ordinances <br /> 3) On June 21, the Board approved the County's ten-year Capital Investment Plan. At that time, the Board <br /> decided to approve individual project ordinances for the County and both school systems during the fiscal <br /> year as project scopes develop. On September 7,the Board approved five project ordinances for the <br />