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monies and Solid Waste Enterprise Fund revenues were approved as permanent full-time equivalent positions. 0 11.7 full-time equivalent positions of the total recommended 23.675 positions were approved to staff new facilities coming on line this year and to address health and safety needs for residents. The net County cost of these new positions totals $402, 046. o Commissioners agreed to postpone opening of West Ten Park until August 2009 and Northern Park until April 2009. The postponement results in operational and capital savings of $150,000 and staff savings of $105,157 generated by not approving two Parks Conservation Technician positions. However, the opening of Northern Park in April 2009 necessitates approving the Parks Conservation Tech II for October 1, 2008. Substantial completion of the park will occur this fall, and personnel will be needed to maintain the park and nurture the fields until the opening in April. The cost of this addition can be absorbed in the Parks and Recreation budget by shifting operational costs for other park projects to summer 2009. Staff plans to bring updated park construction timetables to the Board at its regular August 19, 2008 meeting. o Beginning July 1, 2008, County positions that are not required to maintain essential services such as those related to public safety, health, protective services, face athree-month hiring delay. Anticipated savings from the delay total $400,000. o The Board agreed to defer, for one year, two major capital initiatives - renovations of the Link Government Services Center and purchase of Central Permitting Software. The cumulative savings generated by the deferral equates to $1,325,000 or the equivalent of just over one cent on the FY 2008-09 ad valorem tax rate. The deferral of these projects does not reflect recurring reductions in the General Fund. The attached Link Government Services Center and Information Technology capital project ordinances reflect these changes. o Maintaining county contributions to outside agencies at the FY 2007-08 funding levels results in a savings of $361,630 from the recommended funding level. Based on changes-to-date in the recommended budget, the Board has funded just over 96 percent of the funding requests received from Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools, Orange County Schools and Durham Technical Community College. Just under 83 percent of the requests received from County departments and outside agencies has been funded. Attachment 2 of this agenda abstract, "Fiscal Year 2008-09 Budget Ordinance" represents the legislation that actually implements the 2008-09 annual operating budget for the County. FINANCIAL IMPACT: As outlined in the Background section and noted in the budget ordinance and individual project ordinances.