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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 1, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: Budget Amendment# 8 <br /> DEPARTMENT Budget Office PUBLIC HEARING YES_ NO <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> Proposed Budget Ordinance Amendment Budget Office Ext. 2150 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Reserve for New Elementary School Capital Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Project Ordinance Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> New Chapel Hill-Carrboro Elementary School Durham 688-7331 <br /> Captial Project Ordinance <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To approve proposed budget ordinance amendment and capital project ordinances. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> (1) On February 15, 1994, the Board of County Commissioners approved a $10,000 funding request for the <br /> Orange County Community in Schools (CIS) program. CIS is a non-profit, non-partisan, community based <br /> organization charged with addressing the multiple needs of youth at the highest risk of educational, social, and <br /> economical failure. It will bring existing public and private resources and people into the schools where they <br /> most benefit students. <br /> This budget amendment appropriates $10,000 from the Commissioners' contingency account to cover start-up <br /> program expenses from April to June 1994. The allocation provides funds for salaries and benefits of a <br /> Program Coordinator ($9,000) and office rental and other operating expenses ($1,000) for this three-month <br /> period. <br /> (2) The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is beginning the planning process for construction of a new <br /> elementary school in that district to open in 1996-97. Last Spring, the Board of Commissioners established an <br /> elementary school capital reserve account, while the financing plan for construction of this new school was <br /> determined. Last Fall, the Commissioners agreed to pursue financing additional elementary school space <br /> through an installment purchase plan, such as Certificates of Participation. The annual installment payments <br /> are to be paid from sales tax proceeds and impact fee. revenue. <br /> To begin the planning and design work for this school the Chapel Hill Board of Education is requesting that the <br /> Board of Commissioners transfer the funds from the reserve account into an active capital project account. The <br /> attached capital project ordinances transfer$81,859 into a capital project "New Chapel Hill-Carrboro Elementary <br /> School." <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> The Manager recommends that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the proposed budget ordinance <br /> amendment and capital project ordinances. <br />