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budget amendment provides for the approval of the fee structure to be included in the County Fee Schedule, as well as the receipt of the anticipated revenue generated by these fees. (See Attachment 1, column #1) Health Department 2. The Health Department has received notification of the receipt of one-time grant funds for the following Citizen Corps programs for fiscal year 2007-08: a) Community Emergency Response Team ($5,947) -the CERT .program teaches citizens how to provide basic emergency response services after a disaster, when emergency services are not available. These funds will be used for instructor recruitment, continued community training, purchasing additional training equipment, and advertising costs associated with promoting the program. b) Public Health Reserve Corps ($5,234) -the PHRC program provides training to credentialed medical and non-medical volunteers to increase response capacity during public health emergencies and to provide support for non-emergency public health programs. These funds will be used for respiratory protection training and fit testing of select volunteers, implementing recruitment campaigns to register more nurses and mental health providers, and advertising costs associated with promoting the program. These funds must be expended by February 15, 2008. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these grant funds for the above mentioned programs. (See Attachment 1, column #2) Distribution of Board Approved Salary and Benefit Allocations 3. The fiscal year 2007-08 approved budget includes funds for the following personnel related items: a) Cost of Living increase - $1,138,030 to provide fora 3% Cost of Living increase for all permanent employees, effective July 1, 2007. b) In-Range Salary increase - $249,267 to provide for In-Range Salary increases ranging from 1 to 2 percent. for employees whose work performance is rated proficient or higher, effective on the employees' performance review date. c) 401 (k) Enhancement increase - $46,500 to provide fora $2.50 increase in the County 401 (k) contribution for non-sworn law enforcement employees from $25.00 to $27:50 per pay period, effective July 1, 2007. This budget amendment provides for the transfer of these funds from the applicable Governing and Management Non-Departmental accounts to individual departments in the General Fund to cover the personnel related costs. (See Attachment 1, column #3) 4. This budget amendment provides for the transfer of a Community Services position from the Governing and Management Function to the Human Services Function, effective July 1, 2007. The personnel costs associated with this transfer totals $72,509. (See Attachment 1, column #4)