ORD-2016-023 Ordinance approving Budget Amendment #10 for Fiscal Year 2015-16

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3 cover the Wage Increase and performance awards in FY 2015-16. (See Attachment 1, column 4) 6. The FY 2015-16 Board of Commissioners' Approved Budget included Salary Savings funds of $750,000 and Equity Retention funds of $30,000 in FY 2015-16. This budget amendment provides for the actual allocation of these funds within the affected departments to cover these Salary Savings and Equity Retention funds in FY 2015- 16. (See Attachment 1, column 5) 7. The FY 2015-16 Board of Commissioners' Approved Budget included funds of up to $600,000 to continue the County match of employees' 401k contributions of up to $63.00 per pay period for all general (non-sworn law enforcement officer) employees. This budget amendment provides for the allocation of projected year-end actuals of $598,715 within departments to cover these increases. (See Attachment 1, column 6) SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There are no Orange County Social Justice Goals associated with these items. Emergency Telephone System Fund (E911 Fund) 8. As per the State E911 Board and N.C. General Statute 62A-46, salary and benefits of personnel are not an eligible expense to be paid out directly from the E911 Fund as personnel expenses. However, eligible expenses for work tasks directly related to E911 services do qualify for cost reimbursement by the E911 Fund if reflected as Contractual Services or Functional Service Costs. This budget amendment provides for the transfer of the 2.0 FTE positions currently budgeted in the E911 Fund to Emergency Services — Communications division within the General Fund, and provides for an estimated 95% of their duties to be eligible for cost reimbursement from the E911 Fund. The net cost to the General Fund is 5% of the total personnel costs, which is estimated to be $6,323. (See Attachment 1, column 7) SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There are no Orange County Social Justice Goals associated with these items. Governing and Management Non-Departmental 9. At its May 5, 2016, the Board of County Commissioners approved the allocation of $20,000 from the Board of Commissioners' FY 2015-16 Contingency account to fund the initial costs of the Bond Education Committee's work. This budget amendment provides for the allocation from the BOCC Contingency account to the Bond Referendum Education non-departmental account. (See Attachment 1, column 8) SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal associated with this item. Asset Management Services 10.The Friends of the Seymour Center have donated funds to the County's Community Giving Fund to cover the costs of a storage shed to be installed at the Robert and Pearl Seymour Center in Chapel Hill. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of $5,230 from the Community Giving Fund for the above mentioned purpose. (See Attachment 1, column 9)