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3 <br />Emergency Management Services <br />4. The Emergency Management Department has entered into an agreement with the University <br />of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to host an APPLES (Assisting People in Planning Learning <br />Experiences in Service) Intern during spring semester 2007. The intern will be a temporary, <br />time limited employee who commits to 150 hours of on-site work experience with Orange <br />County's Emergency Management Department. Compensation paid to the intern will total <br />$1,200 with 50 percent of the compensation coming from UNC and the remaining 50 percent <br />from Orange County. Orange County's share of the compensation is included in the 2006- <br />07 Emergency Management Department's annual operating budget. This budget <br />amendment provides for the receipt of these funds for the above stated purpose. (See <br />Attachment 1, column #5) <br />Health Department (Smart Start Grant Projects) <br />5. The Health Department has received notification from the Orange County Partnership for <br />Young Ghildren of the receipt of additional Smart Start funds for the following grant programs <br />for the current fiscal year: <br />a. Child Care Health Consultant -receipt of additional $2,950 to cover the 4% county- <br />wide approved cost of living increase for FY 2006-07 for the Public Health Nurse II <br />grant position, as well as additional education and office supplies. <br />b. Smart Start Dental Project -receipt of additional $7,500 to pay for contracted <br />interpreters to interpret for children ages 0-5 and their families during follow-up <br />services, and to pay for program coordinators time and/or bilingual project <br />coordinator contract in order to increase dental services and dental education to <br />children ages 0-5 and their families. <br />c. Child Service Coordination Project -receipt of additional $2,760 to cover the 4% <br />county-wide approved cost of living increase for FY 2006-07 for the Public Health <br />Nurse III grant position, and to cover the costs of a maintenance upgrade on the <br />Universal Screening log, which the department uses to gather demographic <br />information on clients, as well as tracking client referrals. <br />This .budget amendment provides for the receipt of these additional Smart Start funds in <br />these grant programs. (See Attachment 4, Smart Start Program Grant Project <br />Ordinance) <br />Solid Waste Enterprise Fund Equipment Financing <br />6. At its September 12 and October 3, 2006 meetings, the Board of County Commissioners <br />approved equipment financing that totaled $842,038 for the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund. <br />Equipment approved for purchase included a Hydraulic Excavator, Articulated Dump Truck, <br />and recycling bins. The County has secured financing for this equipment with Bank of <br />America fora 59-month term at an interest rate of 3.60%. This technical amendment <br />provides for the receipt of the loan proceeds as revenues along with the offsetting <br />expenditures for the equipment. (See Attachment 1, column #7) <br />