Agenda - 02-02-1987 - Special Mtg.

Browse Search

st Di;�r,i4 7' 64 V/1"7 ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT ON AGING y_-vim Southern Orange Senior Center 410 Caldwell Street Extension m.+•"■ e,r Northern Orange Senior Center Chapel Hill,N.C.27514 y is.. •' 300 West Tryon Street (919)968-4478 Hillsborough,N.C. 27278 w�" ''`` 732-9361 —Hillsborough C1`' J Jerry M.Passmore 967-9251 —Chapel Hill Director '�a,� a.t�`�•` 688-7333 —Durham 227-2032—Mebane To: Orange County Commissioners From: Orange County Senior Citizens Board Mr. Arthur Whitted, Vice Chair Rev. Richard Hildebrandt Date: June 24, 1987 Subject: Reconsideration of Department on Aging Budget Request Items 87-88 The Orang y Department on Agin "s propose d 19888 Budget and Service Pln prepared by Departmet staff, review and--mod- ified and ppry the Senior Citizens Board on April 1987.The County MangOffice has reviewed t and has suppoed most requests. Thee been a good working elationship witthe County Manager an we thim for it. Howevertwo items, whiwere not approved, re crl to the operation o the DepartmentThey are as ows: r 1- Aging - Administration Personnel (1067002 tionist-Secretary for the Hillsborough Office. fT e time tment 111 has depended on the federal Title V S he ogramtmort \ clerical support anion worker program for �� pp port for the past seven years. The Department now \ has only one part time Senior Worker to cover the office. The Manager is proposing funds to cover the balance of the day ($4500 under Senior Center - 1067103) but this is not sufficient. We feel this busy department office requires and deserves a full time secretary like other Departments. 2. Aging-Transportation (10-674) . There is a need to increase medical transportation service from the various townships to Chapel Hill-Carrboro, to Hillsborough and even Durham, but the Department lacks funds. These are people who cannot always ride the existing buses, due to poor health, time of appointment, or location (DoA does not go out of County at this time) . The re- quest was for $3,942 to begin meeting this need. If funded, the Department would work closely with the Department of Social Ser- vices which has a similar need for its Medicaid Clients. Thank you for reconsideration of these two budget items. On be- half of the Senior Citizens, we appreciate the County Manager's support and your support for the work of the Department. Staff is here to answer any specific questions about these items.