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4 <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: During the budget approval process last spring, it was not clear when <br />the new Seymour Senior Center would open its doors to the public, making it difficult to identify <br />current fiscal year costs of operating and staffing the Center. To that end, the Board set aside a <br />reserve fund of $28,650 to cover the costs for FY2006-07. The table below summarizes the <br />anticipated current and upcoming fiscal year costs associated with ,staffing and operating the <br />new Center. <br />Seymour Senior center wnnuai vperacmg costs <br /> Fiscal Year <br />2006-07 Fiscal Year <br />2007-08 <br />Facilit O erator .75 FTE $6,092 $30,092 <br />Office Assistant II 1 FTE $7,197 $36,620 <br />Build in /s stem maintenance $2,842 $17,050 <br />De artmental re uests $200 $1,200 <br />Contract Services Custodial $8,400 $50,400 <br />Contract Services Maintenance $1,600 $4,600 <br />Utilties (Electricity, Natural Gas, <br />W ater, Sewer, <br />$9,458 <br />$56,750 <br />One-Time E ui ment Start-U $1,500 $0 <br />Total Anticipated Operational <br />Cost of Seymour Senior Center <br />$37,289 <br />$196,712 <br />The chart below summarizes the total anticipated budget impact of the Center, the campus wide <br />custodial services for the Homestead Campus, and the annual debt service associated with <br />construction of the new Center. <br />Anticipated General Fund Budget Impact of Seymour Center and <br />Homestead Campus Custodial Services <br /> Fiscal Year Fiscal Year <br /> 2006-07 2007-08 <br />Seymour Senior Center Staffing <br />and O erations $37,289 $196,712 <br />Homestead Campus Custodial <br />Services $7,310 $38,828 <br />Annual Debt Service Associated <br />with Construction of Seymour <br />Center $0 $200,000 <br />Savings Attributed to Not Leasing <br />the Chapel Hill Senior Center <br />Lease on Elliott Road ($33,916) ($203,497) <br />Total Anticipated Budget Impact <br />of Recommended Actions $10,683 $232,043 <br />Equivalent Tax Rate (in cents) 0.19 <br />In addition, the new Seymour Center will have a fitness center that will require orientation and <br />training for participants on the new specialized equipment donated by UNC Hospitals. At its April <br />24 meeting, the BOCC will receive for approval a fee schedule for the Seymour Center's new <br />fitness program. The proposed fees would fund temporary staff to train and assist participants <br />(seniors and County employees) in the fitness center. The BOCC also will receive a separate <br />report on equipment donated to the Seymour Center by community partners and the remaining <br />items that will be needed to operate the center. <br />It is also important to note that the County's future plans include the opening of the new <br />Central/Northern Orange Senior Center located at the Sportsplex. Staff anticipates the opening <br />