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Orange County i Board of Commissioners Action Agenda Item No. Var-A Action Agenda Item Abstract Meeting Date: November 15, 1994 Subject: Budget Amendment # 3 Department Budget Office Public Hearing Yes No _x_ Attachment(s) Information Contact Budget Office, Extension 2150 Proposed Budget Ordinance Amendments Telephone Number Proposed Capital Project Ordinances Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 Purpose To approve proposed budget ordinance amendments and capital project ordinances. Background Economic Development 1. At the November 1 Board meeting, the Commissioners approved an appropriation from contingency to pay one half of one year's membership in the Research Triangle Regional Partnership. The County's dues for January through June 1995 are based on 15 cents per capita which is equivalent to $7,050. In future years, the contribution from the central counties (Orange, Wake and Durham) is expected to increase to 30 cents per capita. The attached budget amendment (box #1, page #3) transfers $7,050 from the Board of Commissioners' contingency appropriation to the Economic Development Commission's budget for this purpose. Health Department 2. At the November 1, 1994 meeting, the Commissioners accepted an additional $3,374 in State funds for the Breast and Cervical Cancer Program. The attached grant project ordinance accepts these additional funds. Coordinated Area Transportation 3. The North Carolina Department of Transportation has awarded Orange County $7,556 in special state funds to support rural general public transportation. The attached budget amendment (box # 2, page 3 of this abstract) appropriates these additional funds. 4. The Board of Commissioners at their September 20 meeting, approved an increase in the HeadStart