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Reserves and Operational Savings Distribution <br />5. During the budget approval process last spring, the Board budgeted for savings in personnel <br />services from a 120-day hiring delay to be realized throughout the year. This budget <br />amendment allocates $1,215,497 to various County departments to distribute for budget <br />savings generated by the 120-day hiring delay of vacant non-critical County positions. (See <br />Attachment 1, column #5) <br />6. This budget amendment distributes $25,000 from the Equity Retention Fund to various <br />County departments to cover salary adjustments approved by the Manager throughout the <br />year to address equitable salary relationships among employees and to support retention. <br />(See Attachment 1, column #6) <br />Reserve for Senior Center Operations <br />7. During the Budget approval process for FY 2006-07, the Board of County Commissioners <br />.approved a budgeted reserve totaling $28,650 for the opening of the senior centers. At its <br />April 10, 2007 meeting, the Commissioners approved personnel and operating costs <br />associated with the opening of the Seymour Senior Center in Chapel Hill. This budget <br />amendment allocates _$28,650 to the Department on Aging and the Public Works <br />Department to help cover the costs far FY 2006-07. The planned opening date for the <br />Seymour Senior Center is May 10, 2007. (See Attachment 1, column #7). <br />Orange County School Capital Projects <br />8. At its September 12, 2006 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved pay-as- <br />you-go School and County capital project ordinances for FY 2006-07. There were two <br />Orange County School pay-as-you-go project ordinances inadvertently omitted from the <br />package presented to the Board. The transfer of pay-as-you-go funding from the County's <br />General Fund to the School Capital fund, approved as part of the budget ordinance adopted <br />by the Board on June 27, 2006, included funding for these two projects. This amendment <br />provides for the formal approval of capital project ordinances for A. L. Stanback Middle <br />School and Emergency Preparedness Improvements . (See Attachment 4, A. L. Stanback <br />Middle School Capital Project Ordinance, and Attachment 5, Emergency Preparedness <br />Improvements School Capital Project Ordinance) <br />Library Services <br />9. The Orange County Library has received notification from the North Carolina Department of <br />Cultural Resources of additional reallocated State Aid funds totaling $6,771 for this fiscal <br />year. These additional funds bring the current budget for State Aid revenue to $134,017. <br />This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these additional funds. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impacts are included in the background information above. <br />RECOMMENDATION (S): The Manager recommends that the Board of County Commissioners <br />approve the attached budget and school capital project ordinance amendments. <br />