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ORANGE COUNTY , NORTH CAROLINA The chief line to facilitate a higher level of patrol is the motor pool account. it pays for maintenance and repair of vehicles (through the County garage) and gas and oil for operations. The question is what mileage to permit as this governs consumption of fuel, maintenance demand and frequency of vehicle replacement. Before the expanded patrol program was installed the average miles driven per month by Aheriff vehicles was 44,633 per month (July, 1982 thru November, 1982) . Six months of operating under the expanded patrol program has produced a monthly average (December, 1982 to March, 1933) of 77,976. given the recent practice of stationing vehicles for part of each patrol hour and new estimates by the Sheriff of what will be necessary in the new year, this -----budget-provides-funds-to--main tain--a---68,.000-.-pex--month vehicle-oiler.anon..—B.udgeted__amount_-is_$179.,_520 versus. _ _- $125,800 in current year. .Tail operating cost is addressed under three accounts (the electricity account of Public Works, and board and provisions and personnel accounts of Sheriff Department;. Each one is adjusted to projected actual cost. An additional jailer position is included to bring personnel per shift up to the staffing requirement of two persons available at all times (excluding the Matron/Cook position) . Staffing to carry out other func- tions of the department is at or above other urbanizing counties - 7 per 10,001 population. 6. Schools Current Expense Recommendation is to raise the per pupil allocation from $571 to '$603. This could fund salary changes on locally paid positions through an unfreezing of increases or be used on a selective basis for some salary changes and meeting other current expense Budget priorities as outlined in the adopted budgets of the two school boards. 7. Revenue Losses Public Health, Mental Health and Social Services will receive less revenue from non-county sources in the new year. Each situation has been evalu6Eed as will be seen in the departmental analyses. With Public Health the loss will be $74,000 ($48, 120 from Robert Wood Johnson grant expiring, $26,000 in family planning grant). This budget reflects an increase in family planning fees for income- to offset that loss. the dental pro- gram is reduced $9,000 while fees are raised to make up $22,000. Other cuts in the department were made (dropping of a sanitation inspector position and reducing line items to more closely reflect actual expendi- ture need.) which net to a overall decrease of 1 percent. Mental. Health is to receive a net loss in grants of $67,158 (Federal is down $98,233 while the State is up in its contribution to $31,075). other revenue and fund balance available for appropriation is projected to increase $30,929 leaving $36,249 of unmet need. This budget recommends the County share to increase by $20,000 (from $212,563 to $232,563) to stabilize the program and in recognition that the agency will make further cuts and has made cutbacks in the past (lowering; $300,000 in program expenditures over 3 years). E