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<br />reimburse the Health Department for nurses who provide the service and supplies for this
<br />program. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds for the above
<br />stated purpose. (See Attachment 3, Senior Citizen Health Promotion Program Granf Project
<br />Ordinance)
<br />Emergency Management
<br />4, At their March 2, 2006 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners accepted a regional
<br />grant award of $1,014,870 from the United States Department of Justice COPS Office, and
<br />committed matching funds totaling $338,290 for the purchase of interoperable
<br />communications console equipment for the 9-1-1 Center and for portable 800 MHz radios,
<br />Orange County is partnering with the City of Durham on this grant, and the City of Durham
<br />will administer the grant on behalf of both Orange and Durham.
<br />Along with this grant award, the Board of County Commissioners approved a 2005
<br />Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Technology Grant on May 17, 2005 in the
<br />amount of $147,996, as well as a 2005 Homeland Security Grant on October 3, 2005 in the
<br />amount of $63,000. All three of these grant awards, including Orange County's match, total
<br />$1,564,156. Orange County's match of $338,290 will come from the 9-1-1 Emergency
<br />Telephone System's Wireline funds,
<br />These grant funds will be used to purchase new 9-1-1 consoles, 800 MHz portable radios,
<br />related telephone switches, and provide digital recorder upgrades that will be compatible
<br />with the 800 MHz partnership system being implemented by the State of North Carolina,
<br />This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds for the above stated
<br />purpose. (See Attachment 4, 800 MHz Communications Transition Grant Project Ordinance,
<br />and Attachment 5, EMS Grants Inventory)
<br />Planning Department
<br />5. At its April 10, 2006 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved a Supplemental
<br />Scope of Services not to exceed $4,971 for the Transfer of Development Right (TDR)
<br />Feasibility Study with the Louis Berger Group, Inc. This supplement will include two
<br />additional TDR Task Force meetings, and modification to the public meeting format to have
<br />an advisory board emphasis, Funds were approved for appropriation from the
<br />Commissioners Contingency account, With this appropriation, $7,029 remains available in
<br />Commissioners Contingency for fiscal year 2005-06. (See Attachment 1, column #5)
<br />Non-Departmental -Critical Needs Reserve
<br />6, At its April 18, 2006 meeting, the Board of County approved the release of a one-time
<br />County supplemental appropriation in the amount of $13,467 from the Critical Needs
<br />Reserve to OPC/LME to facilitate the divestiture and transfer of Severe and Persistent
<br />Mental Illness (SPMI) Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) services to Lutheran
<br />Family Services. The actual transfer of management responsibility took place on April 1,
<br />2006.. This budget amendment provides for the release of $13,467 from the Critical Needs
<br />Reserve for the above stated purpose. With this appropriation, $128,680 remains available
<br />in the Critical Needs Reserve for fiscal year 2005-06. (See Attachment 1, column #6)
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