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Ai <br />30 <br />Excerpt from Town Manager's Budget Message <br />April 22, 1991: <br />Support of Pro osed Senior Center. on April 16th, the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners took action to commit the County to <br />lease space at the Galleria for a Chapel Hill satellite Senior <br />Center, effective with formal approval of a lease at their May <br />6th meeting. <br />The County's specific commitment is to lease 7,585 square feet of <br />floor space at an initial expense of $53,271 per year <br />The County's commitment is contingent on several conditions, <br />including: <br />* a commitment from the Town of Chapel Hill to provide <br />support for program staff and operations <br />* a commitment from the Senior Center Task Force to raise <br />funds necessary to renovate the leased space and to <br />provide for operational expense not covered by the Town <br />of Chapel Hill <br />In previous discussions eabout <br />the Town pay costs such as the <br />the proposed senior Center, Task <br />Force members have suggested <br />following: <br />$ 6,000 utilities <br />5,400 Operations <br />24,100 Facility Manager <br />10,800 Receptionist <br />8,400 Recreation Program Assistant <br />Consistent with Town policies, we have stated that recreation <br />programs for adults could be provided on a full -cost- recovery <br />basis. We also have stated that other costs could be considered <br />by the Council as a part of the budget process. <br />We believe that recreation services could be provided at the <br />proposed Senior Center on a full- cost - recovery basis. We also <br />believe that it would be possible to develop an indirect cost <br />formula for including reasonable utility, operations, and rent <br />costs in fees charged for these senior center recreation <br />programs, with that portion of the fees-being returned to the <br />Senior Center. <br />We believe primary staffing of the Senior Center logically would <br />be the responsibility of the County's Department on Aging. <br />However, if the Council wishes to provide direct financial <br />support for the Senior Center beyond recreation services on a <br />full- cost - recovery basis, any of the options for funding <br />additional services as listed in the above section could be <br />considered, including a tax rate increase. <br />