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r. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Mew ng Date: June 29, 1992 �1 SUBJECT: Budget Ordinance Amendment,#IS DEPARTMENT Budget PUBLIC HEARING YES NO ATTACHMENT(S) Optical Imaging System Capital Project Ordinance Information Networking Capital Project Ordinance Health Department State Contract Budget Revisions INFORMATION CONTACT Budget Office, Extension 2150 TELEPHONE NUMBER Hillsborough 732 -8181 Chapel Hill 968 -4501 Mebane 227 -2031 Durham 688 -7331 PURPOSE: To approve proposed budget and capital project ordinances. BACKGROUND: During fiscal year 1991 -92, the demand for vehicle leases in the CAT program was higher than anticipated. These short-term lease agreements have generated additional revenues for the year. This budget amendment will budget for. the receipt of these funds. 2. Orange County receives money from the State on a per capita basis from the State's 1 % tax on the sale of new tires. These funds are passed on to the Town of Chapel Hi11 to be used to partially offset the cost of scrap tire disposal at the Orange County Landfill. This amendment will budget for the receipt of $51,600 in State funds for scrap tire disposal 3. During 1991 -92, the Sheriffs Department initiated two new revenue generating programs which benefit the County and inmates housed in the Jail. A pay telephone system, which charges inmates by the minute, will yield an estimated $16,000 of new revenue this year. An additional $45, 000 in revenue will be generated by a new inmate canteen service. The receipt of these additional revenues and associated expenditures will be budgeted with this amendment. 4. The Orange County Health 1epartment has received notification of supplemental State Maternal Child Health Block Grant Funds. This award totals $12,069. The department has also received additional State Food and Lodging funds m the amount of $3,386 and $1,300 in School Health Funds. No additional County dollars will be needed in order to receive these funds. S. On June 1, 1992, the Board of Commissioners appropriated funds from the Contingency account. This amendment allocates those funds to JOCCA ($4,714) to alleviate their anticipated 1991 -92 year end deficit; to the Chapel Hill Senior Center ($4,455) to assist with lease payments of the Chapel Hill Senior Center; and to the Planning Department for additional compensation for the consultant for the New Hope Creek Coxrider Open Space Master Plan ($2,638). 6. The 1991 -92 approved budget included, in the Miscellaneous function, an allocation for the employee merit pay system ($286,678) as well as appropriations far employee vacation buyback ($35,000) and position reclassification funds ($123,145). This amendment will allocate those funds to each function within the General Fund.