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2 <br />7. In the Fall of 1991, the Board of Commissioners created the Chapel Hill /Orange County Visitors Bureau <br />in an effort to maximize the economic benefits of area visitors. Funding for this agency comes from <br />a 1 % County -wide hoWlmotel occupancy tax which was instituted on September 1., 1991. This amendment <br />establishes the Visitor BLeau Fund. <br />8. Expenses for the Optical Imaging System have been accounted for through the Information Networking Capital Project. <br />The scope of the Optical Imaging System has been enhanced s&ce its inception in 1989, and it is now <br />appropriate to account for these expenditures in a separate capital project. The attached capital project <br />ordinances allow for these changes. <br />9. This amendment will budget additional revenue received during 1991 -92 in the Efland Sewer Operating Fund. <br />10. At the June 16, 1992 budget worksession, members of the Orange Rural Fire Department indicated to the Commissioners <br />that there was a need to use the district's unappropriated fund balance. These monies will assist <br />the department in meeting several unanticipated emergencies, such as installation of new septic system <br />and unanticipated vehicle repairs, that occurred throughout the fiscal year. This amendment will appropriate $13, 000 <br />of fund balance for this department. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />The Manager recommends that the Board of Commissioners: <br />(1) Accept the additional $16,755 State Health funds and authorize the Chair to sign the budget revisions and contract <br />amendment. <br />(2) Adopt the proposed budget ordinance amendment and capital project ordinances. <br />