8-f - Fiscal Year 2017-18 Budget Amendment #5

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Emergency Services 3. The Emergency Services Department has received additional grant funds totaling $35,000 from the N.C. Department of Crime Control and Public Safety related to the 2017 Emergency Management Performance Grant awards. The department plans to use these funds to complete the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), provide additional EOC trainings and exercises, up-fitting an Emergency Services response vehicle, and continuing community outreach/education initiatives, such as OC Alerts, Five Steps to Neighborhood Preparedness, and the CERT program. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these grant funds, and amends the following grant project ordinance: (See Attachment 1, column 4) Emergency Management Performance Grant ($35,000) - Project # 71049 Revenues for this project: Current FY 2017-18 FY 2017-18 Amendment FY 2017-18 Revised EM Performance Grant funds $288,914 $35,000 $323,914 Total Project Funding $288,914 $35,000 $323,914 Appropriated for this project: Current FY 2017-18 FY 2017-18 Amendment FY 2017-18 Revised EM Performance Grant $288,914 $35,000 $323,914 Total Costs $288,914 $35,000 $323,914 SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to this item: • GOAL: CREATE A SAFE COMMUNITY The reduction of risks from vehicle/traffic accidents, childhood and senior injuries, gang activity, substance abuse and domestic violence. Library Services 4. The Orange County Library has received notification from the Orange County Partnership for Young Children requesting that an additional reading project, called “MotheRead”, be implemented with the use of Smart Start funds. For FY 2017-18, anticipated Smart Start funds of $61,078 for a reading project, entitled “Time to Read” were approved. This “Time to Read” project provides children, ages 3-5, enrolled in participating North Orange County child care classrooms, a rich environment by helping teachers, parents, and caregivers build the skills needed to prepare children for success in school. Building upon the Early Education foundation, the literacy educator will now also provide “MotheRead” trainings for the parents of children attending the participating child care facilities. Total Smart Start funding has been reduced to a total of $57,668 for FY 2017- 18. This budget amendment amends the following current “Time to Read” grant project ordinance, and provides for the receipt of the Smart Start funds to create the following new “MotheRead” grant project ordinance: 2