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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 21, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. - ~' ~_ <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #4 __ _, .... <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Attachment 1. Budget as Amended <br />Spreadsheet <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Dean 245-2151 <br />Attachment 2. Pathways Elementary TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />School Construction Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Project Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a budget ordinance amendment and Pathways Elementary School <br />Construction Capital Project Ordinance. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Department on Aging <br />1. On October 17, 2000, the Board of County Commissioners approved the receipt of training <br />funds for the Department on Aging's Caregiver Outreach Program. Anticipated monies from <br />Carol Woods and the Triangle J Council of Governments to fund the program total $7,950. <br />This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds (column 1, attachment 1). <br />Pathways Elementary School Construction Project Ordinance <br />2. The Orange County School system is preparing for opening of Pathways Elementary School <br />in December 2000. Over the past few months, there have been several change orders <br />issued for various items. In addition, the system is in the process of ordering furniture and <br />equipment for the new school. This budget amendment increases the project budget by <br />$1,790,644 (the amount needed to cover the items mentioned above) bringing the total <br />project-to-date budget to $12,972,720. This total includes one-time start-up costs of <br />$235,000 approved by the Board of Commissioners on November 1, 2000. Once the <br />elementary school is completed and the project closed, the school system anticipates <br />transferring project savings (estimated at this time to be in the neighborhood of $1.3 million) <br />to the new high school project. (see Attachment 2, Pathways Elementary School <br />Construction Project Ordinance). <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impacts are included in the background information above. <br />