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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 31, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Budget Fallow Up -Proposed Realignment of OPT Driver Position as Eldercare Manaaer within the Department on Aging DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Position Impacts INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry M, Passmore, Director Kate Barrett, Eldercare Program Manager TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider approving the realignment of an existing permanent full time OPT Driver position to serve as permanent part time (35 hours) Eldercare Manager in the Department on Aging and the authorization of County funding for the portion of the position cost not offset by grant funds, using funds the Board reserved effective October 1, 2004 in the approved budget for 2004-05, BACKGROUND: The Manager's Recommended Budget for 2004-05 included a recommendation to realign an OPT Driver position to Eldercare Manager, to change the position from permanent full time to permanent part time (35 hours) and to provide County funding far the portion of the positicn cost not covered by grant funds. In the June BOCC work session discussions, the Board set aside the proposed funding for the position in a reserve and asked staff to bring the position request back for additicnal review. Needs Addressed The Orange County Master Aging Plan (M.A.P (Goal III-A) includes recognizing the needs of i efforts of caregivers in providing care to them. adopted an March 6, 2001 has 11 goals, one • Close to 20 percent of persons 65 and older require some assistance with activities of daily living (e.g, bathing, grooming, transferring, etc.). in 1999, 25.6 percent of Orange County residents age 65+ rated themselves to be in fair or poor physical health (PRC Community Health Assessment: Orange County).