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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 1, 2003 <br />Action Agenda. <br />Item No. ~_ <br />SUBJECT: Continuation Agreement with the Town of Chapel Hill for Senior Recreation <br />Services <br />DEPARTMENT: Aging <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) 0 <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Performance Agreement with the <br />Town of Chapel Hill <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jerry Passmore, ext 2009 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving a continuation Agreement with the Town of Chapel Hill to <br />provide funding in the amount of $46,697 for senior recreation programs on behalf of the <br />Town's Parks and Recreation Department. <br />BACKGROUND: The Town of Chapel Hill's Parks and Recreation Department has provided <br />recreation and leisure activities for senior citizens including games, arts and crafts classes, and <br />field trips for senior citizens. The Town has operated in coordination with the Orange County <br />Department on Aging which has publicized programming through the Senior Times and has <br />also provided space for activities at the Chapel Hill and Northside Senior Centers. <br />The Town of Chapel Hill's Parks and Recreation Department hired a permanent full-time staff <br />person to conduct the programs as well as temporary part time help. When the permanent <br />position became vacant in 1997, the Town of Chapel Hill re-assessed how it delivered <br />recreational and leisure programming for senior citizens. As a result of the assessment, the <br />Town of Chapel Hill proposed transferring the senior programs to Orange County and <br />contracting with the County to provide recreation and leisure programming at the Chapel Hill <br />and Northside Senior Centers. <br />The attached contract between the Town and the County would continue the funding for the <br />permanent full time Senior Citizen Program Coordinator position and temporary part time help <br />as needed for special activities, equipment, and office supplies. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Since this is a continuation of an on-going program, the Fiscal Year <br />2003-04 budget includes revenues totaling $46,697 from the Town of Chapel Hill. This amount <br />offsets all costs associated with the program including salary and benefits for the Senior Center <br />