Agenda - 10-20-20; 8-b - Fiscal Year 2020-21 Budget Amendment #2

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Appropriated for this project: Current FY 2020-21 FY 2020-21 Amendment FY 2020-21 Revised Equipment and Vehicles $4,724,375 $1,117,000 $5,841,375 Total Costs $4,724,375 $1,117,000 $5,841,375 9. Orange County Transportation Services has received notification of available reimbursement funding of up to $336,301 in CARES Act funding as a pass-through from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. These funds are intended to offset local revenue losses and aid COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these reimbursement funds, and reduces the fund balance appropriation budgeted in the General Fund for FY 2020-21 by the same amount. (See Attachment 1, column #7) SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to this item: • GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding necessary for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for themselves and their dependents. Health Department 10. The Orange County Health Department has budgetary changes to the following programs: • Regional Strike Team – receipt of $198,940 in federal pass-through grant funds from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health to support the COVID-19 pandemic response. The grant service period runs through December 15, 2020. Funding will support a Coordinator position and six (6) temporary trainers to provide infection control education in congregate living facilities across Orange, Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Person, Randolph, and Rockingham counties. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds, increases the current Emergency Preparedness Coordinator from a 0.6 FTE to a time-limited 1.0 FTE position to serve as the Coordinator for this team. • Family Success Alliance – the department received $15,000 in grant funds from the United Way of the Greater Triangle back in FY 2018-19 to support the Parent Council within the Family Success Alliance. Although the budget amendment, approved back in FY 2018-19, budgeted these funds in the multi- year grant project fund, the funds were credited in the General Fund, but expenditures were never incurred. This budget amendment provides for a fund balance appropriation of $15,000 from the General Fund to the multi-year Grant project for use within the Family Success Alliance program. This budget amendment provides for the budgetary changes as stated above. (See Attachment 1, column #8) SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to this item: • GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY 5