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4 <br /> • General Government third quarter expenditures represented 70.8% of the total general government as <br /> compared to 71.5%the prior fiscal year. The variance is attributed lower workers compensation and <br /> salary attrition savings. <br /> • Human Services third quarter expenditures represented 61.5% of total human services expenditures as <br /> compared to 64.7%%the prior fiscal year. Department of Social Services expenditures for Foster Care <br /> Board, Adoption Assistance Permits and OPC Mental Health account for the variance from the prior <br /> fiscal year. <br /> • Public Safety expenditures represented 75% of total public safety expenditures as compared to 68% the <br /> prior fiscal year. The increase is attributed primarily to Emergency Service expenditures for non- <br /> congregate care housing, food insecurity, vaccine support and other emergency related expenditures <br /> for residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pursuant to the County's March 2020 Emergency <br /> Declaration these expenditure are eligible for federal and state reimbursements. Budget Amendment 12 <br /> will transfer these expenditures to the County's COVID Emergency Fund from the General Fund. <br /> • Support services expenditures represented 87.2% of total support service as compared to 73.2%the <br /> prior fiscal year. The increase reflects $1.3 million in Round 2 CARES funds paid out of a Non- <br /> Departmental to the towns and $1.9 million in Retiree Health fund post-employment benefits are now <br /> paid from the General Fund this fiscal year rather than the Health and Dental Fund in the prior fiscal <br /> year. <br /> • Education expenditures represented 73.5% of its budget as compared with 72.4%the prior fiscal year. <br /> School appropriations are paid to both School systems by the 151" of each month. The remaining <br /> Education budget includes School Health and Safety Contracts, Deferred Maintenance, Durham Tech <br /> Current Expense and Recurring Capital. Through FY 2020-21 third quarter, the County has remitted $1.2 <br /> million of the $3.6 million budgeted for School Health and Safety Contracts. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City <br /> Schools received two quarters of Nurses Contract payments totaling $686,391. Orange County Schools <br /> received two quarters of Nurses Contract payments totaling $494,603. CHCCS had a partial payment of <br /> $63,400 for School Resource Officers. <br /> • Third Quarter debt service represents 98%% of total debt service similar to the prior fiscal year. The <br /> County has remaining April 1 and May 1 debt service payments for the remainder of the fiscal year. <br /> • The remaining Functional Leadership teams are consistent with historical spending rates and compliance <br /> with the County's proactive measures in response to the COVID related economic crisis. <br /> 4 <br />