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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 1, 2003 <br />Action Age a <br />Item No. -q <br />SUBJECT: Approval of Equipment and Vehicle Purchases for Fiscal Year 2003-04 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />Attachment 1. Equipment and Vehicles <br />Recommended for <br />Purchase in Fiscal Year <br />2003-04 <br />Attachment 2, Equipment and Vehicles <br />Capital Project Ordinance <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Dean 245-2151 <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 equipment and vehicle purchases for County departments, <br />excluding Information Systems and Solid Waste, for fiscal year 2003-04 and authorizing the <br />Finance Director to finance the purchase of four ambulances through an outstanding private <br />placement loan proposal from CCB, previously approved by the Board for purchase of Landfill <br />equipment. <br />BACKGROUND: Historically, the County has funded replacement of County-owned <br />equipment and vehicles through the County's ten year Capital Investment Plan (GIP), <br />Examples of the types of purchases made with annually appropriated monies include <br />replacement of same portion of the Sheriff's vehicle fleet and Emergency Services vehicles, <br />including ambulances, as well as replacement of other County department vehicles and major <br />equipment (not including Information Technology-related equipment), <br />Due to County financial constraints caused by the State's fiscal crisis in fiscal year 2002-03, it <br />was necessary for the Board of County Commissioners to redirect CIP monies that would <br />normally have been available for routine equipment and vehicle replacements to offset <br />operational costs for all County departments, <br />For the current fiscal year, the County Manager's recommended CIP reinstated funding for the <br />replacement of County vehicle and equipment, The recommended amount of funding totaled <br />$723,295 (Attachment 1 of this abstract details how the recommended total was to be allocated <br />to various departments.) During budget work sessions last spring, the Board decreased the <br />Manager's recommended funding by $22,5,000 from $723,295 to $498,295. <br />