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c <br /> t 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 2, 2002 <br /> Action Agen a <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Budget Amendment#5 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT (S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Attachment 1: Budget as Amended Donna Dean, 245-2151 <br /> Spreadsheet <br /> Attachment 2: Smart Start Grant Project TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Ordinance Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve budget ordinance amendments and a grant project ordinance <br /> amendment for fiscal year 2001-02. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Department on Aging <br /> 1. During the first half of this fiscal year, the Department on Aging has received additional class <br /> and rental revenues of approximately $15,000. The additional revenue comes from fees <br /> charged for senior center classes and from rental charges for Chapel Hill and Northside <br /> Senior Centers. The additional funds bring the department's budgeted fee related revenue <br /> to $41,972 for the current year. The revenues offset costs for class instructors, supplies, <br /> and facility assistants. In addition, the department recently received $4,800 from the <br /> newspaper to offset staff costs associated with editing the Senior Times publication. This <br /> budget amendment reflects receipt of these additional revenues (See attachment 1, column <br /> #1). <br /> 2. The Department on Aging recently received notification that the North Carolina General <br /> Assembly has authorized $1,000,000 in statewide general purpose funding for senior <br /> centers. Orange County's share of the total allocation is $17,046 and requires a 10 percent <br /> local match of $1,705. The department has identified currently budgeted operating funds to <br /> cover the match. The department will use the funds to purchase equipment for each of the <br /> three Orange County senior centers and to make additional improvements to the new <br /> Central Orange Senior Center at the Meadowlands. This amendment provides for the <br /> receipt of these funds (See attachment 1, column #2). <br /> 3. On January 16, 2002, the BOCC approved a Service Coordination Agreement with the new <br /> First Baptist and Manley Estates senior housing complex in Chapel Hill. Under the terms of <br />