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Temporary Wages Use By Department <br />(Information Provided By Each Department Shown) <br />Attachment 4 <br />0 <br />The Department on Aging uses temporary staff support in each of its divisions as <br />described below: <br />Administration: Temporary funds for production manager of "in Praise Of Age" public <br />television program which airs four times per week. Carol Woods also contributes $2,500 <br />annually to support this position. <br />Community Based Services: Temporary funds for senior center facility assistants who <br />staff the Chapel Hill Senior Center during the weekday evenings and cover for the Facility <br />Managers at all three centers when on leave. New funds were provided in FY 2005 -06 for <br />the facility assistant who was formerly paid for by the National Caucus for Black Aged <br />Senior Employment Program. That funding was discontinued dune 30, 2005. This person <br />provides lunch and back -up office coverage at the Northside Senior Center and makes the <br />daily telephone reassurance calls to 25 homebound older adults throughout Orange <br />County. <br />Eldercare: Temporary funds for social worker to direct the 'Friend -To- Friend' service that <br />currently matches volunteers with fifty -one at -risk older adults. The volunteers provide <br />non - personal care assistance that helps these individuals maintain their independent living <br />status more cost - effectively than using in -home aides. <br />RSVP: Temporary funds for data entry for grant reports and coordination of Reading <br />Partners Program, provided by the Corporation for National and Community Service. New <br />funds in FY 2005 -06 for a computer technician for the set -up service and repair of 38 <br />personal computers used for the free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance service. <br />Orange Public Transportation (OPT): Temporary funds for drivers who supplement the <br />permanent driver staff in meeting the ebb and flow of service level demand at a lower cost <br />per -hour rate. New funds in FY 2005 -06 were increased to a level closer to the <br />expenditures of the past few fiscal years. <br />Animal Services <br />There is one full time temporary employee in the Animal Control Division and there are a <br />number of full and part time temporary employees in the Animal Shelter Division. While <br />performing a variety of clerical and administrative duties on a daily basis, the primary <br />responsibility of the temporary employee in the Animal Control Division is to enter rabies <br />vaccination data so that pet tax notices may be issued on a timely basis. In the case of the <br />County's Animal Shelter, the temporary employees are primarily used as Animal Care <br />Technicians whose work ensures satisfactory sheltering practices and enables the shelter <br />