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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 17, 2003 Action Agenda Item No. ~ - ~ SUBJECT: Bud et Amendment #13 DEPARTMENT: Budget ATTACHMENT (S): Attachment 1. Budget as Amended Spreadsheet PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Dean 245-2151 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To approve budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2002-03. BACKGROUND: Department on Aging 1. The Department on Aging has established a Frail Elderly Fund for persons who want to make donations to enhance care management services. To date this fiscal year, the department has received approximately $4,000 in donations. It is anticipated that $5,000 will be collected by June 30, 2003. These funds would be used for mobility-related home modifications. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column #1). Orange Public Transportation (OPT) 2 Orange Public Transportation (OPT) has received notification of additional funding from the North Carolina Department of Transportation to support rural transportation programs for the current fiscal year. The funds total $133,261 and include monies for the Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) in the amount of $17,077, and the Discretionary Rural General Public Program in the amount of $116,184. Two County transportation programs benefit from ROAP funds: 1) Elderly and Disabled Transportation Assistance Program -assists residents who are 60 years old and older or disabled in paying for medically necessary transportation 2) Work First Transitional/Employment Transportation Assistance Program -assists former Work First clients and other low-income persons certified for Medicaid and Food Stamps with employment-related transportation. The additional Discretionary Rural General Public Program funds enable OPT to offer three new services: