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� 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 20, 2002 <br /> Action Agendar <br /> Item No. tt <br /> SUBJECT: Budget Amendment#1 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> ATTACHMENT (S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Attachment 1. Budget as Amended Donna Dean, 245-2151 <br /> Spreadsheet <br /> Attachment 2. Cedar Ridge High School TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Capital Project Ordinance Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Attachment 3. OCS Information Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Technology Capital Durham 688-7331 <br /> Project Ordinance Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve budget ordinance amendments and a capital project ordinances for <br /> Cedar Ridge High School and OCS Information Technology for fiscal year 2002-03. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Department on Aging <br /> 1. The Department on Aging has received donated funds in the amount of $1,950 from Duke <br /> Power Company to purchase fans for low-income elderly Orange County residents. This <br /> donation will provide for the purchase of approximately 180 box fans. Duke Power donates <br /> funds annually to this program. This donation brings the current budget for Eldercare <br /> donations to $4,950 for FY 2002-03. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of <br /> these funds. (See attachment 1, column #1). <br /> Department of Social Services <br /> 2. The Department of Social Services has received notification from the State of additional <br /> Crisis Intervention funds totaling $22,015 to be used for crisis related living needs (such as <br /> utility bill assistance) of those citizens who are "medically at risk-. These additional funds <br /> bring the current budget for this program to $92,015 for FY 2002-03. This budget <br /> amendment provides for the receipt of these State funds. (See attachment 1, column #2). <br /> 3. The Department has also received notification from the State of Federal pass-through funds <br /> in the amount of $25,135 related to the Federal Adoption Incentive Program. The Adoption <br /> and Safe Families Act of 1997 included a provision to provide incentive payments to states <br /> that exceed an established baseline for adoptions during federal fiscal years beginning in <br /> 1998. North Carolina then distributes funds to agencies whose performance in securing <br /> adoptive homes for foster children enabled the State to exceed the baseline. Since FY <br />