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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 2, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~_ <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #2 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />Attachment 1. Budget as Amended <br />Spreadsheet <br />Attachment 2. Letter of Request from <br />Inter-Faith Council for <br />Social Service <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 approve budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2003-04. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Library Services <br />The Hyconeechee Regional Library has received funds totaling $10,500 through donations <br />raised by the "Sprint Children's Classic Golf Tournament" and Sprint employees. These <br />funds are dispersed equally to the Caswell, Person, and Orange Counties' public libraries <br />and are used to assist in funding the Children's Summer Reading Programs in each county. <br />The Orange County Library's allocation is $3,500. This budget amendment provides for the <br />receipt of these funds. (See attachment 1, column #1). <br />Human Services Non-Departmental <br />2. During the outside agency funding process for the current fiscal year, Orange County <br />received a request from the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service (IFC) for an additional <br />$25,000. These funds were requested to assist with the transitional housing program, <br />"Project Homestart," whose HUD funding had been significantly reduced. In order to <br />address the ongoing needs served by Project Homestart, Orange County issued a challenge <br />grant to IFC. This challenge indicated that if IFC raised an additional $15,000, then Orange <br />County would contribute $10,000. IFC has provided documentation of additional funding <br />that has been allocated or committed to IFC's Project Homestart for FY 2003-04, including <br />$30,000 from the Town of Chapel Hill. (See Attachment 2 for the request letter from Inter- <br />Faith Council). This budget amendment would transfer $10,000 from the Human Services <br />Safety Net and allocate it to IFC, thereby satisfying the challenge grant. (See attachment 1, <br />column #2) <br />