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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 18, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5-~ <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #3 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Attachment 1. Budget as Amended Donna Dean, (919) 245-2151 <br />Spreadsheet <br />Attachment 2, Year-To-Date Budget <br />Summary <br />PURPOSE: To approve budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2005-06, <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Environment Resource and Conservation Department <br />1, At its October 3, 2005 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved a contract <br />with the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) of Toronto to conduct <br />a joint greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory and emissions reduction action plan, <br />With this, the Board also approved an interlocal Memorandum of Agreement between the <br />Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and Orange County regarding administration of the <br />project, The total cost of the project is $45,000, and will be funded with $14,100 from grant <br />funds received from the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization, <br />and from cost-share funds from Chapel Hill ($12,731), Carrboro ($4,388), and Orange <br />County ($13,781). These cost-share amounts from the towns and the County are based on <br />proportional population as of the 2000 census, The County s share was included in the <br />fiscal year 2004-05 approved budget, and will be included as part of the carry forwards into <br />fiscal year 2005-06 to be presented to the Board in the an upcoming budget amendment, <br />This budget amendment provides for the receipt of the grant funds, as well as the funds <br />from the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, (See Attachment 1, column #1) <br />County-wide Departmental Budget Reductions <br />2. During its September 13, 2005 work session, the Board of County Commissioners reviewed <br />staff's recommendations for budget reductions/savings and revenue enhancements in order <br />to achieve a $500,000 operating budget reduction, along with a $300,000 reduction in the <br />areas of Medicaid, health insurance and energy/utilities as included in the approved fiscal <br />year 2005-06 Budget. The Board approved departmental budget reductions totaling <br />$729,145 in the General Fund and reductions of $35,000 in the Revaluation Fund, with no <br />reductions anticipated currently in expenditures in the areas of Medicaid, health insurance, <br />and energy/utilities, Although not included in the work session materials, staff also <br />