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., i <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 18, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. - 8-1 <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #6 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1999-00 Budget As Amended Spreadsheet <br />Smart Start Grant Project Ordinance <br />Syphilis Elimination Program Grant Project <br />Ordinance <br />CHCCS Smith Middle School (Construction <br />Phase) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Dean, extension 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 amendments, grant project ordinances and capital project ordinances. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Amendments for Items Approved by Prior Board Action <br />Environment and Resource Conservation Department <br />1. The Environment and Resource Conservation Department recently received a Historic Preservation <br />Grant from the State. The grant, totaling $4,000, will offset costs of the Saint Mary's Road Corridor <br />Study. (See column #1 of the Budget As Amended Spreadsheet) <br />Arts Commission <br />2. The Orange County Arts Commission recently received its annual allocation from the State for the <br />Grass Roots Arts Program. The actual amount of the grant was $10,649 more than anticipated <br />during the budget process last spring. This amendment reflects the receipt of the additional monies. <br />(See column #2 of the Budget As Amended Spreadsheet) <br />Orange County Library <br />3. On November 16, 1999, the Board of Commissioners accepted a Smart Start grant on behalf of the <br />Orange County Library. The $10,226 grant provides funding to purchase materials and provide <br />services for the Traveling Treasures Program. Through this program, the Library will partner with the <br />Orange County School system and local Hispanic community leaders to provide bilingual library <br />materials and services to Hispanic preschoolers living in northern Orange County. (See attached <br />Smart Start Grant Project Ordinance).