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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 7, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. g_ ~. <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #5 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget Office <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1999-00 Budget As Amended Spreadsheet <br />Syphilis Elimination Grant Project Ordinance <br />Breast and Cervical Cancer Program Grant <br />Project Ordinance <br />CHCCS Glenwood Elementary Capital Project <br />Ordinance (Architect, Planning, Engineering <br />Phase) <br />Request Letter from New Hope Fire <br />Department for Use of Unappropriated Fund <br />Balance <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 />Health Department <br />1) According to statistics, Orange County has a large number of reported primary and secondary. <br />syphilis cases. Last fiscal year, the Orange County Health Department received funds to <br />implement a screening and referral system for high-risk populations.. Recently, the Department <br />received confirmation of a four-year continuation grant for the Syphilis Elimination Project. The <br />Board of County Commissioners accepted the continuation grant on November 17, 1999. In <br />addition, at that meeting, the Board approved a new permanent full-time equivalent Public Health <br />Educator position for the project. The attached Syphilis Elimination Grant Project Ordinance <br />establishes the budget of $43,000 for the current fiscal year. No County funds are required for the <br />receipt of these funds. <br />Amendments for Items Included in the 1999-09 Capital Investment Plan <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools <br />2) The Board of County Commissioners approved the County's ten-year Capital Investment Plan on <br />June 21. While the funding plan as a whole was approved, the Board decided to change the <br />individual project approval process. <br />For projects that have a relatively small scope of work, the Board decided to approve the entire <br />project ordinance at one time.. Since the beginning of this fiscal year, the Board has approved <br />