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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 3, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 8_q <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #4 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1999-00 Budget As Amended Donna Dean, extension 2151 <br />Capital Project Ordinances <br />Grant Project Ordinances TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Letter of Request from Efland Volunteer Fire Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Department Chapel Hill 968-4501 _ <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve budget ordinance amendments and capital and grant project ordinances for fiscal <br />year 1999-00. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Amendments for Items Approved by Prior Board Action <br />Healfh Department <br />1) On September 7, the Board of County Commissioners accepted a Smart Start grant for Orange County's <br />Community Awareness Project. The purpose of this project is to link families with young children to <br />community health services. At that time, the Board authorized one time-limited full-time equivalent <br />Bilingual Community Awareness. Coordinator position. The Board established the. position for the period <br />of October 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000. Continuation of the position is dependent on a second year <br />appropriation of Smart Start funds from Orange County's Partnership for Young Children. Anticipated first <br />year program costs total $57,515. The grant from the Partnership totals $47,887. The remaining cost of <br />$9,628 consists of in-kind contributions from the county including office space and equipment, <br />:supervisory time and program supplies. (see Smart Start Granf Project Ordinance, page 6) <br />Emenyency Telephone System <br />2) On October 5, the Board approved a contract for the purchase of a Digital Voice Logging System for the <br />E911 Center. The current system, installed in 1994, is outdated, failing and not Y2K compliant. The <br />Board approved an appropriation from the. Fund's fund balance totaling $29,763, sufficient to cover the <br />cost of the new system. This budget amendment appropriates the fund balance and increases the capital <br />equipment budget for the Emergency Telephone Fund. (see column #2, page 5) <br />Amendments for Items Included in the 1999-09 Capital Investment Plan <br />Chapel Hill Cavrboro City Schoo/s Capital Project Ordinances <br />3) On June 21, the Board approved the County's ten-year Capital Investment Plan. At that time, the Board <br />decided to approve individual project ordinances for the County and both school systems during the fiscal <br />year as project scopes develop. On September 7, the Board approved five project ordinances for the <br />