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FY 2009 Recovery Act Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
Grant Project Ordinance
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Be it ordained by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners that pursuant to Section 13.2 of
Chapter 159 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, the following grant project is hereby adopted.
Section 1. The project authorized is the FY 2009 Recovery Act Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)
Program as awarded to the Orange County Sheriff Department by the U.S. Department
of Justice. This grant award is a joint venture between Orange County, and the Towns
of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough to support a broad range of activities to
prevent and control crime. Orange County will serve as the fiscal agent for the grant,
and the towns will provide the County with copies of invoices for reimbursement for
their portions of the grant.
Section 2. The officers of the County are hereby directed to proceed with the grant project within
the grant document and the budget contained herein.
Section 3. The following revenue is anticipated to be available to complete this project:
Recovery Act TAG Program (09-10) $197, 785
Total $197, 785
Section 4. There is no required County match for this grant.
Section 5. The following amount is appropriated for this project:
Recovery Act JAG Program $197, 785
Section 6. The finance officer is hereby directed to maintain within the grant project specific detailed
accounting records to provide the accounting to the grantor agency required by the grant
agreement and federal and state regulations.
Section 7. Copies of this grant project ordinance shall be made available to the finance officer for
direction in carrying out this project.
Section 8. No full-time equivalent County positions are related to this grant project
ordinance.
Section 9. This ordinance supersedes all previous "FY 2009 Recovery Act Justice Assistance Grant
(JAG) Program" Grant Project Ordinances.
Section 10. This project ordinance is in effect until February 28, 2013.
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Adopted this 18th day of August 2009.
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The Board adopted a resolution for reimbursement authorizing the Financial Services Director
to act as the County's agent and submit an invoice to the NCDOT in the amount of $20,333 on
behalf of Efland Volunteer Fire Department; authorized the Clerk to sign the resolution;
amended the budget of the Efland Fire District Fund in the amount of $20,333; and authorized
payment to the Efland Volunteer Fire Department upon the receipt of the funds.
~ Approval of Proposed Emergency Medical Charge Review Process
This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate
consideration.
~ Proclamation Regarding Quality Growth Initiative
The Board approved a proclamation endorsing and adopting the Reality Check Report Guiding
Principles for Quality Growth.
r. Fiscal Year 2009-10 Budget Amendment #1
The Board approved budget, grant and capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year
2009-10 for Health Department, Sheriff Department, County Capital Project Ordinances, Animal
Services, Department of Social Services, Solid Waste Department, Department on Aging, and
Emergency Services.
s. Changes in BOCC Regular Meeting Schedule for 2009
The Board amended its regular meeting calendar for 2009 by:
- Changing the location of the September 10, 2009 BOCC Work Session FROM Link
Government Services Center in Hillsborough TO Orange County Emergency
Services, 510 Meadowlands Dr. in Hillsborough (off of Hwy 70-A near the
Sportsplex) -this meeting will start at 7:00 p.m.; and,
- Changing the location of the October 13, 2009 BOCC Advisory Board meeting (5:30
p.m.) and the BOCC Work. Session (7:00 p.m.) FROM Link Government Services
Center in Hillsborough TO the Southern Human Services Center, 2501 Homestead
Road, Chapel Hill.
VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
g_ Land Application of Biosolids Regional Forum 2009
The Board considered authorizing redirection of funds in an amount up to $6,000 from
conducting a biosolids research project to an educational forum on land application biosolids.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Chris Harlan asked the Board to support the request of the Health Department to
reallocate the funds regarding the land application of biosolids for a research initiative for a
community education effort. Awell-respected group representing several environmental
entities in Orange County met to develop a proposal based on what seems needed,
appropriate, and feasible given the economic realities. She said that Health Director Dr.
Rosemary Summers has provided background information for the change from this research
agenda to that of an educational one. The original funds to pay for the proposed research
came from an already tight Health Department budget and those funds are not sufficient to
carry out a plan. The Health Department has been working since 2006 to design and pull
together the people needed to carry out this agenda. She said that this is clearly an arena that
the Health Department should and does take leadership with, and it is a matter of working
together as a community to figure out what to do in the future.
Pam Grogan said that she is a pathologist at UNC and she lives in Bingham Township.
She said that she likes the benefits of organic gardening and she is not comfortable with the