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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-2005-124 - State Homeland Security Grant Program $724401o~~- ~oo~ = ~~ ~ y'~ ao -- a ~~ 5 ATTACHMENT 3 State Homeland Security Grant Program Grant Project Ordinance 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 State Homeland Security Grant Program as awarded to Orange County by the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. These funds are a. State pass-through grant allocation of federal funds through the Department of Homeland .Security. This grant program provides funding for the purchase of equipment,. costs of exercises, and training costs associated with homeland security activities of the County, its municipalities, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Part I), as well as funds to improve domestic terrorism preparedness through the purchase of equipment for first responders, and to provide funding to train and exercise for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive incidents (Part II). Section 2. Under the terms of the agreement, Orange County will administer the grant as fiscal agent. The officers of the County are hereby directed to proceed with the grant project within the grant document, and the rules and regulations of the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and PublicSafety. Section 3. The following revenue is anticipated to be available to complete this project: Intergovernmental (2003-04) - Part I Funds Intergovernmental (2003-04) =Part II Funds Intergovernmental (2004-OS) - Part I Funds Intergovernmental (2005-06) - Part I Funds Total Section 4. There is no required County match for this grant. Section 5. The following amount is appropriated for this project: Public Safety - Ilomeland Security Grant Program $121,625 $363,908 $236,868 $2, 000 $724,401 $724,401 Section 6. The finance officer is hereby directed to maintain within the grant project sufficient specific detailed accounting records to provide the accounting to the grantor agency required by the grant agreement and federal and state regulations. . Section 7. Funds may be advanced from the general fund for the purpose of making payments due. Reimbursement requests should be made to the grantor agency in an orderly and timely manner. Section 8. Copies of this grant project ordinance shall be made available to the finance officer for direction in carrying out this project. Section 9. There are no positions authorized through this grant project ordinance Section 10. This project ordinance is in effect until March 31, 2006. Adopted this 20th day of September 2005. o~¢A - goo s ~- ~a ~ q - a. o -a. o 0.5 5a/ Chair Carey said that the County Commissioners received a copy of a letter from the Town of Hillsborough requesting a joint task force for historic preservation. This will be discussed at one of the joint meetings. Chair Carey said that they received another request from the Division of Water Resources for comments on the removal of the dam on Pleasant Green Road. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the letter from Hillsborough, task #5, "Review of the NC Rehab code for implementation in Orange County." He was surprised that this would not be something that Orange County is already doing. He wants to find out now if this is being done or not and not wait until the meeting with Hillsborough. Chair Carey said that the Sheriff wrote a letter to the County Commissioners about the activities at the Buckhorn flea market and what they found in the way of violations of the law. He asked the Board to ask the County Attorney to look into options for asking for special legislation to provide some extra resources for the Sheriff's office for regulatory enforcements at the flea market. He does not want to use County taxpayer money to address this. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he is supportive of this. He asked whose responsibility it is to make sure that the sales taxes are being collected and Geof Gledhill said that it is the Department of Revenue. Commissioner Halkiotis said to send a request directly to the Department of Revenue. Chair Carey said that there is a request from the Orange County Board of Health related to House Bill 239 about incorporating smoking restrictions into the County's ordinance. 4. County Manager's Report John Link said that they as a staff will express to the Board of County Commissioners their zeal in addressing energy issues. He listed the things that are being done. There has been $730,000 cut by reducing unnecessary travel by 25%. He is looking forward to working with Commissioner Halkiotis and speaking to Commissioner Jacobs' point of having a point person to be the energy "zealot." As far as he is concerned, this is a top priority. They are still hoping to purchase some alternative fueled vehicles. Regarding the water levels, the aqua sheet is the present status of the water levels at Lake Orange, the OWASA reservoir, and the Hillsborough reservoir. The water levels are getting lower by the day and conservation will become mandated within days. 5. Items for Decision--Consent Agenda A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to approve those items on the consent agenda as stated below: a. Minutes The Board approved the minutes for June 16 and August 16, 2005 as submitted by the Clerk to the Board. b. Appointments -None c. Motor Vehicle Property Tax Release/Refunds The Board adopted a refund resolution, which is incorporated by reference, related to 68 requests for motor vehicle property tax releases or refunds in accordance with North Carolina General Statutes. d. Budget Amendment #2 The Board approved budget ordinance, grant project ordinance, and capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2005-06 for Department of Social Services, Health Department, Emergency Management, Elections, Animal Services Facility Capital Project Ordinance, and Southern Orange Senior Center Capital Project Ordinance.