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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 Public Safety.
Section 3. The following revenue is anticipated to be available to complete this project:
Intergovernmental (2003-04) - Part I Funds $121,625
Intergovernmental (2003-04) -Part II Funds $363,908
Intergovernmental (2004-OS) - Part I Funds $236,868
Total $722,401
Section 4. There is no required County match for this grant.
Section 5. The following .amount is appropriated for this project:
Public Safety -Homeland Security Grant Program $722,401
Section 6. The finance .officer i~ .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 April 30, 2005.
Adopted this 14th day of December 2004.
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budget of $333,000. As of the end of November, they have spent $103,000 of that. Based on
requests from the families, there. were 947 families this time last year compared to 1,016
families this year. She projects that they are okay for the next few months. They are
continuing to work with the energy companies and they are continuing the financial counseling.
5. Items for Decision--Consent Agenda
A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to
approve those items on the Consent Agenda as stated below:
a. Minutes
The Board approved the minutes for the November 3, 2004 regular meeting as
submitted by the Clerk to the Board.
b. Appointments -None
c. Property Tax Release
The Board approved a resolution, which is incorporated by reference, to release
property value related to one (1) request for property tax release in accordance with N.C.
General Statute 105-381.
d. Property Value Changes
The Board adopted a resolution, which is incorporated by reference, to approve value
changes made in property values after the 2004 Board of Equalization and Review adjourned.
e. Applications for Property Tax Exemption
The Board approved three (3) untimely applications for granting exempt status from Ad
Val Orem taxation for the 2004 tax year.
f. CJPP Grant Acceptance
The Board accepted Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) implementation grant
funds totaling $165,221 from the NC Department of Correction and authorized the Chair to sign,
contingent upon final review by staff and the County Attorney.
g_ CJPP 2004-2005 Service Continuation Contracts
The Board approved contracts for the continuation of services provided through the NC
Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) and authorized the Chair to sign, contingent upon
final review by staff and the County Attorney.
h. Central Recreation Center Playground Apparatus
The Board received a staff summary of community feedback and consider granting
approval for the purchase and installation of playground apparatus at the Central Recreation
Center located at the Whitted Complex; and authorized the staff to proceed with solicitation of
bids.
i. Budget Amendment #6
The Board approved budget, capital and grant project ordinance amendments for fiscal
year 2004-05 for Social Services, Department on Aging, Library Services, Solid Waste/Landfill
Enterprise Fund, Environment and Resource Conservation Department, and Emergency
Management.
L Approval of Financing Arrangement for Efland Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.
to Purchase a Replacement Fire Tanker
This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate
consideration.
k. Contract Approval: Coulter, Jewell and Thames for Consulting Engineering
Services Related to the Expansion of Sewer and/or Water Utilities into Areas