The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutORD-2013-023 Ordinance approving Budget Ordinance, Grant Projects, and County Fee Schedule for FY 2013-14 ORD-2013-023 Fiscal Year 2013-14 Budget Ordinance Orange County, North Carolina Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County Section I. Budget Adoption There is hereby adopted the following operating budget for Orange County for this fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2014, the same being adopted by fund and activity, within each fund, according to the following summary: Fund Current Interfund Total Fund 1 Balance Revenue Transfer Appropriation Appropriated .............. .......... General Fund $181,497,081 $1,046,300 $5,190,118 $187,733,499 ----------------- Emergency Telephone Fund $486,022 $0 $69,789 $555,811 ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... $0 Fire Districts Fund $4,712,415 $0 $4,712,415 Section 8 (Housing) Fund $4,256,839 $97,194 $0 $4,354,033 -------------- ............ Community Development Fund $585,599 $324854 1 $0 $910,453 ................ ................... ....................... .......................... ........... .....................---................... ........... ...........- Efland Sewer Operating Fund $213,000 $103,050 1 $0 $316,050 Revaluation Fund $0 $125,000 1 $66,444 $191,444 Visitors Bureau Fund $1,234,727 $o .. $20,000 $1,254,727 .......... ...--- ........ ......... ..........-.... ............ ..... School Construction Impact Fees Fund $1,040,000 $o $0 $1,040,000 Solid Waste/Landfill Operations Enterprise Fund $7,760,048 3 $0 = $5,596,423 $13,356,471 Sportsplex Enterprise Fund $2,882,210 $376,450 $0 $3,258,660 Community Spay/Neuter Fund $58,5001 $0 $18,100 $76,600 Article 46 Sales Tax Fund $2,639,000 $0 $0 $2,639,000 ORD-2013-023 Section II. Appropriations That for said fiscal year, there is hereby appropriated out the following: _ ...... -- Function Appropriation ... .-.. General Fund ........................................... _ _ ........ �Goverr!� nd_Management $15981,211 j General Services $8,669,540 [_go mmunity_and Environment — $7,103,245 Human Services $31,45%113 .. .... ........ ............. . Public Safety $21,445,378 – — – _ I Culture and Recreation $2 495 908 ........ ._.. ....... _ ... ...... ...... ...-...... ......._._............................................................................. .. ..._; Education $69,657,252 Debt Service _...... _..... $25,609,786 Transfers to Other Fund �_.._ _._... _s _.__...._$5 312,066 Total General Fund $187,733,499 .. ........ .............. ......... S Emergency Telephone System Fund Public Safet Y.... .__ ......... $555,811 ............ Total Emergency Telephone System Fund $555,811 ............ r9 y ...._, 1 Fire Districts .... Cedar Grove _ $,204,527_: Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District $281 144 _. ......... Damascus $82,329 Efland ...... $473,961 Eno ....................................... ....._..., $572361 . Little River _ $172,989 ... ..._: New Ho e �.._... _ ._ _ _. 37 516 . Orange Grove.... _ $454 823 ......... Orange Rural.__.. $937 032 South Orange Fire Service District $509,684 Southern Triangle Fire Service District $164 905 ....... ...... ...... .. .. White Cross $321,144 l Total Fire Districts Fund $4 712 415 _.... ...... ... ..... ..., Section 8(Housing)Fund Human Services $4 354,033 _..... ................................................ I Total Section 8 Fund $4,354,033 _ .. Community Development Fund(Urgent Repair Program) ........ ... ...... Human Services $132,725 Total Community Development Fund(U-r Q en� t Repair Program) $132 725 ........ Community Development Fund(HOME Program) _..... Human Services $677,203 .. Total Community Deveme rit Fund HOME/o P . $677,203 I Community Development Fund(Homelessness Partnership Program) ......._� _._ _ _ Human Services $100,525 Total Community_Development Fund Homelessness Program) _ _ Y n (_ P _._ _ ......_. _......_. ._.._... $100,525 j Total Community Development Fund Pro rams $910,453 Efland Sewer Operating Fund Community and Environment $316,050 Total Efland Sewer Operating Fund $316,050 Revaluation Fund ................ _ - General Services $191 444 ... Total Revaluation Fund $191,444 Visitors Bureau Fund ................g Communes and Environment $1,254,727 ... .. ..... ..... . ....... ....... ...... Visitors Bureau Fund $1,254,727 .................................................... _ ........ ....... .... School Construction Impact Fees ...._._ _ _ _........ .. Transfers to Other Funds $1$1,040,000 _.._. ............, ._._.. . _._........ ._......._._...... ......._._ j Total School Construction Impact Fees Fund ; $1,040,000 - ----- ......... ......... ......... .. ..... ... ........ ........... .. ....... .. 2 ORD-2013-023 Solid Waste/Landfill Operations . _................... Solid Waste/Landfill Operations $13,356,471 ........ Total Solid Waste/Landfill Operations $13,356,471 ! SportsPlex Enterprise Fund Culture and Recreation $3,258,660 Total S orts lex Enterprise Fund $3,258,660 Community Spa /Neuter Fund Governing and Management $76,600 Total Community S a /Neuter Fund $76,600 Article 46 Sales Tax Fund Governing and Management $2,639,000 Total Article 46 Sales Tax Fund $2,639,000 Section III. Revenues The following fund revenues are estimated to be available during the fiscal year beginning July.1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2014, to meet the foregoing appropriations: ........ Function Appropriation General Fund Property Tax $139,733,522 Sales Tax $17,190,148 Licenses&Permits $313,000 Intergovernmental $13 703,850 ...... ... Charges for Services $9,654 843 Investment Earnings $105 000 ................ .... ......_... .... ......... ..._.... ......... Miscellaneous $796 718 _._ _. ... ...._ .._......__.._ __—... ......._.. ...._— _ ___ Transfers from Other Funds $1,046,300 _...._ Ap rp�o Hated Fund Balance $5,190,118 - -. _.. ........ Total General Fund $187 733 499 ...... Eme ency Telephone System Fund Charges for Services $486,022 ....... Appropriated Fund Balance $69 789 - _. ......... ......... Total Emergency Telephone System Fund $555,811 Fire Districts _ .... ...... __ _ Property Tax .. $4,711,761 .. Investment Earnings� $654 _ _ .. ... __ .._�_. _. �_._ . _. Appropriated Fund Balance $0 1 Total Fire Districts Fund $4,71Z415 415 t Section"oust )Fund ..._ Intergovernmental $4,256,839 ........ ......... .....__...... .... ............. ..... . ............. . j From General Fund $97,194 Total Section 8 Fund $4,354,033 ......... ................ _.._.... _........ ......... .... ...._...... j Community Development Fund(Urgent Repair Program) �( From General Fund $132 725 Total Comm u*nity Development Fund Ur ent Repair Program) $132 725 _. _. Community Development Fund(HOME Program) .......... .............. . Inter overnmental $621,473 _. From General Fund $55 730 Total Community Development Fund(HOME Program) $677 203 �....�...___ . _ _ ...... Communit Develop ent Fund(Homelessness_Partnership Program) Intergovernmental $61 320 9 .... .... From General Fund $39,205 .... .. .. Total Community Development Fund Home/essness Partnership Program) $100,525 __. Total Community Development Fund Programs $910,453 ( Efland Sewer Operating Fund _ — — — _ — — I Charges for Services $213,000 ........ ..._.__ From General Fund $103,050 Total Efland Sewer Operating Fund $316 050 ................................................................................................................ .......... .... 3 ORD-2013-023 Revaluation Fund ............_... _...... ........... ....._. .. ...... From General Fund ._.__. . .$125 000 Appropriated Fund Balance ........ $66,444 _._...._.. ........._. ___.. . _...... Total Revaluation Fund $181,444 ....._. __... ....._....... ...._ ...... ..__... _ _._. Visitors Bureau Fund _.......... ...._._..._._. .. ..__._..... __ ......... __...... Occupancy Tax - $1,028 000:..: . ___._ Sales&Fees $501 a _ _ Intergovernmental $205 726 _. _ _ _ — — _.. __. Investment Earnings $500 Appropriated Fund Balance $20000 Total Visitors Bureau Fund $1,254,727 School Construction Impact Fees Fund Impact Fees $1,040,000. ......, j Total School Construction Impact Fees Fund $1,040,000 -.... Solid Waste/Landfill Operations .......... ............. &Fees ... $5,377,347 ...._. Intergovernmental $197 000 j Miscellaneous $187,705 j I Licenses&Permits $103,000 Interest on Investments m .. $25,500 [ General Fund Contribution for Sanitation Operations $1,869,496 Appropriated Reserves $5,596 423 Total Solid Waste(Landfill O stations : $13,356,471 Sportsplex Enterprise Fund Charges for Services $2,882,210 From General Fund $376,450 Total S orts lex Entefprise Fund $3,258,660 Community S a /Neuter Fund Animal Tax $31,000 Intergovernmental $25,000 Miscellaneous $2,500 Appropriated Fund Balance $18,100 Total Community S a /Neuter Fund $76,600 Article 46 Sales Tax Fund Sales Tax Proceeds $2,639,000 Total Article 46 Sales Tax Fund $2,638,000 Section IV. Tax Rate Levy There is hereby levied for the fiscal year 2013-14 a general county-wide tax rate of 85.8 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. This rate shall be levied in the General Fund. Special district tax rates are levied as follows: Cedar Grove 7.36 Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District 15.00 Damascus 8.80 Efland 7.00 Eno 7.99 Little River 4.06 New Hope 9.45 Orange Grove 6.00 Orange Rural 7.36 South Orange Fire Service District 10.00 Southern Triangle Fire Service District 8.80 White Cross 8.80 Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District 20.84 4 ORD-2013-023 Section V. General Fund Appropriations for Local School Districts The following FY 2013-14 General Fund Appropriations for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools are approved: a) Current Expense appropriation for local school districts totals $65,079,252, and equates to a per pupil allocation of$3,269. 1) The Current Expense appropriation to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is $40,019,098. 2) The Current Expense appropriation to the Orange County Schools is $25,060,154. b) Recurring Capital appropriation for local school districts totals $3,000,000 1) The Recurring Capital appropriation to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools totals $1,845,000. 2) The Recurring Capital appropriation to the Orange County Schools totals $1,155,000. c) Long-Range (Pay-As-You-Go) Capital appropriation for local school districts totals $3,724,849 1) The Long-Range (Pay-As-You-Go) Capital appropriation to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools totals $2,290,782. 2) The Long-Range (Pay-As-You-Go) Capital appropriation to the Orange County Schools totals $ 1,434,067. d) School Related Debt Service for local school districts totals $16,632,550. e) Fair Funding appropriation for local school districts totals $988,000. This appropriation is to be split 50/50 between Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools. f) Additional County funding for local school districts totals $1,921,503 1) School Health Nurses - Total appropriation of $683,706 with $451,651 allocated for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and $232,055 allocated for Orange County Schools 2) School Social Workers - Total appropriation of $692,283 allocated in the Department of Social Services to provide School Social Workers to Orange County Schools 3) School Resource Officers -Total appropriation of$545,514 allocated in the Sheriffs Department to provide School Resource Officers to Orange County Schools Section VI. Schedule B License In accordance with Schedule B of the Revenue Act, Article 2, Chapter 105 of the North Carolina State Statutes, and any other section of the General Statutes so permitting, there are hereby levied privilege license taxes in the maximum amount permitted on businesses, trades, occupations or professions which the County is entitled to tax. 5 ORD-2013-023 Section VII. Animal Licenses A license costing $10 for sterilized dogs and sterilized cats is hereby levied. A license for un-sterilized dogs and a license for un-sterilized cats is $30 per animal. Section VIII. Board of Commissioners' Compensation The Board of County Commissioners authorizes that: • Salaries of County Commissioners will be adjusted by any cost of living increase, any in-range salary increase and/or any other general increase granted to permanent County employees. For fiscal year 2013-14, the approved budget includes a 2% cost of living increase, effective July 1, 2013. • Annual compensation for County Commissioners will include the County contribution for health insurance, dental insurance and life insurance that is provided for permanent County employees, provided the Commissioners are eligible for this coverage under the insurance contracts and other contracts affecting these benefits. • County Commissioners' compensation includes eligibility to continue to participate in the County health insurance at term end as provided below: • If the County Commissioner has served less than two full terms in office (less than eight years), the Commissioner may participate by paying the full cost of such coverage. (If the Commissioner is age 65 or older, Medicare becomes the primary insurer and group health insurance ends.) • If the County Commissioner has served two or more full terms in office (eight years or more), the County makes the same contribution for health insurance coverage that it makes for an employee who retires from Orange County after 20 years of consecutive County service as a permanent employee. If the Commissioner is age 65 or older, Medicare becomes the primary insurer and group health insurance ends. The County makes the same contribution for Medicare Supplement coverage that it makes for a retired County employee with 20 years of service. • Annual compensation for Commissioners will include a County contribution for each Commissioner to the Deferred Compensation (457) Supplemental Retirement Plan that is the same as the County contribution for non-law enforcement County employees in the State 401 (k) plan. For fiscal year 2013-14, the approved budget continues the County contribution of $27.50 per pay period and implements a County match of up to $46.15 per pay period. Section IX. Budget Control General Statutes of the State of North Carolina provide for budgetary control measures to exist between a county and public school system. The statute provides: Per General Statute 115C-429: (c) The Board of County Commissioners shall have full authority to call for, and the Board of Education shall have the duty to make available to the Board of County Commissioners, upon request, all books, records, audit reports, and other information bearing on the financial operation of the local school administrative unit. 6 ORD-2013-023 The Board of Commissioners hereby directs the following measures for budget administration and review: That upon adoption, each Board of Education will supply to the Board of County Commissioners a detailed report of the budget showing all appropriations by function and purpose, specifically to include funding increases and new program funding. The Board of Education will provide to the Board of County Commissioners a copy of the annual audit, monthly financial reports, copies of all budget amendments showing disbursements and use of local moneys granted to the Board of Education by the Board of Commissioners. Section X. Internal Service Fund - Dental Insurance Fund The Dental Insurance Fund accounts for the receipt of premium payments from the County for its employees and from the employees for their dependents, and the payment of employee claims and administration expenses. Projected receipts from the County and employees for 2013-14 are $441,702 and projected expense for claims and administration for 2013-14 is $441,702. Section XI. Internal Service Fund -Vehicle Replacement Fund The Vehicle Replacement Fund will centralize and account for the purchase and replacement of County vehicles purchased with revenues and funding provided by the Governmental Funds of Orange County (General Fund, Special Revenue and Grants Funds). Projected sources of revenues and funds will be $899,416 of short-term installment financing and internal reserves, and the projected expenses for the purchase of vehicles will be $899,416. Section XII. Agency Funds These funds account for assets held by the County as an agent for other government units, and by State Statutes, these funds are not subject to appropriation by the Board of County Commissioners, and not included in this ordinance. Section XIII. Encumbrances Operating funds encumbered by the County as of June 30, 2013 are hereby reappropriated to this budget. Section XIV. Capital Projects & Grants Fund The County Capital Improvements Fund, Schools Capital Improvements Fund, Community Development Fund and the Grant Projects Fund are hereby authorized. Appropriations made for the specific projects or grants in these funds are hereby appropriated until the project or grant is complete. The County Capital Projects Fund FY 2013-14 budget, with anticipated fund revenues of $6,036,242, and project expenditures of $6,036,242, is hereby adopted in accordance with G.S. 159 by Orange County for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, and the same is adopted by project. 7 ORD-2013-023 The School Capital Projects Fund FY 2013-14 budget, with anticipated fund revenues of $7,653,599, and project expenditures of $7,653,599, is hereby adopted in accordance with G.S. 159 by Orange County for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, and the same is adopted by project. The County Grant Projects Fund FY 2013-14 budget, with anticipated fund revenues of $615,596, and project expenditures of $615,596 (see Attachment 3), is hereby adopted in accordance with G.S. 159 by Orange County for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, and the same is adopted by project. Any capital project or grant budget previously adopted, the balance of any anticipated, but not yet received, revenues and any unexpended appropriations remaining on June 30, 2013, shall be reauthorized in the 2013-14 budget. Section XV. Contractual Obligations The County Manager is hereby authorized to execute contractual documents under the following conditions: 1. The Manager may execute contracts for construction or repair projects that do not require formal competitive bid procedures, and which are within budgeted departmental appropriations, for which the amount to be expended does not exceed $250,000. 2. The Manager may execute contracts for general and/or professional services which are within budgeted departmental appropriations, for purchases of apparatus supplies and materials or equipment which are within the budgeted departmental appropriations, and for leases of personal property for a duration of one year or less and within budgeted departmental appropriations for which the amount to be expended does not exceed $89,999. I Contracts executed by the Manager shall be pre-audited by the Financial Services Director and reviewed by the County Attorney to ensure compliance in form and sufficiency with North Carolina law. 4. The Manager may sign intergovernmental service agreements in amounts under $90,000. 5. The Manager may sign intergovernmental grant agreements regardless of amount as long as no expenditure of County matching funds, not previously budgeted and approved by the Board, is required. Subsequent budget amendments will be brought to the Board of County Commissioners for revenue generating grant agreements not requiring County matching funds as required for reporting and auditing purposes. 6. The Manager and Attorney will provide a quarterly report to the County Commissioners showing the type and amount of each intergovernmental agreement signed by the Manager. 8 + ORD-2013-023 This budget being duly adopted this 18th day of June 2013. Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board Barry J bs ai 0 - Earl McKee, Vice-Chair Mark Dorosin Alice Gordon Bern dette Pelissi J 14 Renee Price Penny Rich 9