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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 12-09-2014 - 6e 1 ORD-2014-047 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date:December 9, 2014 Action Agenda Item No.6-e SUBJECT: Application for North Carolina Education Lottery Proceeds for Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) and Contingent Approval of Budget Amendment # 4-ARelated to CHCCSCapital Project Ordinances DEPARTMENT:PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)No Finance and Administrative Services ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT : Attachment 1. CHCCS –Lottery Clarence Grier,(919) 245-2453 Proceeds Debt Service Application PURPOSE: To approve anapplication to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) to release proceedsfrom theNC Education Lottery account related to FY 2014-15 debt service payments for Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools(CHCCS), and to approve Budget Amendment #4-A (amended School Capital Project Ordinances), contingent on the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s (NCDPI) approval of the application. BACKGROUND: Both County School Systems have previously presented approved resolutions from their respective Boards requesting that the County modify its Capital Funding Policy by applying accumulated lottery funds todebt service payments, and permitting current year withdrawalsof lottery proceedsimmediately after the State’s quarterly lottery fund allocations. This policy expedites both the application process and the receipt of funds for both school systems. Currently, the accumulated available lottery proceedsfor Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) is $260,961. The attached application requestsNCDPIto release lottery proceedsin the amount of $260,000 to cover debt service for projects previously financed for the Chapel Hill – Carrboro City School system. Budget Amendment #4-A provides for the receipt of the Lottery Proceeds, contingent on NCDPI’sapproval of the application, and substitutes the amount of Lottery Proceedsapproved for debt serviceas additional Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) funds for FY 2014-15 for CHCCS long- range capital needs and projects, and amends the budgets for the following CHCCScapital projects: 2 Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools ($260,000): Fire/Safety/Security($100,000)– Project # 54004 Revenues for this project: Current FY FY 2014-15FY 2014-15 2014-15AmendmentRevised From General Fund (PAYG)$775,000$100,000$875,000 Lottery Proceeds$80,000$0$80,000 Total Project Funding$855,000$100,000$955,000 Appropriated for this project: Current FY FY 2014-15FY 2014-15 2014-15AmendmentRevised Fire/Safety/Security$855,000$100,000$955,000 Total Costs$855,000$100,000$955,000 Parking Lot Improvements($160,000)– Project # 54008 Revenues for this project: Current FY FY 2014-15FY 2014-15 2014-15AmendmentRevised From General Fund (PAYG)$320,000$160,000$480,000 Total Project Funding$320,000$160,000$480,000 Appropriated for this project: Current FY FY 2014-15FY 2014-15 2014-15AmendmentRevised General Renovations$320,000$160,000$480,000 Total Costs$320,000$160,000$480,000 FINANCIAL IMPACT: The total Lottery Proceedsrequested from the NCDPIfor Chapel Hill– Carrboro City Schools is $260,000. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Boardapprove, and authorize the Chair to sign, the application for North CarolinaEducation Lottery Proceeds; and approve Budget Amendment #4-A receiving the Lottery Proceedsand the amended CHCCSCapital Project Ordinances, contingent on NCDPI’s approval of the application. Attachment1 3