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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 10-03-2006-5hORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 3, 2006 Action Agenda Item No. ,~-° SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #3 DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Attachment 1. Budget as Amended Spreadsheet Attachment 2. Year-To-Date Budget Summary Report Attachment 3. Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Technology Grant Project Ordinance . Attachment 4. Commissioners Contingency Status Report INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Dean Coffey, (919) 245-2151 PURPOSE: To approve budget and grant project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2006- 07. BACKGROUND: Board of Elections 1. In preparation for the November 2006 election, the Orange County Board of .Elections has changed the location of one voting precinct and split another. • Renovations currently taking place at the Chapel Hill Recreation Department necessitate the relocation of the Battle Park Precinct. For the November 7, 2006 election only, voters in the Battle Park,Precinct will vote at the Chapel Hill Senior Center 400-A S. Elliott Road Chapel Hill and not at the Chapel Hill Recreation Department. • The Board of Elections has split the Cole Store Precinct into two precincts -Cole Store and Hogan Farm. The School District divider line determines a voter's precinct and voting location. • Voters living in the Orange County School District (to be known as Coles Store 1 Precinct) will continue to vote at the Union Grove Methodist Church, 6407 Union Grove Church Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516. a Voters living in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro School District (to be known as Hogan Farms Precinct), will now vote at the Lake Hogan Farms Clubhouse, 101 Commons Way Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27516. In order to inform voters, the Board of Elections has experienced unanticipated newspaper advertising costs. Recently, the State recently reimbursed $750 to the County for precinct official training conducted prior to the May 2006 primary election. The department plans to use these funds to offset the costs associated with the unanticipated advertising. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these reimbursement funds. (See Attachment 1, column #1) Library Services 2. In accordance with the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Orange County Library receives discounts for telecommunication services offered by Embarq. The Library uses E- Rate discount funds to improve Internet access on public computers. The Orange County Library has received additional E-Rate discount funds totaling $2,356, bringing the total for this year to $6,117. There is no County match required for the receipt of these funds. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of additional funds of $2,356. (See Attachment 1, column #2) Solid Waste/Landfill Enterprise Fund 3. At its August 22, 2006 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved a bid award to ,Jones Concrete Service Company of Hillsborough to extend a retaining wall and pour a concrete slab at the Orange County Landfill. The expansion, with a project bid award of $50,572, will enable the department to accommodate increased tonnage associated with adding mixed paper to the urban and rural curbside recycling collection programs. This budget amendment provides for a fund balance appropriation of $50,572 from the Solid Waste/Landfill Fund for the above stated purpose. (See Attachment 1, column #3) Department on Aging 4. The Department on Aging has received notification of the following funds for. the current fiscal year:- a. The Eldercare division within the Department on Aging has received notification of additional National Family Caregiver Support grant funds totaling $26,172 for this fiscal year. The department will use the funds to purchase additional services from local agencies for at-risk individuals and provide training and support for their caregivers. There is no County match for the. receipt of these funds. The additional grant funds increase the current budget of $30,120 to $56,292. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column #4) b. The Department on Aging has received funds totaling $2,434 from the Triangle J Council of Government for Orange Counfiy's .share of the Duke Energy program to purchase fans for low-income elderly Orange County residents. Duke Energy donates funds annually to this program. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column #4) c. The Department on Aging has also received notification from the N. C. Department of Insurance of receipt of $3,100. The Department plans to use the funds to expand the Senior .Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) within the Eldercare division. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column #4) Health Department 5. The Health Department has received notification of the following funds for the current fiscal year: a. The Health Department has received additional Family Planning Title X funds totaling $7,068 from the State. These funds are part of a statewide initiative to assist local health departments in offsetting significant increases experienced in the purchase price of oral contraceptives. For example, the cost of oral contraceptives last year at this time was $3.00 for cone-month supply compared to a current monthly price of $10.20. This budget amendment; provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column #5) b. Currently, a local dentist donates time and equipment to the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools in support. of its student athlete mouth guard program. Orange County Schools does not have a similar program. Recognizing the need for these services, Orange County's Dental Health division plans to initiate a new grant supported program that will promote the use of mouth guards by student athletes at middle. and high schools in the Orange County School district. Grant funds and donations will offset the cost of the program. The Strowd Roses Foundation has contributed $5,000 for this initiative. In addition, the department requests a donation of $10 from each student participant to offset the remaining cost of the program. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of $5,000 from Strowd Roses, and anticipates the receipt of donations totaling $4,000. (See Attachment 1, column #5) c. The Health Department has received notification from the N.C Department of Health and Human Services of the receipt of Phase II Pandemic Influenza funds .totaling $20,000. The department received a total of $26,415 in Phase I funds during both FY 2005-06 and this current fiscal year, and have used these funds to purchase personal protective equipment, 800 MHz radios, headsets for radiophones, and medical bags to carry supplies. The department plans to use Phase II funds to purchase items to equip mass medication/vaccination sites, storage shelves, public education supplies, and handheld computers and GIS software to support field epidemiological work. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds for the above stated purpose. (See Attachment 1, column #5) Non-Departmental 6. At its September 19, 2006 meeting, the Board- of County Commissioners approved an appropriation of $15,000 from Commissioner Contingency for the BOCC District Elections Education Process. This budget amendment provides for the appropriation of $15,000 from Commissioner Contingency for this initiative. (See Attachment 1, column #6) 4 Sheriff Department 7. The Sheriff's Department recently received notification of a Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) technology grant. The grant award totals $98,723. Of this amount, the Town of Hillsborough will receive $19,745 and the Sheriff's Department will receive the remaining $78,978. There is no County match required for receipt of the funds. The Sheriff plans to use the County's portion of the grant funds to purchase fingerprint systems and mobile laptops. The attached Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Technology Grant Project Ordinance allows for receipt of the funds. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impacts are included in the background information above. 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W t y m U S o O= $~ ~ ? c - ~ ~ E ~ U N ^ZI w O x U " ~° N c C i a ~ q `o m m ~ E `w ~ m c wa m iv = s wo w= v i m'O~ w u z ° Attachment 2 Year-To-Date Budget Summary Fiscal Year 2006-07 General Fund Budget Summary Original General Fund Budget $163,473,184 Additional Revenue Received Through Budget Amendment #3 (October 3, 2006): Grant Funds $95,723 Non Grant'Funds $106;571 Additional County Dollars (i.e. County Fund Balance Appropriated to Date) to Cover Unanticipated Expenditures $0 Total Amended General Fund Budget $163,675,478 Dollar Change in 2006-07 Approved General Fund Budget $202,294 Change in 2006-07 Approved General Fund Budget 0.12% Authorized run rime Cquivaient rosition s Original Approved General Fund Full Time Equivalent Positions 770.086 Original Approved•Other Funds Full Time Equivalent Positions 69.550 Additional Positions Approved Mid-Year 0.000 Total Approved Full-Time-Equivalent Positions for Fiscal Year 2006-07 839.636 ATTACHMENT 3 Community Policing Services (COPS) Technology Program (Sheriff's Departure Grant Project Ordinance 7 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 Community Policing Services (COPS) Technology Grant. These are federal funds through the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Policing Services program. This grant program provides funding to equipment in the Sheriff's Department including fingerprinting equipment and associated mobile technology. Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. The officers of the County are hereby directed to proceed with the grant project within the grant document and the budget contained herein. The following revenue is anticipated to be available to complete this project: Intergovernmental (2005-06) -COPS Technology Funds Total There is no required County match for this grant. The following amount is appropriated for this project: Sheriff s Department -COPS Technology Grant Program Town of Hillsborough -COPS Technology Grant Program Total $98, 723 $98, 723 $78,978 $19, 745 $98, 723 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. There are no positions authorized through this grant project ordinance Section 9. This project ordinance is in effect until November 21, 2008. Adopted this 3rd day of October 2006. Status of Commissioners Contingency Account Fiscal Year 2006-07 Attachmer~ 4 U Comments $35,OOOApproved 7/01/06 (BOA #3 for BOCC District Elections Education ($15,000) Process) Remaining Contingency $20,000