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Approve the Miscellaneous Budget Ordinance Amendments to Adjust Various Fund Budgets for FY 2020-21.
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Staff:
Department:
Amy Oland, Director
Business Management
Matt Brinkley, Assistant Director
Overview: After the Council adopts the annual budget, periodic changes require the Town to amend the current budget.
Recommendation(s):
That the Council:
* Enact the attached budget ordinance amendment to adjust the General Fund, Capital Improvements Fund, Grants Fund, Transit Fund, Transit Capital Reserve Fund, Public Housing Fund, and the Library Gift Fund; and
* Enact the attached project ordinance amendments to adjust the Affordable Housing Fund, Housing Capital Grants Fund, Capital Projects Ordinance Fund, and the Transit Capital Grants Fund; and
* Adopt the attached resolutions to accept the Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) Grant, Stonyfield Grant, Public Housing CARES Act Grant, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) CARES Act Grant, Governor's Highway Safety Grant, Orange County Arts Commission Grant, NC Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) Grant, Section 5310 Grant, and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Grant.
Key Issues:
* General Fund
On June 15, 2020, the Town received a $5,000 grant from Stonyfield Farm. The grant funds will be used to pilot organic landscaping treatments and practices in a limited area of a Town park. Treatments may include soil testing, organic fertilizer and other soil amendments, and organic weed control products. The Town will use information from the pilot to inform future maintenance practices and/or recommendations. Adopting the resolution authorizes acceptance of the Stonyfield grant and enacting the attached budget ordinance amendment recognizes and appropriates the grant funds.
* Capital Improvements Fund
On September 3, 2019, the Town received $9,500 in payment in lieu of recreation space for the Park Apartments project. These funds will be used to complete work at Burlington Park...
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