Appropriation #2008055                                                                                                                                                                                  $ 79,000.00

            Revenue Source:                        Merit and Salary Contingencies   $ 79,000.00

The FY2008 budget appropriated merit pool and reclassification contingencies to be distributed to individual departments after the July 1 merit calculations had been performed and any position reclassifications were completed.  This request allocates $79,000.00 from the contingencies to the appropriate departments based on actual salary adjustments and anticipated department salary projections.

Appropriation #2008056                                                                                                                                                                                   $ 32,631.21

            Revenue Source:                        General Fund Balance                $ 32,631.21

The Voter Registration Department moved from its former location at the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) building on Pantops Mountain to the County Office Building – 5^th Street in September 2007.  This move was necessitated due to a reduction in available space for the department in the DMV building that significantly reduced the ability of the registrar to conduct in-person absentee voting.  As a result of the move, $31,444.41 in one-time expenses associated with moving and equipping the new offices at COB 5^th Street were incurred.    This amount is proposed to be funded from the General Fund Balance.

As a result of an event scheduled at the John Paul Jones Arena on the day of the November 2007 election, a special notice was mailed to all registered voters in the U-Hall voter precinct advising of anticipated heavy traffic around the polling place.   The mailing resulted in $1,186.80 in additional, unanticipated one-time expense for the Voter Registration Department.  This amount is proposed to be funded from the General Fund Balance.

Appropriation #2008057                                                                                                                                                                                   $   5,000.00

            Revenue Source:                        Federal Revenue                        $  5,000.00

The Department of Criminal Justice Services has awarded the Albemarle County Police Department a grant in the amount of $5,000.00.  This grant will be used to purchase new ballistic vests for two members of the Police Department’s Tactical Team as well as a ballistic shield for use by the team.  There is no local match.

Appropriation #2008058                                                                                                                                                                                   $123,633.00

            Revenue Source:                        State Revenue                           $84,500.00

                                                            General Fund Balance                 32,085.00

                                                            School Division                             7,048.00

The Albemarle County Department of Social Services has received a grant award from the Virginia Department of Education’s Pre-School Pilot Initiative for FY 2008.  This initiative, which enabled a second Bright Stars classroom at Cale Elementary, was detailed to the Board on June 13, 2007.  At that time, the grant award was anticipated to be $80,312.00 and required an anticipated $32,000.00 match from local government funds.  The Board approved the use of FY 06/07 expenditure savings (which is now part of the General Fund Balance) to fund the anticipated local match.  The grant was subsequently awarded and provides $84,500.00 in grant funding for this second classroom.  The local match totals $39,133.00, of which $7,048.00 will be provided from the School Division and $32,085.00 from the General Fund Balance.

Appropriation #2008059                                                                                                                                                                                       $93,036.01

            Revenue Source:                        Local Revenue (Donations)          $  7,800.00

                                                            Federal Revenue                          28,948.56

                                                            School Special Revenue

    Fund Balances                        56,287.45

At its meeting on February 28, 2008, the School Board approved the following appropriation requests:

• Monticello High School received a donation in the amount of $1,000.00 from the State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.  The donor has requested that this contribution be used on the Monticello High School newspaper “The Hoofprint”.

• Cale Elementary School received a donation in the amount of $1,000.00 from the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. This contribution will be used for additional tutoring for the at-risk students at Cale Elementary.

At its meeting on March 13, 2008, the School Board approved the following appropriation requests:

• The GE Volunteers Foundation has awarded Woodbrook Elementary School a grant in the amount of $300.00.  These funds will be used towards the purchase of the Brandchild SOL Web-Achiever Software.  This software allows each student to collect pre-test and post-test data to monitor their individual success in learning.  The software will be used within Woodbrook’s two after-school intervention programs.

• The Freas Foundation has awarded Carrie Finnegan, Orchestra Director for Albemarle High, Jack Jouett Middle and Sutherland Middle Schools, with a grant in the amount of $5,000.00.  These grant funds will be used towards the purchase of two cellos and one bass for each school’s orchestra.

• The State Farm Companies Foundation has awarded Hollymead Elementary with a grant in the amount of $500.00.  These grant funds will be used to purchase additional instructional supplies for various classrooms.

• Various Miscellaneous Grants have an unexpended fund balance from FY06/07.  Holders of these grants have been encouraged to expend these balances.  This request reappropriates $35,543.19 in available fund balance for use in FY07/08.

• Title III is a federally funded program designed to improve student learning by states and districts as part of a comprehensive approach to close the achievement gap especially between children who are limited English proficient and their peers.  There is a fund balance retained by the state in the amount of $15,799.79 from FY06/07 and may be reappropriated for FY07/08.  The funds will be used to pay salaries, benefits and purchase educational materials.

• “Families in Crisis” is funded under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvement Act, Title X, Part C of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.  The program is designed to identify students eligible under the Act and provide support services needed to assure their continued success in school.  There is a fund balance retained by the state from FY06/07 in the amount of $13,148.77 which may be used for FY07/08.  Also, there is a local fund balance of $11,886.23 which may be reappropriated for FY07/08.  The funds will be used to provide additional services, including tutoring for the increasing number of homeless students living in the Albemarle County school district or being forced to move out of the district because of circumstances beyond their control.  The fund may also be used for emergency needs to include purchasing and delivering items such as food, water, propane, and other items, and temporary after school fees to assure that students remain in a safe environment if needed.

• Various Shannon Foundation Grants have an unexpended fund balance from FY06/07.  Holders of these grants have been encouraged to expend these balances.  This request reappropriates $8,858.03 in available fund balance for use in FY07/08.

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