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Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 25BCC012 County Administration to Appropriate $300,000 In General Fund fund balance for the Durham County Master Aging Plan
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Date of BOCC Meeting: August 12, 2024
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The Board is requested to approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 25BCC012 County Administration to Appropriate $300,000 In General Fund fund balance for the Durham County Master Aging Plan
Both the City and County of Durham were supportive of, and involved in, the creation of the Master Aging Plan, and project which took a number of years before and during the COVID19 pandemic. A new non-profit, Aging Well Durham, has been created as an evolution of the longer standing body, Durham's Partnership for Seniors, to oversee implementation of the plan. The partners creating Aging Well Durham approached the City and County in the spring of 2021 requesting two years of funding to begin implementation.
The creation of the new non-profit and development of an initial scope of work has taken somewhat longer than expected, and no funds were expended in FY21-22. In the meantime, City and County management also agreed that City funds would flow through the County and that the County would be the primary entity contracting with Aging Well Durham. This interlocal agreement is the vehicle through which City funds will come to the County for this purpose. Goal 2 will be the primary home for management responsibility of this agreement and work.
Both the County and the City have appropriated $150,000 in their respective FY 2024-25 budgets for the Master Aging Plan. As the County is the contract executor, the entire $300,000 expenditure needs to be recognized in the FY 2024-25 budget to enter into the contract with Aging Well Durham.
Alignment with Strategic Plan: The creation and successful implementation of a Master Aging Plan in Durham both acknowledges our sizeable aging population and our City and County commitm...
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