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Title
Approval of Capital Project Amendment No.27CPA012 and Budget Ordinance Amendment No.27BCC023 Appropriating $1,000,000 in Unrestricted Opioid Funds and Transferring to a New Unrestricted Opioid PayGo Fund to Support the Purchase of a New Durham County Transition House (Capital Project 4370DC001); Authorize the Manager to Execute Documents to Effectuate the Purchase Pending Final Approval by the County Attorney’s Office; as well as Reduce the County Transition House Capital Project by $739,041 in County PAYGO Funding and Transferring the Funding Back to the Debt Service Fund
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Date of BOCC Meeting: October 12, 2026
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to approve Capital Project Amendment No.27CPA012 and Budget Ordinance Amendment No.27BCC023 appropriating $1,000,000 in Unrestricted Opioid Funds and transferring to a new Unrestricted Opioid PayGo Fund to support the purchase of a new Durham County Transition House (Capital Project 4370DC001) and authorize the Manager to execute documents to effectuate the purchase pending final approval by the County Attorney’s Office. This amendment would also reduce the project by $739,041 in PAYGO funding and transfer the PAYGO funding back to the Debt Service Fund to support future Durham County initiatives.
Project Name and Number
Current Budget
Increase / Decrease
Updated Budget
Unrestricted Opioid PayGo Fund
$0
$1,000,000
$1,000,000
County PayGo Fund
$1,047,711
-$739,041
$308,670
JSD Transition House (4370DC001)
$1,047,711
$260,959
$1,308,670
After studies showing that renovating the current Durham County Transition House would be cost-prohibitive, the County was approached by a local supportive housing non-profit offering a property they had used for transitional housing on Holloway Street to the County. This action would approve the purchase of that seven-bedroom house at the appraised value of $770,000.00, along with closing costs and a conti...
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