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Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 20BCC000041 - Appropriate General Fund fund balance for a Contract Amendment to add $100,000 for Instructional Services to Durham Pre-K Contract with Child Care Services Association, Inc.
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Date of BOCC Meeting: January 13, 2019
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to approve the attached contract amendment.
The Board of County Commissioners discussed and gave verbal approval for this contract amendment at their December 2, 2019 Work Session.
At that Work Session, representatives from Child Care Services Association were present and explained the many variables contributing to the expenditure rate for Durham Pre-K, Durham County’s growing universal pre-K program. Those variables make it very difficult to maintain regular spending rates or to accurately project future, total spending. Our current spending rate would lead us to spend more than is currently budgeted. This means the County is serving more children, but it also means that either spending needed to be cut back or that the County needed to add more money into the instructional services portion of CCSA’s contract. Staff’s recommendation at the December 2, 2019 Work Session was to do the latter, and Commissioners agreed.
Alignment with Strategic Plan: A strong, universal pre-k program will strengthen important outcomes across all goal areas of the Durham County Strategic Plan, but particularly Goal 1 (Community and Family Enrichment).
Resource Persons: Drew Cummings, Chief of Staff
County Manager’s Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 20BCC000041 to appropriate General Fund fund balance for a Contract Amendment to add $100,000 for Instructional Services to Durham Pre-K Contract with Child Care Services Association, Inc.
Signature
County Manager: ____________________________