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June 16, 2008 (Regular Meeting) <br />Page 868 <br />A. Special appropriations to non-profit organizations shall be <br />distributed after the execution of an agreement which ensures that <br />all County funds are used for statutorily permissible public <br />purposes. <br />B. The County Manager and/or Finance Director is hereby authorized to <br />transfer appropriations within or between funds as contained herein <br />under the following conditions: <br />1. The Finance Director or designee may transfer amounts between <br />objects of expenditure within a department. <br />2. The County Manager may transfer amounts between objects of <br />expenditures or revenues within a function without limitation. <br />3. The County Manager may transfer amounts up to $100,000 between <br />functions of the same fund. <br />4.The County Manager may not transfer any amounts between funds nor <br />from any contingency appropriation within any fund without action <br />of the Board of Commissioners, except as specified below for the <br />Capital Improvement Plan and Salary and Benefits adjustments. <br />5. The County Manager is authorized to transfer funds from the <br />General Fund or Capital Reserve Fund to the appropriate fund for <br />projects approved within the Capital Improvement Plan for the <br />current fiscal year. <br />6. Additional authority is granted to the Finance Director to <br />transfer amounts within and between funds for the sole purpose of <br />funding salary and benefits adjustments consistent with the <br />Cabarrus County Personnel Management Policy and the Cabarrus <br />County Personnel Ordinance. <br />7. Upon notification of funding increases or decreases from state, <br />federal, or previously approved grant sources, the Manager or <br />Finance Officer may adjust budgets to match. <br />8. The County Manager may enter into and execute change orders or <br />amendments to construction contracts in amounts less than $90,000 <br />when the appropriate annual budget or capital project ordinance <br />contains sufficient appropriated but unencumbered funds. <br />9. The County Manager may award and execute contracts which are not <br />required to be bid or which G.S. 143-131 allows to be let on <br />informal bids so long as the annual budget or appropriate capital <br />project ordinance contains sufficient appropriated but <br />unencumbered funds for such purposes. <br />10. The County Manager may execute contracts with outside agencies to <br />properly document budgeted appropriations to such agencieswhere <br />G.S. 153 A-248(b), 259, 499 and any similar statutes require such <br />contracts. <br />11. The County Manager may reject formal bids when deemed appropriate <br />and in the best interest of Cabarrus County pursuant to G.S. 193- <br />129(a). <br />C. Changes to Cabarrus County fees and charges as presented in budget <br />workshops will be effective July 1, 2008 and incorporated into the <br />appropriate fee schedules. <br />Section IV. <br />This ordinance and the budget documents shall be the basis for the <br />financial plan for the County of Cabarrus for the 2008-2009 fiscal <br />year. The County Manager and the Budget Officer shall administer the <br />budget. The Finance Director shall establish and maintain all records, <br />which are in concurrence with this budget and budget ordinance and the <br />appropriate statutes of the State of North Carolina. <br />Adopted this the 16th day of June, 2008. <br />/s/ H. Jay White, Sr. <br />H. Jay White, Sr., Chairman <br />