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203 <br /> <br />Section VII. <br /> A. Special appropriations to non-profit organizations shall be <br />distributed after the execution of an agreement which insures that all County <br />funds are used for a statutorily permissible public purposes. <br /> <br /> B. The County Manager is hereby authorized to transfer appropriations <br />within a fund as contained herein under the following conditions: <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />He may transfer amounts between objects of expenditures within <br />a department without limitation. <br />He may transfer amounts up to $20,000 between departments of <br />the same fund. <br />He may not transfer any amounts between funds nor from any <br />contingency appropriation within any fund without action of <br />the Board of Commissioners. <br />Additional authority is granted to the manager to transfer <br />amounts within and between funds for the sole purpose of <br />funding salary and benefits adjustments. This is an exclusive <br />authority granted by the Board of Commissioners and so ordered <br />by this budget ordinance to carry out the following policy <br />directives. <br />a. A 2.5% Cost of Living adjustment for all non-law <br /> enforcement personnel. <br />b. A 4.5% Cost of Living adjustment for all law enforcement <br /> personnel. <br />c. A 401(k) contribution to all full time permanent <br /> employees equal to 5% of salaries. <br />d. Lapsed salary funds will be used for continued <br /> implementation of training and developmental salary <br /> adjustments. <br />e. Longevity salary payments will continue to be frozen at <br /> current lump sum amounts. <br />f. $225,000 is appropriated for merit salary adjustments. <br />He may enter into and execute change orders or amendments to <br />construction contracts in amounts less than $20,000 when the <br />appropriate annual budget or capital project ordinance <br />contains sufficient appropriated but unencumbered funds. <br />He may award and execute contracts which are not required to <br />be bid or which G.S. 143-131 allows to be let on informal bids <br />so long as the annual budget or appropriate capital project <br />ordinance contains sufficient appropriated but unencumbered <br />funds for such purposes. <br />He may execute contracts with outside agencies to properly <br />document budgeted appropriations to such agencies where G.S. <br />153A-248(b), 259, 449 .and any similar statutes require such <br />contracts. <br /> <br /> C. The County Manager may increase or decrease the number of positions <br />in the Cabarrus County Home Health Agency depending on market demand for <br />services. He may also adjust compensation levels in order to ensure <br />competitiveness. Additional positions may only be established under this <br />subsection if new revenues are available equal to the expenditures. Following <br />such actions where a budget amendment is required, it will be submitted for <br />approval at the next Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners. <br /> <br />Section VIII. <br /> A. This ordinance and the budget documents shall be the basis for the <br />financial plan for the County of Cabarrus for the 1994-95 Fiscal year. The <br />County Manager and the Budget Officer shall administer the Budget. The Finance <br />Director shall establish and maintain all records which are in concurrence with <br />this Budget and Budget Ordinance and the appropriate Statutes of the State of <br />North Carolina. <br /> <br />Amended this the 6th day of September, 1994. <br /> <br /> <br />