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337 UPON MOTION of Chairman Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Casper and unanimously carried, the Board moved to amend Commissioner Casper's original motion and to reduce the overall travel budget by an additional $17,000.00. This increased the total travel reduction to $40,000.00. UPON MOTION of Chairman Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Casper with Chairman Carpenter and Commissioners Casper and Payne voting for and Commissioners Fennel and Barnhart voting against, the Board moved to amend Commissioner Casper's original motion and to allocate $11,120.00 to the Health Department Medical Supplies account for the purchase of flu and pneumonia vaccine with instructions that the Health Director implement cost-sharing measures for programs where allowable. UPON MOTION of Chairman Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Casper with Chairman Carpenter and Commissioners Casper and Payne voting for and Commissioners Fennel and Barnhart voting against, the Board moved to amend Commissioner Casper's original motion and to allocate $2,400.13 to fund the Health Fair at the Carolina Mall with the possibility of obtaining a matching grant of Older American funds through the Department of Aging. A substitute motion was made by Commissioner Payne to adopt a tax rate of 61.4 cents to be effective July 1, 1993 and to follow the proposal listing cuts from the County Manager's original proposed budget and reducing the tax increase by 3.6 cents as presented earlier in the meeting by Chairman Carpenter. This proposal is recorded on page 335. There was no second to Commissioner Payne's motion. Commissioner Payne left the meeting at 9:50 P.M. Commissioner Barnhart again stated the need for a Five-Year Plan and for a work flow analysis in various areas of County Government. There was general agreement by the Board that this work should be completed during the year in preparation for the 1994-95 annual budget. Chairman Carpenter spoke on the difficult budget for 1993-94, the need to maintain the tax rate of 58 cents, and the negative impact that a tax increase would have on the anticipated school bond referendum in November. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Casper, seconded by Commissioner Fennel with Commissioners Casper, Fennel and Barnhart and Chairman Carpenter voting for, the Board moved to accept the budget as the County Manager brought back to the Board with the tax rate of 58 cents and as amended by the Board. The reductions to maintain the tax rate of 58 cents are included in the minutes of June 16, 1993 and recorded on pages 319-320. The amendments as approved are as follows: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Decrease County contribution to 401(k) from 5 percent to 3 percent and transfer those funds of approximately $200,000.00 to a COLA for County employees. Cut the outside tax collector position, saving $23,000.00. Reduce Communities in Schools by $10,000.00, reduce Cabarrus Arts Council by $2,000.00, and put $10,000.00 in the 4-H After-School Program and direct program coordinators to prioritize the Kannapolis City Schools. Fund a Child Abuse Worker at the Department of Social Services in the amount of $30,000.00 with funding from the $25,000.00 in savings from earlier reductions and $5,000.00 from funding for the "Sharing the Vision" program. Budget $140,000.00 for Animal Control. Reduce travel by a total of $40,000.00. Allocate $11,120.00 to the Health Department for flu and pneumonia vaccine with instructions for the Health Director to implement cost-sharing measures for programs where allowable. Allocate $2,400.13 to fund a Health Fair at Carolina Mall with the possibility of obtaining a matching grant from Older American Funds through the Department of Aging. The 1993-1994 Cabarrus County Budget Ordinance as adopted is as follows.