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Proposed Allocations of Decision Packages Included in the Fiscal Year 2014/15 Adopted Budget
Staff recommends approval of the following changes to the Fiscal Year 2014/15 Adopted Budget:
A. Certificates of Participation - $5,000,782.00
Approve the operating transfer of $5,000,782.00 in cash from General Fund Contingency to the Debt Service Fund to fund the annual debt service for Certificates of Participation for FY 2014/15.
B. Sheriff - $2,581,407.00
1. Move $270,000.00 of expenditure authority from General Fund Contingency to the Sheriff's General Fund base operating budget to address the continuing growth in costs.
2. Move $162,034.00 of expenditure authority from General Fund Contingency to the Sheriff's General Fund base operating budget to fund three corrections officers for the new Justice Court.
3. Approve the operating transfer of $1,768,800.00 in cash from General Fund Contingency to the new Information Technology Internal Service Fund to provide the hardware, software, server and storage needs of the Sheriff's Department and to meet other information technology infrastructure needs. See Decision Package E below.
4. Retain $380,573.00 of funding earlier earmarked for funding six Sheriff's positions previously funded by grants within the Contingency Fund. If the Sheriff wishes to fund these positions, existing General Fund operating budget funds should be used.
C. Indigent Criminal Defense - $1,800,000.00
Allocate $1,800,000.00 of expenditure authority from General Fund Contingency to the Contract Attorney General Fund base operating budget.
D. Stadium District - $2,177,931.00
Approve the operating transfer of $2,177,931.00 of cash to the Stadium District Special Revenue Fund.
E. Information Technology - $6,073,113.00
*Recommendations 1 through 3 total the $6,073,113.00 from this Decision Package.
*1. Allocate $1,582,564.00 of expenditure authority from General Fund Contingency to the Information Technology General Fund base operating budget to support additional personnel, software and maintenance costs listed in the original Information Technology decision package and not included in the attached initiatives.
*2. Allocate $142,163.00 of expenditure authority from General Fund Contingency to the Information Technology General Fund base operating budget to support Information Technology Initiative No. 4 - Remodel Workspace for Additional Personnel.
*3. Approve the operating transfer of $4,348,386.00 of cash from General Fund Contingency to the new Information Technology Internal Service Fund to provide funding for initiatives No. 1 through No. 3 in support of the new service model.
4. Approve the operating transfer of $1,768,800.00 of cash from General Fund Contingency to the new Information Technology Internal Service Fund to replace existing Sheriff Information Technology infrastructure. See Decision Package B above.
5. Allocate $1,871,682.00 from existing County operating budgets to cover the remaining costs associated with initiatives No. 1 thru No. 3. Funding for these costs is already included in the software and capital budgets of the impacted departments.
F. Facilities Management - $1,273,874.00
Move $1,273,874.00 of expenditure authority from General Fund Contingency to the General Fund Facilities Management base operating budget for operating costs for the Public Service Center and the Apache Park Warehouse.
G. Wildcat Dump Enforcement - $245,515.00
No further action is required by the Board.
H. Road Repair - $5,000,000.00
Approve the operating transfer of $5,000,000.00 in cash and expenditure authority from General Fund Contingency to the Capital Projects Fund to address the pavement preservation projects detailed in the County Administrator's November 18, 2014 memorandum entitled Release of Supplemental General Fund Appropriation for Transportation Pavement Rehabilitation and Repair.
I. Employee Compensation - Cost Absorbed by the Departments
No further action is required by the Board.