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AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATIONS for the purpose of declaring additional revenue and appropriating to the General Fund, Internal Service Fund, Special Revenue Fund and Enterprise Fund to provide for costs that were not anticipated and included in the Approved Fiscal Year 2025 Budget.
Background
General Fund Revenue Changes:
This legislation provides additional appropriation authority totaling $10,785,900 in the General Fund. The additional resources will increase the Fiscal Year 2025 General Fund Budget from $4,588,593,200 as expressed in CB-45-2024 to $4,599,379,100. The legislation appropriates additional use of unassigned fund balance (increase of $10.8 million) as the revenue source.
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) Agency Reallocations in the General Fund and Internal Service Fund:
Under the SLFRF grant program, the County was required to obligate 100% of the ARPA funds by December 31, 2024, and expend 100% of the funds by December 31, 2026. To meet the obligation deadline, the County moved $44.8 million in Police Department sworn salary expenditures from the General Fund to the ARPA grant. Based on this action, this legislation reallocates approximately $44.8 million in appropriation from the Police Department to various agency operating budget appropriations to allow the agencies to spend their remaining SLFRF projects within the General Fund.
Other General Fund Adjustments:
This legislation increases the expenditure appropriation by (1) $6,814,000 to support additional funding needs for the FY 2025 snow and ice control season as administered by the Department of Public Works and Transportation; (2) $3.0 million for a PAYGO (“pay-as-you-go”) transfer to the Strategic IT Initiatives capital project (#8.23.0002) under Non-Departmental that did not occur as budgeted in FY 2024; (3) $400,000 transfer to the Fair Election Special Revenue Fund that did not occur in FY 2024 as budgeted; and (4...
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