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AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATIONS for the purpose of declaring additional revenue and appropriating to the General Fund and Internal Service Fund to provide for costs that were not anticipated and included in the Approved Fiscal Year 2022 Budget.
Background
This legislation provides supplementary appropriations in the General Fund to cover unanticipated and vital costs needed to meet year end operational requirements. The largest component of this legislation incorporates the FY 2022 budget reconciliation transfer request from the Board of Education (previously passed by the County Council in October 2021). It primarily driven by increase in outside sources revenue comes from restricted federal Covid-19 relief funding sources which is partially offset by final adjustments in State aid. The remaining portion of the legislation supports the following: (1) Office of the County Executive - $300,000 for anticipated fringe benefits and operating expenses; (2) Office of Ethics and Accountability - $23,400 for anticipated fringe benefits and merit pay; (3) Citizen Complaint Oversight Panel - $12,200 for projected legal expenses, anticipated fringe benefits and merit pay; (4) Board of License Commissioners - $35,300 for merit pay and payment of a prior year contract; (5) Board of Elections - $4,163,800 for expenditures related to changes to the Maryland Election Law Code and the District 8 special election; (6) Office of Central Services - $2,855,200 for merit pay, anticipated overtime, temporary positions and utility costs at the former Cheverly Health Center site; (7) Circuit Court - $1,309,600 for merit pay and anticipated fringe benefits costs; (8) Office of the State’s Attorney - $355,400 for anticipated fringe benefit costs and merit pay; (9) Fire/EMS Department - $11,975,000 for anticipated overtime expenditures, merit pay and anticipated fringe benefits costs; (10) Office of the Sheriff - $3,334,200 for merit pay and anticipated fringe benefits costs; (11) Department of Corrections - $1,032,400 for projected additional expenses in the food and medical contracts; (12) Health Department - $11,515,700 to support continued COVID-19 mitigation activities including the purchase of COVID test kits and cleaning services in various County government sites; (13) Department of Public Works and Transportation - $1,616,100 for costs associated with snow events and additional support for onboarding various trades helper/laborer positions; (14) Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement - $900,000 for additional costs related to the online permitting system; and (15) Non-Departmental - $18,200,000 to reflect the transfer of $16 million each to the Risk Management and Other post-employment benefits (OPEB) funds which is partially offset by reallocating $13.8 million from Contingency to various County budgets to cover the cost of the merit pay. This legislation also provides for the remaining $844,800 in additional appropriated fund balance from within the Information Technology Internal Service Fund to cover the remaining costs of the COVID Scheduling Software project.
The Fiscal Year 2022 General Fund budget as expressed by CB-35-2021 and amended by CB-110-2021 and CB-004-2022 increases the budget from $3,805,950,800 to $4,295,523,500. The overall increase in revenue totals $489,572,700 which includes an additional $431.9 million in outside sources, $32.0 million in use of fund balance and $25.6 million in income tax receipts. The Fiscal Year 2022 Internal Service Fund Budget as expressed by CB-35-2021 and amended by CB-110-2021 increases from $65,544,400 to $66,389,200.