| Item Title: | Budget and Fiscal Policy - BA No. 04 | | Submitted By: | Wallace Hardgrove, Executive Director, Budget and Fiscal Policy Department (915) 546-2262 | | Subject: | Approve amendment No. 4 to the County of El Paso’s 2018-2019 operating budget. This budgetary amendment will increase Grants by $1,508,705.58 thus increasing the overall budget of $430,469,184.70 to $431,977,890.28. | | Background: | To include statutory requirement, operational impact, or performance goal.
The County budget is being amended in accordance with Texas Local Government Code §111.0415.
Budget amendment is necessary:
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To transfer appropriations from the Purchasing Department to the Information Technology Department to cover the cost of Adobe acrobat pro licenses which will be maintained by ITD under their county consolidation policy.
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To transfer appropriations within the Purchasing Department to cover the cost for the salary expenses for the temporary position approved on the CHRO Staffing Change approval form 19.1.
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To transfer appropriations from the District Clerk department to the information Technology Department to cover the cost to renew a District Clerk domain name which will now fall under ITD as per the County Consolidation policy.
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To transfer appropriations from the General and Administrative account to the Information Technology Department to cover the cost for salary and fringe expenses for the staffing changes approved on Staffing Change Approval Form 2019.0001.
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To set up the remaining budget for the Domestic Violence Unit 2019 grant as awarded by the granting agency Criminal Justice Division.
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To set up the budget for the County Attorney's office - Victim Response Program 2019 as awarded by the granting agency Texas Office of the Governor - Criminal Justice Division (CJD).
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To set up the budget for the Sheriff's Office-Local Border Security Program 2019 grant as awarded by the granting agency: Texas Office of the Governor-Homeland Security Grants Division (HSGD).
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To increase the budget for the El Paso County Transit Feasibility grant as awarded and approved by the granting agency to the County.
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To transfer appropriations from the R&B Fleet fund and the R&B Stormwater fund to the R&B fund to properly code each account under the Special Revenue fund.
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To transfer appropriations within the commissary inmate profit accounts to cover the cost to finalize the installation and relocation of the washer in the downtown jail.
| | Fiscal Impact: | This budgetary amendment will increase Grants by $1,508,705.58 thus increasing the overall budget of $430,469,184.70 to $431,977,890.28. | | Recommendation: | Approve amendment No. 04 to the County of El Paso’s 2018-2019 operating budget. This budgetary amendment will increase Grants by $1,508,705.58 thus increasing the overall budget of $430,469,184.70 to $431,977,890.28. | | Prior Action: | N/A | | Strategic Plan: | .. | | Strategic Plan Information: | |
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