Department
Finance
Requested Action (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Review and approval of October 18, 2023 Budget Soundings. (APPROVED)
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Requirement for Board Action (Cite specific Board policy, statute or code requirement)
BOC assessment and approval of budget soundings request is required by the County’s budget resolution approved by the BOC
Strategic Priority Area related to this item (If yes, note strategic priority area below)
Open and Responsible Government
Commission Districts Affected
All Districts ☒
District 1 ☐
District 2 ☐
District 3 ☐
District 4 ☐
District 5 ☐
District 6 ☐
Is this a purchasing item?
No
Summary & Background (First sentence includes Agency recommendation. Provide an executive summary of the action that gives an overview of the relevant details for the item.)
The October18, 2023 Soundings request is submitted for your review and approval. Below is a brief summary of each request and related justification.
GENERAL FUND:
Strategic Priority Area: Open and responsible government
• Modify the 2023 Annual Hardware and Software Maintenance and Support list - (PAGE 3)
The BOC approval is requested to modify the Annual Hardware and Software Maintenance List (AML) approved as part of the FY2023 Adopted Budget. The requested changes will be funded within the department’s existing budget and will not result in any budget adjustments.
Finance requests an increase in spending authority to AML items; #88, to increase an additional $125,000 to bring the total for the year 2023 to $500,000. The reason for the increase is due to volume increases and corrects the vendor’s name on the AML list. No additional funding is being requested.
Information and Technology request spending authority to AML items: #41, #42, #43, #86, #329, #364 including two other items of software to increase an additional $102,398.52 to bring the total for the year 2023 to $1,147,951.52. The reason for the increase is due to Information Technology consolidated multiple agencies separate accounts into one Enterprise Plan with up to 100 licenses for use by agencies to be administered by Information and Technology. No additional funding is being requested.
Multiple funds
Strategic Priority Area: OPEN AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT
• Multiple Departments
The BOC approval is requested to increase funding for various departments to supplement the 2023 budget as a result of the Performance Bonus payments. Funds for the Performance Bonus payments were included in the Non-Agency budget as part of the adopted budget. This reserve in Non-Agency was to be used to supplement the budget for those departments that were not able to harvest sufficient salary savings throughout the year to cover the additional cost for the remainder of the fiscal year 2023.
General Fund - (Page 4)
County Auditor 7,837
Human Resources 127,402
Child Attorney 140,801
Magistrate Court 138,087
$ 414,127
Water & Sewer R&E - (Page 6)
Information Technology $ 1,626