Primary Department: Management and Budget
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Daniel Ramos, Executive Director
Secondary Department: County Engineer
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, County Engineer
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
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MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for discussion and possible action to approve an FY27 mobility budget and funding plan for the Office of the County Engineer.
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Background and Discussion:
In the recent past the Office of the County Engineer (OCE) received an annual direct allocation of HCTRA surplus revenue. From FY2022 through FY2025, this amounted to $45.7 million to fund OCE mobility labor and work related to the County Transportation Plan.
In its 2025 session, the Texas Legislature indicated a preference that the near entirety of HCTRA surplus revenue first be transferred to commissioner precincts for them to determine its best use. In FY2026, Commissioners Court approved a transfer of $9 million from each precinct to OCE to fund mobility labor in that precinct, $36 million in total.
In June 2026, OCE submitted a formal request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review prior to this submission to Commissioners Court for FY2027 for $44.09 million in mobility funding: $37.26 million for labor to carry out precinct projects and $6.83 million for traffic signal maintenance. OCE has indicated to OMB that $6.83 million is enough to fund traffic signal maintenance at the direction of Commissioners Court. Non-labor funding for traffic stu...
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