Legislation Details

File #: 26-6075    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Investment Memo Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/3/2026 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 9/17/2026 Final action:
Title: Request for approval of a Final Investment Memo for the Engineering Capital Salaries project, for an incremental amount of $1,669,000 for a total FY 2027 authorization of $2,325,000, and request for approval of commercial paper funding in the amount of $1,670,000.
Sponsors: Mony Hossain
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Primary Department: County Engineer
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, PhD, P.E., PMP, CFM, ENV-SP, County Engineer

Managing Department: County Engineer
Managing Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, PhD, P.E., PMP, CFM, ENV-SP, County Engineer

Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Investment Memo
Investment Memo Type: Final Investment Memo

Project Name: Engineering Capital Salaries
Project ID (if applicable): CAPITAL_LABOR
Vendor Legal Name (if applicable): N/A

MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Achievement (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE 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

Incremental Authorization Requested: $1,669,000
Total Estimated Project Cost: $10,887,250 (FY 2027-2031)

Request Summary:
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Request for approval of a Final Investment Memo for the Engineering Capital Salaries project, for an incremental amount of $1,669,000 for a total FY 2027 authorization of $2,325,000, and request for approval of commercial paper funding in the amount of $1,670,000.
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Project Description:
These funds are intended to support labor expenditure on the county’s infrastructure projects.
Anticipated Project Expenditures and Timeline:
Project Scope Breakdown
Estimated Cost
Estimated Completion

FY 2027 Capital Salary
$2,023K
FY 2027

Contingency
$302K
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FY 2027 Total Authorization
$2,325K


Unencumbered existing project balance to carry into FY26
($656K)


FY 2027 Incremental Authorization
$1,669K
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Justification & Alternatives:
Funding of the Engineering capital project salaries by CP is expected to free up approximately $2.2M in General Funds
per year that can be reallocated to other critical Engineering projects.

The county has multiple critical projects planned. Failure to allocate these fund...

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