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:
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Project Scope Breakdown |
Estimated Cost |
Estimated Completion |
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FY 2027 Capital Salary |
$2,023K |
FY 2027 |
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Contingency |
$302K |
- |
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FY 2027 Total Authorization |
$2,325K |
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Unencumbered existing project balance to carry into FY26 |
($656K) |
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FY 2027 Incremental Authorization |
$1,669K |
- |
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 funds will adversely impact resources
necessary to complete these critical projects.
Anticipated Impact on Other Funds (If Applicable):
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Fund Code |
Description |
Estimated Cost |
Funding Method (Existing or Future Budget Request Required) |
Estimated Date of Needs |
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Total |
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County Strategic Plan Goal: 2. Connect our community with safe, reliable, equitably distributed, and well-maintained infrastructure.
County Strategic Plan Objective: R: Enhance disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and resiliency.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): N/A
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): N/A
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): N/A
Health Initiative (Goal 4): N/A
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): N/A
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): N/A
Previous Court Action:
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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8/23/2022 |
31 |
CP Funding Allocated in the amount of $1,000,000 |
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9/27/2022 |
21 |
CP Funding Allocated in the amount of $7,680,000 |
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8/8/2025 |
139 |
Total FY 2026 Authorization of $2,176,000 |
Address:
Precinct(s): Choose an item.
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
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Current Fiscal Year Cost |
Annual Fiscal Cost |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
Recurring Expenses |
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Funding Sources |
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Existing Budget |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Current Budget |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Additional Budget Request |
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Commercial Paper |
$1,670,000 |
$ |
$1,670,000 |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
$1,670,000 |
$ |
$1,670,000 |
$ |
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Total Funding Request |
$1,670,000 |
$ |
$1,670,000 |
$ |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Additional Positions Request |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Personnel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Anticipated Court Date: 9/17/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): 10/1/2026
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Legal funding compliance confirmed by: Paige Abernathy, First Assistant County Attorney-Legal Operations, 7/22/2025
Department Approval by: Dr. Bashar Ahmed, PhD, Office of the County Engineer Chief of Staff
OMB CIP Team Approval by: William McGuinness, Director-Capital Projects & Infrastructure, 9/2/2026
Commercial Paper Request (For OMB use only):
Receiving Department: County Engineer
Project PeopleSoft ID: CAPITAL_LABOR
CP Series Description: Commercial Paper Series D can be used for (1) construction of public works, (2) the purchase of automobiles, equipment and machinery, including computers, materials and supplies for the operation of the County’s precincts and departments (3) Professional services, including services provided by engineers, architects, attorneys, auditors, financial advisors, and fiscal agents, in connection with the contractual obligations described in (1) and (2).
Commercial Paper is being requested for the Engineering Capital Salaries project and is expected to be repaid within the next three fiscal years either through bonds, budgetary means or pay-as-you-go sources.
Note: Commercial Paper is issued in increments of $5,000 and the excess is not available to be spent by the department
OMB Financial Management Contact: Fahad Gulzar, Deputy Executive Director, Office of Management and Budget