Primary Department: County Administration
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Jesse Dickerman, Interim County Administrator
Secondary Department: Management and Budget
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Daniel Ramos, Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
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 by the Office of County Administration for approval to reallocate a total of $20 million in funds from active projects in the ARPA Portfolio to support the Fiscal Year 2026 General Fund budget.
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Background and Discussion:
On August 14th, 2025, Commissioners Court approved budget reallocations from the programs below, totaling $8.9 million:
• $4.7M from Emergency Nursing
• $2.7M from Water & Wastewater
• $1.0M from Disparity Studies
• $51K from Harris County Opportunity Fund
• $450K from Re-entry Capacity Supports
• $59K from Gun Buyback Events
• $15K from 911 Tapes
The ARPA Steering Committee recommends an additional reallocation of $11.1 million from active projects in the ARPA portfolio to support the Fiscal Year 2026 General Fund budget.
Expected Impact:
Reduction of services for existing programs.
Alternative Options:
Not reallocating additional funds from the ARPA Portfolio.
County Strategic Plan Goal: Choose an item.
County Strategic Plan Objective: Choose an item.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): Choose an item.
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): Choose an item.
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): Choose an item.
Health Initiative (Goal 4): Choose an item.
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): Choose an item.
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): Choose an item.
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Prior Court Action (if any):
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9/12/23 |
1 |
Order to de-obligate $3M in ARPA funding to fund FY 24 General Fund needs Direction to identify $14M in additional ARPA savings |
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10/10/23 |
14 |
Approval to de-obligate $3M from active ARPA programs and reduce $14.3M in planned project allocations |
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5/7/2024 |
10 |
Approval to de-obligate $38M from active ARPA programs |
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8/14/2025 |
5 |
Approval to re-allocate $8.9M from the ARPA portfolio to support the FY26 General Fund budget |
Location:
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Precinct(s): Countywide
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Anticipated Court Date: 9/9/2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): Click or tap to enter a date.
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Tom Hargis, Grants & Partnerships Director, Office of County Administration; Romeo Solis, ARPA PMO Director, Office of County Administration
Attachments (if applicable):