Department: Management and Budget
Department Head/Elected Official: Daniel Ramos, Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Public Hearing
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of Management and Budget to hold a public hearing for discussion and approval of the FY 2023 budgets for Harris County, the Harris County Flood Control District and Toll Road Authority.
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Background and Discussion:
The recommended General Fund operating budget is $2.24B, which supports increases for all law enforcement departments and includes additional investigators and detention officers for the Sheriff’s Department. The budget also includes Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA’s) for all County employees and maintains current employee benefits, despite increasing costs.
The proposed FCD budget is $137M, which includes, an additional $5M in sediment removal and channel erosion repairs and adds an additional $790K for other repair projects to maintain current levels of necessary maintenance to maintain the capacity on existing infrastructure. The budget covers the debt service for flood control projects approved by voters in the 2018 Bond Election.
The proposed HCTRA budget is $561M, which includes operating expenses, debt service, and PAYGO (Pay As You Go) Capital.
Expected Impact:
The proposed rate and budget:
• Maintains current level of service for County departments and strategically invests in law enforcement, infrastructure, and flood resiliency.
Alternative Options:
Commissioners Court can adopt a budget up to the Auditor’s Preliminary Estimate of Available Resources.
If the fiscal year starts without Commissioners Court adoption of a budget, then the County would experience a dead period until a budget is adopted. A dead period of longer than a week would be detrimental to County operations and services, as purchase orders could not be issued or modified, and expenditures for items without carryover POs could not be processed. This would also affect the use and payment of credit cards.
Alignment with Goal(s):
X Justice and Safety
X Economic Opportunity
X Housing
X Public Health
X Transportation
X Flooding
X Environment
X Governance and Customer Service
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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SFY 22 |
FY 23 |
Next 3 FYs |
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Incremental Expenditures (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
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Labor Expenditures |
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Non-Labor Expenditures |
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Total Incremental Expenditures |
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Funding Sources (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
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Existing Budget |
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$ |
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Total Current Budget |
$ |
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Additional Budget Requested |
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$ |
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Total Additional Budget Requested |
$ |
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Total Funding Sources |
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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 Requested |
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Total Personnel |
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Anticipated Court Date: September 13, 2022
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): October 1, 2022
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Daniel Ramos, Executive Director
Attachments (if applicable): FY 2023 Budget