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
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
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Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
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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 studies and new or rebuilt traffic signals will continue to remain with the precincts.
OMB has analyzed OCE’s request and found it to be reasonable for funding the type of and amount of mobility-related work that OCE carries out each year related to labor and traffic signal maintenance.
Expected Impact:
Approving a mobility budget for OCE will provide internal funding to continue labor work and traffic signal maintenance.
Alternative Options:
Commissioners Court could decide to allocate funding differently.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 2. Connect our community with safe, reliable, equitably distributed, and well-maintained infrastructure.
County Strategic Plan Objective: H: Improve the condition and resilience of County transportation, flood control, and other infrastructure.
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
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
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Anticipated Court Date: 8/6/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): 10/1/2026
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Daniel Ramos, Executive Director, OMB
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