Primary Department: Management and Budget
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Daniel Ramos, Executive Director, Office of Management and Budget
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Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Supplemental RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of Management and Budget for discussion and possible action on authorizing $1.8M to support compensation study related increases for grants and special funds.
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Background and Discussion:
The Harris County compensation study completed in 2025 included compensation adjustments for Harris County employees. OMB has reviewed the proposed increases for grants and special funds as well as the available budget in the non-general fund funds and estimates that $1.8M from the $50M general fund set aside for pay equity will be needed to support these increases. Without the $1.8M in general fund support these grants and special funds will not be able to give the compensation increases proposed by the compensation study. $1.5M of these funds will go to support grants, and $300K to support special funds.
Expected Impact:
Approving this request will allow for compensation increases to be made across all funds.
Alternative Options:
Alternative options would be to not approve the request and make the compensation increases for grants dependent on the grants ability to absorb the increases.
County Strategic Plan Goal: N/A
County Strategic Plan Objective: N/A
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Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
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Precinct(s): Countywide
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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Grant Funds Applied for/Awarded (Total) |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new Position Control Numbers (PCN)s) |
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Anticipated Court Date: 1/29/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): 2/7/2026
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Bhumit Shah, Deputy Executive Director, Office of Management and Budget
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