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File #: 25-4631    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Investment Memo Status: Passed
File created: 7/22/2025 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 8/7/2025 Final action: 8/7/2025
Title: Request for approval of a Final Investment Memo for the Engineering Capital Salaries project, for an Incremental amount of $1,926,000 for a total FY 2026 Authorization of $2,176,000, and request for approval of Incremental commercial paper funding in the amount of $1,930,000 for a total commercial paper funding of $11,610,000.
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: $1,926,000
Total Estimated Project Cost: $10,887,250 (FY 2026-2030)

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 $1,926,000 for a total FY 2026 Authorization of $2,176,000, and request for approval of Incremental commercial paper funding in the amount of $1,930,000 for a total commercial paper funding of $11,610,000.
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Project Description:
These funds are intended to support the labor expenditure on the county's infrastructure projects.

Anticipated Project Expenditures and Timeline:
Project Scope Breakdown
Estimated Cost
Estimated Completion
FY 2026 Capital Salary
$1,979K
FY 2026
Contingency 10%
$197K
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FY 2026 Total Authorization
$2,176K

Unencumbered existing project balance to carry into FY26
($250K)

FY 2026 Incremental Authorization
$1,926K
-

Justification & Alternatives:
Funding of the Engineering capital project salaries by CP is expected to free up approximately $2.1M in General Funds per year that can be reallocated to other critical Engineering projects.
The county has multiple critical pr...

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