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File #: 22-5706    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Financial Authorization Status: Passed
File created: 9/15/2022 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 9/27/2022 Final action: 9/27/2022
Title: Request for approval to adjust FY 2023 law enforcement department budgets to reflect changes to the number of contract patrol officers as of October 1, 2022 relative to the number of officers on March 1, 2022.
Attachments: 1. 22-5706 FY 2023 Contract Patrol Agreements.pdf

Department: Management and Budget

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

 

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 for approval to adjust FY 2023 law enforcement department budgets to reflect changes to the number of contract patrol officers as of October 1, 2022 relative to the number of officers on March 1, 2022.

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Background and Discussion:

The Office of Management and Budget annually compiles a list of all patrol contracts submitted for the upcoming fiscal year and requests budget adjustments for departments to account for the cost of contract positions added or reduced relative to the prior year.  Attached is a list of contract patrol agreements effective October 1, 2022.  The County now has a total of 1,142 contract officers which is a net increase of 55 compared to March 1, 2022.  General Fund budget adjustments totaling $6.1M are requested for the agencies providing the service with approximately 90% of the cost covered by customers and 10% of the cost covered by the county.  Requested budget adjustments by department are:

 

Agency

Change in # of Officers

Budget Adjustment

Constable 1

4

$443,600

Constable 2

7

$776,300

Constable 3

18

$1,996,200

Constable 4

8

$887,200

Constable 5

4

$443,600

Constable 7

1

$110,900

Sheriff

13

$1,441,700

Total

55

$6,099,500

 

 

 

Expected Impact:

 

 

 

Alternative Options:

 

 

 

Alignment with Goal(s):

X Justice and Safety

_ Economic Opportunity

_ Housing

_ Public Health

_ Transportation

_ Flooding

_ Environment

_ Governance and Customer Service

 

Prior Court Action (if any):

Date

Agenda Item #

Action Taken

2/22/2022

32

Approved

 

Location:

Address (if applicable):

Precinct(s): Countywide

 

Fiscal and Personnel Summary

Service Name

Contract Patrol

 

SFY 22

FY 23

Next 3 FYs

Incremental Expenditures (do NOT write values in thousands or millions)

Labor Expenditures

$0

$5,306,565

$15,919,695

Non-Labor Expenditures

$

$792,935

$2,378,805

Total Incremental Expenditures

$0

$6,099,500

$18,298,500

Funding Sources (do NOT write values in thousands or millions)

Existing Budget

Choose an item.

$

$

$

Choose an item.

$

$

$

Choose an item.

$

$

$

Total Current Budget

$

$

$

Additional Budget Requested

1000 - General Fund

$0

$6,099,500

$

 

 

 

$

Choose an item.

$

$

$

Total Additional Budget Requested

$

$

$

Total Funding Sources

$

$

$

Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs)

Current Position Count for Service

-

-

-

Additional Positions Requested

-

-

-

Total Personnel

-

-

-

 

Anticipated Court Date: 9/27/2022

Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): 10/1/2022

Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item

Contact(s) name, title, department: Daniel Ramos, Executive Director, Office of Management and Budget

Attachments (if applicable): FY 2023 Contract Patrol Agreements