Department: Community Services
Department Head/Elected Official: Thao Costis, Interim Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Position
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 Community Services for approval of two positions effective January 14, 2023, in connection with an agreement between the county and the Texas General Land Office (GLO) to be funded by Community Development Block Grant - FY 2017 Hurricane Harvey Round One Funding Program.
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Background and Discussion:
Harris County Community Services Department is seeking a Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) and an Affordable Housing Manager (AHM) position which will assist in providing supervision to an interdisciplinary team of professionals tasked with delivering affordable housing for the Housing Development and Special Initiatives division in the Community Services Department (CSD). The HD&SI DAD will assist the Assistant Director with the daily management of the division and assist in overseeing the general administrative, business, and project delivery while managing, supervising, and coordinating the day-to-day division operations in support of the County’s affordable housing developments local, state, and federal funded projects and programs. The Housing Development & Special Initiatives team develops programs and oversees affordable housing development facilities and programs for compliance with federal, state, and county guidelines efforts to meet the needs of the Harris County Commissioners Court and the community.
Expected Impact:
The expected impact of the Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) and an Affordable Housing Manager (AHM) positions is to provide representation and program support management to ensure that the key fundamentals of coordinating housing development (pre-development, pre-construction and construction) and related activities essential to the successful financing and implementation of state and federal affordable housing developments efforts are met and assist executive leadership with the development of programs, guidelines, and implementation of HOME, CDBG, CDBG-DR funded projects. The fiscal impact to the County is anticipated to be $1,227,042 in CDBG-DR funds over the next five fiscal years.
,Alternative Options:
Alternative options include CSD not having functional DAD & AFM positions to assist in overseeing the HD&SI Division.
Alignment with Goal(s):
_ Justice and Safety
_ Economic Opportunity
x_ Housing
_ Public Health
_ Transportation
_ Flooding
_ Environment
_ Governance and Customer Service
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
|
11/9/2021 |
21-6208 |
Creation of two positions |
Location:
Address (if applicable):
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
|
Service Name |
Housing and Community Development |
|
|
FY 23 |
FY 24 |
Next 3 FYs |
|
Incremental Expenditures (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
|
Labor Expenditures |
$174,527 |
$292,095 |
$760,420 |
|
Non-Labor Expenditures |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Incremental Expenditures |
$174,527 |
$292,095 |
$760,420 |
|
Funding Sources (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
|
Existing Budget |
|
Grant |
$174,527 |
$292,095 |
$760,420 |
|
Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
Total Current Budget |
$174,527 |
$292,095 |
$760,420 |
|
Additional Budget Requested |
|
Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Requested |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
Total Funding Sources |
$174,527 |
$292,095 |
$760,420 |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
9 |
11 |
11 |
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Additional Positions Requested |
2 |
|
|
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Total Personnel |
11 |
11 |
11 |
Anticipated Court Date: January 10, 2023
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): N/A
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Disaster Recovery related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Rene Martinez, Chief Housing & Community Development Officer,
Housing and Community Development, Harris County Community Services Department
Attachments (if applicable): 3441’s