Department: Economic Equity and Opportunity
Department Head/Elected Official: Diana A Ramirez
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Discussion Item
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Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
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Request for discussion and possible action on continuing funding and approval of one or more Local Government Code (LGC) Chapter 381 Economic Development Organization (EDO) performance agreements with corresponding FY 2023 funding levels to be administered by the Department of Economic Equity and Opportunity, and that the County Judge execute any approved performance agreements.
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Background and Discussion:
As part of the over $1 million in budget cuts that have been authorized for DEEO's FY 2023 Adopted Budget, approximately $800,000 is related to funding that supports programming in 11 area economic development organizations (EDOs). Such funding support has been provided to EDOs for approximately 25 years under the Local Government Code Chapter 381. Because much of the discussion around the FY23 budget has focused on the impact to county departments and direct service delivery, DEEO wanted to bring to your attention a budget cut that impacts our economic development partners. Since 1997, Harris County has been supporting a number of economic development partners in providing the following programs and services to Harris County businesses, entrepreneurs, and new prospects.
The Short Fiscal Year 2022 agreements included each organization's scope of work and reporting method to capture benefit and impact of their activities across Harris County. During the Short Fiscal Year 2022 agreement performance period all organizations met their contractual obligations and reported the following outcomes for the work t...
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