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File #: 23-2833    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Financial Authorization Status: Passed
File created: 5/8/2023 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 5/16/2023 Final action: 5/16/2023
Title: Request for approval to release $5,000,000 from the Flood Control General Fund Reserve (Fund 2890) to fund Flood Control District activities through the end of FY 2023.

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 release $5,000,000 from the Flood Control General Fund Reserve (Fund 2890) to fund Flood Control District activities through the end of FY 2023.

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Background and Discussion:

Maintaining flood risk reduction infrastructure is a crucial part of the Flood Control District’s mission.  The Flood Control District is requesting to release $5.0 million from Fund 2890 (Flood Control General Fund Reserve) to provide $4,064,500 to Fund 3502 for sustaining the Flood Control District’s maintenance engineering and repair program, and $935,500 to Fund 2890 for infrastructure maintenance, including vegetation management, mowing, and various building and maintenance repairs through the end of fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

 

This funding supports critical functions that experienced budget reductions when the FY23 No New Revenue (NNR) tax rate was approved for the FY23 budget. The Flood Control District is requesting the minimum necessary from reserves after shifting other resources internally.

 

Expected Impact:

These programs will allow for continuous improvement of the Infrastructure Maintenance Program and are critical to safeguard the proper functioning of Flood Control District flood risk reduction infrastructure. 

 

Alternative Options:

These infrastructure services are critical to ensure proper functioning of Flood Control District Infrastructure. Without this funding, the Flood Control will not be able to continue major maintenance efforts, to quickly respond to severe unforeseen erosion or slope failures or to complete important proactive maintenance, such as selective clearing.

 

Alignment with Goal(s):

_ Justice and Safety

_ Economic Opportunity

_ Housing

_ Public Health

_ Transportation

X Flooding

_ Environment

_ Governance and Customer Service

 

Prior Court Action (if any): N/A

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Location: N/A

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Precinct(s): Countywide

 

Fiscal and Personnel Summary

Service Name

4.a.4 - Infrastructure Services

 

FY 23

FY 24

Next 3 FYs

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

Labor Expenditures

$

$

$

Non-Labor Expenditures

$5,000,000

$

$

Total Incremental Expenditures

$5,000,000

$

$

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

Existing Budget

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$

$

$

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$

$

$

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$

$

$

Total Current Budget

$

$

$

Additional Budget Requested

Tax Revenue - FCD

$5,000,000

$

$

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$

$

$

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$

$

$

Total Additional Budget Requested

$5,000,000

$

$

Total Funding Sources

$5,000,000

$

$

Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs)

Current Position Count for Service

-

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Additional Positions Requested

-

-

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Total Personnel

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Anticipated Court Date: May 16, 2023

Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date):

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

Contact(s) name, title, department: Amiel Chen, CIP Manager, OMB

Attachments (if applicable): none