Staff presents three supplemental budgets per year to the Board. The purpose of the second supplemental budget is primarily to adjust the budgeted fund balance to correspond to the audited amount. This budget amendment also includes a number of proposed appropriations which are highlighted individually below.
The audited fund balance for the general fund is approximately $31.7 million above the current budgeted amount. These funds are recommended for appropriation primarily for the following items: a total of $25 million is transferred to the General Capital Fund for reimbursing projects the County borrowed $11 million from for the purchase of the Citrix building as well as $14 million is reserved for projects in Fiscal Year 2020-2024 capital budget development; $200,000 for Situational Leadership materials; and $30,000 additional funding for the Broward Business and Beyond Conference.
In addition to adjustment of the budgeted fund balance, there are several other revenue adjustments in the general fund: $4.9 million in CRA refund revenue is budgeted from the City of Hollywood; $1.2 million in fund balance surplus is transferred from the BSO Consolidated Dispatch Contract fund; $210,000 in additional funding from the State Department of Agriculture to support mosquito control operations.
This budget amendment reallocates $3.6 million to reserves to replenish funds used to process City of Hollywood Fiscal Year 2016 and Fiscal Year 2017 CRA payments earlier in Fiscal Year 2019; $1.5 million from BSO reserves to cover retroactive COLA increase for deputies; $750,370 is budgeted for additional purchased insurance due to a change in the County’s purchased insurance program; $188,760 is budgeted for a temporary position and promotional activities relating to work for Census 2020; a total of $147,977 for increases provided in the Nova Southeastern Library contract; $1.6 million is transferred to the Homeless Fund to facilitate the transition to a new homeless services provider/operator of the North Homeless Assistance Center ($1.3 million) and the remainder for beds at the North and South homeless assistance centers; $343,303 grant match for several Human Services grants is re-budgeted due to the timing of grant reimbursements; $60,000 is reallocated for an intern for the Community Partnership Division homeless programs; $54,937 is appropriated for an increase to the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance contract; $704,779 for several Fiscal Year 2018 commitments which were not reappropriated in the 1st supplemental budget. There are several other budget adjustments included in this amendment which are housekeeping in nature ($170,374).
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