Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2019-308 within the General Fund transferring from the reserve for living wage in the amount of $728,379 to fund contract amendments impacted by living wage for generally funded agencies.

ACTION:  (T-10:51 AM)  Approved as amended with Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated June 11, 2019, submitted at the request of the Office of Management and Budget.

VOTE: 9-0.  Vice-Mayor Holness voted in the affirmative telephonically.

Transfers from reserves requires approval by the Board of County Commissioners.

Allocates funding for the Fiscal Year 2019 impact of the living wage contract amendments for agencies in the general fund.

None.

On December 11, 2018, the Board of County Commissioners amended the Living Wage Ordinance to increase the living wage to $13.27 per hour with qualifying health care of $1.63 per hour, or at least $14.90 per hour without health care benefits for all county contracts. The Fiscal Year 2019 Adopted Budget included a general fund reserve for living wage budgeted at $1,250,000 to address the impacts of the contract amendments for general fund agencies in Fiscal Year 2019. The contract amendments for living wage were effective April 1, 2019 and the impact to the general fund agencies is estimated at $728,379 for Fiscal Year 2019.

NOTE: We anticipate an additional transfer from this reserve in the Fiscal Year 2019 3rd supplemental budget for the estimated Transit living wage contract amendments of $282,640.

Norman Foster, Director, Office of Management and Budget, (954) 357-6345