Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2019-325 creating an Emergency Shelter Generator capital project for the purpose of purchasing a generator for the emergency shelter at Coral Glades High School and transferring $984,610 from the Contingency Reserve in the General Capital Outlay Fund to that capital project and to authorize the County Administrator to take all administrative and budgetary actions to implement an agreement between the County and the School Board of Broward County.

(Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum, at the end of the Motion Statement, please add: "and further authorize the County Administrator to negotiate and execute an appropriate funding agreement with the School Board of Broward County, subject to review as to legal sufficiency by the Office of the County Attorney.")

(Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum, the Board's consideration of this item will be based on the amended Motion Statement as listed above.)

(Transferred to the  Consent Agenda.)

ACTION:  (T-10:50 AM)  Approved.

VOTE:  8-0.  Commissioner Sharief was not present.

Transferring funds from reserves and creating new capital projects over $25,000 require Board approval.

Creates an Emergency Shelter Generator capital project in the Fiscal Year 2019 capital budget and provides $984,610 for the purchase of a generator for the emergency shelter at Coral Glades High School.

None.

The funding requested would be used to purchase a 1250 kW generator to be installed at Coral Glades High School. Coral Glades High School currently serves as a General Population Shelter when activated during emergency events. The installation of this generator would allow Coral Glades High School to be used as a Special Needs Shelter during emergency activations.

The School Board of Broward County (School Board) has been awarded a federal grant that includes funding for a generator at Coral Glades High School. Under the terms of the grant, the federal share of the generator would be $671,325 and the non-federal share would be $223,775. The School Board's Risk Management Department has requested that the County provide full funding, including a 10% contingency, for the generator before the grant is brought to the School Board for approval. If the County does not provide full funding for the generator, the School Board's Risk Management Department has indicated that it will abandon this project. It is anticipated that the County will be reimbursed for the federal share of the cost of the generator after the grant is approved by the School Board. To effectuate this transaction, there is an agreement that will have to be approved by the County and the School Board.

Tracy Jackson, Director, Regional Emergency Services and Communications, (954) 831-3908
Norman Foster, Director, Office of Management and Budget, (954) 357-6346