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Support authorizing and directing the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2023-2024 Adopted Budget for the Emergency Communications Department (028-1520-EME004-8507) to increase appropriations by $567,829 funded with prior year's surplus being held in fund balance.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Budget Committee support adopting a resolution to authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2023-2024 Adopted Budget for the Emergency Communications Department (028-1520-EME004-8507) to increase appropriations by $567,829 funded with prior year's surplus being held in fund balance.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County Emergency Communications Department is a consolidated Public Safety Answering Point for 9-1-1 emergency and non-emergency calls as well as a radio dispatch facility serving 28 law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical response agencies throughout Monterey County.
Source of Prior Year's Surplus
The Department ended Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 with a surplus of $567,829 for Dispatch and Call-taking operations in Fund 028 which resulted from:
Surplus Revenue
* $85,092 of Investment Income from interest on fund balance ($77,892 over budget).
* $28,437 of unbudgeted late fees collected on Dispatch Billing (nothing budgeted).
* $20,451 recovery of FY2019-20 Public Safety Sales Tax (Prop 172).
Expenditure Savings/Delays
* $428,102 Salary and benefits savings for vacant positions and delays in the security fence project at 1322 Natividad Road which houses the Department of Emergency Management and the Emergency Communications Department.
Need for Budget Increase
The Emergency Communications Department Executive Board has reviewed and approved this action and the Department requests that the Budget committee support adding this fund balance to our current year appropriations. Without this budget increase, the Department forecasts to finish the fiscal year short in personnel costs, equipment, an...
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