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a. Support amending the Department of Public Works, Facilities and Parks Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Adopted Budget for the Road Fund 002, Appropriation Unit PFP004 to add one (1) FTE Senior Civil Engineer and increase appropriations by $252,393 funded by the Road Fund; and
b. Support directing the County Administrative Office and the Auditor-Controller to incorporate the approved position changes in the FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget and the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Budget Committee:
a. Support amending the Department of Public Works, Facilities and Parks FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget for the Road Fund 002, Appropriation Unit PFP004 to add one (1) FTE Senior Civil Engineer and increase appropriations by $252,393 funded by the Road Fund; and
b. Support directing the County Administrative Office and the Auditor-Controller to incorporate the approved position changes in the FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget and the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Relatively recent approvals to increase the Maintenance of Effort (MOE) for Road Fund by increasing the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) proportion to the County Road Fund in FY 2024-25 to 25% of the County's total TOT, have resulted in increased revenues for funding road purposes to the County. The additional amount of TOT beyond previous Fiscal Years, has been designated for use for the Local Road Rehabilitation Program v.2.0, consistent with the County Board Policy G-135 Local Road Rehabilitation Program v.2.0 Policy.
In evaluating the current workload, the existing PWFP Road/Bridge Project staffing is at capacity and delivering the maximum number of road infrastructure projects given available staffing. Therefore, there are no staff resources available to handle additional road projects. The PWFP team also uses consultants to assist with project delivery, but con...
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