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Authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2024-2025 Adopted Budget for the Emergency Communications Department (028-1520-EME004-8507) to increase appropriations by $505,554 to pay for salary and benefits increases resulting from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and County Employees Management Association (CEMA) labor agreements with the increase funded by prior year’s surplus being held as unassigned fund balance in the Department Dispatch Fund 028.
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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 2024-2025 Adopted Budget for the Emergency Communications Department (028-1520-EME004-8507) to increase appropriations by $505,554 to pay for salary and benefits increases resulting from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and County Employees Management Association (CEMA) labor agreements with the increase funded by prior year’s surplus being held as unassigned fund balance in the Department Dispatch Fund 028.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County Emergency Communications Department (ECD) 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.
The ECD concluded FY 2023-24 with an operating surplus in Fund 028. Following necessary adjustments including crediting the General Fund with FY23 Prop 172 overcollections and recovering FY24 Prop 172 shortfalls, a total of $505,554 in unassigned fund balance is available.
Key drivers contributing to this available surplus include finishing the fiscal year over budget in revenue collections for late fees and investment income, as well as strategic cost savings initiatives throughout the fiscal year. This surplus presents an opportunity to fund FY2024-25 personnel costs resulting ...
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