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Consider and take action on an ordinance amending the City of League City, Texas, Governmental, Proprietary, and Capital Funds Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 by amending Ordinance No. 2018-27, Ordinance No. 2019-12 and Ordinance No. 2019-14 to adjust the operating and capital budget for actual and projected expenditures (Director of Budget & Project Management)
Staff requests first and final reading.
Background:
The proposed ordinance requests a net increase of $209,985 to the General Fund Budget and an increase of $50,000 to the Public Access Channel Budget.
OPERATING BUDGET
If approved, the proposed ordinance would amend the City’s FY2019 Operating budget as shown in Exhibit A ($209,985):
General Fund
Merit Increases: $9,215 increase to cover merit for employees who started July 1st through December 31st of 2018. The merit increase will come from General Fund Non-Departmental Personnel Services and this amendment allocates the budget to the appropriate departments.
Employee Insurance Increases: $329,180 increase due to an increase in FY2019’s rates that were budgeted in General Fund Non-Departmental. The increased amount is allocated to the appropriate departments based on the department’s year end estimates.
Personnel Related Items - Reallocations from other departments
o $36,000 is requested to be reallocated from General Fund Professional Services to City Secretary Election Expenses to cover cost associated with the special election in May 2019.
o $27,500 is requested to be reallocated from Streets & Stormwater Personnel Services to Civic Center Janitorial Services to cover actual janitorial cost.
Rollover Purchase Order:
Increase is due to purchases made in FY2018 for which goods and services were not received as of September 20, 2018. The increase is in accordance with the FY2019 Adopted Budget ordinance 2018-27, section 6, “That the budget for FY19 shall be increased for valid outstanding encumbrances at the conclusion of FY2018...
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