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TITLE:
AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATE
OPERATING BUDGET
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Resolution No. 77-@3 authorizing the Finance Director to appropriate $200,000
from General Fund Contingency Account for Engineering plancheck and inspection services.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
estimated to be $1.6 million. Due to increased activity, the revised estimated revenues are Engineering plancheck and inspection revenues for the 1996-97 fiscal year were originally
$2.7 million. This represents an increase of $1.1 million. Consultant plancheck and inspection
expenses for the 1996-97 fiscal year were originally estimated to be $554,000. Due to increased activity, the revised estimated expenditures are $754,000. This represents an increase of $200,000.
obligations for plancheck and inspection, staff is requesting that the City Council authorize the In order to maintain Council goals with the increased workload and meet the financial
Finance Director to appropriate $200,000 from the General Fund Contingency Account to the
Engineering Department FY 96-97 Operating Budget.
substantial increase in Engineering applications (revenue). This increase in applications
During the first nine months of the current FY (1996-97), the Engineering Department has had a
resulted in a corresponding increase in expenses for consultant plancheck review and
inspections which exceeds the amount budgeted for the current fiscal year.
FISCAL IMPACT:
With City Council’s concurrence, the Finance Director will appropriate $200,000 from the General Fund Contingency Account into the Engineering Department FY 96-97 Operating Budget. The Contingency Account has sufficient funds available for this appropriation.
EXHIBITS:
1. Resolution No. 9-93 authorizing the Finance Director to appropriate $200,000
to the Engineering Department FY 96-97 Operating Budget.