TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Doug Hewett, ICMA-CM, City Manager
FROM: Jeffery Yates, Assistant City Manager
Brook Redding, MPA, PMP, Special Projects Manager
Kimberly Leonard, CLBGO, CLGFO, CPA, MPA, Budget & Evaluation Director
DATE: December 9, 2024
RE:
Title
Adoption of Budget Ordinance Amendment and Special Revenue Fund Ordinance Amendment to Appropriate American Rescue Plan Act funds for Safety Salaries, and to Appropriate General Fund Funds for Capital Projects
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
ALL
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
ALL
Executive Summary:
The City of Fayetteville has the opportunity to allocate the remaining $1,811,096 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in a manner that maximizes their strategic impact while ensuring full compliance with federal regulations, by reimbursing eligible public safety salaries with the remaining ARPA funds. Therefore, Special Revenue Ordinance Amendment (SROA) 2025-2 transfers the remaining $1,811,096 from the ARPA fund to the General Revenue Fund and Budget Ordinance Amendment (BOA) 2025-9 appropriates these funds for public safety salaries.
The General Ledger Revenues originally appropriated $1,811,096 for safety salaries which can now be utilized for other projects. Accordingly, the following Capital Project Ordinances (CPO) appropriate the general fund revenues: CPO 2025-36 appropriates $200,000 for American Disability Act (ADA) Compliance, CPO 2025-37 appropriates $600,000 for the Day Resource Center operations, CPO 2025-38 appropriates $110,000 for the Impact Reduction Program, and CPO 2025-39 appropriates $901,096 for the creation of a Capital Improvement Plan Contingency Project account, which will allow the City Council flexibility to prioritize spending in the next budget cycle. Council is asked to approve the adoption of Special Revenue Ordinance Amendment 2025-2, Budget Ordinance Amendment 2025-9 and Capital Project Ordinances 2025-36, 2...
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