TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Telly Whitfield, Ph. D., Assistant City Manager
FROM: Tracey Broyles, Budget and Evaluation Director
DATE: November 26, 2018
RE:
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Adoption of Budget Ordinance Amendment 2019-7 to Appropriate Additional Funding for Hurricane Florence Recovery Expenditures
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal V: Sustainable Organizational Capacity
- Objective A: To ensure strong financial management with fiduciary accountability
Executive Summary:
Budget Ordinance Amendment (BOA) 2019-7 will appropriate $324,000 in the General Fund and $1,455,000 in the Environmental Services Fund to provide additional funding for Hurricane Florence recovery expenditures. The funding sources for the additional appropriations are expected reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS).
Background:
Fayetteville experienced the impacts of Hurricane Florence beginning on September 13, 2018, and FEMA declared Cumberland County as a designated area for Public Assistance funding for emergency work and the repair or replacement of disaster-damaged facilities.
At a Special Meeting conducted by telephone on September 17, 2018, Council adopted BOA 2019-3 to appropriate $2,360,000 across multiple funds for estimated initial expenditures for hurricane response and recovery. At this time, it has been determined that the expected expenditures will surpass the appropriation that was based upon preliminary estimates.
For the General Fund, an additional appropriation of $324,000 is recommended for the Operations Portfolio based upon increased expenditure projections for the Police, Fire and Parks, Recreation and Maintenance Departments. A portion of that appropriation ($133,000) relates to costs for deployment of the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) to other locations for which the State will reimburse 100% of...
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