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Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 25BCC015 transferring $270, 264 from the General Government Functional Area to the Human Services Functional Area to Purchase Social Service's Approved FY 2024-25 Vehicles
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Date of BOCC Meeting: August 26, 2024
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 25BCC015 transferring $270, 264 from the General Government Functional Area to the Human Services Functional Area to Purchase Social Service's Approved FY 2024-25 Vehicles. This is an administrative transfer only and requires no additional county dollars.
To complay with State of North Carolina NCDHHS policy as well as Durham County Finance Policy, Social Services FY 2024-25 funding for approved vehicles need to be transferred from the General Government functional area within the Nondepartmental Vehicle Fund Center to the Human Services functional area within the department of Social Services.
Durham County Finance vehicle policy outlines that approved vehicle funds need to be budgeted originally within the nondepartmental vehicle fund center to comply with state policy procedures. However, NCDHHS mandates state that in order for Social Services to "draw down" revenue for the vehicles (the majority of Social Services costs have some sort of revenue draw down from the State and Federal government) the vehicles MUST be paid for out of the Social Services department business area. Additionally, Social Services vehicles will be exempt from county-wide fleet pool initiatives as NCDHHS policy mandates that only Social Services employees may drive DSS vehicles to receive revenue draw down.
These funds were budgeted originally to comply with Durham County Finance policies and are not administratively being transferred, so Socials Services can begin purchasing their approved FY 2024-25 vehicles. Revenue drawn down for these vehicles will be transferred to the General Fund fund balance at the end of the ...
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