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Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 25BCC094 Appropriating $2,826,700 of General Fund Fund Balance to Support Increasing Benefits Fund Expense Capacity and Additional General Fund Expenditure Capacity and Transferring General Fund Available Unspent Funds Among Functional Areas for End-of-Year Reconciliations
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Date of BOCC Meeting: June 9, 2025
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The Board is requested to approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 25BCC094, appropriating $2,826,700 of General Fund fund balance. $2,000,000 will support increasing Benefits Fund expense capacity to cover increased medical costs during the current (FY 2024-25) fiscal year. $326,700 of General Fund fund balance will replenish funds in Office of Emergency Services for expenses paid for outstanding invoices for the EMS Medical Director contract. $500,000 of General Fund fund balance will offset expenses needs in the Human Services functional area to cover outstanding obligations for the joint City-County funded Unsheltered Coordinating Agency program. Also, $30,000 will be transferred from personnel lines in the Human Services functional area to the Transportation functional area to ensure adequate funding is available for final fiscal year personnel expenses.
In analyzing Benefits Plan Fund trended spending and assessing where the County's costs for these benefits will be at the end of FY 2024-25, it is expected that expenditures may exceed the currently budgeted amount for medical (health) costs. To proactively budget for this potential overspending issue, the Board is requested to approve a $2,000,000 increase in the Benefits Plan Fund expenditure budget for medical (health) self-insurance costs and increase the Benefits Plan Fund funding source with a one-time County contribution transfer of $2,000,000 from the General Fund fund balance.
$326,700 of General Fund fund balance is requested for the Office of Emergency Services to replenish current year spending auth...
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