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Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 19BCC000002: Appropriate Unspent Funds Allocated in Fiscal Year 2017-18 into the Fiscal Year 2018-19 to recognize unspent UNC SoG and NC LGISA Award Funds that were awarded to the Information Services and Technology Department for Demonstrating World-Class IT Effectiveness for the Court Reminder App with Criminal Justice Resource Center (CJRC)
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Date Of BOCC Meeting: August 13, 2018
Request For Board Action:
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The Board is requested to approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 19BCC000002 to recognize unspent funds received in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18 for the Government Innovation Grant Award (GIGa) received by Durham County’s Information Services and Technology (IS&T) department for the Court Reminder Application developed in coordination with the Durham County Criminal Justice Resource Center (CJRC).
IS&T was awarded first place in the University of North Carolina School of Government and North Carolina Local Government Information Systems Association GIGa program for the county’s Court Reminder Application, highlighting the work done with CJRC. This award comes with a $10,000 grant sponsored by the Local Government Federal Credit Union, which was shared between the two County departments, $5,000 each. CJRC had unspent funds of $5,000 and IS&T had unspent funds of $3,164. Funds were deposited in FY17-18 and unspent funds were undesignated in the General Fund fund balance.
Alignment With Strategic Plan: This aligns with Strategic Goal 5: Accountable, Efficient and Visionary Government - Customer Engagement and Responsiveness.
Resource Persons: Greg Marrow, Chief Information Officer
County Manager’s Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 19BCC000002 to recognize the unspent funds in Fiscal Year 2018-19 in the IS&T and CJRC budgets.
Signature
County Manager: ____________________________