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Approval of Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 21BCC000094 - Utilizing $731,683 of Contingency Set Aside Funds for COVID-19 Related Janitorial Services and One-Time County Facilities Cost.
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Date of BOCC Meeting: March 8, 2021
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The Board is requested to approve Budget Ordinance No. 21BCC000094 utilizing $731,683 of contingency funds set aside at the outset of FY 2020-21 Budget to increase the General Fund operating budget of General Services for COVID-19 related janitorial Services and several one-time County facilities cost that are emergency repairs not captured in the FY 2020-21 approved budget.
This request encompasses several areas of service for General Services. The largest portion of the request is related to COVID-19 janitorial services at $454,683 to extend contracts through June 30th. The remaining $277,000.00 is to meet the exceptionally high operating expenditures associated with major systems failures and emergency repairs.
Through the General Services Department, Durham County is currently contracted with six janitorial firms (The A Plus Group, B & R Janitorial, CJ Enterprise, DeWhit Facility Services, Freddrick's Housekeeping, & Kreative Koncepts) for regular/routine janitorial services in County owned facilities. The fiscal year 2020-2021 approved contracted services budget for janitorial was $953,526 and this budget was supplemented with CARES funding in the amount of $436,977 in January and further supplemented with roll over funds from fiscal year 2019-2020, bringing the Current budget to $1,516,567.16. Following the directive from the County Manager to increase the janitorial presence within County facilities, in an attempt, to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, additional expenditures have been incurred and will continue as long as the threat of an outbreak is present. Additional information around COVID-19 janitorial services is provided in the supplemental documents.
Based on curr...
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