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HomeMy WebLinkAboutord2025-025Whatcom County COUNTY COURTHOUSE 311 Grand Avenue, Ste #105 Bellingham, WA 98225-4038 (360) 778-5010 Agenda Bill Master Report File Number: AB2025-314 File ID: AB2025-314 Version: 1 Status: Adopted File Created: 04/07/2025 Entered by: MMiterko@co.whatcom.wa.us Department: Finance Division File Type: Ordinance Assigned to: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee Final Action: 04/29/2025 Agenda Date: 04/29/2025 Enactment #: ORD 2025-025 Related Files: Primary Contact Email: atan@co.whatcom.wa.us TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM: Ordinance amending the 2025 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 4, in the amount of $6,227,211 SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: Supplemental #4 requests funding from the General Fund: 1. To appropriate $156,866 in Non -Departmental to fund continuation of Justice Assistance Grant agreement program. 2. To appropriate $ 440,000 in Sheriff to fund Rapid DNA machine from grant proceeds; reappropriation of 2024 request #4794. 3. To appropriate $44,000 in Non -Departmental to fund companion for Enterprise GIS upgrade; reappropriation of 2024 request #4563. 4. To decrease appropriation of $180,000 in Non -Departmental to fund companion for Courtroom AV upgrade; companion to #4941 (project budget). 5. To appropriate $15,000 in Health to fund playground surface impact attenuation testing equipment from Foundational Public Health Services grant proceeds. From the Election Reserve Fund: 6. To appropriate $66,772 in Auditor to fund local election security improvements from grant proceeds. From the Community Priorities Fund: 7. To appropriate $4,230,000 in Executive to fund capital investment in childcare. From the Emergency Management Fund: Whatcom County Page 1 Printed on 413012025 Agenda Bill Master Report Continued (A82025-314) 8. To appropriate $24,000 in Sheriff to fund replacement of the heaters at the Whatcom Unified Emergency Coordination Center; companion to #4937. From the Drug Fund: 9. To appropriate $350,000 in Prosecuting Attorney to fund purchase of a ballistic armored vehichle for safe transportation of Sheriff staff. 10. To appropriate $55,000 in Sheriff to fund purchase of a vehicle for the Whatcom Gang & Drug Task Force. From the Parks Special Revenue Fund: 11. To appropriate $12,063 in Parks to fund consideration of additional 754 acres to the forest management plan, from interagency funding agreement. 12. To appropriate $300,000 in Parks to fund companion to LM2000 Forest Road Repairs; companion to #4935 (project budget). From the Road Fund: 13. To appropriate $8,235 in Public Works to fund companions for Gooseberry Point Repairs, Ferry Lawsuit Printing, and Ferry Hydraulic Oil; companion to #4943 (project budget), #4944, #4945 and #4946. 14. To appropriate $21,600 in Public Works to fund companion to Enterprise GIS Upgrade; companion to #4942. From the Real Estate Excise Tax II Fund: 15. To appropriate $200,000 in Non -Departmental to fund companion to LM2000 Forest Road Repairs; companion to #4935 (project budget). From the Real Estate Excise Tax I Fund: 16. To appropriate $373,375 in Parks & Recreation to fund completion of HVAC system at Plantation Rifle Range. From the Public Utilities Improvement Fund: 17. To appropriate $12,000 in Non -Departmental to fund companion for replacement of the heaters at the Whatcom Unified Emergency Coordination Center; companion to #4928. From the Ferry System Fund: 18. To appropriate $8,000 in Public Works to fund repair and modification of queuing lanes and zipper merge area at Gooseberry Point ferry staging area. 19. To appropriate $3,800 in Public Works to fund new punchcards and purser paperwork, as a result of legal action against Whatcom County. 20. To appropriate $6,500 in Public Works to fund hydraulic fluid for both ferry terminals. From the Administrative Services Fund: 21. To reappropriate $80,000 of unused funding in AS -Information Technology from 2024 to 2025 for professional services for the Enterprise GIS software upgrade. HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE FILE Whakom Counfy Page 2 Prinfed on 413012025 Agenda Bill Master Report Continued (AB2025-314) Date: Acting Body: Action: Sent To: 04/15/2025 Council INTRODUCED Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee Aye: 7 Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Elenbaas, Galloway, Scanlon, and Stremler Nay: 0 04/29/2025 Council Finance and Administrative RECOMMENDED FOR Services Committee ADOPTION Aye: 3 Byrd, Donovan, and Buchanan Nay: 0 04/29/2025 Council ADOPTED Aye: 6 Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Elenbaas, Galloway, and Scanlon Nay: 1 Stremler Attachments: Proposed Ordinance, Summary Listing, Summary by Fund, Supplemental Requests, Notice of Action Proposed on 4.15.2025 Whatcom County Page 3 Printed on 413012025 PROPOSED BY: Executive INTRODUCTION DATE: 04/15/2025 ORDINANCE NO. 2025-025 AMENDMENT NOA OF THE 2025 BUDGET WHEREAS, the 2025-2026 budget was adopted November 19, 2024; and, WHEREAS, changing circumstances require modifications to the approved 2025-2026 budget; and, WHEREAS, the modifications to the budget have been assembled here for deliberation by the Whatcom County Council, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that the 2025-2026 Whatcom County Budget Ordinance #2024-057 is hereby amended by adding the following additional amounts to the 2025 budget included therein: Fund Expenditures Revenues Net Effect General Fund 1000 .Non -Departmental 20,866 (36,866) (16,000) 'Sheriff 440,000 (440,000) - Health 15,000 (15,000) - Total General Fund 1000 475,866 (491,866) (16,000) Election Reserve Fund 1150 66,772 (66,772) Community Priorities Fund 1247 4,230,000 - 4,230,000 Emergency Management Fund 1351 24,000 (24,000) Drug Fund 1651 - Prosecuting Attorney 350,000 - 350,000 Sheriff 55,000 55,000 Total Drug Fund 1651 405,000 405,000 Parks Special Revenue Fund 1800 312,063 (12,063) 300,000 Road Fund 1900 29,835 (937,311) (907,976) Real Estate Excise Tax II 3240 200,000 200,000 Real Estate Excise Tax 13421 373,375 373,375 Public Utilities Improvement Fund 3242 12,000 12,000 Ferry System Fund 4900 18,300 (8,235) 10,065 Administrative Services Fund 5500 80,000 (80,000) - Total Supplemental 6,227,211 (1,620,747) 4,606,464 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED THAT the Whatcom County Council that Exhibit B — Capital Appropriations in the 2025-2026 Budget Ordinance should also be amended to provide for the changes outlined jnin the ,attached exhibit A. `Y9t April ADOPT�� 9�(",i`� (yzf, 2025. 4 S o ©it� '� �o -N WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL Nry ATTES-f: WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON Cathy Halka, C,161,#�_Wqityk.p Kaylee Galloway, Chair df Council APPROVED.AS TOrFORM4 ) Appr ved O Denie Approved by email C Quinn/A Tan Civil Deputy Prosecutor Satpal Sidhu, Cou ty Executive Date: a MIS Exhibit B Capital Appropriations 2025- -'-Budgef Replaced Dept/Div Fund Description of Assets to be Purchased Year Cost Assets Being Replaced Year Equip # Drug Fund Sheriff 1651 Purchased Vehicle - Drug Task Force 2025 S 55,000 "SBR-4954 New Total Added »,vuu 'Vehicle currently use by Drug "task Force was a leased asset and not part of our capital fleet. This will add a new vehicle to the fleet via capital cxpcnsc while simultaueousty removing the lease from our operating eyMnses.