DATE: March 19, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Kari Gilbert, Director, Department of Child Support Services
SUBJECT: Budget Transfers for Salary & Fixed Assets
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Clerk of the Board to execute Budget Transfer No. 4 transferring FY 2023-24 appropriations within the Department of Child Support Services Org 5110, from Account 7295 (Professional & Specialized Services) to Accounts 6100 (Regular Salaries), 6400 (Retirement Contribution), and 6500 (OASDI Contribution), in the amount of $500,000 to provide additional funding necessary to offset increased salary and benefit costs; and
2. Approve and authorize the Clerk of the Board to execute Budget Transfer No. 5 transferring FY 2023-24 appropriations within the Department of Child Support Services Org 5110, from Account 7295 (Professional & Specialized Services) to Account 8300 (Equipment), in the amount of $35,000 to appropriately categorize the equipment as capital assets.
REPORT
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. Approval of the recommended actions will allow the Department to use anticipated savings from Professional & Specialized Services in the Department's FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget to cover expenditures related to increased salary costs and to provide sufficient funding in the appropriate capital asset account for the purchase of audio/visual equipment for the Department's renovated training room. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended actions, the Department of Child Support Services will be unable to meet the appropriation needs for salary expenses and will be unable to purchase the equipment to properly account for it as capital assets.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. Approval of the first recommended action will transfer existing FY 2023-24 appropriations to the Departme...
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