DATE: April 23, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Sanja Bugay, Director, Department of Social Services
SUBJECT: Department of Social Services Budget Transfer
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Clerk of the Board to Execute Budget Transfer No. 14 and No. 15 transferring FY 2023-24 appropriations within the Department of Social Services Organization 56107001 from account 7870 (Support and Care of Persons) to account 8300 (Equipment) in the amount of $529,500.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Department of Social Services (Department) to transfer audio visual (A/V) and modernization of metal detectors equipment costs to the appropriate capital asset object level account, with no increase in Net County Cost. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There are no viable alternative actions. If the recommended action is not approved, the Department will not have sufficient appropriations in the capital asset account to appropriately categorize the A/V and metal detector equipment as capital assets.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Approval of the recommended action will transfer $529,500 in budgeted appropriations from account 7870 (Support and Care of Persons) to account 8300 (Equipment). In FY 2023-24, the Department will acquire A/V equipment for 10 rooms that exceeded the $5,000 threshold for capital assets. Per Management Directive 410, all assets that exceed the $5,000 threshold must be capitalized.
DISCUSSION:
On November 6, 2019, the Department released a bid request to the eight A/V vendors listed in ISD Agreement #A-18-710 (new A-24-103). The Department selected the vendor Sound Contracting to provide the equipment as their bid response best met the Department's needs. Through collaboration with the Department of Internal Services (ISD), A/V, the Department will purchase equipment from Sound Contracting for modernization. Mod...
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