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GARLAND
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item 3.
City Council Regular Session
Meeting Date:
04/02/2024
Title:
Ordinance Adopting FY 2023-24 Budget Amendment No. 2 (ARPA)
Submitted By:
Allyson Bell Steadman
Strategic Focus Area
:
Sound Governance and Finances
Issue/Summary
Amend the 2023-24 Adopted Budget in order to appropriate available funds for the following:
Increase operating appropriations in the General Fund to support the Parks Capital Improvement Program.
Create an operating appropriation in the Federal Coronavirus Relief and Recovery Fund to reimburse payroll for eligible full-time positions from March 3, 2021, through September 30, 2024, using ARPA funds.
Background
At the March 18, 2024, Work Session, the City Council reviewed a City Council Staff Report (Exhibit A) recommending an amendment to the 2023-24 Adopted Annual Operating Budget (2023-24 Budget Amendment No. 2). The Council directed staff to prepare an Ordinance amending the Budget to (1) increase operating appropriations in the General Fund to support the Parks Capital Improvement Program and (2) create an operating appropriation in the Federal Coronavirus Relief and Recovery Fund to reimburse payroll for eligible full-time positions from March 3, 2021, through September 30, 2024, using ARPA funds.
Recent ARPA guidance allows for a portion of ARPA funds to be utilized to reimburse payroll for 92 new full-time positions that were added to the City's Budget after March 3, 2021. The covered reimbursable period for these newly added full-time positions is March 3, 2021, through December 31, 2026. The 92 proposed positions to be reimbursed are included in Attachment A - ARPA Eligible Positions. This strategy has been discussed with the City's External Auditors and meets Single Audit requirements and ARPA guidance. The total projected reimbursement of public sector payroll based on eligible positions is $21,224,574. After December 31, 2026, ongoing General Fund revenues will be used to continue funding the 92 positions.
A full list of ARPA-funded projects will be included as part of the Ordinance are included in Attachment B - ARPA Projects - Updated with 2024 CIP. All projects originally identified by City Council for ARPA are being completed with various resources: ARPA, One-Time Cash, and/or Certificates of Obligation; and are included in the 2024 CIP.
Consideration / Recommendation
Consider approval of an Ordinance amending the 2023-24 Adopted Budget and approving the allocation of American Rescue Plan Act funding received by the City of Garland.
Attachments
Ordinance Amending the FY 2023-24 Annual Operating Budget
Exhibit A - City Council Staff Report - BA #1 2023-24
Attachment A - ARPA Eligible Positions
Attachment B - ARPA Projects List - Updated with 2024 CIP
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