Impact
WARD: City-wide
COMMITTEE: Finance and Administration
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Title
Approval of FY 2020 Budget Amendment
Body
ISSUE: There are several items that were not included in the original FY 2020 budget that have been subsequently requested by departments and approved by Mayor and Council. A budget amendment is necessary to correct the negative budget to actual variances in these accounts.
BACKGROUND: After the adoption of the FY 2020 budget and in the first few months of the fiscal year, several items have been requested that were not originally budgeted for. These items have come before Council and/ or Administration for approval prior to moving forward. When they were approved, the budget impact was not addressed. As a result, departmental line items are showing as over-budget and need to be amended.
These items include:
1. Council authorized Staff to move forward with an annexation study at the pre-council meeting on August 5th. The approval contract was $45,000.
2. Council authorized Staff to move forward with an air quality study with participation from Cobb and the City of Atlanta. The total contract was for $133,700; Smyrna's portion was 29.64% or $39,629.
3. Council authorized Staff to move forward with a Downtown Master Plan update. The approved contract was $29,950.
4. The Bailer at Environmental Services went down and an emergency repair was needed to keep the center running. This was discussed with Administration and Finance prior to moving forward. $11,000
5. During a COW meeting Staff was authorized to move forward with the purchase of a few noise monitors to be able to take a reading of noise levels after citizen complaints were heard. $9,717
6. A Transit Study was approved in participation with ARC. It was initially budgeted in FY 2019 operating expenses. It was not awarded or encumbered at the end of FY 2019 so we have to add it to the FY 2020 budget. City's 20% share is $74,000.
7. There has been an issue at ...
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