To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Bryan Weimer, Director, Public Works & Development
Prepared By:
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Rebecca Doane, Support Services Division Manager, Public Works & Development
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Presenter: Bryan Weimer, Director, Public Works & Development
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Subject:
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1:45 PM *PWD Lima Office Security Project
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The purpose of this drop-in session is to determine whether the BOCC would be supportive of a Q3-2024 supplemental request for funding to initiate the PWD Lima Office Security project. This project involves a reconfiguration of the lobby area to enhance safety and security for PWD staff and customers.
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Background and Discussion: PWD requested funding for the Lima Office Security Project as a 2024 Budget request. This request was denied, but it was relayed to PWD at that time that the EBC and BOCC are supportive of this project, and if additional sources of funding could be identified, it would be approved.
A source of potential funding for this project was identified at the end of 2023 in the form of above-budget revenue (specifically, $2.74 million in revenue was collected above the budgeted amount in 2023 in PWD's Fund 10 revenue accounts); therefore, funding for this security project was requested as a Q4-2023 supplemental budget request. That request was also denied. In 2024, potential funding was identified for this project in the form of ARPA funding - specifically, ARPA funding that had been allocated to PWD for culvert-related work became available due to reimbursement from another jurisdiction on the Inverness Drive Inlet project. PWD asked if this ARPA funding (about $150,000) that unexpectedly became available could be used for the security project, and that request was also denied, although the BOCC reaffirmed their support for the security project if other funding could be identified.
Potential funding for this project has now again been identi...
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