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Ordinance amending the 2025 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 4, in the amount of $6,227,211
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
Supplemental #4 requests funding from the General Fund:
1. To appropriate $156,866 in Non-Departmental to fund continuation of Justice Assistance Grant agreement program.
2. To appropriate $ 440,000 in Sheriff to fund Rapid DNA machine from grant proceeds; reappropriation of 2024 request #4794.
3. To appropriate $44,000 in Non-Departmental to fund companion for Enterprise GIS upgrade; reappropriation of 2024 request #4563.
4. To decrease appropriation of $180,000 in Non-Departmental to fund companion for Courtroom AV upgrade; companion to #4941 (project budget).
5. To appropriate $15,000 in Health to fund playground surface impact attenuation testing equipment from Foundational Public Health Services grant proceeds.
From the Election Reserve Fund:
6. To appropriate $66,772 in Auditor to fund local election security improvements from grant proceeds.
From the Community Priorities Fund:
7. To appropriate $4,230,000 in Executive to fund capital investment in childcare.
From the Emergency Management Fund:
8. To appropriate $24,000 in Sheriff to fund replacement of the heaters at the Whatcom Unified Emergency Coordination Center; companion to #4937.
From the Drug Fund:
9. To appropriate $350,000 in Prosecuting Attorney to fund purchase of a ballistic armored vehichle for safe transportation of Sheriff staff.
10. To appropriate $55,000 in Sheriff to fund purchase of a vehicle for the Whatcom Gang & Drug Task Force.
From the Parks Special Revenue Fund:
11. To appropriate $12,063 in Parks to fund consideration of additional 754 acres to the forest management plan, from interagency funding agreement.
12. To appropriate $300,000 in Parks to fund companion to LM2000 Forest Road Repairs; companion to #4935 (project budget).
From the Road Fund:
13. To appropriate $8,235 in Public Works to fund companions for Gooseberry Point Repairs, Ferry Lawsuit Printing, and Ferry Hydraulic Oil; companion to #4943 (project budget), #4944, #4945 and #4946.
14. To appropriate $21,600 in Public Works to fund companion to Enterprise GIS Upgrade; companion to #4942.
From the Real Estate Excise Tax II Fund:
15. To appropriate $200,000 in Non-Departmental to fund companion to LM2000 Forest Road Repairs; companion to #4935 (project budget).
From the Real Estate Excise Tax I Fund:
16. To appropriate $373,375 in Parks & Recreation to fund completion of HVAC system at Plantation Rifle Range.
From the Public Utilities Improvement Fund:
17. To appropriate $12,000 in Non-Departmental to fund companion for replacement of the heaters at the Whatcom Unified Emergency Coordination Center; companion to #4928.
From the Ferry System Fund:
18. To appropriate $8,000 in Public Works to fund repair and modification of queuing lanes and zipper merge area at Gooseberry Point ferry staging area.
19. To appropriate $3,800 in Public Works to fund new punchcards and purser paperwork, as a result of legal action against Whatcom County.
20. To appropriate $6,500 in Public Works to fund hydraulic fluid for both ferry terminals.
From the Administrative Services Fund:
21. To reappropriate $80,000 of unused funding in AS-Information Technology from 2024 to 2025 for professional services for the Enterprise GIS software upgrade.