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File #: AB2024-302    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Substitute Adopted
File created: 4/26/2024 In control: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee
On agenda: 5/21/2024 Final action: 5/21/2024
Enactment date: 5/21/2024 Enactment #: ORD 2024-033
Title: Ordinance amending the 2024 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 7, in the amount of 1,605,662
Indexes: Administration and Personnel, Budget / Finance / Revenue, Ferry, Grant, Parks & Recreation
Attachments: 1. Agenda Bill Report, 2. Adopted Ordinance 2024-033, 3. Proposed Ordinance, 4. Substitute Ordinance for 5.7.2024 Introduction, 5. Substitute Ordinance (v2) for 5.21.2024 Adoption, 6. Substitute Ordinance (v2) for 5.21.2024 Adoption - Redline, 7. Summary Listing, 8. Supplemental Requests, 9. Notice of Action Proposed on 5.7.2024, 10. Notice of Action Taken on 5.21.2024
Related files: AB2024-209, AB2024-238, AB2024-622
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Primary Contact Email:    atan@co.whatcom.wa.us

 

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Ordinance amending the 2024 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 7, in the amount of 1,605,662

 

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SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:

 

Supplemental #7 requests funding from the General Fund:

1.                     To appropriate $7,200 in Council to fund Enhanced Security Measures for Evening Meetings.

2.                     To appropriate $15,500 in Parks to fund Hovander Park Irrigation System Upgrade Donation.

3.                     To appropriate $7,200 in Sheriff to fund Enhanced Security Measures for Council Meetings overtime.

4.                     To appropriate $166,630 in Superior Court to fund 5th Superior Court Judge from grant proceeds.

5.                     To appropriate $101,763 in Superior Court to fund Judicial Assistant for 5th Superior Court Judge from grant proceeds.

From the Road Fund:

6.                     To appropriate $70,000 to fund companion to Supplemental #4642 Ferry Operations.

From the Parks Special Revenue Fund:

7.                     To appropriate $15,500 to fund Hovander Park Irrigation System Upgrade companion to #4668.

From the Community Priorities Fund:

8.                     To appropriate $358,000 to fund companion to Ferry ARPA contribution #4642.

From the Auditor’s O&M Fund:

9.                     To appropriate $85,000 to fund Historical Index Books & Misc. content.

From the Real Estate Excise Tax II Fund:

10.                     To appropriate $234,800 in Parks to fund Stimpson family Nature Reserve parking.

11.                     To appropriate $265,000 in Parks to fund Bay Horizon Hostel Building demolition.

12.                     To appropriate $71,500 in Parks to fund Lake Whatcom Trailhead Operating transfer.

13.                     To appropriate $89,000 in Parks to fund Semiahmoo Sewer System Repair.

From the Ferry Fund:

14.                     To appropriate $160,000 in Public Works Administration to fund Dry Dock Passenger Ferry.

15.                     To record $358,000 in Ferry & Docks to fund ARPA appropriation for Ferry Fare-box loss.

From the Equipment Rental and Revolving Fund:

16.                     To decrease appropriation of $41,431 in Equipment Services to fund 2024 Mower Arm Purchases - Alamo. 




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