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Ordinance amending the 2020 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 6, in the amount of $339,615
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
Supplemental #6 requests funding from the General Fund:
1. To appropriate $100,000 in District Court Probation to fund City of Bellingham portion of DV Perpetrator Treatment Program.
2. To appropriate $5,750 in Sheriff to fund traffic safety equipment from grant proceeds.
3. To appropriate $11,621 in Non Departmental to fund increase in animal control contract.
In the Swift Creek Sediment Management Fund:
4. To decrease appropriation by $589,496 in the capital portion of the budget and move it to the new capital projects fund.
From the Affordable and Supportive Housing Fund:
5. To appropriate $400,000 to fund contracted services to support acquisition, rehabilitation or construction of affordable housing, as well as rental assistance.
From the Countywide Emergency Medical Services Fund:
6. To appropriate $397,740 to fund Advanced Life Support gurney replacements and to authorize the addition of an EMS Training Coordinator FTE.
From the Conservation Futures Fund:
7. To re-appropriate $14,000 to fund Whatcom Land Trust services in connection with Seed Orchard Forestry Conservation Easement.