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File #: AB2025-314    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Introduced
File created: 4/7/2025 In control: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee
On agenda: 4/29/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Ordinance amending the 2025 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 4, in the amount of $6,227,211
Indexes: Auditor, Budget / Finance / Revenue, Capital Facilities, Childcare, Ferry, Fish and Wildlife, FIsh Passage, Health and Safety, Information Technology, Parks & Recreation, Public Safety, Public Works, Repairs & Maintenance, Roads & Bridges, Sheriff
Attachments: 1. Proposed Ordinance, 2. Summary Listing, 3. Summary by Fund, 4. Supplemental Requests
Related files: AB2025-315, AB2025-306
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Primary Contact Email: atan@co.whatcom.wa.us

TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
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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 app...

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