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Ordinance amending the 2022 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 8, in the amount of $11,498,022
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
Supplemental #8 requests funding from the General Fund:
1. To appropriate $50,000 in Council to increase funding for public communications consulting for the Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force.
2. To appropriate $250,000 in Non Departmental to fund transfer in support of Public Safety Building elevator replacement project.
From the Road Fund:
3. To appropriate $186,750 to fund transfer to Ferry System Fund in support of Lummi Island Terminal dolphin repair.
From the Whatcom County Jail Fund:
4. To appropriate $228,831 to fund expansion of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder program from grant proceeds.
From the Low Income Housing Projects Fund:
5. To appropriate $122,650 to fund housing facility improvements at Sun House.
From the Homeless Housing Fund:
6. To appropriate $556,000 to fund increased housing support services from Consolidated Homeless Grant increase.
From the Behavioral Health Program Fund:
7. To appropriate $1,060,729 to fund eight additional positions and equipment in support of Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program expansion and the addition of an Alternative Response Team from grant proceeds.
From the Countywide Emergency Medical Services Fund:
8. To appropriate $5,000,000 to fund Basic Life Support subsidies to all fire departments and fire districts.
9. To appropriate $1,400,000 to fund acquisition of PowerLoad gurney lift systems.
From the Solid Waste Fund:
10. To appropriate $328,400 to fund increase in Moderate Risk Waste programs, partially funded by grant proceeds.
From the Emergency Management Fund:
11. To appropriate $9,662 to fund aerial pictometry in support of natural hazard mitigation planning from grant proceeds.
From the Conservation Futures Fund:
12. To appropriate $1,500,000 to fund purchase of conservation easement for Stewart Mountain Community Forest property - Phase I.
From the Real Estate Excise Tax II Fund:
13. To appropriate $360,000 to fund transfer in support of additional funding for the Sudden Valley (Marigold) Stormwater Project.
From the Ferry System Fund:
14. To appropriate $415,000 to fund dolphin repair at the Lummi Island Terminal, partially funded by Road Fund transfer.
From the Administrative Services Fund:
15. To appropriate $30,000 in Information Technology to fund increased costs of EnerGov permit system maintenance from technology fees.