REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SANTINO DANISI, MBA, City Controller/Director
Finance Department
BY: COURTNEY ESPINOZA, Business Manager
Finance Department, Grants Management Unit
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the rebudget of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant funding within various Departments:
1. ***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 18th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2023-185 to reclassify $14,915,600 and appropriate $419,200 in various department budgets within the ARPA fund (citywide) (Requires 5 Affirmative Votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto).
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends City Council adopt the 18th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2023-185 to reclassify $14,915,600 and appropriate $419,200 for previously approved ARPA projects in various departments citywide.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff recommends Council adopt the resolution approving the rebudget of various ARPA projects previously approved so that the respective available appropriations are in the correct departments for implementation of the various projects. The recommended resolution will reclassify $14,915,600 and appropriate $419,200 in funding within the current fiscal year budget.
BACKGROUND
In 2021, the City of Fresno was awarded American Rescue Plan Act funding in the amount of $170,808,029. Some projects were identified and approved by Council in the FY 2022 and FY 2023 budget process with several being completed in FY 2023. In June 2023, Council approved the reallocation of ARPA projects consistent with the FY 2024 budget process. Staff then reconciled all ARPA expenses through FY 2023 to determine accurate project balances and are now aligning these balances in each department's ARPA fund for implementation. Approval of these actions will ensure that the actual remaining appropriations reconcile to the approved allocations and deduct for actual expenditures in the previous fiscal years. Based on the reconciliation...
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