REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RANDALL W. MORRISON, PE, Director
Capital Projects Department
BY: JANESSA SELZER, Business Manager
Capital Projects Department, Capital Administration Division
SUBJECT
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***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 30th Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution (AAR) No. 2023-185 appropriating $2,200,000 for the Capital Projects Department operating budget to allocate funding for the remaining fiscal year operating expenditures (Requires 5 Affirmative Votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto).
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends City Council adopt the 30th Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution (AAR) No. 2023-185 appropriating $2,200,000 for the Capital Projects Department operating budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The newly formed Capital Projects Department was created to improve the support to the City's Capital Program through streamlining the delivery of capital infrastructure projects for several City Departments. On July 20, 2023, City Council approved the creation of the new department, as well as the adoption of the 6th Amendment to the AAR No. 2023-185, which appropriated the $50,000,000 received from the State of California for the Downtown Fresno Public Infrastructure Improvement Projects and established the Capital Projects Department initial budget. Of the $50,000,000 received from the State, only $500,000 was appropriated in the Capital Projects Department's initial budget to assist with launching the new department and funding the 46 new positions. The AAR also transferred appropriations of $4,492,800 from the Department of Public Works and $1,867,900 from the Department of Public Utilities into the new Capital Projects Department. The funds transferred from Public Works and Public Utilities were existing appropriations related to the existing positions that transferred to the Capital Projects Department. The Capital Projects Department is rapidly filling the new and existing capital positions in order t...
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