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An Ordinance approving Amendment No. 4 to the budget for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2020, as adopted by Ordinance No. 8643 and Ordinance No. 8652, by amending the authorized expenditures for the City of Lee's Summit and revising the authorized amount of Full Time Equivalents for the City of Lee's Summit. (F&BC 9-9-19)
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Issue/Request:
An Ordinance approving Amendment No. 4 to the budget for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2020, as adopted by Ordinance No. 8643 and Ordinance No. 8652, by amending the authorized expenditures for the City of Lee's Summit and revising the authorized amount of Full Time Equivalents for the City of Lee's Summit.
Key Issues:
There are five different items that make up this budget amendment, including (1) Emergency Dispatch Center Performance Audit, (2) election cost for August 2019 no tax increase bond, (3) repair of stormwater infrastructure failures, (4) postclosure landfill expenditures, and (5) temporary Full Time Equivalents (FTE) increase in Water Utilities Department.
-Emergency Dispatch Center Performance Audit. Partial funding for this audit was budgeted in FY19 and it was anticipated that a budget amendment would be needed for the additional amount. Since the selection process was completed after the end of the fiscal year, a budget amendment is needed to appropriate funding to the FY20 Budget. The cost of the audit is $53,500.
-Election Cost for August 2019 No Tax Increase Bond. When the FY20 Budget was developed and costs were estimated for the August 2019 No Tax Increase Bond election, it was not known if other jurisdictions would have items on the August 2019 ballot. When the election was held, there were not any other jurisdictions with items on the ballot, and, as a result, the City was responsible for the full cost to administer the election. The difference between the budgeted estimate and the actual cost is $100,000.
-Repair of Stormwater Infrastructure Failures. City is experiencing a growin...
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