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Commissioners Brown & Cloninger - Building & Development Services - To Appropriate Restricted Building Inspections Fund Balance to Fund 4 New Full-Time Positions, 3 New Vehicle Purchases, and Equipment/License Purchases ($559,361)
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STAFF CONTACT
Brian Sciba - County Manager’s Office - 704-866-3970
BUDGET IMPACT
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General Fund: Appropriate $559,361 in restricted fund balance. Appropriate $559,361 in expenditures.
Community Investment Fund: Increase revenue (transfers in) by $252,000. Increase expenditures (transfers out) by $252,000.
Capital Fund: Increase revenue (transfers in) by $252,000. Increase capital expenditures by $252,000.
This Board Action approves two new full-time positions for County Police and two new full-time positions for Fleet Maintenance. It also approves the addition of three vehicles to the County’s fleet, two for County Police and one for Building & Development Services.
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BACKGROUND
State law requires that local governments specifically track building inspection fee revenue and the expending of that revenue. G.S. 160A-414 restricts the expenditure of building inspection fees to those incurred "for support of the administration and activities of the inspection department and for no other purpose". Building inspection revenue and expenditures are accounted for in the General Fund, but any fund balance resulting from excess revenue over expenditures is reported separately. As of June 30, 2023, restricted fund balance for building inspections totaled $7.2 million.
This Board Action and BCR appropriates $559,361 of restricted fund balance for the following expenditures to support the County’s Building & Development Service department:
$309,946 - 2 New Full-time Positions and 2 New Vehicles for County Police: Salaries and benefits (8 months), training and equipment.
$111,415 - 2 New Full-time Positions for Fleet Maintenance: Salaries and benefits (8 months), uniforms, and equipment.
$78,500 - 1 New Vehicle for Building & Development Services.
$59,500 - Plan Review Tables and Up-Code Licenses for Building & Development Services.
POLICY IMPACT
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ATTACHMENTS
Budget Change Request (BCR)