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Commissioner Brown - County Manager - To Appropriate Restricted Building Inspections Fund Balance to Fund 1st Floor Building Inspections Renovation and County Manager's Office Restroom Installation ($35,000.00)
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STAFF CONTACT
Brian Sciba - County Manager's Office - 704-866-3970
BUDGET IMPACT
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General Fund: Appropriate $29,000 in restricted fund balance. Reduce furniture and equipment expenditures by $6,000. Increase transfers out by $35,000.
Community Investment Fund: Increase revenue (transfers in) by $35,000. Increase expenditures (transfers out) by $35,000.00.
Capital Fund: Increase revenue (transfers in) by $35,000. Increase County Manager's Office professional services by $6,000 (for restroom renovation), and increase Building and Development Services professional services by $29,000 (for first floor renovation).
This Board Action approves the renovation of the first floor Building Inspections office area and installation of restrooms in County Manager's Office suite.
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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, 2024, restricted fund balance for building inspections totaled $11.5 million.
This Board Action and BCR appropriates $29,000 of restricted fund balance for the following expenditures to support the County's Building & Development Services department:
* $29,000 - Building Inspections Renovation
If approved, this board action also transfers budgeted furniture and equipment funds to capital for bathroom renovation. Transferring funds for architectural ser...
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