Travis County Commissioners Court
February 9, 2010,
Item 13
13 is to consider and take appropriate action regarding request to become a financial partner toward a feasibility study for a career in education training program.
>> good morning.
>> mrs.
Eckhardt had a few questions last time.
>> I had a few questions, but the backup is very comprehensive and thank you so 'much for giving me another week to spend some time with it.
and I fall on my sword for having to do my additional homework.
but it's a tremendous opportunity and I really look forward to the increased collaboration that will come from it.
>> with that I move approval.
>> second.
>> I do think that during the feasibility period if we have issues that we think should be looked into, then there will be many Travis County residents to evaluate the feasibility.
right?
>> yes, sir.
sherri fleming, executive manager for health and human services.
and I would also on your behalf like to convey a strong interest to part of the court that the feasibility study include service needs for folks who are outside the city proper.
so be sure that we include a look at the needs of those folks who are in the areas outside of the city of Austin.
>> okay.
>> now, I do have to direct you back to the source of funding for this opportunity.
as I mentioned last time, there are two opportunities within the department's budget, but as a reminder, those opportunities we are sort of guarding a bit to monitor our spending in the emergency assistance area.
one is unexpended dollars from the 2009 budget allocated for the public health interlocal with the city of Austin.
and then the other source of funding would be $450,000 that the court actually put into the health and human services budget in fiscal year '09 that was allocate to one-time service needs in the fiscal '09 budget, but is currently unallocated in the fiscal '10 budget.
did I cover that?
>> yes.
the funding for the public health interlocal is from the f.y.
10 public health budget.
it's the current budget.
>> okay.
>> so you're projecting a surplus.
>> there is -- for two reasons.
one, there is -- early in the process there was a possibility that the city was going to have slight reductions within their health and service public health interlocal funding and so that reduction allowed us to have a slight decrease in the contract.
plus, from f.y.
'09, the amount they spent was less than what they originally presented.
we didn't find that out, though, until I think December.
and so there's some savings from the true-up from last year's agreement, but the funding is in this year's budget.
plus just the overall cost of this year's amount was slightly less than it was last year.
so there's -- there's about $250,000 of savings.
>> I recommend we use that source of funding.
>> second.
>> that's better and the other one because we don't know -- the 450,000 is there, but we may well have as critical or more critical needs between now and the end of the fiscal year.
looks like the others are more of a surplus nature than the 450,000.
>> the only thing I would add to it, it's possible that the difference, the roughly 250,000, if we take the 25,000 away, it would be 225,000 left, it's likely that probably may be needed for emergency services as well.
it's still kind of early on and we're still looking at the numbers weekly and monthly.
but the need is larger than the budget right now.
>> yes, we're remaining optimistic.
>> okay.
we've identified the --
>> the surplus funds and the public health interlocal line item, yes.
>> any more discussion?
all in favor?
thank you all very much.
that passes by unanimous vote.
>> thank you.
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