DATE: December 2, 2014
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Mike Lowe, Comptroller
SUBJECT:
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PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Ordinance 2014-39, an Ordinance to Amend the FY2014-2015 Budget; (01/08/15 Finance, 01/13/15 BOMA 8-0) SECOND AND FINAL READING
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Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning budget amendments for the 2nd Quarter of Fiscal Year 2015.
Background
The State Comptroller has provided guidance that budget amendments are to be on the cash basis and occur within the fiscal year. In accordance with this guidance, amendments for the 2nd Quarter of fiscal year 2015 are as follows:
1. Additional $7,500 for reclassification of 3 Inspector II positions in BNS to Inspector III. Currently, there are three inspectors who are anticipated to pass the certification tests for 3 disciplines in the next few months. These three inspectors are allowed by the State to have a one year grace period before being required to attain certification. All three inspectors are performing inspections in all three disciplines until the one year grace period finishes. It is requested that 3 Inspector II positions are reclassified to 3 Inspector III positions in order to continue to provide the same level of service and to avoid sending multiple inspectors to one job on the same day.
2. Additional $50,000 for payroll upgrades in Finance. To provide for upgrades to the City's payroll system to ensure compatibility with the Human Resource Information System (HRIS) project, to add insurance reporting requirements required by the Affordable Care Act, and to implement potential changes in certain pay rate applications, an amount of $50,000 of software modules and programming may be necessary. This amendment is to allow for budget authorization to be in place in the event that specific payroll upgrades are identified by ...
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