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Amendment by resolution supplementing the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget realigning reserves and recognizing unanticipated revenue for requesting departments.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approval of the amendment by resolution supplementing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Budget realigning reserves and recognizing unanticipated revenue for requesting departments.
• Amend the Hospital Direct Payment Program in the Human Services Department by recognizing $191,567,060.00 in unanticipated revenue and appropriating this additional revenue to operating expenses in the Local Provider Participation Fund.
• Realign $300,000.00 from Solid Waste reserves and appropriate these reserves to pay for the FY26 Solid Waste Master Plan refresh. This will fully fund the Master Plan refresh.
• Realign the operations, responsibilities, appropriations, and resources for the Fleet Management Division from the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) to the Office of Fleet and Asset Management under the County Administrator. This realignment has no fiscal impact.
• Realign operations, responsibilities, appropriations, and resources for the Purchasing Division and the Risk Management Division from DAS to the Office of Management and Budget under the County Administrator. This realignment has no fiscal impact.
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Strategic Priorities:
Resilient Infrastructure and Environment
1.2 Maintain and Enhance County Infrastructure
Healthy and Safe Communities
2.1 Improve Public Health
Smart Service Delivery
4.2 Achieve and Maintain a High Level of Customer Satisfaction
Summary:
Summary
Amendment by resolution supplementing the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget realigning reserves and recognizing unanticipated revenue for requesting departments.
Recognize $191,567,060 in unanticipated revenue and appropriate to operating expenses in the Local Provider Participation Fund for Human Services.
Realign $300,000 from reserves and appropriate to operating expenses in the Solid Waste Revenue and Operating Fund for Solid Waste. This will fully fund the Master Plan refresh.
Realign the operations, responsibilities, appropriations, and resources for Fleet Management Division from the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) to the Office of Fleet and Asset Management (OFAM) under the County Administrator. There is no fiscal impact.
Realign operations, responsibilities, appropriations, and resources for Purchasing Division from DAS to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the County Administrator. There is no fiscal impact.
Realign operations, responsibilities, appropriations, and resources for Risk Management Division from DAS to OMB under the County Administrator. There is no fiscal impact.
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Background Information:
Amendment by resolution supplementing the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget realigning reserves and recognizing unanticipated revenue for requesting departments.
Recognize $191,567,060 in unanticipated revenue and appropriate to operating expenses in the Local Provider Participation Fund for Human Services. These funds are to be assessed to the local hospitals as part of the Hospital Directed Payment Program within the Local Provider Participation Fund. (See Ordinance 24-16 and Resolution 25-54). The funds will then be sent to the State of Florida (State) via internal governmental transfer (IGT) to match with federal funds, to increase the Medicaid reimbursement to the Hospitals. This is strictly a pass-through for Pinellas County, however, an administrative amount totaling $150,000 will be available to reimburse County efforts to support the program.
Realign $300,000 from reserves and appropriate to operating expenses in the Solid Waste Revenue and Operating Fund for Solid Waste. The Solid Waste Master Plan is experiencing higher than anticipated expenditures. The total plan is now estimated at $500,000.
Realign the operations, responsibilities, appropriations, and resources for Fleet Management Division from the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) to the Office of Fleet and Asset Management (OFAM) under the County Administrator. There is no fiscal impact as this is only a realignment of the division itself. Budget will remain as adopted in the FY26 Budget and under the same budgetary controls and funds.
Realign operations, responsibilities, appropriations, and resources for Purchasing Division from DAS to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the County Administrator. There is no fiscal impact as this is only a realignment of the division itself. Budget will remain as adopted in the FY26 Budget and under the same budgetary controls and funds.
Realign operations, responsibilities, appropriations, and resources for Risk Management Division from DAS to OMB under the County Administrator. There is no fiscal impact as this is only a realignment of the division itself. Budget will remain as adopted in the FY26 Budget and under the same budgetary controls and funds.
Fiscal Impact:
Recognize $191,567,060 in unanticipated revenue and appropriate to operating expenses for Human Services in the Local Provider Participation Fund. This is strictly a pass-through for Pinellas County, however, an administrative amount totaling $150,000 will be available to reimburse County efforts to support the program.
Realign $300,000 from reserves and appropriate to operating expenses in the Solid Waste Revenue and Operating Fund for Solid Waste.
Staff Member Responsible:
Toni Merrill, Budget and Financial Management Analyst
Shane Kunze, Budget and Financial Management Analyst
Chris Rose, Director of Office of Management and Budget
Partners:
N/A
Attachments:
RES-25-XX (25-1630A)
Notice of Public Hearing