Ordinance No. 2019-11-3: To transfer the sum of $1,000,000 from the General Fund Unappropriated fund balance to the General Fund Operating Appropriation for fiscal year 2019-20 for the purpose of providing funding for the professional services contract to support the City Council’s Ad Hoc Committee & Comprehensive Planning Services, amending the Budget of the City adopted by Ordinance No. 2019-9-7, to reflect the actions taken herein; declaring this action to be in the public interest; and providing an effective date. Adopted

On September 9, 2019, City Council adopted the Operating Budget Ordinance for the 2019-20 fiscal year, which included appropriations for the General Fund of $281,748,145.

On October 14, 2019, City Council adopted the Carry Forward Ordinance approving the carrying-forward of $2,022,563 in General Fund appropriations from the 2018-19 fiscal year to the 2019-20 fiscal year.

Supplemental appropriations have been approved in the past on an as-needed basis by the City Council to address funding requirements that were not identified within previously adopted budgets and that would not be prudent to delay to the next fiscal year.  

This agenda item would amend the current General Fund operating appropriation for the current year by granting an additional expenditure capacity of $1,000,000 that would otherwise be held within the fund balance of the General Fund.  This additional funding is necessary to support a professional services agreement with Freese and Nichols to support the efforts of the City Council's Ad Hoc Committee on the City of Plano's Comprehensive Plan and provide for other comprehensive planning services.  This funding was not planned when the current budget was adopted as developments surrounding the current Comprehensive Plan were subject to ongoing litigation and consideration by the City Council and the Planning & Zoning Commission.

This is the first supplemental appropriation for the FY 2019-20 General Fund Budget, totaling $1,000,000.  Expenditures on the companion professional services agreement constitute a separate agenda item on the November 11 City Council Meeting agenda.  

Approving additional General Fund appropriations for the 2019-20 fiscal year for the purpose of providing funding for professional services to support the City Council's Ad Hoc Committee on the City of Plano's Comprehensive Plan & Comprehensive Planning Services relates to the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factors of Welcoming and Engaged Community, Residential and Commercial Economic Vitality and Excellent, Innovative and Accountable City Government.  This item also supports all of the Plano Tomorrow Plan Pillars.