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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL

Meeting Date: 8/1/2023
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Item Creation Date: 7/13/2023

FIN - Fleet Appropriation SWM

Agenda Item#: 23.


 
                               
Summary:

ORDINANCE appropriating $4,991,000 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Vehicles and Related Equipment for the Solid Waste Management Department

Background:

Approve an ordinance authorizing the total appropriation of $4,991,000 from the Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund (1800) for vehicles and related equipment for the Solid Waste Management department.

 

 

SPECIFIC EXPLANATION:

The Director of Finance recommends that City Council approve an ordinance authorizing the total appropriation of $4,991,000 out of the Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund (1800) for vehicles and related equipment for the Solid Waste Management department.  

 

The appropriation will cover purchases of various vehicles and fleet maintenance equipment, such as vehicles for administrative, operations, and refuse functions for the Solid Waste Management department.

 

This appropriation ordinance is required to provide funding for the purchase of capital equipment (vehicles). SPD will return to Council at a later date to authorize purchase orders for the planned vehicle purchases.

 

FISCAL NOTE:

This is no estimated impact to the operating budget because of this CIP project.

 

 

 

 

 

                                                             

 

Will Jones

Chief Business Officer/Finance Director

Finance Department

Amount and Source of Funding:

$4,991,000 -  Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund (1800)

Contact Information:

Gary Glasscock (Dir. FMD) - (832) 393-6901

Christopher, Gonzales - FIN (832) 393-9072

Greg Cunningham – FIN (832) 393-9031