Title
Request to amend FY13 budget to transfer FD communications system upgrades from capital purchase to line items
Summary
DESCRIPTION OF TOPIC: (who, what, when, where, why, and how much)
Request approval to amend the FY13 budget to transfer the $5000 budgeted in 01-609-7010 Fire Department General Fund Capital Purchase for Communications/Radio System upgrades to line items for more effective management of the upgrades. This would require the creation of a Communications Equipment line item 01-609-5030 for $4000 and the remaining $1000 transferred to the General Equipment Maintenance 01-609-6040 line item. In reviewing the needed upgrades, the costs associated for any one item does not constitute a capital purchase, and the Fire Department staff can manage most purchases and improvements with the exception of upgrades to the repeater system.
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Please provide the amount requested: $5,000____________
Is this a budgeted item? Yes
Please provide the budgeted amount: $_5,000____________ Account No. _01-609-7010__________________________
If budgeted, is this a capital purchase, capital project, or special fund? capital purchase_________________________
Was this item included in the Fiscal Year Capital Projects Plan? No
If yes, please provide the amount included in Capital Projects Plan: $___________
Body
WHEREAS, the Fire Department has budgeted $5000 for Communications/Radio System upgrades in the Capital Purchase - General Fund account under 01-609-7010, and
WHEREAS, the needed upgrades to not constitute a capital purchase for any one item, and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department staff can manage most purchases and improvements with the exception of upgrades to the repeater system, and
WHEREAS, the creation of a Communications Equipment line item in the Fire Department Supplies and Small Tools General Fund would enable these purchases.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Foley, Alabama, as follows:
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