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Burke County presents year-end budget amendment, reports shift away from FEMA BRIC grant
Summary
The county described a year-end FY24/25 budget amendment reallocating previously planned BRIC/FEMA funding for the Indian Hills Pump Station, returning several project underspends to general capital, and adding an estimated $2 million to the disaster recovery fund to cover lingering FEMA-eligible invoices; staff said no new appropriations were requested.
County staff told commissioners on Monday that the FY24/25 year-end budget amendment is largely housekeeping and does not include additional appropriations.
The county manager said the county has decided to withdraw from a previously pursued $2.4 million BRIC (FEMA) grant for the Indian Hills Pump Station; that decision frees the county’s $1.1 million match (originally planned as part of that project) to be used for other water-meter and water-sewer capital needs. Staff also reported returning residual equity from completed projects (for example about $179,000 from the East Convenience Site and ~$65,875 from the 2011 Avery project) to general capital.
Officials explained that the budget amendment also adds roughly $2 million to the county’s disaster recovery fund to account for outstanding invoices related to debris and recovery efforts that will be included in the county’s FEMA public assistance application. The manager said the state assumed debris collection responsibility on the crossover date, which will affect who performs ongoing work and reimbursements, but that invoices from February and March are still arriving and must be processed.
Staff emphasized these adjustments are intended to close out fiscal-year accounting and do not change the county’s overall appropriation level. Commissioners had no substantive objections and left the amendment on the consent agenda for formal consideration at the regular meeting.
