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Committee approves UPWP amendment to fund transit study and staff reimbursements
Summary
Putnam County approved Budgetary Amendment 25A079 to add UPWP discretionary funding for a transit study and to transfer $150,000 to the Capital Fund for consultants; County staff reimbursement of $137,461 was also identified and will be offset to the County.
Putnam County’s Physical Services Committee approved Budgetary Amendment 25A079 on Sept. 25 to add discretionary Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) funding so the county can move forward with a transit study now out to request for proposals.
Commissioner of Planning, Development and Public Transportation Barbara Barosa told the committee the UPWP line totals $287,461 and asked that $150,000 be transferred to the Capital Fund for consultant work while $137,461 would reimburse staff time devoted to the project. "There is annual funding for UPWP tasks for planning purposes for transportation," Barosa said, describing the study as an assessment of the system that could recommend changes.
Chairman Ellner pressed staff on a fiscal-impact notation that used parentheses and therefore appeared to show a decrease; Commissioner of Finance William Carlin explained the item represents a positive reimbursement to the County because staff time is being offset and will be reimbursed. Ellner moved to approve, Legislator Crowley seconded, and the committee voted in favor.
The amendment transfers the consultant funds to capital and records staff-reimbursement revenue; details in the county fiscal-impact statement supplied to the committee show the staff-reimbursement line at $137,461 and the total UPWP line at $287,461. The committee did not set any additional conditions; next steps are to proceed with the RFP for the transit study.
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