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Environmental Management recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign a budget transfer request to increase revenues and appropriations for both the Oil Payment Program and City County Payment Program Special Revenue Funds in order to draw down previous years deferred grant revenues in Fiscal Year 2021-22. (4/5 vote required)
FUNDING: Oil Payment Program and City County Payment Program grant funds.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The El Dorado County Environmental Management Department (Department) applies for and receives Used Oil Payment Program (OPP) grants from CalRecycle on an annual basis. The Department utilizes these funds to provide outreach and education to the citizens of El Dorado County regarding the proper handling and disposal of used oil and fund used oil collection sites throughout the County. Additionally these funds are utilized to purchase accessories such as used oil collection containers, drip trays, used oil filter containers and oil filter wrenches. These items are offered, free of charge, to the public at our Household Hazardous Waste Collections that are staffed by the Department.
Environmental Management has applied for and received grant funds from the State of California, Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery for the past several years. These grants are reimbursed once eligible expenses have been identified per the Director of Environmental Management Department, or designee. If expenses are not identified during the fiscal year, funds may be deferred. Both of these grants have prior year expenses, which are eligible for reimbursement during the FY 2021-22 budget year. In order to draw down these funds, a budget transfer is needed in order to move he previously deferred revenue into the current year budget.
In order to accommodate the prior year’s grant funding draw down, the FY 2021-22 budget will need to be adjusted as follows:
Budgeted revenues in the Oil Payment Program Special Revenue F...
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