ORD-2020-020 Fiscal Year 2020-21 Budget Amendment #1

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3 amendment provides for the receipt of both the CARES Act funds of $143,766 and the HAVA funds of $10,000. (See Attachment 1, column #4) SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There are no Orange County Social Justice Goals associated with this item. Article 46 Sales Tax Fund — Small Business Loan Program 5. The Board of County Commissioners approved the receipt of$100,000 and any residual balances (a total of $9,787) from available Small Business Loan Program funds into the Article 46 Sales Tax Fund as part of Budget Amendment #10 in FY 19-20, as well as $410,000 as part of the Approved FY 20-21 Budget to provide emergency grants to small businesses. Of these budgeted amounts, there is currently $264,787 remaining available, as well as $64,796 available in the original Small Business Loan Pool account within the Article 46 Sales Tax Fund, for a total available of$329,583 for a possible Round 3 funding to small businesses. To better track these funds and expenditures, this budget amendment provides for the establishment of a special revenue fund, and allocates available funds totaling $329,583 from the Article 46 Sales Tax Fund to the newly created special revenue fund. (See Attachment 1, column #5) SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to this item: • GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding necessary for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for themselves and their dependents. Animal Services 6. Animal Services received donations in the amount of $8,715 through the Community Giving program, for use toward a shaded dog park. This budget amendment provides for receipt and use, consistent with intent of the donations, in the Community Giving Fund, a special revenue fund outside of the General Fund. (See Attachment 1, column #6) SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated with this item. Housing and Community Development 7. The Department of Housing and Community Development has budgetary changes to the following programs: • Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program - the program appropriated $79,370 in administrative funding received late in FY 2019-20 for use toward Landlord incentives. Applications were sent out in May and June, and were due back to the department in July and August. The department is now in the lease up process and is now ready to use the landlord incentive funds. As these funds remained unspent at the end of FY 2019-20, this budget amendment re-appropriates the full, unspent amount for use toward the same purpose in FY 2020-21.