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Special Revenue Fund Environmental Protection

• Air pollutant monitoring
• Municipal environmental compliance
• Environmental compliance inspection and audits

• Environmental compliance outreach and technical education
• Environmental emergency responses
The Environmental Quality Division staff examines and verifies the scope of each project request from other city
departments. Examples of environmental services may include environmental site assessments, pollution
remediation on city property, disposal of environmental wastes from city operations, etc. The Environmental
Quality Division maintains due diligence studies and oversees a variety of environmental capital improvement
projects (CIP). These efforts support a common goal for a clean, safe, and livable city.

FY2024 DISCUSSION AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
A City reorganization will create the new Environmental Services Department in FY2024. The new Environmental
Services Department will operate through the Solid Waste Fund, the Environmental Protection Fund, and the
portion of the General Fund budget used to date for Code Compliance Consumer Health; thus, in FY2024, the
entire Environmental Protection Fund budget will be under the direction of the Environmental Services
Department. Though this could not be included in the Recommended Budget Book, City staff aims to reflect the
reorganization in the adopted budget and FY2024 Adopted Budget Book. Aside from the impact of the new
department director’s salary, the reorganization will be budget-neutral.

The Recommended Budget:

• Increases by $173,694 for 2 Approved Positions (AP) from a transfer from the Solid Waste Fund
• Decreases by ($4,495,000) from a transfer out to fund capital projects
• Increase by $743,660 for increase in contracts

• Increases by $661,471 in General Operating & Maintenance for previously approved costs associated
with risk management and IT solutions allocation costs
• Increases by $550,000 to construct an Aquatic Litter Control Waterwheel Interceptor, which is offset by a
use of Fund Balance
• Increases by $73,531 in salary and benefits for previously approved costs associated with pay for
performance, rising health care costs and pension contributions
• Decreases by ($60,000) to transfer the Cowboy Compost program to the Solid Waste fund, which is offset
by a contribution to fund balance

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