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Special Revenue Fund Environmental Protection

• Litter control (e.g., street sweeping, homeless camp cleanups, supplemental TxDOT greenspace
cleaning).
• Environmental Investigations regarding illegal dumping and illegal dump abatement.

• Surface water pollutant monitoring in local creeks, rivers and lakes and stormwater runoff pollution
control.
• Soil and groundwater pollution site cleanup projects and management of the City’s Brownfields Program.

• Hazardous materials management and disposal (e.g., asbestos abatement, lead-based pain, fuel
storage).
• Air quality investigations and pollutant monitoring.

• Municipal environmental compliance.
• Environmental compliance inspection and audits.

• Environmental emergency response and control of environmental impacts from spills or releases.
• Keep Fort Worth Beautiful (e.g., community cleanups, outreach, Adopt-A-Street program, etc.).

FY2025 DISCUSSION AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
City services were reorganized in FY2024 to form the Environmental Services Department. The Environmental
Services Department oversees the Solid Waste Fund, the Environmental Protection Fund, and the allocation of
the General Fund budget for the Consumer Health Division. Formerly within the Code Compliance Department,
the Environmental Quality Division and the Environmental Protection Fund are organized within the Environmental
Services Department beginning in FY2024.

The Recommended Budget:

• Increases by $1,363,563 for transfers to capital project funding, interfund transfer increases, and
contribution to fund balance to meet all reserve requirements.

• Increases by $688,800 from a redistribution of operating accounts resulting in increases to landfill
disposal $129,000, IT and administrative allocations $150,950, outside fleet repair $119,819, and vehicle
repair and maintenance $67,369.
• Increases by $373,366 for salary & benefits adjustments and group health benefits.
• Increases by $81,052 for a department director with the balance of position expense shared with the
General Fund $83,508 and the Solid Waste Fund $81,052 to provide senior leadership for the
Environmental Services department.
• Increases revenue by $22,500 for a Municipal Setting Designation application fee increase.

• Decreases by ($105,543) for adjustments to pay for performance, rising health care costs, and pension
contributions.
• Decreases by ($135,183) for budgeted salary and benefits savings.

• Decreases by ($1,963,539) from a redistribution of operating accounts resulting in reductions including
contractual services ($1,540,545), vehicle repair ($185,559), consulting ($80,000), indirect cost
allocations ($64,087).

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