REQUEST FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Request to amend prior Legislative Action (Resolution No. 488 for 2024) obligating ARPA revenue replacement funds, as well as adjusting the remaining allocation for 2025 and 2026
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Date: October 10, 2025
Department: Management and Budget
Attending Meeting: Dave Reilly
Submitted By: Martin Dolan
Title: Grants Specialist
Phone: 518-447-3019
Purpose of Request: Amending prior Legislation January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2026
CONTRACT TERMS/CONDITIONS:
Party Names and Addresses:
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Term: (Start/end date or duration) 1/1/2024-12/31/2026
Amount/Raise Schedule/Fee: $29,515,880
BUDGET INFORMATION:
Is there a Fiscal Impact: Yes ☒ No ☐
Anticipated in Budget: Yes ☒ No ☐
Spreadsheet attached: Yes ☐ No ☒
Source of Funding - (Percentages)
Federal: 100% County: 0
State: 0 Local: 0
County Budget Accounts:
Revenue Account and Line: CM Fund
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Appropriation Account and Line: CM Fund
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Mandated Program/Service: Yes ☐ No ☐
If Mandated, Cite Authority: Enter text.
Request for Bids / Proposals:
Competitive Bidding Exempt: Yes ☐ No ☐
# of Response(s): Enter text.
# of MWBE: Enter text.
# of Veteran Business: Enter text.
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Apprenticeship Program Yes ☐ No ☐
Previous requests for Identical or Similar Action:
Resolution/Law Number and Date: 488 for 2024
DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST: (state briefly why legislative action is requested)
The Department of Management & Budget is requesting an amendment to prior Legislative authorization (Resolution No. 788 for 2024) which obligated $29,515,880 of revenue replacement funds from the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program of the American Rescue Plan Act. The initial Legislative authorization allocated $9,838,627 of the $29,515,880 for personnel expenditures in fiscal year 2024, $9,838,627 in 2025, and $9,838,626 in 2026 for eligible personnel expenditures. The proposed amendment would allocate $15,000,000 in 2024, $9,838,627 in 2025, and $4,677,253 in 2026.
The eligibility criteria for expenditures of revenue replacement funds is that the position needs to have existed prior to 12/31/2024 and it cannot be funded by other federal or state revenues. The Department of Management & Budget is proposing funding positions using revenue replacement funds that reflect the pluralistic nature of Albany County government, like: grants administration; civil service; economic development; parks and recreation; veterans services; audit and control; election administration; archiving; legislative staff; and 911 dispatch.
As part of this legislative action, the Department of Management & Budget, in conjunction with the Department of Audit & Control, will reserve the right to adjust which positions the revenue replacement funds are allocated to cover if actual expenditures for a position in a particular year are below the allocation indicated in the budget amendment (e.g., the actual expenditure is below the current fiscal year's budgeted amount due to vacancies, etc.). The Department of Management & Budget and the Department of Audit & Control will apply the same criteria for determining expenditure eligibility when determining any necessary reallocations. This flexibility is needed to ensure that reporting to the US Treasury aligns with actual expenditures made by Albany County for eligible personnel costs using revenue replacement funds from the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program. The annual allocation of personnel expenditures made with revenue replacement funds for a particular fiscal year cannot exceed the annual amounts obligated by this action.