Montgomery County Seal!RESOLUTION NO. 47 of 2020
DATED: February 25, 2020
     

RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 2020 OPERATING BUDGET – (MENTAL HEALTH) 


Resolution by Legislator:   Kelly
Seconded by: Sweet

WHEREAS, the Director of Community Services has determined that the funding due from Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and the Office of Mental Health (OMH) needs to be amended per State Aid Letters received from agencies; and

WHEREAS, funds provided by Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and the Office of Mental Health (OMH) can only be passed to the not-for-profit organizations that provided services in Montgomery County with proper budget authorization.

RESOLVED, that the County Treasurer hereby is authorized and directed to amend the 2020 Operating Budget as follows:

DECREASE REVENUES:     
A-17-3-3472-00  Spec. Hlth. Prog. OASAS  $50,000
     
DECREASE APPROPRIATIONS:     
A-17-4-4230-00-.4555  Drug Abuse Prevention  $50,000
     
INCREASE REVENUES:    
 A-17-3-3490-00  Mental Health $21,675
     
INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS:    
A-17-4-4320-00-.4565 Community Support System $21,675

RESOLUTION VOTE, passed with Aye(7). Legislator Headwell, Jr. voted Nay. Legislator Pepe was absent. (2/25/2020)


Statement of Legislative and Financial Impact:

I. Nature of Request:

Department must get approval to amend the operating budget in order to adjust for payments and reimbursements


II. Justification:

State Aid Funds do not get allocated on a January-December calendar.  Funding runs in between budget cycles and are finalized at the State level after County budgets submissions.


III. Legislative Impact:

Pursuant to Article 2 of the Charter the Montgomery County Legislature has the authority to make appropriations.


IV. Financial Impact:

No financial impact - revenues offset expenditures



cc: County Clerk
County Treasurer
Mental Health Director

Voting Record
Kelly (R) Yes 
Sweet (R) Yes 
Thayer (R) Yes 
Headwell, Jr. (R) No 
Wilson (R) Yes 
Duchessi (D) Yes 
Pepe (R) Absent 
Isabel (D) Yes 
Purtell (D) Yes 
     
STATE OF NEW YORK County of Montgomery ss.:

      This is to certify that I, the Undersigned, Clerk Of The Montgomery County Legislature, have compared the foregoing copy of resolution with the original resolution now on file in the office, and which was passed by the Montgomery County Legislature on the 25th day of February, 2020, a majority of all the members elected to the Legislature voting in favor therof, and that the same is a correct and true transcript of such original resolution and of the whole thereof.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and the official seal of the Montgomery County Legislature this 2nd day of March, 2020


Totals:Aye: 7
Nay: 1 
Abstained: 0
Absent: 1



This resolution was approved by the County Executive on 2/29/2020
Resolution was enacted on 2/29/2020