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BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING
FINANCE, BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
MAY 16, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: FISCAL YEAR 2019 (FY19) BUDGET
Action
ACTION: ADOPT THE FY19 BUDGET
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. ADOPTING the proposed FY19 Budget as presented in the budget document (provided in a separate transmittal and posted on metro.net); and
B. APPROVING the Life of Project (LOP) budgets for new capital projects with LOP exceeding $5 million, included in the proposed FY19 Budget and presented in Attachment A; and
C. APPROVING the Reimbursement Resolution declaring Metro's intention to issue debt in FY19 for capital projects, as shown in Attachment B, with the provision that actual debt issuance will require separate Board approval; and
D. AMEND the proposed budget to include $2,000,000 for Expo Phase 1 and $20,624,400 for Expo Phase 2, as approved by Expo Construction Authority for fiscal year 2019, for a total addition of $22,624,400; and
E. AMEND the proposed budget to include $25,000,000 for farebox upgrade, as approved by the Board on April 18, 2018; and
F. AMEND the proposed budget to include $500,000 to begin the draft environmental study of the Crenshaw Northern Extension project upon identification of the preferred alternatives identified by the Board for this corridor
Issue
ISSUE
California Public Utilities Code Section 130105 requires Metro to adopt an annual budget to manage the revenues and expenses of the agency's projects and programs. The budget is the legal authorization to obligate and spend funds and to implement Board policy. It includes all operating, capital, planning and programming, subsidy funds, debt service requirements, and general fund activities for the fiscal year. Budget detail is a management plan for financial activity and is prepared at the fund, project, department, and expenditure level. The legal level of control is at the fund level. Total annual expenditures cannot exceed the final appropriation by th...
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