TITLE
HOLD a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending the FY2017 Annual Budget and Plan of Municipal Services of the City of Killeen to increase an expense account for an emergency environmental response.
SUMMARY
AGENDA ITEM
Fiscal Year 2017 Drainage Utility Fund Budget Amendment
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Public Works - Environmental Services
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The City currently holds a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). As part of that permit, the City is responsible for the water quality in our watercourses. That TCEQ permit and current city ordinances require the City to respond to, contain, and remediate any known point discharge not comprised entirely of storm water.
On the morning of Friday, August 12, 2016, the City responded to a gas fire at 4415 E. Veterans Memorial Boulevard. Due to the nature of the contamination, the City utilized CG Environmental - Cleaning Guys, LLC. to respond to the gas fire. Testing, final disposal and remediation were not completed until October 21, 2016.
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION
Staff coordinated emergency environmental response compliance with various regulatory agencies. The regulatory agencies included Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Transportation, TCEQ, and Texas Parks & Wildlife (TPW). The Fiscal Year 2016-2017 adopted budget (Ordinance #16-044) did not include funding for this magnitude of emergency environmental response.
FISCAL IMPACT
The Fiscal Year 2017 budget will be revised to reflect the increase of $214,199.02 in expense account 575-3476-432.47-99 (Professional Services - Special Services account). Funding is available in the 575 Drainage Utility Fund’s fund balance. The adopted FY17 expenditures in the Drainage Utility are $4,236,547.00. The impact to the Drainage Utility Fund’s reserve account will be a reduction from a projected FY17 ending fund balance of $4,102,671.00 to $3,888,471.98.
RECOMMENDATION
City staff recommends that the City Council approve the attached ordinance authorizing the additional expenditure of $214,199.02 for the August 12, 2016, emergency environmental response.