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7. TRANSFER OF EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY Pursuant to the County Manager's request and pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17106(B), approve a transfer of expenditure authority from Treasurer’s Office (430) General Fund (100) Operating (0000) to Non-Departmental (470) General Fund (100) Other Programs (4712) Operating (0000) in a new line item entitled “Treasurer Tax Bill and Information Statement Printing and Postage” in the amount of $487,027. This action requires an expenditure appropriation adjustment decreasing the FY 2008-09 Treasurer’s Office (430) General Fund (100) Operating (0000) budget in the amount of $487,027 and increasing the FY 2008-09 Non-Departmental (470) General Fund (100) Other Programs (4712) Operating (0000) budget in the amount of $487,027. Also, per A.R.S. §42-17106(B), approve a transfer of expenditure authority from Non-Departmental (470) General Fund (100) Operating (0000) to Non-Departmental (470) General Fund (100) Other Programs (4712) Operating (0000) in a new line item entitled “Reserved for Potential Treasurer Budget Overrun” in the amount of not-to-exceed $50,000. This action requires an expenditure appropriation adjustment decreasing the FY 2008-09 Treasurer (430) General Fund (100) Operating (0000) budget in the amount of not-to-exceed $48,968 and increasing the FY 2008-09 Non-Departmental (470) General Fund (100) Other Programs (4712) Operating (0000) budget in the amount of $50,000. Also, per A.R.S. §42-17106(B), approve a transfer of expenditure authority from Non-Departmental (470) General Fund (100) Central Service Costs-Lobbyist Contract (4714) Operating (0000) to Non-Departmental (470) General Fund (100) Other Programs (4712) Operating (0000) in a new line item entitled “Reserved for Potential Treasurer Budget Overrun” in the amount of not-to-exceed $60,000. This action requires an expenditure appropriation adjustment decreasing the FY 2008-09 Non-Departmental (470) General Fund (100) Central Service Costs-Lobbyist Contract (4714) Operating (0000) budget in the amount of not-to-exceed $60,000 and increasing the FY 2008-09 Non-Departmental (470) General Fund (100) Other Programs (4712) Operating (0000) budget in the amount of $60,000. In FY 2008-09, the Treasurer’s Office Departmental Budget was funded for the printing, postage and miscellaneous costs associated with Tax Bills, Info Statement/Postcards, Delinquent Bills and Resolution Bills. This action will remove funding from the Treasurer’s Office Budget and place the funding in the FY 2008-09 Non-Departmental budget in the amount of $487,027 for the Treasurer to use for these purposes. The $487,027 includes the following costs of printing, postage and other miscellaneous charges associated with: •Tax Bills - $355,447.17 •Info Statement/Postcard - $214,000.00 •Delinquent Bill (December) - $15,021.86 •Delinquent Bill (June) - $63,214.27 •Resolution Bills - $19,344.10 •Prepaid Postage – ($180,000.00) This action also requires that the Treasurer’s Office pay all invoices for the above item charges directly from the Non-Departmental budget with prior approval from the Office of Management and Budget. (C-20-09-015-2-00)