Vote: approved

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32. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES REQUEST FOR REVIEW OVER THRESHOLD Per the Board approved FY 2015 Budget Guidelines and Priorities, approve allowing the Office of Management & Budget to review the following request(s) over threshold: • 2 – 275 Gallon Totes of Zenivex mosquito adulticide chemical for $82,668 per tote – Total $165,336 (Operating expense, Fund 100, Priority #4) • 1 case – Altsoid Ingot Briquettes mosquito larvacide for $26,664 per case. (Operating expense, Fund 100, Priority #4) Approve the following Non-Recurring, Non-Project over the FY14 budget request of $57,298. The department budgeted for non-recurring expenditures totaling $155,037, $97,739 over the FY14 allocated amount which includes: • OET IT – Developer Tools, ESX Server, Fiber Switch, Hardware and Software Upgrade, GIS Performance, VID - $39,937 ($19,798 requested in FY14)(Non-recurring, Non-project expense, Fund 100, Priority #4) • 10 Replacement Laptops - $29,000 (Non-recurring, Non-project expense, Fund 100, Priority #3) • 10 Laptop Truck Mounts - $7,500 (Non-recurring, Non-project expense, Fund 100, Priority #2) • 10 Field Cameras - $1,000 (Non-recurring, Non-project expense, Fund 100, Priority #2) • PCR Plate Spinner - $2,600 (Non-recurring, Non-project expense, Fund 100, Priority #4) • Replace 6 gas foggers with electric foggers - $75,000 ($37,500 requested in FY14) (Non-recurring, Non-project expense, Fund 100, Priority #4) Over the past two years the baseline budget thresholds have been increased to accommodate salary increases for pay retention but have not been increased to include the rising allocation expenses such as OET IT, RDSA and Risk Management. In FY14 the allocations increased by $51,869 and FY15 will see an additional increase of $79,303. Environmental Services has been decreasing the supply and service line items in order to be able to adjust for the increasing allocation costs. This will eventually lead to less supplies and chemicals that can be purchased for the Vector Control Program. Chemicals are required in order to keep citizens of Maricopa County safe from the risk of arbo-viruses such as the West Nile virus. Without these chemicals, appropriate treatment cannot be used to reduce the exposure of arbo-viruses and fogging will not be able to be completed in known breeding sites. This will ultimately increase the public’s exposure and risk to arbo-viruses. (C-88-14-009-M-00)