The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 carryover package today. Carryover is the process by which certain unspent or unencumbered funds for commitments to pay for goods and services at the end of one fiscal year are reappropriated to the next fiscal year. FY 2018 ended on June 30, 2018.

The FY 2018 carryover balance, after funding prior year obligations and associated reserves, is $58.16 million, which is approximately 1.4 percent of the county’s total General Fund budget. The carryover package includes:

$34.89 million for funding county reserves and infrastructure needs based on county policy.

$6.03 million to support infrastructure needs at county facilities, including emergency repairs in the event of major systems failures, infrastructure replacement and upgrades at county facilities, space realignment and reconfiguration projects to maximize owned space and renovations and improvements to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

$4.5 million to support a countywide energy strategy.

$2.42 million for new and continuing IT projects.

$0.50 million to expand the capacity of the Artemis House domestic violence shelter.

$0.50 million to support the establishment of a Korean community center.

$1.48 million for other requirements such as increasing the capacity of the School-Age Child Care (SACC) Program, extending the hours of the Rec-PAC Program, supporting the Complete Count effort for the 2020 Census and providing forestry services to address hazardous trees in county parks. Other adjustments include funding support for the Innovation Fund in the Health and Human Services Resource Plan, to develop a pop-up park in the Bailey’s Crossroads revitalization area and for speed signs to promote traffic calming and speed enforcement. In addition, at no net cost to the county, 26 positions are added to address increasing public assistance caseloads; eight positions are added to address increasing caseloads in adult and aging programs and eight positions to enhance the TARGET program that identifies vehicles that are not properly registered.

$3.35 million in reserves associated with disbursement increases funded in the carryover package.

Other adjustments with no net impact to the General Fund include $2 million to replenish the Economic Development Support Fund funded with debt service balances.

With these and associated reserve adjustments, the remaining balance to be set aside in reserve for one-time FY 2019 and FY 2020 requirements is approximately $4.49 million. When combined with the $0.12 million held in reserve as part of the FY 2019 Adopted Budget Plan, a total of $4.61 million is to be set aside in reserve for one-time FY 2019 and FY 2020 requirements.