Agenda 01/14/2025 Item #16J 7 (To Increase the current budget for County-Wide Capital Fund for the CCSO telephone upgrade)1/14/2025
Item # 16.J.7
ID# 2025-17
Executive Summary
Recommendation to authorize the execution of a Budget Amendment to realign current funding within Collier County
Capital Project Fund (3001) in the amount of $635,000 to allow for the reimbursement of funding to the Collier County
Sheriff’s Office for the upgrade and expansion of the telephone system for law enforcement (Project No. 50322) in year
one of the project to accommodate the timing of building preparations required for the project.
OBJECTIVE: To increase the current budget in the amount of $ 635,000 for County-Wide Capital Fund (3001) for the
CCSO telephone upgrade (project 50322).
CONSIDERATIONS: To successfully complete the project within the two year period, a budget modification is needed
to move $635,000 to year one (FY25) for a total of $1,000,000. The remainder of $795,104 for the project would be
included in the FY 2026 budget request.
A substantial amount of labor is required in this project to rewire several facilities utilized by CCSO law enforcement
personnel across the county, switching out the original Category 3 networking cable, to Category 5/6 cable to support
the new Cisco/Webex IP Telephone system. This work will take several months to prepare twelve sites for the new
hardware, requiring this portion of the project to commence as soon as possible in order to complete the work prior to
the end of FY 2026.
The maintenance contract for the aged equipment is set to expire at the close of FY 2026 and would require a newly
negotiated contract and additional costs to continue telephone services if the new system is not fully in place and
operational by then.
FISCAL IMPACT: A budget amendment in the amount of $635,000 is necessary to reallocate funding within County
Wide Capital Fund (3001) from Government Operations Business Project No. 70167 to CCSO Phone Project No. 50322
to allow for the FY 2025 reimbursement of CCSO-related expenses for this project. The remaining project funding will
be included as part of the FY 2026 budget request.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no growth management impact associated with this action.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item has been reviewed by the County Attorney, is approved as to form and
legality and requires majority vote for approval. -JAK
RECOMMENDATIONS: To authorize the execution of a Budget Amendment to realign current funding within Collier
County Capital Project Fund (3001) in the amount of $635,000 to allow for the reimbursement of funding to the Collier
County Sheriff’s Office for the upgrade and expansion of the telephone system for law enforcement (Project No. 50322)
in year one of the project to accommodate the timing of building preparations required for the project.
PREPARED BY: Stephanie Driscoll, Finance Director
APPROVED BY: Kevin Rambosk, Sheriff
ATTACHMENTS:
1. BOCC CCSO BA Fund 3001
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