Authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027 Adopted Budget for the Emergency Communications Department (1340-152001) to increase appropriations in expense category 62435 Minor Computer Hardware by $55,000 to upgrade from legacy copper lines to Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) internet-based phone lines with the increase funded by FY 2025-2026 surplus being held as unassigned fund balance in the Department Dispatch Fund 1340 (4/5ths vote required).

Committee

Board of Supervisors

Requested by

Emergency Communications

Introduced

July 31, 2026

On agenda

August 11, 2026

Passed

August 11, 2026

Where it was heard

Board of Supervisors Aug 11, 2026 adopted Pass

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