Stantec study reduces general‑fund reimbursement by about $1.3M; commission reviews allocation methodology

Candace Sell, senior budget analyst, introduced Stantec's presentation. Peter Napoli (Stantec) explained the shift from a single budget‑based allocation to a mixed methodology — combining budget share, employee counts and department interviews — to better reflect benefits of general‑fund services to enterprise and special‑revenue funds. Stantecsaid the updated general fund reimbursement is about $6.8 million, down about $1.3 million from the prior schedule.

Commissioners questioned the subjectivity of choosing different methodologies for different departments. Stantec and staff said the mixed approach is common in jurisdictions that keep allocations current and that the new method better matches costs to the actual beneficiaries. Staff told the commission the new numbers have already been reflected in the current budget and financial forecasts.