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Receive a staff update on El Dorado County budget discussions from the April 8, 2025, Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda Item 25:
Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board:
1) Receive and file a presentation and supporting documentation on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 Budget development as directed by the Board on March 11, 2024, with Legistar file 25-0449;
2) Direct staff to incorporate the following into the FY 2025-26 Recommended Budget:
a) Reallocate General Fund discretionary funding for the Chili Bar site, Forebay Park, and the Transportation Tahoma Building to County operations and reallocate the funding for the Juvenile Treatment Center Update to a Spring Street Replacement Designation;
b) Combine the Senior Day Care sites by closing the El Dorado Hills location and retaining the Placerville location and direct staff to return to the Board with a Senior Day Fee increase for full cost recovery within three years, including a Consumer Price Index annual increase;
c) Explore options to sell or lease the County-owned El Dorado Hills Senior Day site and return to the Board with recommendations for the FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget;
d) Explore potential for cost savings and revenue-generating opportunities in the Senior Nutrition, Senior Legal, and Animal Services Programs, including amendments to Ordinance Code Title 6 - Animals for inclusion in the FY 2026-27 Budget;
e) Direct staff to explore alternative service models for juvenile detention with regional partners for incorporation into future budgets;
f) Implement the Clerk of the Board’s two-year plan for the Records Center, resulting in an approximately 85% General Fund cost reduction after two years;
g) Implement program modifications to the Office of Wildfire Preparedness and Resilience, resulting in an approximately 47% General Fund cost reduction;
h) Continue to fund the Missouri Flat Master Circulation and Financing Plan until Phase One obligations are complete;
i) Discontinue Fire Tourism Impact funding in FY 2025-26;
j) Renegotiate the FY 2026-27 Resource Conservation District (RCD) Agreements to be comparable to Tahoe RCD;
k) Defer the El Dorado Hills Fire for Latrobe Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund equivalent contribution to the Adopted Budget, in alignment with Resolution 151-2024;
l) Discontinue funding for the Placerville Aquatic Center in FY 2025-26; and
m) Incorporate Board direction for the South Tahoe Transit Joint Powers Authority (JPA), Sacramento-Placerville Transportation Corridor JPA, and Board of Supervisors’ travel into the FY 2025-26 Budget;
3) Direct staff to develop a Retirement Incentive Plan, as soon as feasible;
4) Direct staff to begin working with departments on 5% and 10% budget reduction scenarios for the development of the FY 2026-27 Budget; and
5) Direct staff to work with the Budget Ad Hoc to explore revenue-generating options.