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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board:
1) Receive and file a presentation on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 Recommended Budget development including the items the Board directed staff on April 8, 2025 to return to the Board to discuss;
2) Approve and revise Board of Supervisors Policy B-16 Budget Policies;
3) Direct staff to incorporate combining the Senior Day Care sites by closing the El Dorado Hills location and retaining the Placerville location into the FY 2025-26 Recommended Budget; and
4) Incorporate Board direction for Forebay Park into the FY 2025-26 Recommended Budget.
FUNDING: Countywide Budget.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Chief Administrative Office in cooperation with all County departments develops the countywide budget over an eleven-month process starting in November, with the Recommended Budget approved in June and budget adoption in September.
On November 5, 2024, with Legistar file 24-1916, the Board directed staff to explore options for potential General Fund savings. On January 28, 2025, with Legistar file 25-0217, the Board directed staff to include a discussion during the Budget regarding future funding for non-mandated programs. On February 11, 2025, with Legistar 25-0236, the Board received an update on the Budget development process. During that discussion, the Board directed staff to work with the Budget Ad Hoc Committee to research increasing fees to reflect the actual costs to provide the services and explore revenue generating ideas that focus on tourists rather than residents and return to the Board with a recommendation; directed staff to analyze the disaster designation goal and include code enforcement and public safety in County operations examples in Discretionary Transient Occupancy Tax (DTOT) Policy in Board Budget Policy B-16 to be incorporated into changes for Board approval on April 22, 2025; and provided the following direction to staff: a) Include DTOT in the County Budget General Fund; b) Purs...
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