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Air Quality Management District (AQMD) recommending the Board, acting as the AQMD Board of Directors, approve and authorize the Chair to sign a Budget Transfer amending the District's adopted Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget to adjust fund balance amounts, two budgeted grant appropriation amounts, and balanced by adjustments to Appropriation for Contingency amounts. (4/5 vote required)
FUNDING: Permit revenues, State surcharge fees, Grants.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Air Quality Management District's Board of Directors conducted a Budget Hearing on the District's recommended Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 budget on June 10, 2025. The Board then adopted the recommended budget on June 24, 2025. Attachment A consists of the Adopted Budget documents that were posted to the District's webpage after the Board's adoption of the budget.
On August 28, 2025, the County's Auditor/Controller finalized the FY 2024-25 financial records, and the final year-end fund balances were calculated. This item makes adjustments to the Adopted AQMD FY 2025-26 Budget based on these year-end fund balances. The recommended revisions are outlined in Attachment B, and the Budget Transfer forms are included as Attachment C for Board review and approval for inclusion in the FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget for the District. These adjustments require a 4/5 vote as these changes are being made after the District's budget was adopted by the Board on June 24, 2025.
The recommended changes increase the use of the District's fund balances for the four AQMD sub-funds by a total of $244,205. The changes in budgeted Use of Fund Balance are:
- An increase of $60,308 in the District's Operations/Miscellaneous Grants subfund, mainly due to staff vacancies during FY2024-25 and the corresponding salary savings. This increase will be offset by an increase in budgeted Appropriation for Contingencies.
- A decrease of ($18,698) in the AB2766 Grant subfund, due to an increase in estimated costs for EVSE repair...
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