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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board:
1) Terminate Agreement 5744 with the El Dorado Resource Conservation District and Agreement 5745 with the Georgetown Resource Conservation District effective June 30, 2024;
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute retroactive Agreement 9241 with the El Dorado Resource Conservation District for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 in the amount of $248,508 for Fiscal Year 2024-25, with compensation increasing in the second year of the Agreement based on the growth in the assessed value of land within the District boundary; and
3) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute retroactive Agreement 9242 with the Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation District for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 in the amount of $248,508 for Fiscal Year 2024-25, with compensation increasing in the second year of the Agreement based on the growth in the assessed value of land within the District boundary
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Before Proposition 13 amended the California Constitution to change the way local property taxes are assessed and allocated, state legislation through Division 9 of the Public Resources Code gave RCDs the option of levying an ad valorem tax to support the RCD programs. This assessment was limited to two cents ($.02) on each hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of land within the RCD's boundaries. During the 1960's the RCDs and the Board of Supervisors entered into agreements to provide funding to the RCDs through an annual county allocation instead of a share of ad valorem property tax.
Agreements 5744 and 5745 provide for contributions to the El Dorado County Resource Conservation District and the Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation District (RCDs) for Fiscal Years (FY) 2021-22 through FY 2025-26. The funding for these was set at $104,060.28 per district or $208,120.56 for both Districts, which increased each year of the agreeme...
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