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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board:
1) Provide direction of whether to include $814,000 in additional placeholder appropriations in Department 15 for potential contributions to fire districts and decrease the amount included in the Capital Reserve by the same amount; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign either
(a) Resolution 160-2016 adopting the County Budget and Budgets for Board Governed Special Districts for Fiscal Year 2016-17 including a placeholder appropriation for an additional $814,000 for potential contributions to fire districts, resulting in a Capital Reserve amount of $2,534,732; or
(b) Resolution 161-2016 adopting the County Budget and Budgets for Board Governed Special Districts for Fiscal Year 2016-17 without the additional placeholder appropriation of $814,000 for potential contributions to fire districts, and maintaining the Capital reserve amount of $3,348,732;
3) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 162-2016 adopting the revised personnel resolution. (Cont. Item 1, 9/12/16)
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
The Chief Administrative Office recommends the Board adopt these Resolutions pursuant to direction given by the Board at the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Budget Hearing on September 12, 2016.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Board completed Budget hearings on September 12, 2016. The Board directed the Chief Administrative Officer to make the following changes:
1) Increase the District Attorney's salary and benefit appropriations by $194,930 to backfill lost grant funding from the Office of Traffic Safety and decrease the Capital Reserve by the same amount.
2) Return on September 27th to discuss the possibility of decreasing the Capital Reserve by up to $814,000 and increasing contributions to fire districts by the same amount.
Attached are two budget resolutions. Attachment 5B includes the additional $814,000 for potential contributions to fire and Attachment 5C does not include the additional $814,000 for potential contributions to fire.
If the Board chooses to set aside an additional $814,000 for fire districts, the specifics of the distribution of these funds can be determined at a later date. The Board could determine at a later date to not distibute any of the funds, in which case the Chief Administrative Office would recommend rolling the savings into the Capital Reserve in FY 2017-18. The Board could decide to distribute all of the funds or some of the funds and agreements with the fire districts would need to be negotiated and brought back to the Board for approval via a majority vote. If the funding is not included in the Budget Resolution, the Board could decide at a future date to reduce the Capital Reserve and increase appropriations for the fire districts via a 4/5 vote of the Board.
A revised personnel resolution (5A) is also attached reflecting staffing changes outlined and approved in the addenda budget.
ALTERNATIVES
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OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
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FINANCIAL IMPACT
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CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
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CONTACT
Don Ashton, MPA
Chief Administrative Officer