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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 209-2018, incorporating Exhibits 1 and 2, adopting the County Budget and Budgets for Board Governed Special Districts for Fiscal Year 2018-19; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 210-2018 modifying the Countywide Personnel Allocation. (Est. Time: 10 Min.)
FUNDING: Countywide Budget Adoption.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Chief Administrative Office was advised in August that the County would likely not have final fund balance numbers for FY 2017-18 year-end available until mid-September.
Not having final fund balance numbers until later in September limits the ability for Departments to prepare, and for the Chief Administrative Office to process and evaluate, changes to the Recommended Budget in time for the Board to adopt the Budget prior to the statutorily required deadline of October 2nd.
Therefore, the Chief Administrative Office is recommending that the Board adopt the FY 2018-19 Budget Resolution in order to officially adopt the Recommended Budget as the final Adopted Budget. With this budget adoption, only necessary technical adjustments are included as final revisions to the Recommended Budget, and it is recommended that the Board delegate authority to the Auditor-Controller, in consultation with CAO, to balance funds within certain parameters once those fund balance figures are known.
It is also recommended the Board delegate authority to the Auditor-Controller, following specific language included in the attached Budget Resolution, to use any additional General Fund fund balance amount to increase established Reserves/Designations and other expenses in the Information Technologies Department, as follows, based on prior Board discussion.
In October, a separate budget meeting will be scheduled to present new policy decisions, including requests for new positions, and to offer recommendations regarding the use of a...
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