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Clerk of the Board of Supervisors recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Approve the FY 10/11 Budget adjustments listed in Attachment 3A under Adj. 6; and
2) Approve the budget transfer to make the proposed changes. (Cont'd 12/7/10, Item 35) (Est. Time: 20 Min.)
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The Board of Supervisors department budget must meet the necessary reductions in the Net County Cost (NCC) as set by the Chief Administrative Officer. As we continue meeting the needs of the economy in its current condition we need to face reductions in NCC for the department as a whole. This has had unbalanced effects on the District budgets.
In FY 09/10 the Board of Supervisors voted to have equal budgets however, the implementation of the Tier 1 and Tier 2 reductions caused the budgets to become unequal. Subsequently the FY 10/11 budget that was presented in June 2010 met the reductions in the NCC set by the Chief Administrative Officer however, the district budgets were not equal. The Board voted at that time to have equal budgets and set up the methodology of using salaries at step 5 and full benefits as the base for the district budgets.
During the FY 10/11 budget hearings on September 13, 2010, Item 10-0110, the Board decided to further reduce the district budgets by 10% and voted for the following:
1) Reduce all district budgets to $ 193,500 which reduced each district budget by $ 21,500.
2) Move the excess district expenditures from FY 09/10 to FY 10/11.
3) Direct Staff to bring back an ordinance to reduce the Supervisors salary by 10%.
On September 20, 2010 Item 10-0973 the Board after reviewing the reasons for the excess expenditures, restored the amount that had been reduced due to the overruns in Fiscal Year 2009/2010 to the district budgets.
On November 15, 2010 Item 10-1220, the Board took action to allow Board members to take voluntary reductions in salary.
A motion was made by Supervisor Knight and seconded by Supervisor Sweeney, as follows:
1) Adopt Resol...
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