File #: 25-373    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 3/7/2025 In control: County Administrative Office
On agenda: 4/22/2025 Final action: 4/22/2025
Title: Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Measure Z Recommendations (4/5 Vote Required)
Strategic Framework: 1000 - SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, 1001 - Support and sustain partnerships between public safety and partner agencies to enhance public safety in our communities
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. 1.1 Letter from Chair Trent, 3. 1.2 - 2025 Application tracker - Final, 4. 2.1 - Fortuna PD 202,901, 5. 2.2 - Rio Dell PD 242,351, 6. 2.3 - WildSoulsRanch 57,342, 7. 2.4 - Eureka PD 31,949.98, 8. 2.5 - Bear River Band OES 211,669, 9. 2.6 - City of Trinidad 57,450, 10. 2.7 - Bear River Band Dispatch 122,500, 11. 2.8 - HCFCA all fire departments 1,019,099, 12. 2.9 - KIMA W Medical Center 872,850, 13. 2.10 - PublicDefender 166,920, 14. 2.11 - Rural Response 81,983.75, 15. 3.0 Letters of Support
To: Board of Supervisors

From: County Administrative Office

Agenda Section: Departmental

Vote Requirement: 4/5th

SUBJECT:
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Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Measure Z Recommendations (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Review and provide direction on the priority list from the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Measure Z Expenditures for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 (4/5 Vote Required); and
2. Direct staff to fund the Public Works' Measure Z allocation expenditures with Measure O funds for FY 2025-2026 and future years (4/5 Vote Required); and
3. Consider how to re-allocate the Public Works Measure Z allocation in the amount of $407,670 (4/5 Vote Required); and
4. Provide other direction as needed.

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STRATEGIC PLAN:
The recommended actions support the following areas of the Board of Supervisors' Strategic Plan:

Area of Focus: Safe & Healthy Communities
Strategic Plan Category: 1001 -Support and sustain partnerships between public safety and partner agencies to enhance public safety in our communities

DISCUSSION:
Executive Summary
The Citizens' Advisory Committee on Measure Z Expenditures has provided its prioritized list of projects it recommends the Board of Supervisors funds in FY 2025-2026 with the $1.3 million in discretionary funding that is available. This list, if followed, would fully fund two projects and require the Board to decide how to deal with a shortfall of $39,794 as there is not enough funding available to fully fund the next two projects, which ended up tied in the committee's rankings.

A second decision for the Board to consider is whether it should redistribute among county departments an allocation that was meant for the Public Works brush cutting crew, as that project is anticipated to be funded out of Measure O.

FY 2025-26 Applications
The Citizens' Advisory Committee on Measure Z Expenditures is tasked with receiving public input and recommending projects, programs or act...

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