To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Departmental
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Fiscal Year 2024-25 Measure Z Recommendations
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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) 2024-25, and;
2. Provide other direction as needed.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's 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:
The Citizens' Advisory Committee on Measure Z Expenditures is tasked with receiving public input and recommending projects, programs or activities to be funded by the Board with revenue from Measure Z. The committee uses an application process to develop recommendations and this year it received 23 applications requesting more than $6.32 million in funding. There is a total of just over $4.13 million available to be allocated in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget cycle. The committee met in March to develop a prioritized list of recommendations (Attachment 1.2) and its finalized list recommends funding five applications as follows, in order of priority:
1. $500,000 Public Works Department: Prep chip and seal 2 miles of Mattole Road
2. $1.10 million Public Works Department: Replacing 3 pieces of heavy equipment
3. $202,901 City of Fortuna: Reinstate School Resource Officer to serve the Eel River
Valley
4. $188,324 Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services: Evacuation software platform Genasys
5. $2.10 million Humboldt County Fire Chiefs' Association: Apparatus, equipment, dispatch
fees, training, planning.
If your Board chooses to follow this list, it will leave an additional $45,665 available for alloca...
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