To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Departmental
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:
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Mid-Year Budget Review for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24, Budget Outlook for FY 2024-25 and Recommendations for Budget Adjustments (4/5 vote required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive and file a review of the current FY 2023-24 budget and the budget outlook for FY 2024-25;
2. Direct the County Administrative Officer (CAO) to prepare the FY 2024-25 budget based on the following parameters:
a. Set General Fund allocations as status quo to FY 2023-24 with the following adjustments:
i. Include the FY 2023-24 ongoing, Board-approved additional requests for General Fund appropriations (ARGFA);
ii. Apply a 20% reduction to those ARGFA amounts;
iii. Reduce by any applicable Voluntary Separation Incentive Program (VSIP) and exempt departments that participated in the VSIP from the 20% ARGFA reduction;
b. Evaluate possible reductions to General Fund contributions to other funds in budget 1100-199;
c. Deallocate FY 2024-25 unbudgeted General Fund positions;
d. Accept and consider requests for additional General Fund appropriations (ARGFA) limited to one-time expenditures;
e. Set the annual departmental contributions to Public Agency Retirement Services (PARS) to 2% of annual salaries;
f. Suspend the annual contribution to Deferred Maintenance Trust Fund (3464) for FY 2024-25;
g. Approve the transfer from the Tax Loss Reserve of $2 million, so long as the minimum reserve is retained;
h. Consider transferring to the General Reserve to meet county policy requirements;
i. Reallocate ARPA funding not committed or expended by the end of FY 2023-24 with priority given to previously allocated ongoing costs;
j. Provide additional direction to staff on actions to close the FY 2024-25 projected General Fund budget deficit;
3. Approve the list of budget adjustments (Attachment 1) and authorize County Admin...
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