To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Departmental
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Measure Z Process for Fiscal Year 2024-25 Allocations and Ongoing Committee Role
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Consider the committee's recommendation to reserve unspent funding from Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 so it can be allocated in FY 2024-25, and provide direction on any funding allocations to take place at mid-year;
2. Adopt the Citizen Advisory Committee's recommendation to alter the Measure Z award process so that it occurs only once per year with budget adoption;
3. Adopt the committee's recommendation regarding funding a reserve account, with funding to be used when revenues are insufficient for projects in the 3-year spending plan approved by your Board on Dec. 5, 2023;
4. Adopt the committee's recommendation to seek its input regarding any potential spending plans that could be adopted after FY 2026-27; and
5. Provide further direction as to the ongoing committee role.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Measure Z (1100-889)
DISCUSSION:
Summary
The Citizens' Advisory Committee on Measure Z Expenditures recently weighed in on what it believes should be its role going forward, and to ensure the committee continues to play a meaningful role in the coming years it provided a series of recommendations, the two most significant of which are to make the two following changes to the annual Measure Z allocation process:
1) Your Board should save funding that is available from the prior, and current, fiscal years, and make it available to allocate in the upcoming year, and;
2) Only allocate funding once per year, with the adopted budget, rather than allocating additional funding during the year (such as the mid-year budget report).
Staff also recommends that if your Board decides to allocate funds at mid-year, that you consider allocations only to the Fire Chiefs' Association and ...
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