To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
SUBJECT:
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Transfer from General Fund Contingencies (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors approve a transfer from Contingencies (1100-990) (Attachment A) for fiscal year (FY) 2017-18 in the amount of $612,873 for unanticipated expenditures in the Courts-County Contribution (1100-250) and Medical Care budget (1100-490) (4/5 vote required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund
DISCUSSION:
The Courts-County Contribution (1100-250) had a General Fund allocation of $405,648 to provide outside counsel, investigators and experts for indigent defense that could not be assigned to the Humboldt County Public Defender Offices. A number of overlapping mandates from the United States Constitution to the California Penal Code require the county to provide indigent defense. Additionally utility costs for the state court areas are paid from this budget unit. There are unexpected overages totaling an estimated $547,100 for FY 2017-18. The overdrafts in the services and supplies are due to an increase in homicide trials and court appointed counsel, a marked increase in the number of mentally ill defendants who require competency exams to be conducted by expert psychologists, an increase in family law-assigned counsel and an increase in transcript costs. In addition, trial court revenues are lower than anticipated as this is a revenue source that is difficult to accurately estimate due to mitigating factors such as crime rates, prosecution caseload and a defendant's ability to pay.
The Medical Care budget unit (1100-490) had a General Fund allocation of $1,833,801 for medical services offered in the Humboldt County Correctional Facilities through contracted services with the California Forensics Medical Group (CFMG). There are unexpected overages of $65,773 for FY 2017-18. The agreement with CFMG sets forth terms that the County of Humboldt is res...
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