To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Time Certain Matter
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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2:00 PM - Public Opinion Research Related to Future Ballot Measures
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive the report on public opinion research regarding public interest in potential ballot measures;
2. Provide direction to staff regarding inclusion of potential elements described below in the ordinance creating the Office of the Director of Finance;
3. Direct staff to return at the November 28, 2023 Board of Supervisors meeting with a resolution and any and all other documents necessary to place a measure regarding creation of the Office of the Director of Finance on the March, 2024 ballot; and
4. Direct staff to conduct further public outreach regarding a local revenue measure and return with any and all other documents necessary to place such a measure on the November, 2024 ballot.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund
DISCUSSION:
On May 2, 2023, The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors (Board) appointed Supervisors Madrone and Bushnell to a Roads Ad Hoc Committee with the responsibility to review and recommend actions related to a local revenue measure in 2024. At that meeting the Board also authorized engagement with a firm to conduct public opinion research regarding revenue for roads repairs and establishing the Office of Director of Finance, otherwise known as the Department of Finance, the latter of which was the result of Board direction from Dec. 6, 2022. In October, the firm FM3 conducted a survey of approximately 660 likely voters, almost evenly split into fifths between the five supervisorial districts. The focus of the survey was to determine community priorities, including, without limitation whether there is an interest in pursuing the issues mentioned above.
Results of the survey indicate that a ballot measure consolidating the Treasurer-Tax Col...
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