Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Subject: FY 2024-25 Recommended Budget Hearings
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution approving the FY 2024-25 Recommended Budget submitted by the County Executive.
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BACKGROUND:
The County Budget Act (Government Code ?? 29000-29144 and ? 30200) requires that counties have a recommended budget, approved by the Board of Supervisors, in place on July 1 of each fiscal year. The relevant provisions of the applicable code sections are:
GC ? 29062 - The recommended budget shall be submitted to the board by the administrative officer or auditor as designated by the board, on or before June 30 of each year, as the board directs.
GC ? 29063 - Upon receipt of the recommended budget, the board shall consider it and, on or before June 30 of each year, at such time as it directs, shall make any revisions, reductions, or additions. Any official or person whose budget requests have been revised shall be given the opportunity to be heard thereon before the board during or prior to the hearings required by Section 29080.
GC ? 29064(a) - Except as provided in subdivision (c), on or before June 30 of each year the board, by formal action, shall approve the recommended budget, including the revisions it deems necessary for the purpose of having authority to spend until the budget is adopted.
DISCUSSION:
The FY 2024-25 Recommended Budget totals $4.2 billion and 5,847 positions for all County funds, a net decrease of $601 million or 12.4 percent and net increase of 42 positions from the FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget. In the budget message released in May, there were references to possible changes in the state budget that would impact the county. Those changes are still being tracked and additional budget changes, including final Fund Balance adjustments, will be made in the September Revisions that will form the Count...
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