Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Subject: FY 2020-21 Recommended Budget Hearings
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution approving the FY 2020-21 Recommended Budget submitted by the County Manager.
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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 2020-21 Recommended Budget totals $3.2 billion and 5,590 positions for all County funds, a net increase of $163.6 million or 5.4 percent and net decrease of 18 positions from revisions made to the FY 2020-21 Preliminary Recommended Budget. Importantly, in light of the uncertainties resulting from State's unprecedented budget approval process as well as the County's challenges of preparing this Budget in the midst of its emergency response efforts, the Recommended Budget does not include additional appropriatio...
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