Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Subject: FY 2022-23 Recommended Budget Hearings
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution approving the FY 2022-23 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 Government Code provisions are the following:
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 2022-23 Recommended Budget totals $3.4 billion and 5,616 positions for all County funds, a net increase of $452 million (or 15.2 percent) and a net decrease of 11 positions from revisions made to the FY 2022-23 Preliminary Recommended Budget. The increase in the FY 2022-23 Recommended Budget is primarily associated to rollover in Capital Projects ($111.5 million), funding adjustment for County Office Building 3 ($65 million), salary and benefit increases ($25.5 million), and the County's receipt of the secon...
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