LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors this week is scheduled to consider the recommended budget for the new fiscal year, which begins next month.

The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 12, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.

The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8 and online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.

In an untimed item, the board will consider the recommended 2018-19 budget.

As part of that item, the board will consider the proposed resolution establishing new classifications and amending the position allocation table for the new fiscal year to conform to the recommended budget, and also will discuss authorizing affected department heads to proceed with purchasing selected capital assets prior to the adoption of the final budget in September.

County Administrative Officer Carol Huchingson’s report for the meeting explained that the fiscal year 2018-19 recommended budget’s appropriations total $229,576,348, which is decrease of $819,411 from the prior year adopted budget.

Notable project allocations include roads, $18,988,494; Anderson Springs Sewer project, $10,002,112; reclamation area property purchases, $5,000,000; Clearlake Oaks sidewalk project, $5,319,853; South Main Street water project, $2,427,602; and Lampson Airport pavement rehabilitation, $720,500.

Huchingson said that while the budget has sufficient revenue to support recommended appropriations, it’s not structurally balanced, “meaning that it reflects the use of one-time funds such as unreserved fund balance carryover to support on-going operational costs in the General Fund.”

She added, “Consistent with your Board’s commitment to incrementally reduce reliance on such one-time funds, the amount of unreserved fund balance carryover used to balance the FY 2018-19 budget is less than the amount required to balance the FY 2017-18 budget.”

Huchingson said that achieving a reduction in the use of one-time funding “has been particularly challenging in light of flat revenue projections, the extraordinary increase in the cost of State-mandated retirement contributions and additional costs of law enforcement labor agreements implemented in FY 2016/17 that were necessary to address the staffing crisis.”

She said that, in order to offset these increases while also reducing reliance on one-time funding, “the FY 2018-19 Recommended Budget reflects continuation of reductions in discretionarily funded staffing as well as strict limitations on appropriations for services, supplies and fixed assets. Additional reductions were achieved by recognizing significant amounts of salary savings from anticipated vacancies. In fact, many departments that are reliant on General Fund discretionary revenues will have lower appropriations FY 2018-19 than in prior year.”

The full agenda follows.

CONSENT AGENDA

7.1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings held March 27, April 3, May 1 and May 22.

7.2: Approve Amendment No. 3 to the agreement between the county of Lake and Restpadd Inc. for acute inpatient psychiatric hospital services and professional services associated with acute inpatient hospitalizations for fiscal year 2017-18 in the amount of $240,000 and authorize the board chair to sign the amendment.

7.3: Adopt resolution for order approving final parcel map and the signing of the final parcel map (Strekfus PM 15-06).

7.4: Approve long distance travel for DSS Accounting Supervisor Tracy Keener to attend the Lindsey Software Systems training in Hot Springs, Arkansas, July 16 to 19.

7.5: Approve the contract Between the county of Lake and North Coast Opportunities in the Amount of $57,755 from Jan. 1 to June 30 for the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program, and authorize the chair to sign.

7.6: (a) Waive the normal sealed bid process under Ordinance No. 2406, Section 38.2 as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of the goods; and (b) approve the Special Districts administrator acting as the assistant purchasing agent to issue a purchase order in the amount of $111,200 to Xylem Water Solutions USA Inc. for the purchase of 2 GSO 50 Ozone Generator units.

TIMED ITEMS

8.2, 9:30 a.m.: Sitting as the Lake County Air Quality Management District Board of Directors, LCAQMD FY 18/19 Draft Budget Hearing, Budget Units #8799 & #8798.

UNTIMED ITEMS

9.2: a) Consideration of the FY 2018-19 Recommended Budget; b) consideration of the proposed resolution establishing new classifications and amending the position allocation table for FY 2018-19 to conform to the recommended budget; c) consideration of authorization for affected department heads to proceed with purchasing selected capital assets prior to the adoption of the FY 2018-19 Final Recommended Budget (if necessary, this item may carry over to June 13, 2018 at 9 a.m.).

CLOSED SESSION

10.1: Conference with legal counsel: Decision whether to initiate litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(4): One potential case.

10.2: Conference with legal counsel: Decision whether to initiate litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(4): PG&E.

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