File #: 17-529    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/1/2017 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 6/13/2017 Final action:
Title: a) Consideration of the FY 2017-18 Recommended Budget; b) Consideration of the proposed Resolution Establishing New Classifications and Amending the Position Allocation Table for FY 2017-18 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 2017-18 Final Recommended Budget; d) Consideration of proposed Resolution Cancelling General Reserves for FY 2017-18 Recommended Budget
Sponsors: Administrative Office
Attachments: 1. Fiscal Impact Narrative Rev, 2. Position Allocation Resolution for Recommended Budget, 3. New Classification Position Allocation FY 17-18, 4. Resolution to Cancel General Reserves, 5. fund summary FY 17-18, 6. F2 All Funds Summary EXP, 7. F2 All Funds Summary REV, 8. F3 Fund-Dept Summary EXP, 9. F3 Fund-Dept Summary REV
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MEMORANDUM

TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
DATE: June 13, 2017
SUBJECT: a) Consideration of the FY 2017-18 Recommended Budget
b) Consideration of the proposed Resolution Establishing New Classifications and Amending the Position Allocation Table for FY 2017-18 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 2017-18 Final Recommended Budget
d) Consideration of proposed Resolution Cancelling General Reserves for FY 2017-18 Recommended Budget
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Presented for your consideration is the proposed Recommended Budget for fiscal year 2017-18. By approving a Recommended Budget, you are authorizing the expenditure of funds for operational needs until such time as the Final Recommended Budget is adopted in September ("Adopted Budget"). As noted this time last year, we continue to face unprecedented fiscal and operational challenges as will be detailed during discussion with your Board.
As required by law, the proposed Recommended Budget is balanced, meaning that there is sufficient revenue to support recommended appropriations. Like the FY 2016-17 Adopted Budget, however, the FY 2017-18 Recommended Budget is not structurally balanced, meaning that it reflects the use of unreserved fund balance carryover to support on-going operational costs in the General Fund. 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 2017-18 budget is less than the amount required to balance the FY 2016-17 budget. The exact figures are delineated in the attached Fiscal Impact Narrative.
Achieving a reduction in the use of one-time funding has been particularly challenging in light of the extraordinary increase in the cost of retirement contributions and add...

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