Memorandum
Date: August 25, 2020
To: The Honorable Moke Simon, Chair,
Lake County Air Quality Management District Board of Directors
From: Douglas Gearhart, APCO
Subject: (Sitting as the Lake County Air Quality Management District Board of Directors) Consideration of the LCAQMD FY 2020/2021 Recommended Budget for Budget Units #8799 & #8798 and Associated District Policies.
Executive Summary: (include fiscal and staffing impact narrative):
The Lake County Air Quality Management District (District) maintains an active and effective air quality management program to protect the health and welfare of the populace of the Lake County Air Basin. This is a shared mission with State and Federal agencies. The District has primary responsibility for stationary air pollution sources in conformance with all District regulations and State and Federal laws. As a designated Air Basin, the District participates in several Local, State and Federal programs by law. The District's attainment status with all of the Ambient Air Quality Standards (AAQS) has enabled flexibility when meeting State and Federal requirements.
The purpose of this hearing is to review, take public comment on, and consider the District's FY 2020/2021 draft budget (See Attachment 1 and 2) and update the District Policies Related to Budgets, Funding, and Priorities. Please see the full memo in the attachments for a more thorough description.
Air Districts in general do not expect a further decrease in State subvention (the historical decrease was 30%), but such is possible given the State's budget. Other revenue and expenditures are well balanced but because of the restrictive use of subvention, and increased number of State mandated activities, increasing subvention is essential to ongoing functions. With the State increasing the District's requirements and work load, additional funds are needed to implement these requirements, without subvention increases, fee increas...
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