To: Board of Supervisors, Board of Directors
Department or Agency Name(s): County Administrator’s Office
Staff Name and Phone Number: Natalie Brunamonte, 707-565-8565
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
Supervisorial District(s): Countywide
Title:
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Fiscal Year 2022-23 Third Quarter Consolidated Budget Adjustments
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Recommended Action:
Recommended action
Adopt a Concurrent Resolution adjusting the FY 2022-23 Budget Appropriations by $14.7 million. (4/5th Vote Required)
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Executive Summary:
The proposed action adds approximately $14.7 million in new or rolled forward appropriations to the FY 2022-23 budget. The primary adjustment is the transfer of $12.5 million in fund balances from one fund to another as described in greater detail in the discussion section below.
If approved, these adjustments bring the total revised gross expenditure FY 2022-23 approved budget to $3.07 billion. Removing internal transfers and reimbursements leaves a net budget of $2.24 billion, which better approximates the actual County spending.
Details of each requested change are included in Exhibit A of the attached Budget Resolution.
Discussion:
Throughout the fiscal year, it is necessary for many County Departments, Agencies and Districts to adjust the revenues and/or expenditure appropriations in their budgets. To facilitate this need, the County of Sonoma utilizes quarterly a Consolidated Budget Adjustments process whereby departments submit adjustments to be consolidated into a countywide budget resolution that meet specific criteria, including activities that have received prior board approval, represent clean-up transactions and re-budgets, or meet other ministerial requirements.
A total of 11 departments are requesting budget adjustments through Third Quarter Consolidated Budget Adjustments (CBAs). The proposed CBAs do not include any new programs or initiatives not previously approved by the Board. The proposed action adds approximately $14.7 million of expenditures to the FY 2022-23 budget, bringing the gross expenditure budget to $2.24 billion.
In the General Fund, both revenue and expenditure appropriations are being increased by $1.3 million. The largest adjustments include:
• Program $240,400 from Automobile Insurance Fraud and Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud grants to support outreach, training and extra-help staffing to further the objective of these grants, which are to: identify and reduce criminal enterprises staging traffic collisions, cases of vendors providing faulty vehicle repairs and to uncover cases of worker’s compensation fraud.
• Recognition of $455,651 in state revenue and related expenditures in the Sheriff’s office to fund the Jail-Based Competency Treatment Program, as the state award was larger than anticipated as a result of the per diem rate paid by the state being higher than anticipated at the time the Sheriff developed the FY 2022-23 adopted budget;
• $250,000 in Climate Resilience Fund project funding going to the University of California Cooperative Extension to provide a local match for a USDA grant, which was approved in February 2022;
• $240,400 in additional state revenue and associated expenditures in the District Attorney’s office associated with additional funding made available by the state for the department’s Automobile insurance Fraud and Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud grant awards.
The remainder are ministerial adjustments needed to implement the Adopted Budget and do not reflect any policy or program changes.
In Other Funds, expenditures are increasing by approximately $13.5 million, which is offset by $13.2 million in increased revenues. $300,000 includes budget adjustments associated with Board direction provided on February 7, 2023, to utilize Reinvestment and Revitalization fund balance, initially set aside for a Guerneville homeless shelter, to fund West County Community Services to provide homeless Services on the Lower Russian River. The other primary driver of these adjustments is the transfer of $12.5 million in fund balance from the 2017 PG&E Settlement Fund to the Reserved Purposes fund to be used as a grant match for the “Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities” FEMA grant program managed by Permit Sonoma. The use of the 2017 PG&E Settlement funds as the grant match was formally approved on April 18, 2023, and moving these funds will enable them to be utilized for board-approved purposes as those are identified, without creating the appearance of having uncommitted 2017 Settlement funds.
Strategic Plan:
n/a
Racial Equity:
Was this item identified as an opportunity to apply the Racial Equity Toolkit?
No
Prior Board Actions:
June 15, 2022 - Adopted Budget
October 25, 2022 - Quarter 1 Consolidated Budget Adjustments
March 14, 2023 - Quarter 2 Consolidated Budget Adjustments
Fiscal Summary
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Expenditures |
FY 22-23 Adopted |
FY23-24 Projected |
FY 24-25 Projected |
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Budgeted Expenses |
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Additional Appropriation Requested |
$14,734,568 |
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Total Expenditures |
$14,734,568 |
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Funding Sources |
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General Fund/WA GF |
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State/Federal |
$1,096,051 |
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Fees/Other |
$13,248,805 |
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Use of Fund Balance |
$389,712 |
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Contingencies |
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Total Sources |
$14,734,568 |
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Narrative Explanation of Fiscal Impacts:
Please refer to Exhibit A for departmental budget changes by General Fund and Other Funds.
Staffing Impacts:
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Position Title (Payroll Classification) |
Monthly Salary Range (A-I Step) |
Additions (Number) |
Deletions (Number) |
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Narrative Explanation of Staffing Impacts (If Required):
N/A
Attachments:
Concurrent Budget Resolution
Exhibit A to the Concurrent Resolution
Related Items “On File” with the Clerk of the Board:
None