Department
Finance
Requested Action (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Presentation, review, and approval of March 19, 2025, Budget Soundings and Resolution. (PRESENTED/APPROVED)
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Requirement for Board Action (Cite specific Board policy, statute or code requirement)
BOC assessment and approval of budget soundings request is required by the County’s budget resolution approved by the BOC.
Strategic Priority Area related to this item (If yes, note strategic priority area below)
Open and Responsible Government
Commission Districts Affected
All Districts ☒
District 1 ☐
District 2 ☐
District 3 ☐
District 4 ☐
District 5 ☐
District 6 ☐
Is this a purchasing item?
No
Summary & Background (First sentence includes Agency recommendation. Provide an executive summary of the action that gives an overview of the relevant details for the item.)
The March 19, 2025 Soundings request is submitted for your review and approval. Below is a brief summary of each request and the related justification.
GENERAL FUND:
Strategic Priority Area: Open and responsible government
• Correction of 25-0070 language in FY2025 Budget Adoption - (PAGE 3)
The BOC approved the FY2025 Final Adopted Budget and FY2025 Budget resolution on January 29, 2025. Upon review of the post agenda detail, it was discovered that the total of $13.9 million was correct, but the detail ($4.9 million for three purposes) should have been $4.6 million for three purposes. The BOC is requested to modify the ending language for accurate record keeping purposes.
RISK fund:
Strategic Priority Area: OPEN AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT
• Amend the County Attorney’s budget - (Page 5)
Board of Commissioners' action is requested to amend (increase) the County Attorney’s budget to fund the following:
1) Creation of 10 (ten) new positions for tax appeals and open records request functions.
2025 total cost - $1,394,964
2026 recurring costs supported by the General fund will be $1,353,083
2) Increase the salary of 24 (twenty-four) County Counsel positions salary increases to the top of the range for recruitment and retention purposes,
2025 total cost - $636,675 and
2026 recurring costs supported by the following:
General fund - $323,966
All funds that pay a Risk Fund premium - $257,200
Water and Sewer Revenue fund - $55,509
3) Increase professional services funding for outside counsel
2025 nonrecurring total cost of $ 2,613,782
Source of funding:
The 2024 General fund nonrecurring underruns are the funding source as identified during the FY2025 budget adoption process. These funds were transferred into the Risk fund Non-Agency contingency budget reserved for the DOJ consent order. Transfer amount from the Risk fund Non-Agency department to the County Attorney’s department is $4,634,421.
The requested personnel actions will require recurring funding from all funds beginning in FY2026 with primary support from the General fund. Total FY2026 recurring costs - $1,978,758.
Fiscal Impact / Funding Source
Various accounts identified in soundings document.
March 19, 2025 Budget Soundings Resolution included