Department
Finance
Requested Action (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
title
Presentation, review, and approval of October 15, 2025, Budget Soundings and Resolution.
body
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
The October 15, 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
• Amend the budget of Multiple Departments - (Page 3)
Funding is requested to increase funding for various departments to supplement the 2025 budget as a result of the personnel cost impact of the Pay for Performance Bonus, Compensated Absence Payout, and Employee Medical Expense. Funds for these adjustments were included in the Non-Agency budget as part of the adopted budget. This reserve in Non-Agency is to be used to supplement the budget for those departments that were not able to harvest sufficient salary savings throughout the year to cover the increase in personnel costs for the remainder of fiscal year 2025.
The funding for this amendment will be a transfer from the reserves located in Non-Agency and earmarked in the 2025 adopted budget for this purpose. The transfer amount from Non-Agency is $5,649,732.
Fiscal Impact / Funding Source
Funding Line 1:
Various accounts identified in soundings document.