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THIS SLIDE HERE INCLUDES A LITTLE MORE DETAILS OF THE BUDGETED LOCAL RESOURCES.
YOU'LL SEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 22-23, AGAIN, $112.9 MILLION, WHICH IS A $7.6 MILLION INCREASE SINCE OUR FISCAL YEAR 21-22 BUDGET.
THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS OUR THE TWO COMPONENTS THAT WE USE TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET, WHERE YOU SEE THE FUND BALANCE THERE AT 68 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND THEN OUR $112.9 MILLION THAT WE JUST SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IN LOCAL RESOURCES.
THESE SUPPORT THE NET COUNTY COST NEEDS FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR.
THE RESERVES THAT WE BUDGET EACH YEAR INCLUDE.
IT'S BASED ON BOARD POLICY FOR FISCAL YEAR 22-23.
WE'VE BUDGETED THAT FLAT AT $39.1 MILLION.
IT'S AGAIN BASED ON THE BOARD POLICY.
THE ALLOWABLE AMOUNTS ARE BASED ON THE AVERAGE ANNUAL GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE FROM THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS, AND THEY'RE CALCULATED WITH THE BOARD SET POLICY OF A FLOOR OF 7% AND A CEILING OF 9%.
THE BOX THERE THAT YOU SEE, WE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE ADDITIONAL CALCULATIONS AS WE CLOSE OUT OUR FISCAL YEAR 21-22 TO ACTUALLY CALCULATE WHAT THAT FLOOR AND CEILING IS FOR 22-23 BUDGET.
SO AS WE APPROACH FISCAL YEAR OR FOR FINAL BUDGET, WE WILL HAVE SOME ADJUSTED AMOUNTS PERHAPS TO SHOW YOU FOR THE MINIMUM AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THESE CAN BE USED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS OR DURING THE YEAR IN THE EVENT OF A DECLARED LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL EMERGENCY.
SO REALLY THEY'RE JUST AS A SAFETY NET FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND IT REQUIRES A 4/5 VOTE.
THE GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY ALSO IS ANOTHER SAFETY NET THAT WE INCLUDE.
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NINE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IS WHAT YOU SEE FOR THE PAST THREE FISCAL YEARS, ACCORDING BASED ON A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, UNKNOWN ABOUT THE ECONOMY, AS MR. MIRRIONE SHARED AND AS EVENTS JUST CONTINUE TO UNFOLD, WE THOUGHT IT BEST TO CONTINUE TO HOLD THAT FLAT.AND THAT IS WHAT'S BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 22-23 BUDGET.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE INFORMATION I HAVE.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT DOCKSTADER, WHO WILL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAILS.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS A TOTAL BUDGET OVERVIEW.
SO YOU'LL SEE OUR FISCAL YEAR 2021 APPROVED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 21-22 APPROVED BUDGET AND OUR FISCAL YEAR 22-23 PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD BEFORE YOUR BOARD.
THE FISCAL YEAR 22-23 PROPOSED BUDGET IS A TOTAL OF $983.4 MILLION IN APPROPRIATION.
SO WE ARE EDGING CLOSER TO THAT $1 BILLION MARK.
THAT IS PARTIALLY DUE TO ALL OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE REVENUES THAT ARE COMING IN.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT ONE TIME DOLLARS COMING IN.
THAT HAS REALLY HELPED OUR OUR REVENUES TO INCREASE AND REALLY INCREASE OUR OVERALL BUDGET.
SO THIS BUDGET IS AN INCREASE OF $89.2 MILLION OVER PRIOR YEAR.
AND WE'LL GO THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE INCREASES AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE BUDGET.
SO OUR OTHER FUNDS BUDGET IS $299.3 MILLION.
SORRY. OUR OVERALL TOTAL BUDGET INCREASES 138.6.
I APOLOGIZE. SO OUR TOTAL BUDGET INCREASE OF 138.6 MILLION FROM 144.8 MILLION TO 983.4.
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OUR OTHER FUNDS BUDGET OF $299.3 MILLION IS AN INCREASE OF $89.2 MILLION FROM PRIOR YEAR APPROVED BUDGET.AND THIS IS REALLY RELATED TO THE ACTIONS THAT YOUR BOARD HAS TAKEN ALREADY TO MOVE FORWARD ON OUR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, PHASE ONE PROJECT, WHICH WE HAVE BUDGETED AT JUST UNDER $48 MILLION, AND OUR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY PHASE TWO PROJECT AT JUST UNDER $32 MILLION.
SO REALLY THE OTHER FUNDS BUDGET INCREASE IS REALLY RELATED TO OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD.
AS AS YOUR BOARD HAS ALREADY APPROVED THOSE PROJECTS, OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF $684.1 MILLION IS AN INCREASE OF $49.4 MILLION FROM OUR PRIOR YEAR APPROVED BUDGET.
THE LARGEST INCREASE IS IN OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUNCTIONAL AREA.
AND REALLY, THOSE INCREASES ARE RELATED TO THEIR PROGRAMS RECEIVING ADDITIONAL FUNDING, THEIR ALLOCATIONS FROM THE STATE AND THOSE IN THEIR CASELOADS THAT ARE CONTINUING TO GROW. WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OF $8.8 MILLION.
A FEW BOARD MEETINGS AGO, ACTUALLY PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE THAN A FEW.
PROBABLY A FEW MONTHS AGO, YOUR BOARD TOOK ACTION TO ADD 16 CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND FOUR SERGEANTS, TOTALING ABOUT A NET COUNTY COST INCREASE OF ABOUT $3 MILLION.
WE'RE ALSO SEEING OTHER SALARIES AND BENEFIT INCREASES.
WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN OUR JAIL MEDICAL COSTS.
AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING AN INCREASE IN OUR VEHICLE COSTS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
OUR MAINTENANCE COSTS AND OUR FUEL COSTS ARE RISING.
OUR MUNICIPAL COUNTYWIDE IS ALSO A DRIVER OF THIS 15 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
AND A LARGE DRIVER OF THAT IS A TRANSFER FROM OUR GENERAL FUND TO HELP SUPPORT OUR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY PHASE TWO PROJECT AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
WE WE'VE MADE SOME ASSUMPTIONS.
WE'VE MADE SOME SOME ASSUMPTIONS IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET OF WHAT THOSE INCREASES MAY LOOK LIKE AS THOSE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE AND MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES FOR FINAL BUDGET IN ORDER TO INCORPORATE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING ALL THOSE CHANGES.
SO THAT GETS US TO THE 684 POINT ONE MILLION DOLLAR GENERAL FUND BUDGET, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY DEPARTMENT DEDICATED REVENUES OF 502 POINT $7 MILLION, LEAVING A NET COUNTY COST OF $181.4 MILLION, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE REVENUES THAT WE JUST SPOKE OF A MOMENT AGO.
SO THIS IS A SLIDE IS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET AS WELL THAT SHOWS IT IN A PIE GRAPH FORMAT.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE FUNCTIONAL AREAS THAT I SPOKE OF EARLIER.
OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUNCTIONAL AREA IS $420.3 MILLION OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET, OR 43%.
I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF POINT OUT HISTORICALLY THAT FUNCTIONAL AREA HAS BEEN A LARGER PORTION OF THE TOTAL BUDGET, BUT DUE TO THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD, IT PROPORTIONATELY LOOKS SMALLER THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD.
OUR MUNICIPAL COUNTYWIDE SERVICES AT $215.6 MILLION OR 22% OF THE BUDGET ARE LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY OR JUSTICE SYSTEM 144.2 MILLION OR 14% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET AND OUR SUPPORT SERVICES.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 203.3 MILLION OR 21% OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET.
OUR GENERAL 4.1 INCLUDES 400.1 MILLION OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OR 59% OF THE OVERALL BUDGET
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. OUR MUNICIPAL COUNTYWIDE SERVICES.LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY 144.2 OR 21%.
AND OUR SUPPORT SERVICES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 75.7 OR 11% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
WE NOW HAVE THE GRAPH THAT SHOWS THESE FUNCTIONAL AREAS AND THE HISTORY OF THE FUNCTIONAL AREAS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO SHOW THE GROWTH. SO OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUNCTIONAL AREA AT THE TOP, WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE A GROWTH IN APPROPRIATIONS BUDGETED FOR THAT FUNCTIONAL AREA AS THAT AREA, AS I MENTIONED AREA EARLIER, CONTINUES TO GROW WITH REVENUES FROM FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS OFFSETTING THOSE THOSE THOSE INCREASES IN OUR MUNICIPAL AND COUNTYWIDE SERVICES, WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE OF ROUGHLY $39 MILLION. AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY BEING DRIVEN BY THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO PROJECTS.
WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THIS FUNCTIONAL AREA OF ABOUT $8.8 MILLION.
AND I SPOKE OF SOME OF THE DRIVERS OF THAT ALREADY.
AND OUR SUPPORT SERVICES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE ARE SEEING THIS BEING THE LARGEST INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR IS IN THIS FUNCTIONAL AREA THAT INCREASES $69.7 MILLION.
SO OUR TOTAL BUDGET OF $983.4 MILLION IS MADE UP OF OUR OTHER FUNDS BUDGET OF 299.3 MILLION AND OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF 684.1 MILLION.
OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET MAKING UP 70% OF THE OVERALL BUDGET THAN OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF $684.1 MILLION IS COMPRISED OF $502.7 MILLION OF DEPARTMENT DEDICATED REVENUES THAT OFFSET THOSE THAT BUDGET ARE 73%.
AND $181.4 MILLION, WHICH IS A NET COUNTY COST.
SO OUR LOCAL REVENUES NEED TO SUPPORT ESSENTIALLY 27% OF OUR LOCAL OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
SO OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET SUPPORTED BY OUR LOCAL REVENUES, $181.4 MILLION IS BROKEN DOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS GRAPH OF THIS SLIDE INTO THE FUNCTIONAL AREAS.
SO THE LOCAL REVENUES ARE SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE SYSTEM, $85.5 MILLION OR 47% OF OUR LOCAL REVENUES.
THE SUPPORT SERVICES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 53.1 MILLION OR 29% OF OUR LOCAL REVENUES.
37.2 OR 21% OF OUR LOCAL REVENUES.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR NET COUNTY COSTS BY FUNCTIONAL AREA OVER THE LAST FEW FISCAL YEARS.
SO OUR LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY $85.5 MILLION WHICH IS FLAT FROM PRIOR YEAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO OUR BOARD MAKE A DISTINCTION.
IT'S NOT THAT THERE IS NO INCREASE OCCURRING AT ALL IN THIS BUDGET.
OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUNCTIONAL AREA IS SLIGHTLY DOWN TO $5.6 MILLION.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL AND STATE REVENUES THAT ARE COMING IN, AND IT'S NOT THAT WE'VE NOT EXPANDED PROGRAMS. IT'S THE WAY THAT THE FUNDING HAS KIND OF PANNED OUT.
OUR COUNTY SHARES HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLY TO $5.6 MILLION.
OUR MUNICIPAL COUNTYWIDE SERVICES $37.2 MILLION.
THAT'S AN INCREASE OF $16.3 MILLION.
THAT IS THE TRANSFER OF THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER THE CONTRIBUTION FOR THE CORRECTION OF FACILITY THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND OUR SUPPORT SERVICES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, $53.1 MILLION OR $300,000 INCREASE IN NET COUNTY COST, AGAIN DRIVEN BY SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS IN INCREASES IN STAFFING AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE ASSUMED, BUT FOR THE MOST PART IS THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.
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THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE TOP FIVE BUDGET UNITS WITH NET COUNTY COST INCREASES FOR OUR 22-23 PROPOSED BUDGET.OUR OPERATING TRANSFERS IS AN INCREASE OF $15.8 MILLION.
THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION TO OUR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY THAT I'VE MENTIONED.
THE NEXT LARGEST ONE IS OUR ASSISTANCE TO THE NEEDY.
THIS IS OUR HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY.
SO THIS INCREASES DUE TO INCREASES IN OUR CASELOADS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN ADOPTIONS AND FOSTER CARE, AS WELL AS INCREASES IN THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE BEING PAID TO EACH CASE AS WELL.
AND THOSE ARE THAT THAT IS BEING DRIVEN BY THE STATE.
SO OUR COUNTY SHARE OF THOSE PROGRAMS IS ALSO INCREASING AS WELL AS WE'RE SEEING INCREASES IN ADMIN SERVICES, $500,000 ELECTIONS, 300,000 IN PUBLIC WORKS ADMIN, ALSO $300,000.
OUR COUNTY WIDE POSITIONS, WE ARE AS PART OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET RECOMMENDING TO ADD 68 POSITIONS.
THE LARGEST SHARE OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE COMING FROM OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUNCTIONAL AREA DEPARTMENTS, OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RECOVERY, OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 28 POSITIONS.
AND WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING TO ADD TWO POSITIONS TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
THOSE POSITIONS CURRENTLY RESIDE IN OUR HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY AND WE ARE CONTRACTING WITH THEM TO USE THOSE POSITIONS WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO MOVE THOSE POSITIONS NOW TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE TO ESTABLISH THAT MEDIA TEAM AS A PERMANENT TEAM IN THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE TIME BACK OVER TO MR. MIRRIONE. THANK YOU, MISS ANDERSON AND MR. DOCKSTADER. I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.
AND WE WANT TO JUST GO AHEAD AND WALK THROUGH SOME ISSUES THAT WE WILL HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING AND WILL BE CONSIDERING AS WE GO FROM PROPOSED INTO THE FINAL BUDGET PROCESS.
SO MISS ANDERSON MENTIONED RESERVES AND CONTINGENCIES.
SO AGAIN, THE RESERVES BASED ON THE POLICY CANNOT THAT 7 TO 9% CANNOT BE SET UNTIL THE THE YEAR IS CLOSED OUT BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON ACTUAL REVENUE. SO WE'LL BE REVIEWING.
THOSE PERCENTAGES AND WHERE THAT GOAL LIES ONCE BOOKS ARE CLOSED.
UNFUNDED LIABILITIES AT YOUR FINAL BUDGET.
TWO YEARS AGO, YOUR BOARD APPROVED A PENSION RATE STABILIZATION PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN FUNDED AND IT CONTINUES TO BE FUNDED THAT ALONG WITH YOUR OPEB FUNDS.
SO BOTH OF THOSE CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED IN THIS BUDGET.
WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF ONE TIME EXPENSES AND ONGOING EXPENSES AND LOOKING AT THE REVENUE SOURCES WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES.
MR. DOUG SEDER MENTIONED THAT THE PROJECTS FOR PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO OF THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, SO THIS BUDGET DOES ASSUME A CONTRIBUTION AND THEN A DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT OF $3 MILLION OVER A 25 YEAR TERM.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE FINANCING OF THAT PROJECT AS DIRECTED BACK IN FEBRUARY, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD AT A IN A FUTURE MEETING IN THE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.
FIRE STAFFING AND FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.
YOUR BOARD DID APPROVE THE THE CONTRACT WITH CAL FIRE TODAY.
WE ARE STILL GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS THROUGH THE SUMMER OF LOOKING AT THE NEED FOR TWO STAFFING, WHICH OUR BOARD HAS BEEN WORKING ON THESE LAST FEW YEARS. SO WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE RADIO PROJECT.
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THE OVERALL SYSTEM ITSELF, WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO TAKE A STRONG LOOK AT OVERHAULING THAT COMPLETELY.CODE ENFORCEMENT, YOUR BOARD APPROVED MOVING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM INTO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AND THAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.
THIS THIS BUDGET DOES ASSUME A $250,000 INCREASE, AS THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WORK TO BE DONE, AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR THE DEPARTMENT AS THAT SHIFTED FROM COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVER TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, PROP ONE, 72 AND 2011 REALIGNMENT. SO BOTH OF THOSE PLAY A STRONG A STRONG FACTOR IN THE REVENUES THAT FUND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE.
SO AS THE ECONOMY SHOWS, NO SIGNS OF A POSSIBLE RECESSION AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF HOW THAT IMPACTS LONG TERM, THE REVENUES THAT COME IN THROUGH THROUGH THOSE TWO SOURCES.
SB 1869, A FEW MONTHS BACK, WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU AN ITEM WHERE THIS WAS THE BILL THAT ELIMINATED MANY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE FEES.
THOSE FEES HELPED TO OFFSET TO HELP FUND COSTS IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM.
AND SO THE STATE DID PROVIDE A FIVE YEAR BACKFILL FOR THOSE FUNDS.
SO WE HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP THAT ON OUR RADAR.
ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
BUT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH WITH MR. HENDRICKSON AND HIS TEAM TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES IN THE MANNER THAT'S EXPECTED BY YOUR BOARD.
AS FAR AS WATER THIS BUDGET DOES ASSUME THE BLACK RASCAL FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT THAT WAS PART OF RESCUE PLAN BUDGETED AT JUST OVER $7 MILLION.
SO WITH THE DROUGHT OBVIOUSLY IS RIGHT AS A MAIN CONCERN.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EQUIPPED TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES THAT COME FROM THAT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES, WE HAD AN ITEM JUST EARLIER TODAY WITH BRINGING THAT $10 MILLION HOURS OF RESCUE PLAN, ROAD DOLLARS THAT IS BUILT INTO THIS BUDGET.
SO YOUR ACTION EARLIER TODAY WAS AROUND THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICTS.
HOWEVER, THE $10 MILLION IS IN THIS BUDGET.
CAMPUS PARKWAY AND AME CONTINUE TO BE RIGHT ON THE FOREFRONT OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING.
CAPITAL PROJECTS, THIS BUDGET REALLY TYING BACK TO RESCUE PLAN AND JUST THE DEDICATION OF YOUR BOARD AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STAFF TO REALLY ADDRESS CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THEN YOU KNOW, PARKS, COMMUNITY HALLS AND VETERAN HALLS, A LOT OF GOOD WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE DONE.
THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE ALL APPROVED VIA RESCUE PLAN ARE PROGRAMED INTO THIS BUDGET AS WELL AS WORKING WITH MS. TAYLOR AND THE LIBRARY ON, YOU KNOW, REALLY TAKING A LOOK AND WORKING WITH THEM ON SERVICES.
AND IT TIES BACK TO THEIR I'LL JUMP OVER TO THE PILOT AND BOOKMOBILE.
AND THEN WE HAD THE ISSUE WITH COVID THAT PUT A TEMPORARY HALT TO THAT.
THE BOOKMOBILE THAT YOUR BOARD APPROVED WILL BE IN OPERATION IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
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BIG INCREASES TO STATE ALLOCATIONS THAT WORKS THROUGH THIS PROCESS NOW THAT WE'RE IN WITH THE STATE BUDGET AND THE TRAILER BILL.THAT GETS ALL BUILT IN DURING THE FINAL BUDGET PROCESS.
DIRECTION WAS ALSO GIVEN TO PROGRAM IN A TOTAL OF $4 MILLION WITH A MILLION PER YEAR GOING ACROSS.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THAT AND THAT IS PROGRAMED IN IHS.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WITH THE WITH THE MOE.
AND SO OUR BUDGET STAFF WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY TO KEEP AN EYE ON ON HOW THOSE COST SHARING RATIOS ARE PLAYING OUT AT THE STATE LEVEL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF THE SHARE GETS MOVED MORE TO US, THEN THAT IS AN IMPACT DIRECTLY TO OUR BUDGET.
CAL AIM AND CARE COURT WE'RE CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE.
BOTH OF THOSE INITIATIVES COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO OUR BUDGET AND AFFECT MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS OVERALL, INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HSA, OUR OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE, OUR PROBATION OFFICE.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE HOW HOW THAT ENDS UP ACTUALLY COMING TO TO BE IN WHAT FORM.
SO AT YOUR LAST BOARD MEETING, YOUR BOARD TOOK ACTION ON THE REMAINING FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED.
SO ALL OF THE DIRECTION THAT WAS GIVEN TO PROGRAM INTO THIS YEAR, THIS BUDGET DOES ASSUME THAT AND STAFF WILL BE CONTINUING TO MONITOR PROGRESS. WE DO DO QUARTERLY EXPENDITURE REPORTS AND WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO TO ENSURE THAT THE PROJECTS ARE BEING MET AND ON TIME AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO NOT END UP SENDING ANY OF THOSE DOLLARS BACK BY THE END OF THE PROCESS ELECTIONS.
SO WITH THE ELECTIONS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES WITH VOTERS CHOICE ACT, WE'VE HAD RECALLS MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELECTIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL AS THOSE WAYS OF PROVIDING SERVICE CHANGE.
AT TIMES WE DO RECEIVE REVENUE BACK FROM THE STATE TO OFFSET THAT AND OTHER TIMES WE DO NOT.
AND SO WORKING CLOSELY WITH WITH THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF THOSE CHANGES, WHAT TYPE OF IMPACTS THEY WOULD HAVE ON THE BUDGET OVERALL . SPRING FAIR, YOUR BOARD DID MAKE APPROVED SOME FUNDING OF RESCUE PLAN AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING TO WORK ON THE GERMINO BUILDING.
THAT WAS ADDRESSED EARLIER IN TODAY'S AGENDA.
AND SO WITH THE RESURGENCE OF THE FAIR AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE RECORD NUMBERS, WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT NEXT YEAR HOLDS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE HIRING OF OUR LATEST DEPARTMENT HEAD GUY, GARY.
I TOUCHED ON THE PILOT FOR THE LIBRARY AND THE BOOKMOBILE AND LASTLY, STAFFING AND NEGOTIATIONS.
AND SO AS MR. DOC SAID OR TOUCHED ON, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF BARGAINING UNITS, REACHING AGREEMENTS, THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT HOW THAT AFFECTS THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AT FINAL BUDGET.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOUR BOARD MAY HAVE.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
YOU ALL WERE SO THOROUGH, BUT I DOUBT THAT.
DAVID. AND TO ALL THE BUDGET STAFF, I SEE SOME OF THEM.
APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DID.
AND AS A BOARD MEMBER, I APPRECIATE THE UPDATES AND THE CONTINUAL COMMUNICATION YOU HAD WITH US ON WHAT WE WERE DOING.
MUCH APPRECIATED. GREAT WORK ON ALL OF YOU AND I APPRECIATE THE BOW TIES.
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SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.YOU'RE WELCOME, SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. DAVID, COULD YOU REMIND ME AGAIN WHY IT TAKES SO LONG TO CLOSE OUT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR? I KNOW IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR.
IT ENDS JUNE 30TH, BUT WE DON'T FIND OUT UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST WHAT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ARE.
AND JUST KIND OF REMIND ME OF WHY THAT TAKES SO LONG.
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SO YOU COULD HAVE SERVICES BEING RENDERED RIGHT NOW FOR COUNTY SERVICES OR ON THE 30TH.THERE IS AN ACCRUAL PERIOD THAT WE WORK THROUGH WHERE DEPARTMENTS WILL RECEIVE INVOICES FOR SERVICES RENDERED AND GO THROUGH AND GET ALL OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS POSTED AND RECORDED.
WE TYPICALLY END UP SEEING IT BEING ABOUT A 6 TO 7 WEEK PERIOD OF TIME.
AND IF I MUST SAY, THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SENDING OUT REMINDERS TO ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE TO PROCESS ALL OF OUR TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE IN THE SYSTEM AND CLOSE THE YEAR OUT.
SO IT'S FROM AN ACCRUAL BASED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM IN THE MODIFIED ACCRUAL SYSTEM.
IT'S WE'RE TRACKING RIGHT ON TIME.
SO, NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF.
YOU KNOW, THESE MEETINGS WHEN YOU COME UP HERE AND YOU HEAR THIS PRESENTATION THAT MR. MIRRIONE GAVE, I ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE ALL HEARD THIS PRESENTATION, THAT WE'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS.
WE'VE HAD WHAT WE CALL SNEAK PEEKS IS KIND OF THIS IS WHAT'S POTENTIALLY COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
AND THEN WE'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS BUDGET.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CROSS COLLABORATION WITH THE AUDITOR COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE THAT COMES UP WITH ALL THESE THINGS. SO FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE AND PRESENTING AT THIS POINT WHAT IS A BALANCED BUDGET.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR FOLKS IS, IS THAT SO I GOT FIRST ELECTED IN 2000, IN JUNE OF 2018, TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY OF 2019. AND SO IN JUNE OF 2019 WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I WAS PART OF VOTING ON A BUDGET HERE.
AND I WANT TO JUST KIND OF REMIND FOLKS TO GO OVER THE NUMBERS.
IT WAS ROUGHLY $684 MILLION BUDGET MY FIRST YEAR HERE.
THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THAT BUDGET WENT TO 720.6 MILLION, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OF 42.6 MILLION.
THE THIRD YEAR LAST YEAR, 844.8 MILLION.
THAT WAS AN INCREASE OF 118.2 MILLION OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND THIS YEAR PROPOSED BUDGET 983.4, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 138.6 MILLION OVER LAST YEAR'S NUMBER.
SO IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, OUR GENERAL FUND OR OUR BUDGET ACROSS ALL FUNDS WENT UP 299.4 MILLION, LET'S CALL IT 300 MILLION FOR EVEN NUMBER SAKE.
YES, WE HAVE PRIORITIES AND WHERE THEY GO.
BUT THOSE ARE ACTUAL DOLLARS THAT THIS BOARD HAS DISCRETION ON HOW THEY WANT TO SPEND.
FIRST YEAR I WAS HERE, THAT WAS 100.6 MILLION.
IT ACTUALLY WENT DOWN BY 700,000.
THIRD YEAR, THAT NUMBER WENT UP TO 105.3 MILLION.
THAT'S THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
YES. OUR REVENUE, OUR LOCAL REVENUES ARE GROWING.
BUT BECAUSE OF COVID 19, BECAUSE OF CARES ACT MONEY, BECAUSE OF ARPA MONEY, BECAUSE OF ONE TIME MONIES THAT HAVE BEEN INFUSED INTO THIS COUNTY BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THAT'S WHY YOU'VE SEEN OUR BUDGET GROW $300 MILLION.
IT ISN'T BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY TAX AND OUR SALES TAX, WHICH THAT HAVE GONE UP AND I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS YOU KNOW, THAT FIRST YEAR I WAS HERE, IT ACTUALLY WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
AND I FULLY SUSPECT THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO FINAL BUDGET, THAT NUMBER WILL EVEN GROW MORE.
WE'LL BE WE'RE GOING TO BE OVER THE 983 MILLION, AND WE WILL WE WILL ECLIPSE THE $1 BILLION MARK.
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SO IT IS JUST TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE AS WE TALK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF LABOR NEGOTIATIONS AND FOLKS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KIND OF WANTS MONEY FOR THIS ONCE MONEY FOR THAT.AND AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IS HOW DO WE STRETCH THOSE DOLLARS? I WANT TO COMMEND THIS BOARD FOR AT LEAST FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF WHERE AS THESE ONE TIME MONIES HAVE COME IN, WE'VE MADE A JUST A HUGE FOCUS ON SPENDING THEM ON ONE TIME THINGS, NOT GETTING OURSELVES MARRIED TO STUFF THAT ONCE THE MONEY RUNS OUT, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIND THE FUNDING FOR IT? SO AGAIN, JUST TO PUT NUMBERS OUT THERE, THEY INTRIGUED ME ON HOW FAST THE OVERALL BUDGET IS GROWING, BUT YET THE LOCAL REVENUE ISN'T.
IT SCARES ME THAT OUR FUND BALANCE IS CONTINUING TO GROW AT THE RATE THAT IT'S GROWING.
IT JUST IT JUST TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT IF EVERYTHING THAT WE BUDGETED FOR IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, WE WE SPENT ALL OF THAT WE'D BE 680, $68.5 MILLION SHORT OF FINDING A BUDGET.
AND JUST THINK ABOUT THAT. OUR RESERVES ARE SITTING AT ABOUT 40 MILLION.
SO BUT IN THAT STAFF, GREAT JOB.
YOU KNOW, DOES IT ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES? NO. BUT I THINK COMING OFF OF A COVID YEAR, JUST THE CRAZINESS THAT IS THE WORLD TODAY, THIS INFLUX OF FEDERAL CASH TO TO PROGRAMS, I THINK THAT WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF JUST KIND OF KEEPING OUR HEAD ABOVE WATER, NOT MAKING SILLY DECISIONS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I KNOW SOME FOLKS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WON'T BE REAL HAPPY, BUT I WOULD RATHER BE ABLE TO MAKE COMMITMENTS THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO COMMIT TO NOT ONLY THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR IS MOVING FORWARD. THEN PROMISE PEOPLE PIE IN THE SKY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE A REC.
AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT AN EXPERT.
THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE A LOT SMARTER THAN ME WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMICS AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT I HONESTLY BELIEVE THERE'S SOME KIND OF WRECK COMING AND WHAT THAT MEANS, I HOPE I'M WRONG.
BUT THE WAY WITH INFLATION, WITH EVERYTHING OUT OF SO OUT OF CONTROL, I DON'T SEE A SCENARIO HOW IT CORRECTS ITSELF WITHOUT THERE BEING SOME KIND OF HEARTACHE ALONG THE WAY.
AND I FEEL LIKE, AGAIN, I WANT TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES AND STAFF BECAUSE WE'VE POSITIONED OURSELVES THAT IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, I DON'T I DON'T SEE US GOING BACK TO WHERE WE WERE, YOU KNOW, BACK WITH THE GREAT RECESSION AND THE MASSIVE LAYOFFS.
AND THE LAST THING, MR. CHAIR, IS JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE NUMBER OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES WITH THIS BUDGET AND THE NEW ADDED EMPLOYEES, WE WILL GET BACK TO PRE-RECESSION LEVELS WITH THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY.
SO I THINK WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS.
WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS.
BECAUSE IF I FOUND IT, WE COULD SOLVE A LOT OF EVERYBODY'S PROBLEMS. BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT REALITY.
STATE COMMISSION CHAIR YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I THINK PRETTY MUCH SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA SAID MOST OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
BUT I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND ALL OUR EMPLOYEES IN MERCED COUNTY TO FOR DOING A GOOD JOB.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO DO WHAT WE THINK IS BEST AND WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND LOOK IN ON THE FUTURE OF MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ALIVE AND WE HAVE ENOUGH TO WITH ALL THE RESERVES THAT WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE'LL STILL BE STANDING, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR DEPENDING ON HOW HARD THE RECESSION HITS US.
SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE END, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET BOOK, YOU KNOW, IS HERE.
THERE'S COPIES. THERE'S COPIES OF ANYBODY CAN REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU AN EMAIL OR IF ANYBODY WANTS MY COPY I'LL BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU MY COPY.
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YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE I SAID, IT'S AN EMAIL.AND AT THE END OF I'VE GOTTEN QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CFDS OR [INAUDIBLE] FEES AND HOW THEY'RE SPENT ON AROUND OUR PARKS AND ALL THE LANDSCAPING AROUND MERCED COUNTY.
SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS AND GET ANSWERS AND NOT JUST ON THOSE CFD FEES AND [INAUDIBLE] OR ANY OF THE OTHER ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
YOU'RE WELCOME, SUPERVISOR PEDROZO.
THANK YOU. I, TOO, WANT TO SAY I WANT TO THANK STAFF.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A DIFFICULT JOB THAT YOU GUYS ALL HAVE AND ESPECIALLY IN BRIEFING US.
AND I THINK SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA SAID IT BEST.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL AND BENEFICIAL FOR US.
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WE REALLY WANT TO BE AS FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT ONE TIME MONIES ARE FOR ONE TIME THINGS AND NOT ONGOING COSTS, BECAUSE IN A PREVIOUS POSITION I'VE HAD TO YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO MAKE REALLY TOUGH FINANCIAL DECISIONS, WHETHER IT'S LAYING PEOPLE OFF, WHETHER IT'S CUTTING CERTAIN PROGRAMS. AND WE I THINK THIS BOARD DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB IN IN ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS.I DO AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE.
IT'S A CONCERN OF MINE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE THAT WE EVEN THOUGH WE APPEAR, YOU KNOW, AT TIMES WE JOKE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE ARE VERY, VERY, VERY COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TAXPAYERS MONEY AND WE TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND SO AND I THINK STAFF RECOGNIZES THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU. OH, I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO REITERATE THE THANK YOU TO STAFF.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW MANY HOURS GOES INTO THIS.
SO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HOURS.
AND TO PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE $13 TRILLION THAT HAVE BEEN BORROWED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND GIVEN OUT FREELY AMOUNTS TO ABOUT $38,000 PER PERSON IN THE COUNTRY.
RIGHT. SO IF YOU DO THE MATH RIGHT, THAT WE'RE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT MONEY.
AND SO I THINK US HAVING A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH BECAUSE THE CRASH IS COMING AND I'VE LISTENED TO SOME ECONOMISTS THAT HAVE SAID THAT THE NEXT CRASH IS GOING TO BE WORSE THAN THE LAST CRASH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO, YOU KNOW, TO TO MAKE DECISIONS AND SPEND MONEY, BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING TO TO FILL THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OF FOREVER GOING FORWARD. AND I JUST THINK THAT OUR BUDGET DOES THAT VERY, VERY WELL.
AND AND, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD, IF THINGS CHANGE, THEN THEN WE ADJUST WITH THAT.
HOWEVER, IF THEY HADN'T BEEN THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNTY MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO BANKRUPT.
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AND SO I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR A GOOD AND SOLID BUDGET.I SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, THEN I WILL GO OUT FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT.
OH. YOU JUST TALKED TO MY TIME.
YOU SHOULD START MY TIME WHEN I SPEAK.
ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS PINCHOT.
HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. I'LL RESET IT FOR YOU.
WHENEVER YOU START TALKING, I'LL HIT THE BUTTON.
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PINK SHAW, AND I AM REQUESTING THAT YOU PROVIDE THE POWERPOINT AND THE HANDOUT ON THE MERCED COUNTY WEBSITE WHERE THE DOCUMENTS ARE PROVIDED FOR THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM SO THAT YOU CAN BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND LAST YEAR, YOU ONLY SPENT 4% ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, WHICH IS $6 MILLION LAST YEAR.
BUT THIS YEAR YOU'RE SPENDING LESS ON $5 MILLION ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
HOW YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY SHOWS WHAT YOU VALUE.
AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU VALUE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AS A LOT OF 47% OF YOUR LOCAL COUNTY DOLLARS ARE GOING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE, PRISONS, SHERIFFS AND PROBATION.
AND TODAY, EARLIER TODAY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, A SOCIAL WORKER TOLD YOU HOW HARD HER JOB IS AND HOW LOW HER PAY IS AND HER BENEFITS, AND THAT THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH SOCIAL WORKERS AND MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS.
AND SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU BALANCE THE BUDGET TO REFLECT EQUITY, NOT TO JUST INVEST IN ONLY CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND 47% OF IT, BUT TO ALSO INVEST IN MENTAL HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, YOUTH JOBS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, PREMIUM PAY OR HAZARD PAY FOR THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS DURING COVID 19.
I WANT YOU TO INVEST IN THE CHURCHES THAT ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO GAVE COVID RELIEF DURING COVID, AND YOUR EXCUSE OF ONE TIME FUNDING FOR ONE TIME SPENDING IS A VERY POOR EXCUSE.
IF YOU REALLY WANT THIS, YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND YOU AND COVID 19 HAPPENED.
WE DIDN'T PLAN ON IT, BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RESPOND TO IT? ARE YOU GOING TO PUT $0 INTO PROVIDING COVID RELIEF? SHOW US THAT YOU VALUE THE AVERAGE WORKING PERSON.
AND I HAVE TO ASK YOU, WHAT FUTURE DO YOU WANT FOR MERCED RESIDENTS? IS IT IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE BECAUSE YOUR LOCAL DOLLARS SHOW US WHAT FUTURE YOU WANT FOR US.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. OK.
AT THIS TIME I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL.
NOBODY WANT TO CHANGE YOUR MIND.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO STAFF AND TO THIS BOARD.
YOUR BUDGET HAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
I'LL START TO MY RIGHT WAS SUPERVISOR.
AGAIN. SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WELL, PUBLICLY AND I WILL BE SENDING AN EMAIL REQUESTING AGAIN TO CEO AND COUNTY COUNCIL REQUESTING A MEETING OF CHANGING THE MEETING TIMES TO, YOU KNOW, OR OPTIONS SO WE CAN DISCUSS OPTIONS TO CHANGE THE MEETING TIMES TO AT LEAST FIVE OR 6:00 ON TUESDAYS FOR BOARD MEETINGS.
ALSO UH, MY SECOND ITEM IS, UM, I WAS, I WAS GOING THROUGH SOME, UH, DIFFERENT COUNTY WEBSITES AND SOME ARE, HAVE TRANSLATIONS FOR THE AGENDAS OR THE WEBSITES IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH OR IN IF POSSIBLE.
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VERY SIMPLE WITH GOOGLE.ALSO, 4TH OF JULY IS COMING AND I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, IF BEFORE IF WE'RE NOT HERE BEFORE, BEFORE NEXT MEETING, BUT ALSO TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WILL BE OUT THERE TRYING TO CATCH ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, WHICH IS CAUSES A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND A LOT OF HEADACHES FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, NEWBORNS, INFANTS AND ELDERLY AND ANIMALS AS WELL.
SO PLEASE, IF DON'T TRY TO LIMIT YOUR ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE SELL THEM OUT THERE AROUND THE COUNTY AND STAY SAFE.
HOMELESS ARE COMING IN AND TAKING OVER.
SO I'LL BE SENDING THOSE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND SO THAT WAY THEY CAN TRY TO CLEAN IT UP AND OR SEND LETTERS TO THE OWNERS.
JUST I KNOW THERE'S SOME CONCERNS WITH THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT STAFF.
I KNOW THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, I KNOW THAT, LIKE I SAID, THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS COME IN AND WE GOT SOME TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF.
SO I KNOW THAT THE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN OUT FOR FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SO IF SHE CAN LOOK AT THAT, THANK YOU AND HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.
THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PEDROZO.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY.
IT WAS A PARADE THROUGH DOWNTOWN MERCED, WHICH WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL.
IT STARTED AT THE THEATER, ENDED AT MCNAMARA PARK, AND IT WAS A REALLY FUN EVENT.
I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, AS DID SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, THE CALIFORNIA PORTUGUESE AMERICAN COALITION CONFERENCE THIS WEEK. THERE'S THREE OUT OF THE FIVE OF US ARE PORTUGUESE UPON THIS DAIS.
I THINK WE'RE ONE OF ONLY FOUR COUNTIES IN THE STATE THAT HAVE THAT MANY.
AND SO I THINK IT GOES TO SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT THERE.
I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THE FAIR.
THE FAIR WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
HER MOTHER HAD PASSED AWAY THE THURSDAY OF FAIR WEEK AND UNEXPECTEDLY AND THE COMMUNITY ROSE UP TOGETHER AND SHE WAS ABLE TO I THINK SHE ENDED UP SHE STARTED A FOUNDATION FOR HER MOM.
AND I THINK SHE ENDED UP GETTING I THINK I WANT TO SAY $70,000 BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY REALLY CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THAT. AND I THINK THAT REALLY SHOWS.
I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT RODRIGO SAID IN REGARDS TO 4TH OF JULY.
BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS AND RODRIGO SAID IT, IT'S KIDS, IT'S PETS.
BUT WHAT WE DON'T ALSO THINK ABOUT IS.
I'M NOT SAYING DON'T CELEBRATE.
I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO CELEBRATE.
YOU CAN GET HURT IN A IN A HURRY.
AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS OUT AND THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOING TO BE CRACKING DOWN.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, HAVE A GOOD FOURTH.
OH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. CHANGING IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
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YEAH, I'D LIKE TO REPORT OUT, LAST WEEK I WAS UP IN GRASS VALLEY IN NEVADA COUNTY, REPRESENTING MERCED COUNTY WITH A RURAL COUNTY, REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA.BUT WHAT WE SEE WITH THE IMPACTS THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO PUT ON COUNTIES INDIVIDUALLY, AS IS HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET TODAY AND WHAT WE HAVE, BUT THE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO IMPOSE IS GOING TO DRY UP ANY KIND OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE HERE AND UNFUNDED MANDATES THEY'RE PREPARING TO PUT ON US. SO MOVING FORWARD, I'D LIKE TO GET A LITTLE HAPPIER.
I DID WITH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES TOURED CORRIGAN PLANT.
MERCED SAID. SECRETARY ROSS WAS THERE.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. YOU'RE WELCOME, SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR THE FINALLY THE FOLLOW THROUGH AND FINISHING UP.
AND IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA SAID.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THOUGHT WHEN THE COUNTY THOUGHT IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY, WE SENT THEM A LITTLE NASTY GRAM THAT THEY HAD MERE DAYS TO CLEAN THEIR PROPERTY UP OR THEY WERE GOING TO GET FINED. AND THEN THEN IT WASN'T THEIR PROPERTY AND THEN IT TOOK US, WHICH TOOK US A COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET IT CLEANED.
AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE, ENFORCE IT.
WE NEED TO KIND OF KEEP OUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER TO.
BUT I WANT TO THANK STAFF OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CODE ENFORCEMENT, COUNTY COUNSEL'S OFFICE.
AND I THINK MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO GET BETTER AT THAT.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SO INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, LAST FRIDAY I WAS OUT AT THE IT WAS THE 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND THEY WERE DOING THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE NEW MODERNIZATION, A SAFETY MODERNIZATION FOR THE BFS DAM NEAR SAN LUIS RESERVOIR AND O'NEILL'S FOREBAY THERE IN LOS BANOS.
AND SO JUST IT'S KIND OF COOL.
AND THE FOLKS FROM CAL FIRE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE LOGISTICS OF SETTING THAT UP.
FOLKS LOCALLY KNOW KENNEDY HILL.
IT'S THE HILL THAT KENNEDY STOOD ON WHEN THEY BROKE GROUND FOR THE DAM 60 PLUS YEARS AGO.
DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS CALLED KENNEDY HILL.
AND ONE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY IS ONE OF THE HILLS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TEAR OUT TO POTENTIALLY TEAR OUT TO GET THE FILL TO ACTUALLY FILL THE FRONT FOR THE NEW EXPANSION ON THIS DAM.
AND LOCAL FOLKS STARTED CALLING IT KENNEDY HILL AND REFERENCED IT IN AN EMAIL TO THE FOLKS IN D.C.
AS KENNEDY HILL AND THAT HILL'S NOT GOING TO BE REMOVED.
AND THEN CAL FIRE WITH THEIR IT'S NOT CALLED A BLACK HAWK.
IT'S CALLED A FIRE HAWK HELICOPTER WAS THERE AND RECREATED WHAT THEY DID WHEN JFK WAS OUT.
THEY FLEW THE HELICOPTER AT THE SITE LINE OF WHERE THE TOP OF THE DAM WAS GOING TO BE.
SO THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL TEN FEET.
AND THEN THE LOCAL WATER DISTRICTS SAN LUIS, DELTA, [INAUDIBLE] WATER AUTHORITY AND A HOST OF OTHERS ARE GOING TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 12 FEET ON TOP OF THAT, WHICH WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL 130,000 ACRE FEET OF STORAGE 10 TO 15 YEARS TO BUILD.
IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GOING TO BE, I THINK, A QUITE A NICE LITTLE SHOT IN THE ARM FOR FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY, HAVING THAT KIND OF WORK THAT'S GOING TO GO ON FOR THAT AMOUNT OF YEARS. SO.
JUST EXCITED ABOUT, I WAS EXCITED TO BE INVITED.
GOOD DEAL. EXCITING THINGS TO BE GOING ON.
AND AGAIN, ONE MORE TIME, I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK ON BUDGET AND WISH CEO WAS WAS ABLE TO BE HERE FOR HIS FIRST BUDGET, BUT HE'LL BE HERE FOR THE FINAL PART OF IT.
AND I WILL TAKE THE WORDS OF MY PREDECESSOR THAT TODAY WE PASSED YOUR GUYS'S BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER.
THAT'S WHEN WE PASS OUR BUDGET.
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MR. MIRRIONE. YES, PLEASE.SO JUST WANT TO, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE, JUST EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE STAFF OF THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OFFICE FOR THE ELECTION THAT WE JUST HAD AS THEY WORK TO CERTIFY THAT ELECTION.
HUNTER DAY CHALLENGE FOR CHILDREN.
JUST WANT TO LET THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY KNOW.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF OUR 100 DAY CHALLENGE BACK WITH LOS BANOS BACK IN JANUARY AND THAT PROGRAM, THAT WAS A GOAL TO PERMANENTLY HOUSE 20 INDIVIDUALS AND STAY SAFE AND STABLE HOUSING AND THEN PLACE 25 INDIVIDUALS ON A PATHWAY TO SAFE AND STABLE HOUSING. AND AS A RESULT, 20 WERE TRANSITIONED TO SAFE AND STABLE HOUSING, WHICH WAS 100% OF GOAL.
AND 65 CLIENTS WERE PLACED ON THE PATH TO SAFE AND STABLE HOUSING, WHICH WAS 260% OF GOAL.
AND SO REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
SO THIS MODEL IS BRINGING LOCAL SYSTEM LEADERS AND A TEAM OF 8 TO 15 FRONTLINE STAFF TO IDENTIFY GOALS, COLLABORATE, INNOVATE, MONITOR PERFORMANCE AND THEN SUSTAIN THAT PERFORMANCE PAST THE 100 DAYS.
LIKE TO JUST PUT OUT THERE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE INVESTMENT THROUGH WORK NET WILL BE HAVING THEIR JOBS THAT MOVE EVENT AND THAT'S A SECOND EVENT OF LIKE THIS JUNE 28TH AT 11 A.M.
TO 3:00 PM OUT AT CASTLE COMMERCE CENTER, THEY HAVE ABOUT 50 EMPLOYERS THAT WILL BE THERE PROVIDING THEY'LL BE PROVIDING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND CAN LEARN ABOUT JOBS. THE EMPLOYERS THAT ARE THERE COLLECTIVELY ARE BRINGING IN ABOUT $50,000 OF SIGN ON BONUSES TO THE TABLE AND WORK NET IS BRINGING ABOUT 150,000 OF TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LOGISTICS AND TRUCK DRIVING TYPE JOBS.
AND SO THERE'LL BE A FOOD, THERE'LL BE FOOD AND A RAFFLE.
SO WE'D LIKE TO JUST INVITE EVERYBODY OUT.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO WISH MY LITTLE SISTER KATHY A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I WON'T TELL YOU HOW OLD SHE TURNS TODAY, BUT IT IS LESS YEARS THAN I'VE BEEN ALIVE.
COSTA IS HAVING A GOLF TOURNAMENT ON SEPTEMBER 26TH.
AND SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING A SPONSORSHIP OR DONATING MONEY TO THAT GOLF TOURNAMENT OR PRIZES, PLEASE GET A HOLD OF KATHY LANCASTER AT THE COSTA OFFICE OR CALL STEVE TASHJIAN AT MCOE.
AND AND ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BOTH OUR MERCED COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I MADE IT LOOK BACK AT MY NOTES FROM LAST YEAR.
AT THIS TIME I'D HAD 23, SO THANK YOU.
I MEAN, LAST YEAR, WE REALLY ASKED FOR YOU TO STEP IT UP.
AND AND I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT YOU DID, BUT YOU DID GOOD WORK AND AND YOU'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE.
FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK BEFORE LAST I ATTEND THE ARMISTICE RIBBON CUTTING IN SERIES.
AND YOU THINK, WELL, WHAT WAS LLOYD DOING IN STANISLAUS COUNTY? WELL, THAT IS A PROJECT THAT IS CAPTURING METHANE GAS OFF OF DAIRIES AND TAKING IT TO A CENTRALIZED LOCATION AND TURNING IT INTO RENEWABLE FUELS. AND THAT PIPELINE COMES INTO MERCED COUNTY AND WORKS ITS WAY DOWN TO HILLMAR.
THEY HAVE SEVEN DAIRIES HOOKED UP RIGHT NOW.
THEY PLAN TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 53 DAIRIES HOOKED UP IN ABOUT MAYBE TWO YEARS.
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AND YOU THINK, WELL, WHY IS THAT? WHY IS THAT SIGNIFICANT? WELL, AND A FEW YEARS AGO, THE STATE PASSED A BILL CALLED 1383, WHICH IS A COW RECYCLING BILL THAT WE DEAL WITH THAT HERE.RIGHT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REFUSE CLEAN UP OF ORGANIC MATERIALS.
WELL, THAT WAS ALSO THE COW FART TAX.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY'S JOKING, RIGHT.
AND ANYWAYS, BUT BUT NOW WITH THE WITH THIS PROGRAM, DAIRYMEN ARE GETTING PAID FOR THE METHANE GAS.
SO IT'S A WIN WIN AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN IN AGRICULTURE.
AND SO ANYWAY, SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S HAPPENING HERE SOUTH OF MERCED, NOT QUITE AS FAR ALONG.
AND THEN AND THE INTERESTING NOTE ABOUT IT, WHEN I GOT THERE, I MET THE CEO OF [INAUDIBLE] .
AND I WENT WITH ASSEMBLYMAN GRAY A FEW YEARS AGO AND MET THAT TEAM.
AND AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE BOTH LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT, BUT WHEN WE FIGURED THAT OUT, IT WAS KIND OF NEAT THAT HERE, YOU KNOW, A MERCED SAID ALUM IS IS OFF DOING GOOD WORK IN OUR AREA AND AND AND MAKING YOU KNOW REALLY MAKING CLEAN CLEAN FUEL IN THE PROCESS.
SO A SHOUT OUT TO TO ERIC MCAFEE FOR HIS SUCCESS WITH THAT I HAVE NO MORE COMMENTS AND I
WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.