Title
Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2013-14 budget for the District Attorney; increasing revenues by $128,773 in DIS001 and increasing revenues and appropriations by $257,546 in DIS022 (4/5ths vote required).
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a) Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2013-14 budget for the District Attorney; increasing revenues by $128,773 in DIS001 and increasing revenues and appropriations by $257,546 in DIS022 (4/5ths vote required).
SUMMARY:
The District Attorney requests the Monterey County Board of Supervisors support a modification of the FY 2013-14 budget to reflect the receipt of $257,546 in Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account funds.
DISCUSSION:
Assembly Bill (AB) 118 (Chapter 40, Statutes of 2011) established the Local Revenue Fund 2011 to account for the receipt of State sales and use tax monies in support of realigned public safety, health and human services programs. Included within the Local Revenue Fund is the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account (SLESA) for support of front-line law enforcement carried out by the Sheriff's Office, Probation, and the District Attorney. To implement AB 118, the County's Auditor-Controller worked with impacted departments to establish a new County fund (Fund 022) to account for the Local Revenue Fund 2011 monies. Funding in support of realignment, including the SLESA, are received and appropriated in Fund 022 and then transferred into general fund operating departments as actual expenses are incurred.
Since 2012-13, the District Attorney received SLESA monies in the amount of $257,546, including $128,773 earned in 2012-13 and an additional $128,773 for 2013-14. Last fiscal year (2012-13), these monies were received in Fund 022 but the Department was unable to the transfer these monies into the general fund where the related expenditures were incurred, without a modification to the appropri...
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