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Direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2022-23 Adopted Budget for the County Administrative Office (CAO), Fund 001, Appropriation Unit CAO005, Unit 8541, to increase appropriations by $500,000, where the funding source is a release of Cannabis Assignment (BSA- 001-3132) funds or other source approved by the Board (4/5ths vote).
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2022-23 Adopted Budget for the County Administrative Office (CAO), Fund 001, Appropriation Unit CAO005, Unit 8541, to increase appropriations by $500,000, where the funding source is a release of Cannabis Assignment (BSA- 001-3132) funds or other source approved by the Board (4/5ths vote).
SUMMARY:
The Emergency Operation Center (EOC) has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic since its inception in March 2020, and additional financial support is needed in support of the severe rain and flooding event which commenced in early January. Funding support for the current Fiscal Year (FY 2022-23) of $305,000 was provided in the adopted budget, however those funds were exhausted prior to the rain event, supporting on-going COVID-19 expenditures. Additional appropriations are needed in support of the rain event emergency.
County-wide, expenditures for the rain event have exceeded $35 million dollars, which are being primarily captured by individual departments, if those departments require additional financial assistance, they will individually request it. A summary of these estimated county-wide expenditures is attached. The EOC does not have dedicated funding and requires an increase in appropriations for its portion of these expenditures to date. As circumstances of the disaster may dictate, an additional request may be forwarded in the future.
Therefore, the EOC requests an additional $500,000 be added to its appropriation, to cover expenditures already obligated. These expenditures should be reimb...
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