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Receive information on the FY 2017-18 Recommended Budget.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors' Budget Committee receive information on the FY 2017-18 Recommended Budget.
SUMMARY:
The FY 2017-18 Recommended Budget includes $1.5 billion in expenditures and supports a workforce of 5,278 authorized positions. The proposed budget will be presented to the Board of Supervisors for consideration at the public budget hearings scheduled to commence on June 5, 2017.
DISCUSSION:
The recommended spending plan for FY 2017-18 includes expenditures of $1.5 billion for all funds, an increase of $117.1 million from the current year adopted budget. Areas of growth include: increased labor costs to support the workforce; the addition of 65 positions since the adoption of the current year budget; higher expenditures as construction progresses for the East/West Wing renovation, jail addition, and the new juvenile hall; increased costs to repair damaged infrastructure as a result of fire and storm events; transfer of Laguna Seca track operations from the concessionaire (along with supporting revenue); and expansion of primary care and behavioral health services.
Recommended appropriations for the General Fund total $679.1 million, representing growth of $45.4 million over the current year adopted budget. Primary causes for the growth in appropriations include: increased costs to support the workforce primarily driven by authorized pay raises, increased pension contributions, and higher employee health insurance premiums; costs to upgrade technology including the enterprise resource planning (ERP) upgrade and replacing end-of-life equipment; and growing costs for construction as planned capital projects progress next fiscal year.
Departments submitted initial "baseline budgets" that balanced to their existing general fund contributions. Due to rising cost pressures for ongoing operations, initial requests indicated that departments co...
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