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Santa Cruz County
Board of Supervisors
Budget Hearing Agenda
Governmental Center Building
701 Ocean Street, Room 525, Santa Cruz, CA
June 15, 2015

10:30
  • Recess
 12:00
  • Lunch
   3:15
  • Recess
   7:00
  • Zone 7 (Watsonville)
   7:30
  • Budget Hearings (Watsonville Civic Plaza)

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1.   Roll Call
2.   Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance
3.   Consideration of late additions to the Agenda; additions and deletions to Consent and Regular Agendas
4.   Public hearing on 2015-16 Proposed County Budget (materials on file with Clerk
of the Board, and posted on the County's website)
- Introductory remarks and presentation by the County Administrative Officer
- Remarks by the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector
- Public comment on the proposed budget
a. Letter of the County Administrative Officer dated April 29, 2015
5.   ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Any person may address the Board during its Oral Communications period. Presentations must not exceed three minutes, must be directed to an item not listed on today's Agenda, and must be within the jurisdiction of the Board. Individuals may speak only once during Oral Communications. Board members will not take actions or respond immediately to any Oral Communications presented, but may choose to follow up at a later time
a. Oral Communications Sign-In Sheet of June 15, 2015

******CONSENT AGENDA******



6.   Approve the Proposed Budget of the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
7.   Approve the Proposed Budgets of the Assessor-Recorder, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
8.   Approve the Proposed Budgets of the County Clerk and Elections, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
9.   Approve the Proposed Budget of the Personnel and Risk Management Department, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer
10.   Approve the Proposed Budget of the Board of Supervisors, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer
11.   Approve the Proposed Budget of the County Counsel, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer
12.   Approve the Proposed Budgets of the Agricultural Commissioner, including Weights and Measures, Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control, CSA 53 and CSA 53 North including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer
13.   Approve the Proposed Budget of the Agricultural Cooperative Extension, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer
14.   Approve the Proposed Budgets of the Information Services Department, County Communications and Technical Services, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
15.   Approve the Proposed Budget of the County Administrative Office including the Clerk of the Board, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer
16.   Approve the Proposed Budget of the Local Agency Formation Commission, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer
17.   Approve the Proposed Budget of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG), including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer
18.   Approve the Proposed Budget of the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer
19.   Approve the Proposed Budget of Child Support Services, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer
20.   Approve the Proposed Budget of the Public Defender, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer
21.   Approve the Proposed Budget of County Service Area No. 38, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer
22.   Approve the Proposed Budget of the Superior Court, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer
23.   Approve the Proposed Budget of the Grand Jury, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by County Administrative Officer

*****REGULAR AGENDA*****



24.   Consider the Proposed Budget for Animal Services, including any supplemental budget materials (provided in Proposed and Supplemental Budget Section 3)
a. CAO Proposed Budget
b. Line item Detail
25.   Consider the Proposed Budgets of the General Services Department, including any supplemental budget materials (provided in Proposed and Supplemental Budget Section 18, and CAL 5-6)
a. Minute order of June 15, 2015, Item No. 25
b. CAO Proposed Budget
c. Line Item Detail
d. Supplemental Budget
26.   Consider the Proposed Budget for Plant Acquisition, Fund 40, including any supplemental budget materials(provided in Proposed and Supplemental Budget Section 29)
a. Minute Order from 6/15/2015, item no. 26
b. CAO Proposed Budget
c. Supplemental Budget
27.   Consider the Proposed Budget for Economic Development, including any supplemental budget materials (provided in Proposed and Supplemental Budget Section 11)
a. Minute Order of June 15, 2015, Item No. 27
b. CAO Proposed Budget
c. Line Item Detail
d. Supplemental Budget
28.   Consider the Proposed Budget for the Library, including any supplemental budget materials (provided in Proposed and Supplemental Budget Section 23)
a. CAO Proposed Budget
b. Line Item Detail
28.1   Consider the Proposed Budgets of the Information Services Department, County Communications and Technical Services, including any supplemental budget materials
a. CAO Proposed Budget
b. Line Item Detail
c. Supplemental budget
29.   7:00 P.M. SCHEDULED ITEM

The Board of Supervisors shall recess in order to permit the Board of Directors of the County Santa Cruz Flood Control and Water Conservation District Zone 7 to convene and carry out a regularly scheduled meeting, at:

Watsonville Civic Plaza
275 Main Street
Watsonville, California

a. Zone 7 Agenda of June 15, 2015
b. Item 1: Oral Communications Sign-In Sheet of June 15,2015
c. Item 1.1: Minutes of March 17, 2015
d. Item 1.2: Letter of the District Engineer, dated June 3, 2015 RE: Pajaro River and Salsipuedes Creek Surveying Services-Amendment to Agreement, Contract #CW23446
e. Item 1.3: Letter of the District Engineer dated June 3, 2015 RE: Status Report on Assessing Channel Geometry and Capacity of Salsipuedes Creek
f. Item 1.4: Letter of the District Engineer dated June 3, 2015 RE: Pajaro River Flood Risk Reduction Project, Amendment to Agreement for Administration of Proposition 1E Grant Contract #CW43653
g. Item 1.5: Letter of the District Engineer dated June 3, 2015 RE: Pajaro River Flood Risk Reduction Project Contract #CW53436-02
h. Item 1.6: Letter of the District Engineer dated June 3, 2015 RE: Proposed 2015/2016 Zone 7 Budget
i. Item 1.7: Letter of the District Engineer dated June 3, 2015 RE: 2015/2016 Zone 7 Assessment Rate Report
30.   7:30 P.M. SCHEDULED ITEM

Continued public hearing and report by the County Administrative Officer regarding the 2015-16 Proposed County Budget (budget materials posted on the County website and on file with Clerk of the Board)
- Introductory remarks and presentation by the County Administrative Officer
- Continued public hearing on the proposed budget

a. Oral Communications Sign-In Sheet of June 15, 2015

Regarding public hearing items: If any person challenges an action taken on the foregoing matter(s) in court, they may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at or prior to the public hearing.

The time limit for seeking judicial review of any decision approving or denying an application for a permit, license or other entitlement, or revoking a permit, license or other entitlement is governed by Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 and is no later than the 90th day following the date on which the decision is made (unless a shorter time limit is specified for the type of action by State or Federal law, in which case the shorter time limit shall apply).