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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
BUDGET HEARINGS

Monday, June 15, 2015

 

ACTION SUMMARY MINUTES

VOTING KEY: L = Leopold, F = Friend, Co = Coonerty, Ca = Caput, M = McPherson; first initial indicates maker of motion, second initial indicates the "second"; upper case letter = "yes" vote; lower case letter = "no" vote; () = abstain; // = absent

1.   All Supervisors present

2.   Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance

3.   Consideration of late additions to the Agenda; additions and deletions to Consent and Regular Agendas - NONE

4.   Public hearing held on the 2015-16 Proposed Budget

(1) presentation by the County Administrative Officer, and remarks by the Auditor-Controller;

(2) opened the public hearing to receive comments on the proposed budget -- two persons addressed the Board;

(3) continued the public hearing to the evening meeting in Watsonville; and

(4) action on the Consent Agenda
COLFCAM 

5.   ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - one person addressed the Board

CONSENT AGENDA

6.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of the Auditor-Controller- Treasurer-Tax Collector, including any supplemental materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer and the Auditor-Controller- Treasurer-Tax Collector

7.   APPROVED the Proposed Budgets of the Assessor-Recorder, including any supplemental materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer and the Assessor-Recorder

8.   APPROVED the Proposed Budgets of the County Clerk/Elections, including any supplemental materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer and the County Clerk

9.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of the Personnel and Risk Management Department, including any supplemental materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

10.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of the Board of Supervisors, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer; and with additional direction to provide augmentation of $3,100 for the Office 365 software upgrades

11.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of the County Counsel, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

12.   APPROVED 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 the County Administrative Officer

13.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of the Agricultural Cooperative Extension, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

14.   SEE ITEM NO. 28.1 REGULAR AGENDA

15.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of the County Administrative Office, including the Clerk of the Board and including supplemental budget materials as recommended by the County Administrative Officer, except with the additional direction that the Homeless Plan Coordination piece in the Supplemental Budget (S11-15 to S11-21) be continued until tomorrow (6/16/15) to be heard with the Planning Department Budget

16.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of the Local Agency Formation Commission, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

17.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG), including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

18.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

19.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of Child Support Services, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

20.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of the Public Defender, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

21.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of County Service Area No. 38, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

22.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of the Superior Court, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

23.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget of the Grand Jury, including any supplemental budget materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

REGULAR AGENDA

24.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget for Animal Services, including any supplemental budget materials (provided in Proposed and Supplemental Budget Section 3)
LCOFCAM 

25.   APPROVED 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), as recommended by the County Administrative Officer; and with the following additional directions:

(1) County Fire Chief to develop a back-up plan for financing County Fire if there’s no additional financing measure considered;

(2) staff return on Last Day (6/23/15) with a report on funding the Fire Safe activities, and

(3) staff return in October with a further report on Fire Safe activities
MLFCOCA 

26.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget for Plant Acquisition, Fund 40, including any supplemental budget materials (provided in Proposed and Supplemental Budget Section 29), as recommended by the County Administrative Officer; and with additional direction that staff return after confirmation is received from the State on the SB 90 funds with a report on a list of improvements by district
MCOlFCA 

27.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget for Economic Development, including any supplemental budget materials (provided in Proposed and Supplemental Budget Section 11), as recommended by the County Administrative Officer; and directed staff to return in August with a report
MLFCOCA 

28.   APPROVED the Proposed Budget for the Library, including any supplemental budget materials (provided in Proposed and Supplemental Budget Section 23), as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
LMFCOCA 

28.1.   APPROVED the Proposed Budgets of the Information Services Department, County Communications and Technical Services, including any supplemental materials, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

CoFLMCa

- BOARD RECESS -

RECONVENED AT: 275 Main Street, Watsonville, California 95076, 7:00 PM
COFLCAM 

29.   The Board of Supervisors recessed 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

30.   Continued public hearing held on the 2015-16 Proposed County Budget, and report by the County Administrative Officer - thirty-two persons addressed the Board