AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, APPROVED the Concluding Report and Final Budget Actions for the County of Santa Cruz, as outlined in the Last Day and Concluding Report (CL-2 through CL-27):
(1) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector to re-budget revenues and/or expenditures with the concurrence of the County Administrative Officer;
(2) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector with the concurrence of the County Administrative Officer to make necessary year-end adjustments and adjustments for 2014-15 and 2015-16 to internal service fund and enterprise fund revenues and appropriations;
(3) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and the County Administrative Officer to adjust property tax revenues based on final Assessor's tax roll;
(4) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and the County Administrative Officer to re budget all unexpended balances and appropriations in the Plant Acquisition Indexes within the Capital Projects Fund (Funds 40-45,49), including interest to adjust the appropriations of the various Park Dedication budgets for excess available financing by increasing the Land-Other sub object;
(5) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and the County Administrative Officer to re budget all unexpended balances and appropriations in the Housing Indexes within the Housing Funds 21-025 to 21-030;
(6) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and County Administrative Officer to adjust Contingencies, Commitments and Assignments due to increases and decreases in available financing;
(7) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller, with the concurrence of the County Administrative Officer, to re-budget any encumbered balances at year- end and unexpended grant appropriations and revenues including FEMA and Homeland Security funds as part of the 2015-16 County Budget;
(8) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector to adjust the continuing contracts list for changes in appropriations made by the Board during budget hearings and to correct any minor errors;
(9) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and the County Administrative Officer to make necessary transfers from trust funds in accordance with the estimated 2014-15 departmental and General Purpose revenues;
(10) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and the Personnel Director to make necessary changes to reconcile position detail to incorporate personnel actions which have been approved since the publication of the Proposed Budget and correct associated position schedules, and to correct any minor errors as required;
(11) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and the County Administrative Officer to adjust the debt service budget for the County's 2015-16 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes and 2015 CERTS debt service included in Exhibit 3;
(12) AUTHORIZED the County Administrative Officer to sign any grant documents which have been approved during budget hearings;
(13) AUTHORIZED the purchase of all fixed assets contained in fixed asset schedules of each department budget approved by your Board during budget hearings as of July 1, 2015;
(14) AUTHORIZED the County Administrative Officer and Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector to make all necessary fiscal year-end adjustments to facilitate year-end closing and report back on those changes needing to be ratified by Board of Supervisors action;
(15) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector to make transfers and reclassifications for Capital Projects as necessary for year-end and report back on those changes needing to be ratified by Board of Supervisors action;
(16) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector to secure the necessary professional services and increase appropriations where necessary to perform the arbitrage calculations on various County and Redevelopment Successor Agency bond issues in order to ensure compliance with federal regulations as part of the 2015-16 County Budget;
(17) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and the County Administrative Officer to realign the sales tax audit services appropriations in the General Purpose Revenues budget as needed throughout the year in accordance with the agreement by accepting unanticipated sales tax revenue generated from the audits with no Net County Cost increase, and AUTHORIZED a fiscal year 2014-15 increase in appropriations estimated at $45,000 from available sales tax audit receipts to cover current year projected costs;
(18) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and the County Administrative Officer to increase Public Defender appropriations as in accordance with the agreement for extraordinary costs from savings on prior year agreements with no Net County Cost increase; the estimated amount for Fiscal Year 2014-15 is $50,000;
(19) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and the County Administrative Officer to realign the public assistance appropriations in the Human Services Department budget as needed throughout the year without increasing total appropriations or Net County Costs;
(20) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and the County Administrative Officer to increase the District Attorney Victim Compensation and Special Witness Program budgeted revenues and expenditures as needed throughout the year without increasing total appropriations or Net County Costs;
(21) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and the County Administrative Officer to adjust the final year-end appropriations and revenues for the Contribution to the State Courts/Maintenance of Effort Growth Split;
(22) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector to transfer Housing - Low and Moderate Income Asset Funds to the Housing grant programs as short term bridge loans in the 2015-16 fiscal year until reimbursement occurs from the granting authority;
(23) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and the County Administrative Officer to realign the 2015-16 County Overhead reimbursements for the General Fund Departments;
(24) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector to make the necessary budgetary adjustments for FY 2015-16 as previously authorized by the Board for the Community TV Fund in accordance with Exhibit 3;
(25) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector to make the necessary budgetary adjustments as provided in Exhibit 3 to update estimated budget requirements;
(26) DIRECTED the County Administrative Officer, with concurrence from the AuditorController-Treasurer-Tax Collector, to transfer available fund balance remaining after the concluding fiscal year adjustments to the reserve for the structural deficit;
(27) AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector, with the County Administrative Officer, to report back with any required resolutions or actions for assigned or committed fund balances;
(28) APPROVED the 2015-16 Proposed Budget with Supplemental, Last Day and Concluding Report actions as itemized in Exhibits 1, 2, and 3, with adjustments agreed upon by the Auditor-Controller- Treasurer-Tax Collector and County Administrative Officer, including offsets for General Fund Departments and Special Districts, final adjustments to County overhead for the Final A-87 Cost Allocation Plan, and with additional direction that the County Administrative Officer and Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector make general funds available totaling $554,408 to the San Lorenzo Valley and San Andreas Park Dedication Districts in order for them to complete their obligation to the CERTS Reserve for the Park Dedication loans they have, authorized the payment of the balances owed from the CERTS Reserve to the various Park Dedication Districts which would bring them all current, and authorized the San Lorenzo Valley and San Andreas Park Dedication Districts to repay the General Fund over time to offset the loan amounts; and
(29) AUTHORIZED the County Administrative Officer, with the concurrence of the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector, to take all other actions necessary to implement the 2015-16 budget in accordance with the Board's actions; and with additional direction that staff return August 18, 2015, with a report on Proposition 47 outreach and funds