LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Board of Supervisors will hold its annual budget hearings in order to finalize the 2015-16 final recommended budget.
The board will meet in a special session at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
Documents for the meeting can be found at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Boards/Board_of_Supervisors/calendar.htm .
The board will hold a public hearing on the recommended budget, discuss resolutions adopting the budget and establishing position allocations for the fiscal year 2015-16 to conform to the adopted budget, and consider continuing a general hiring freeze and delegate authority to County Administrative Officer Matt Perry to waive the hiring freeze as appropriate.
Perry's report to the board said recommended appropriations for all funds in this year's final recommended budget total $203,854,537, up from the 2014-15 final budget's appropriations totaling $184,767,583.
The reason for the increase in this year's budget, Perry explained, is construction projects – including water systems in Spring Valley, Paradise Valley, North Lakeport and South Lakeport/Soda Bay Road, road projects and bridges.
The 2015-16 budget includes a general fund appropriation totaling $60,125,643, compared to last year’s general fund appropriations amount of $54,765,776, Perry reported.
He said that about 66 percent – or $3.5 million – of the increase in the general fund is due to the money appropriated for response and recovery costs to this summer's wildland fires.
On the revenue side, Perry said the final property tax roll from the assessor’s office and property tax allocation information from the auditor’s office indicate about a 2-percent increase in property tax
revenue compared to last year, with estimated sales tax “approximately equal the average of the last four years.”
Transient occupancy tax – or bed tax – also has recovered slightly, and is anticipated to be about $564,800 down slightly from last year, Perry said.
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Board of Supervisors to hold hearings on 2015-16 budget
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