LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Board of Supervisors will hold its hearings on the recommended budget for the new fiscal year.
The board will meet beginning at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
County Administrative Officer Carol Huchingson's report to the board said the recommended appropriations for all funds total $219,604,172, up from last year's $203,884,537.
At the same time, Huchingson is recommending a general fund appropriation of $55,165,108, which is down from $60,085,643 last year.
The wildland fires of the past year promise to figure importantly in the board's considerations, with some issues yet to be determined, according to her report.
“With the very recent onset of the Clayton Fire, the impact of this new disaster is not yet budgeted. Staff anticipates corresponding budget adjustments at the mid-year interval,” Huchingson wrote.
Huchingson said county staff recently submitted a plea to the state of California, describing the financial challenges facing Lake County due to the wildfire disasters of 2015, even before the Clayton fire occurred last month.
“We have included meticulous detail regarding our need for state support for Clayton Fire response and recovery. No other small California county has been impacted by recent disasters to the extent Lake County has. Our discussions of need with the state thus far have been positive and we hopefully await a formal response,” Huchingson said.
The daylong budget hearings will work through each of the county departments, leading up to the board's anticipated acceptance of the final recommended budget.
As part of the budget hearings, the board will consider continuing the general hiring freeze and delegate authority to Huchingson to waive the hiring freeze as appropriate.
The full agenda follows.
4.1, 8:30 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of Final Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2016/2017.
5.1: Consideration of proposed resolution adopting the fiscal year 2016/2017 Budget for the county of Lake and Special Districts governed by the Board of Supervisors.
5.2: Consideration of proposed resolution establishing position allocations for fiscal year 2016/2017 to conform to the adopted budget.
5.3: Consideration of continuation of the general hiring freeze and delegate authority to the county administrative officer to waive the hiring freeze as appropriate.
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Supervisors to hold hearings for 2016-17 fiscal year budget
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