On April 19, 2005, the Board of Supervisors adopted a policy related to the practice of allocating general fund revenue to specific communities or programs (attached).
On November 2, 2006, a formal Budget Policy was presented to the Finance Committee and approved for submission to the full Board of Supervisors.
On November 14, 2006, the Board of Supervisors adopted the attached County Budget Policy - Resolution No. 2006/677 (attached). This policy was developed after Standard & Poor’s announced Financial Management Assessment Criteria would be used for future ratings. This announcement was important. In the past, it was difficult to judge how an agency would be rated, this was the beginning of the development of specific assessments of issuer’s policies.
On December 15, 2009, the Board of Supervisors affirmed the policy on special revenue mitigation funds (attached).
On December 3, 2013, the Board of Supervisors adopted a new policy on governing special revenues administered by the Board of Supervisors and directed staff to incorporate these policies into the County's formal Budget Policy.
On March 3, 2015, the Finance Committee began review of the policy.
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