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| PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE |
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| RECOMMENDATION: |
REVIEW and APPROVE fiscal year 2015/16 AB 109 budget recommendations for integration into the fiscal year 2015/16 County Recommended Budget for consideration by the Board of Supervisors, as recommended by the CCP-Executive Committee.
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| BACKGROUND: |
On November 7, 2014, the County Administrator's Office distributed budget instructions for the fiscal year 2015/16 AB 109 budget development process to the CCP subscriber list, including CCP members, county staff and interested parties, including community based organizations, requesting formal submission no later than December 12, 2014. This year, staff requested budget submissions to: 1. maintain the status quo funding level at the fiscal year 2014/15 Ongoing budget level, and 2. contemplate new funding requests based on programming needs.
On December 5, 2014, the CCP received a report from staff about the budget development process in advance of its January 9, 2015 meeting to consider budget proposals. In summary, staff reported that the Realignment Allocation Committee (RAC) made its final recommendations to the California Department of Finance, which included a significant reduction in base allocation funding to the County beginning in fiscal year 2014/15 (Attachment A). The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) has estimated that the impact to the County's base allocation to be a reduction from $22.9 million in fiscal year 2013/14 to $17.6 million for fiscal year 2015/16.
On January 9, 2015, the CCP met to consider budget requests submitted (Attachment B) for fiscal year 2015/16. The CCP met as a whole to deliberate over the budget; however, the final budget was voted on by the CCP-Executive Committee as required by State statute. In summary the CCP-Executive Committee, on a 5-2-0 vote (Lipetzky and Lyster-Zemmelmann dissenting) approved a $21,458,315 budget (Attachment C), which increases expenditures slightly by 0.71% over the fiscal year 2014/15 budget. Essentially, the budget maintains a status quo for all programs, with the following exceptions:
1. Sheriff's Office: The recommended budget increases the Sheriff's Office budget by $181,360 primarily in recognition of negotiated wage increases with the Deputy Sheriff's Association. In addition, the CCP-Executive Committee agreed to identify, but not budget, $754k of funding should state of federal policy discontinue the ability of counties to collect commissions on inmate telecommunications to fund inmate welfare programming. Should a state or federal policy change occur, the Sheriff's Office would bring the issue back before the CCP for additional discussion. Note that the issue of inmate telecommunications is currently on referral to the Public Protection Committee as well.
2. District Attorney's Office: The recommended budget decreases the District Attorney's budget by $20,178 at the request of the District Attorney to better align with actual expenditure experience related to AB 109 programs.
3. Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence (ZTDV): The recommended budget decreases the ZTDV budget by $10,000 at the request of the department to better align with anticipated expenditures related to AB 109 programs.
The impact to the County from the statewide formula change will require the use of one-time funding in fiscal year 2015/16 to supplement the significant reduction to the County's base allocation. The use of one-time funding to supplement the base allocation is projected to continue through fiscal year 2017/18 or 2018/19 (assuming no additional changes to the formula).
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| DISCUSSION: |
| The action before the Public Protection Committee today is to review and approve, including any amendments, the fiscal year 2015/16 AB 109 budget submitted by the CCP-Executive Committee. Once approved, staff will integrate the AB 109 budget into the fiscal year 2015/16 County Recommended Budget for consideration by the Board of Supervisors. Currently, budget hearings are scheduled for April 21, 2015. |
| FISCAL IMPACT (if any): |
| The fiscal year 2014/15 Ongoing Budget for AB 109 is $21,307,133. The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) is projecting that Contra Costa County will receive $25,237,318 in fiscal year 2015/16, which is composed of $17,569,227 in base funding, $1,461,810 in growth funding and $6,206,281 in one-time growth funding ($5,587,662 in "Transition Payment" funding and $618,619 in "Fiscal Stabilization" funding). |
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