Jun 09, 2026 Board of Supervisors Special Meeting

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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE JUNE 9TH, 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TO ORDER. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALEGIANCE.

ALEX TENGOLICS, COULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU, ALEX.

WE'LL THEN GO TO ROLL CALL.

SUPERVISOR BARAJAS? HERE.

SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS? HERE.

SUPERVISOR FRERICHS? HERE.

SUPERVISOR RIXIE SANDY? HERE.

SUPERVISOR ALLEN? HERE. ALL PRESENT. THANK YOU. CONSIDER

[4. Consider Approval of Agenda.]

WE'RE GONNA PUT THE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE, AT THE TOP OF IT. SO, IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE, THEN YOU'LL HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING. SO, WE'LL JUST HAVE THE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO THE BUDGET, AND THE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE GENERAL.

OKAY, PHIL, DO YOU HAVE SOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR US? YEP.

THANK YOU, CHAIR ALLEN. SO SAME STATEMENT I READ AT THE BEGINNING OF VIRTUALLY EVERY MEETING. AS WE START TODAY'S MEETING, I'D LIKE TO REVIEW A FEW GUIDELINES THAT WILL HELP US ENSURE THE MEETING RUNS SMOOTHLY AND RESPECTFULLY. FIRST, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM APPLAUSE OR OTHER AUDIBLE EXPRESSIONS WHILE SOMEONE IS SPEAKING, EXCEPT FOR ITEMS SUCH AS HONORARY RESOLUTIONS AND OTHER MATTERS THAT ARE CELEBRATED BY ALL PRESENT. SECOND, PLEASE DO NOT OBSTRUCT THE VIEWS OF OTHERS WITH SIGNS, PHONES, OR OTHER OBJECTS. THIRD, THIS MEETING IS RECORDED AND POSTED ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE.

MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLIC, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY MAKE THEIR OWN RECORDINGS FROM THEIR SEATS, PROVIDED THEY DO NOT OBSTRUCT VIEWS OR INTENTIONALLY INTERFERE WITH THE PARTICIPATION OR COMFORT OF OTHERS. A DESIGNATED FILMING AREA IS AVAILABLE ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROOM FOR THOSE WHO NEED MORE SPACE.

RECORDING MAY NOT BE USED TO HARASS, INTIMIDATE, FOLLOW, OR TARGET ANY INDIVIDUAL. SUCH CONDUCT IS DISRUPTIVE AND MAY RESULT IN YOUR REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING. AND THEN FINALLY, FOR THOSE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY, SPEAKER CARDS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND PLACED IN THE BASKET LOCATED AT THE END OF THE TABLE BEHIND THE BOARD CLERK OVER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROOM. CARDS ARE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE ROOM AND ON THE TABLES IN FRONT OF THE AUDIENCE. SO, I'M GONNA SKIP THE NEXT PART. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO 2 MINUTES PER ITEM AND SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD RATHER THAN THE AUDIENCE OR STAFF. THE 2-MINUTE TIME LIMIT WILL BE ENFORCED.

COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS, CONSENT ITEMS, HONORARY RESOLUTIONS, AND CLOSED SESSION ITEMS MAY ONLY BE MADE DURING THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.

FOR ALL OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, INCLUDING THE BUDGET ITEM TODAY, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN WHEN ANNOUNCED AND MUST BE LIMITED TO THAT ITEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN HELPING US MAINTAIN A SAFE, ORDERLY, AND PRODUCTIVE MEETING.

AND AS I CLOSE THIS, I, I MENTIONED SIGNS AT THE BEGINNING OF MY COMMENTS.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF SIGNS IN THE ROOM TODAY. IT'S NOT TYPICAL. WE JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE OBSTRUCTING OTHERS WITH THE SIGNS. SO, EVERYBODY SEES THE SIGNS, TRY AND KEEP THEM, YOU KNOW, AT A, AT A HEIGHT THAT ISN'T GOING TO OBSTRUCT VIEWS TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND

[5. Public Comment: To be afforded a brief period of time to speak before the Board of Supervisors, please refer to further instructions at the end of the agenda on how to electronically participate and submit your public comments. Note: per the Ralph M. Brown Act, Board members may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed during the public comment period on items that are not on the agenda, but may not take action on such items. You may also share your thoughts with the Board of Supervisors by submitting a written statement via email to clerkoftheboard@yolocounty.gov.]

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS. I APPRECIATE THE TIME. I'M NOT HERE TO DISTRACT FROM THE IMPORTANT BUDGET CONCERNS OF THE COUNTY. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT TIME FOR ALL OF US. WHAT I DO WANT TO ADDRESS IS THAT WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT WATER CONCERN HERE IN THE WEST PORTION OF YOLO COUNTY. AND FOR OUR PUBLIC, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NOTE THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING DISCUSSION WITH, WORKING GROUPS. APRIL MENEGHETTI IS DOING A GREAT JOB IN SUPERVISING THIS. IT IS MAKING PROGRESS. HOWEVER, WE HAVE A 6,000-ACRE-FOOT DEFICIT IN THAT PORTION OF THE COUNTY THAT IS NOT RECHARGING. IT IS JEOPARDIZING THE FOOD SHED AND THE CULTURE OF OUR COUNTY.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CONCERNED CITIZENS HAVE MET AND HAVE EXPRESSED A VERY CONSTRUCTIVE, I THINK, REASONS FOR CONTINUING THE, THE MORATORIUM PAST THIS AUGUST. AND THE REASON

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WONKY, BUT WE NEED IT. WE ALSO NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT ACTIONS ARE WITHIN THE COUNTY'S AUTHORITY IF YSGA IS UNABLE TO IMPLEMENT REQUESTED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WELL VERIFICATION PROCESS. THANK YOU FOR MY TIME. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, MADAM CHAIR. THANK

[6. Receive the 2025-26 3rd Quarter Budget Monitoring Report, adopt a budget resolution amending the 2025-26 revenues and appropriations, approve amendments to the 2025-26 Authorized Equipment List, and approve the Recommended Budget for fiscal year 2026-27. (General fund impact $138,617,987) (Webb/Haynes/Liddicoet) (Est. Staff Presentation: 30 min)]

SO, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS AVAILABLE THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD. YES, CHAIR, I HAVE 6 PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS, AND ADDITIONALLY WE RECEIVED WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE SIERRA SACRAMENTO VALLEY MEDICAL SOCIETY, JENNA BELL, STEVEN FIEDLER, RACHEL PUTTAS, MARGARITA BETTENKURT, BRENT CRAWFORD, BRENNA CRAFT, BRIANNA CRAFT, I'M SORRY, CHRISTINE HAMPEL ZAPATA, APRIL GODWIN, GREG IMURA, A DEDICATED YOLO COUNTY EMPLOYEE AND RESIDENT, CRISTAL DONATE ALVAREZ, AND THE RURAL INNOVATIONS AND SOCIOECONOMICS RISE WHICH HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO ALL MEMBERS AS PART OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE AND WILL BE PLACED INTO THE RECORD. THE FIRST S AMANDA SKIBBE. AND AS A REMINDER, YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I STAND BEFORE YOU NOT JUST AS A UNION REPRESENTATIVE, BUT AS A VOICE FOR THE DEDICATED EMPLOYEES IN THE GENERAL UNIT. EMPLOYEES WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTY, THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE STANDING BEHIND ME HERE TODAY. AS YOU DELIBERATE AND VOTE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS THAT THREATEN TO LAY OFF APPROXIMATELY 26 HARD-WORKING PEOPLE, I URGE YOU TO REFLECT ON THE PROFOUND IMPACT THESE LAYOFFS WILL HAVE ON THE COMMUNITY.

THESE ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS ON A SPREADSHEET. THESE ARE FRONTLINE WORKERS, THE VERY PEOPLE WHO KEEP THE SERVICES RUNNING SMOOTHLY. AND SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOODS EVERY DAY.

WE HAVE ADVOCATED TIRELESSLY FOR ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS FURLOUGHS AND GOLDEN HANDSHAKES, URGING THE COUNTY TO CONSIDER OPTIONS THAT WILL PREVENT LAYOFFS. WHILE WE APPRECIATE ANY STEPS TAKEN TOWARDS EXPLORING ALTERNATIVES, WE STILL SEE MANY AVENUES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY PURSUED.

LET'S BE CLEAR, LAYOFFS HURT EVERYONE. THEY DEVASTATE FAMILIES. THEY PUT FINANCIAL STRAIN ON THE COMMUNITY. AND CREATE A RIPPLE EFFECT THAT REACHES FAR BEYOND THE WORKPLACE. WHEN YOU CUT THE JOBS, YOU CUT THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU WEAKEN THE VERY FOUNDATION THAT SUPPORTS YOUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALIKE. AS YOU PREPARE TO MAKE YOUR DECISION, I IMPLORE YOU TO RECONSIDER THE PATH YOU'RE ON. I ASK YOU, TO LOOK AT EXPLORING ALL AVAILABLE OPTIONS TO SUPPORT THESE EMPLOYEES. THEY DESERVE A CHANCE WITHIN THIS COUNTY, AND WE EXPECT THE COUNTY TO ACTIVELY COLLABORATE WITH US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

ADDITIONALLY, I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THE VACANCIES WITHIN THE COUNTY AND ENSURE THESE EMPLOYEES ARE GIVEN PREFERENCE IN FILLING THOSE POSITIONS.

THEY HAVE THE SKILLS, THE EXPERTISE, AND THE DEDICATION THIS COUNTY NEEDS. WE NEED TO SEE A COMMITMENT FROM THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE ALL POSSIBLE SUPPORT TO THESE WORKERS AND ENSURE THAT NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND. WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO PRIORITIZE PEOPLE OVER BUDGETS, TO PRIORITIZE THE COMMUNITY OVER NUMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS NELLIE EVANS.

MORNING. MY NAME IS NELLIE

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THE HHSA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, A POSITION CREATED ONLY RECENTLY, EARNS 371% MORE THAN A SOCIAL SERVICES ASSISTANT AND WAS JUST FILLED INTO DECEMBER DESPITE IMPENDING LAYOFFS. YET IT IS THE LOWER-PAID EMPLOYEES WHO ARE BEING ASKED TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF BUDGET REDUCTIONS. BUDGETS REFLECT PRIORITIES. IF WE TRULY VALUE CHILD SAFETY, WE MUST PROTECT THE WORKFORCE THAT DIRECTLY SERVES CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. ELIMINATING THESE POSITIONS WILL WEAKEN OUR CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM, REDUCE OUR ABILITY, TO ASSESS RISK AND APPROPRIATELY INTERVENE, AND PUT CHILDREN'S LIVES AND WELL-BEING AT RISK. THOSE CONSEQUENCES WILL NOT BE FELT IN MANAGEMENT OFFICES OR BUDGET SPREADSHEETS. THEY WILL BE BORNE BY THE CHILDREN WHO DEPEND ON US. I URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THESE CUTS BEFORE IRREVERSIBLE HARM OCCURS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT S JENNA BELL. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M JENNA BELL, A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN FOR HHSA ADULT AND AGING. AS A FRONTLINE STAFF PERSON, I WANNA HELP YOU SEE WHAT I PREDICT WILL BE THE RESULT OF THE PROPOSED LAYOFFS.

LAYOFFS HURT NOT ONLY THOSE LAID OFF, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE, THEY HURT YOU AND ME AND OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY ON A HUMAN LEVEL AND A FINANCIAL ONE.

I HOPE IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS FURLOUGHS, REMOTE WORK, OR REVIEWING, HIGHLY PAID POSITIONS THAT DON'T BRING IN REVENUE. BY ELIMINATING ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF, CASE MANAGERS, FLEET SERVICES, AND EMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS, VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL WAIT LONGER TO RECEIVE CRUCIAL BENEFITS.

THESE BENEFITS ARE NOT A LUXURY. PEOPLE NEED THEM TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES, REMAIN SHELTERED AND CLOTHED, GET CRUCIAL MEDICATIONS, MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

THESE LAYOFFS TRANSLATE TO DELAYS IN ASSISTANCE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND DELAYS IN CARE FOR SEVERELY MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE, RESULTING IN WORSENING CONDITIONS, MORE DRUG USE ON OUR STREETS, LONGER PERIODS OF HOMELESSNESS, AND ADDITIONAL POLICE CONTACTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. THESE LAYOFFS WILL HURT THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY DRIVING DOWN THE APPEAL AND REPUTATION OF OUR CITIES. THE RESULT, ALONG WITH MORE UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, WILL BE LESS SPENDING AND LESS TAX REVENUE FOR YOLO COUNTY. THESE LAYOFFS HURT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITY. IT HURTS OUR WHOLE FAMILIES, CREATING DESPAIR AND FINANCIAL DISTRESS. WHEN WE LAY OFF ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS, THE WORKLOAD DOES NOT GO AWAY AND LEAVES MONEY ON THE TABLE. THESE TASKS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO EMPLOYEES WHO COULD OTHERWISE BRING IN MONEY BY BILLING MEDI-CAL. INSTEAD, WE WILL BRING IN LESS REVENUE AND BECOME MORE BURNT OUT AND EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTED.

WORKLOADS ARE ALREADY UNSUSTAINABLE. THIS WILL INEVITABLY RESULT IN SOME DEPARTURES, FURTHER DISTRESSING A FRAGILE WORKFORCE. I BELIEVE YOU SHARE IN MY DESIRE FOR OUR COUNTY TO BE A SUCCESS STORY. I KNOW WE'RE IN A REALLY TOUGH SPOT AND WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION.

PLEASE CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD REDUCE THE FINANCIAL AND HUMAN CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE ON THE TABLE. HHSA RELIES ON ADEQUATE STAFFING TO DELIVER QUALITY SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. WITHOUT IT, THE SAFETY AND INTEGRITY OF OUR COUNTY WILL SUFFER. THE CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTY ARE COUNTING ON YOU TODAY TO CONSIDER ALL OPTIONS BEFORE REDUCING CRUCIAL SERVICES INTO OUR ALREADY STRAINED COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS MARGARITA BETANCOURT. CHAIRS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARGARITA BETANCOURT.

I'M A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIAN FOR THE FSP TEAM.

FOR, AT YOLO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE DEDICATED HHSA EMPLOYEES WHO ARE FACING THE THREAT OF LAYOFFS AT A TIME WHEN THEY

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BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THEM IN THE MISSION OF THIS AGENCY.

BUT LET'S BE CLEAR, HHSA IS NOT A COST CENTER. HHSA IS A REVENUE GENERATOR. OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIANS ALONE BRING ABOUT $450 PER PSYCHOTHERAPY HOUR, AND OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CASE MANAGERS BRING IN ABOUT $350 PER HOUR.

THAT'S REAL MEASURABLE REVENUE FLOWING DIRECTLY INTO THE COUNTY. THESE ARE THE VERY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ACTIVELY HELPING REDUCE THE BUDGET DEFICIT, NOT CONTRIBUTING TO IT. LAYING OFF THE PEOPLE WHO BRING MONEY IN IS NOT A SOLUTION TO A BUDGET PROBLEM. IT IS A DECISION THAT WILL DEEPEN THE DEFICIT, REDUCE SERVICES, AND ULTIMATELY COST THE COUNTY FAR MORE THAN IT SAVES. INSTEAD OF CUTTING THE WORKFORCE THAT GENERATES REVENUE, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT REVENUE STRATEGIES, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES, AND LONG-TERM FISCAL PLANNING THAT STRENGTHEN, NOT WEAKEN, OUR ABILITY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC. OUR STAFF ARE EXHAUSTED. THEY ARE OVERWHELMED, AND THEY CONTINUE TO DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY CARE BECAUSE WE KNOW THE COUNTY DEPENDS ON THEM.

BUT THEY CANNOT CONTINUE TO DO MORE WITH LESS. THEY SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHED FOR THE COUNTY'S STRUCTURAL BUDGET CHALLENGES. I URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER ANY PLAN THAT INVOLVES CUTTING HHSA POSITIONS. PROTECT THE EMPLOYEES THAT PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY. INVEST IN THE WORKFORCE THAT BRINGS IN REVENUE AND COMMIT TO SOLUTIONS THAT BUILD STABILITY RATHER THAN DISMANTLE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS CHRIS KELBERT. GOOD MORNING. I APPRECIATE YOUR POSITIONS. I SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR WINNERS FOR 6 YEARS. I WAS MAYOR FOR 2 AND, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR ANOTHER 2. I ALSO AM THE CHAIR THAT YOU, OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS KNOWN AS THE WIB. I'M HERE SPECIFICALLY TO TALK ABOUT EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. WE ARE A PRODUCT OF THE WORKFORCE AND, WORKFORCE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT. WE EXIST BY FEDERAL STANDARDS, AND AS A RESULT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES, ONE OF WHICH IS EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, AND WE DO THAT THROUGH THE THROUGH WHAT WE, WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE, AMERICAN JOB CENTER FOR CALIFORNIA, THE AJCC.

IN THE PAST, THE AJCC, WE HAVE SORT OF PAID THROUGH CONTRACT SOMEBODY ELSE TO KIND OF OVERSEE THAT.

IN THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE TAKEN THAT OVER. WE NO LONGER PAY SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO IT. AND I'LL HAVE TO SAY, OUR STAFF HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF PULLING TOGETHER THE PARTNERS THAT ARE PART OF THAT WHOLE PROGRAM. WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT TO HAVE THE AJCC, AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP IT RUNNING. WE HAVE, AS A LOT OF PEOPLE DO IN THIS ROOM, PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE, THAT WILL BE LAID OFF. WE HAVE A PRETTY SIMPLE ASK. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF GRANTS THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR. WE'RE WAITING FOR FUNDING TO COME IN. WE'D LIKE TO HOLD OFF LOSING, OUR, OUR 4 STAFF MEMBERS UNTIL WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO FUNDING ONE OR MORE OF THOSE POSITIONS. THAT'S, THAT'S OUR SIMPLE ASK. THOSE PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORKFORCE, SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE FOR, FOR YOLO COUNTY AND FOR EMPLOYERS. WE ALSO HELP EMPLOYERS IN TERMS OF PROVIDING THEM WITH A DIRECT LINE TO EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDING JOB FAIRS FOR EMPLOYERS TO ATTEND. SO, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE LAST SPEAKER IS JESSICA GOMEZ. GOOD MORNING.

I'M JESSICA GOMEZ AND I'M AN EMPLOYMENT SERVICE BY THE WAY, WITH YOLOWORKS. LAST FRIDAY, WE HELD A JOB FAIR THAT BROUGHT OVER 500 LOCAL JOB SEEKERS.

THAT'S 500 PEOPLE IN ONE DAY WHO CAME TO YOLOWORKS BECAUSE THEY TRUSTED US TO HELP THEM FIND WORK. WE ALSO HAD 40 EMPLOYERS ATTEND. THESE EMPLOYERS TRUSTED US TO HELP MEET THEIR HIRING NEEDS AND CONNECT THEM WITH QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. AND

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MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE NOT COMFORTABLE USING COMPUTERS, NAVIGATING THE SYSTEM, AS THEY'VE BEEN, WORKING THERE FOR 25+ YEARS.

BUT THEY KNEW WHERE TO GO BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP YOLO WORKS HAS BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE TRUST THEY HAVE EARNED, WE HAVE EARNED OVER THE YEARS. WE ARE AN AMERICAN JOB CENTER, AND WE HAVE AN, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE THE WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS IN YOLO COUNTY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT JUST RECENTLY OUR WIOA FUNDING INCREASED AND THERE'S MANY OTHER GRANTS AND FUNDING IN THE WORKS. TO ME, THAT REFLECTS THE VALUE OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE AND THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR PROGRAMS. OUR FUNDING IS GROWING BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A CONTINUED NEED FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO. I ASK THAT YOU SEEK MORE INFORMATION FROM OUR LEADERSHIP ABOUT THE WORK WE DO AND CONSIDER POSTPONING THE, THE DECISION TO ELIMINATE THOSE 4 POSITIONS, THOSE 4 ESS POSITIONS. AS PEOPLE ARE BEING LAID OFF, THEY WILL NEED HELP GETTING BACK ON THEIR FEET.

BY ELIMINATING THESE POSITIONS, YOU ARE ALSO REDUCING SERVICES FOR THE VERY PEOPLE WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE LAYOFFS AND FOR THOSE IN THE FUTURE. I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR 2 MINUTES ARE UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND WE ALSO RECEIVED MANY EMAILS WHICH WE'VE READ IN ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT WERE READ OFF BY THE CLERK. SO, KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN THOSE. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE WILL NOW GO TO THE PRESENTATION AS PLANNED.

AS MIKE MAKES HIS WAY UP, I'M GONNA READ JUST A BRIEF STATEMENT ON CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET ITEM.

GENERALLY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARISE WHEN THE BOARD APPROVES CONTRACTS WITH THIRD PARTIES SUCH AS COMPANIES OR NONPROFITS THAT AFFECT THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF A SUPERVISOR.

IN APPROVING THE ANNUAL BUDGET, THE BOARD APPROPRIATES FUNDING FOR EVERY EXISTING COUNTY CONTRACT THAT CONTINUES INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

FORTUNATELY, THE STATE FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION CLARIFIED IN 2023 THAT THE ACTION OF APPROPRIATING FUNDING THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGET IS NOT AN ACTION TO WHICH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CAN ATTACH UNLESS THE APPROPRIATION THAT OCCURS AS PART OF THE BUDGET IS PAIRED WITH THE APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT OR THE DISCUSSION OF A CONTRACT AT THE SAME MEETING, OR AS PART OF THE SAME ACTION. THAT'S NOT HOW THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET TODAY IS PRESENTED. NO INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS ARE BEFORE YOU FOR ACTION OR DISCUSSION AS PART OF THE BUDGET ITEM UNLESS THE DISCUSSION HAPPENS TO EVOLVE TO FOCUS ON A PARTICULAR CONTRACT IN WHICH A SUPERVISOR HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. NO RECUSALS ARE REQUIRED EITHER FROM THE BUDGET ITEM IN ITS ENTIRETY OR FROM ANY OF THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. CAO WEBB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR ALLEN. GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS, AND, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR STAFF THAT ARE JOINING US TODAY. WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S, YOU KNOW, ATTENTION TO THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT MATTER. I'LL SAY PROBABLY THE ONE OF THE MOST, IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT'S BEFORE YOU AS A BOARD. AND, SO TODAY I'M HERE TO SORT OF INITIATE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR, OUR BUDGET TEAM, TO DO THE BULK OF THE PRESENTATION, ITSELF.

I'LL PROVIDE SOME INTRODUCTORY REMARKS JUST TO SORT OF SET THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT, AND AT THE END I'LL, I'LL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL REMARKS, TO, TO BRING, BRING SOME CONCLUSION TO IT.

THE BUDGET THAT, THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED DURING A TIME OF SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL AND FISCAL UNCERTAINTY, AND ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS, BOTH AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS, ALL OF THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY. THIS IS NOT A, A BLIP ON THE RADAR OF AN ECONOMIC, YOU KNOW, DOWNTURN THAT IS TEMPORARY. I THINK WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND FACING AS A COUNTY IS ONE OF, OF GREATER SIGNIFICANCE AND DURATION AND ONE OF STRUCTURAL IMBALANCE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR. THAT STRUCTURAL IMBALANCE COMES DUE TO A WHOLE VARIETY OF FACTORS, MANY OF THEM OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY'S CONTROL.

THINGS LIKE HR 1, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

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AT THE SAME TIME, THE STATE IS ALSO UNDERGOING, EXTRAORDINARY BUDGET, REDUCTIONS AND, AND DEFICITS THAT THEY'RE ALSO, TRYING TO SOLVE FOR AND BALANCE AT THE SAME TIME. AND WITH THE COUNTY, WE ARE, REALLY ON A TRAJECTORY, PER OUR PAST FORWARD CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL OF YOU AND FOR YOUR DIRECTION TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE KIND OF RIGHT-SIZING OUR SHIP, SO TO SPEAK, AND GETTING US ONTO A PATH OF STRUCTURAL BALANCE WITH OUR, REVENUES BETTER MATCHING WITH OUR EXPENDITURES. AND WHILE THE BULK OF THE CONVERSATION TODAY IS ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, RECOMMENDED BUDGET THAT'S BEFORE YOU, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE'S ONGOING WORK HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK. AND, YOU KNOW, AT YOUR PAST MEETINGS AND AT YOUR PAST MEETING, IN FACT, YOU LITERALLY TOOK AN ACTION TO PUT FORWARD A REVENUE MEASURE, ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT FOR THE TOT, MEASURE TO HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER. AND THAT, THAT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF MANY REVENUE IDEAS AND CONCEPTS THAT THIS BOARD IS VERY SERIOUSLY PURSUING, AND, TRYING TO TACKLE THIS FROM THE REVENUE SIDE OF THE EQUATION AS WELL.

ACCORDINGLY, THE BUDGET, THAT'S PROPOSED BEFORE YOU TODAY, IT INCLUDES SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS, IN BOTH THE GENERAL FUND AND NON, NON-GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS AND, AND ACROSS MANY, MANY PROGRAMS. THESE REDUCTIONS INCLUDE OPERATIONAL CUTBACKS THE ELIMINATION OF VACANT POSITIONS, DEFERRAL OF SELECTED CAPITAL AND PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENTS, WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS, INCLUDING LAYOFFS. AND THOSE DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DO NOT COME LIGHTLY, AND THEY DO NOT COME WITHOUT TURNING OVER EVERY STONE AND REALLY LOOKING TO OUR DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP TO HELP INFORM THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE ACTIONS, THAT ARE BEFORE YOU, INCLUDE AREAS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY HARD HIT, SUCH AS OUR SAFETY AND HEALTH NET, SAFETY NET HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS, AS A DIRECT RESULT OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING CUTBACKS.

THE COUNTY IS IN, I WILL SAY IS THE SERVICE PROVIDER OF OF LAST RESORT TO THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. AND I KNOW THAT OUR STAFF TEAM AND THE BOARD IS, IS VERY WELL AWARE OF THAT. THE HISTORICALLY STABLE FUNDING STREAMS THAT PROVIDED, THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY IN THE PAST TO SUPPORT THOSE SERVICES HAVE BEEN DRAMATICALLY REDUCED BY BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL CUTBACKS, FOR EXAMPLE.

BUT ALSO NEEDING, TO BE ADDRESSED IS, HISTORIC OVERRELIANCE ON UTILIZATION OF FUND BALANCE. AT LEVELS THAT WERE FRANKLY UNSUSTAINABLE, AND NEED TO BE COURSE-CORRECTED. TO KEEP EVEN THE MOST ESSENTIAL SERVICES AFLOAT, SUCH AS CALFRESH FOOD SUPPORT, THE COUNTY IS EFFECTIVELY FORCED TO ALLOCATE ALREADY LIMITED LOCAL FUNDS VIA THE GENERAL FUND, DOLLARS JUST TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO OF THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS SERVED, BY THAT PROGRAM. YOU'LL HEAR COMMENTS, AND YOU HAVE HEARD SOME, IN THE PAST MEETINGS ON THIS, AND YOU'VE HEARD SOME THIS MORNING, THAT WE ARE NEEDING TO DO MORE WITH LESS. AND FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, I THINK THE REALITY, THE HARSH REALITY IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO, IN FACT, BE DOING LESS WITH LESS. WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES. WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH, THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE AND THE STAFF THAT WILL REMAIN. THERE IS A BREAKING POINT WITH OUR STAFF, AND WE WANT TO AND HAVE TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF NOT CROSSING THAT THRESHOLD.

THE REALITY IS THAT, THESE, BUDGET REDUCTION MEASURES, ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THEY REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT AND NECESSARY STEP, HOWEVER, TOWARDS RESTORING AND MAINTAINING THE STRUCTURAL BALANCE WITHIN OUR BUDGET. THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET REFLECTS A COMMITMENT TO ALIGNING OUR ONGOING EXPENDITURES WITH SUSTAINABLE REVENUES TO ULTIMATELY STRENGTHEN THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL POSITION, WHEN WE COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS. IN PRESERVING ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET

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ONCE THE STATE ULTIMATELY ADOPTS THE FINAL BUDGET, WHICH MAY BE SEVERAL WEEKS OR A MONTH OR MORE AWAY BY THE TIME THAT IS ULTIMATELY COMPLETED, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FEDERAL BUDGET.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR GRANT, GRANTS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, AND MAYBE COMING BACK TO YOU BETWEEN EITHER, CERTAINLY BY ADOPTED BUDGET, BUT MAYBE AT INTERVALS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WITH RECOMMENDED, COURSE CORRECTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS, AS THOSE, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES COME UP.

MY LAST COMMENT, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR BUDGET TEAM, IS THAT WITH RESPECT TO POSITION LAYOFFS AND THOSE STAFF THAT ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THOSE, BY THOSE LAYOFFS. IT IS OUR COMMITMENT, MY COMMITMENT AS YOUR CAO, TO ENSURE THAT WE TURN OVER EVERY STONE TO FIND A POTENTIAL LANDING SPOT FOR EVERYONE THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN. I CANNOT STAND HERE TODAY AND GUARANTEE THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN FOR EVERY POSITION, BUT WE WILL, IT WILL NOT BE FOR LACK OF TRYING. AND WE ARE, WE HAVE INCORPORATED ADDITIONAL STEPS IN OUR REVIEW PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING A THOROUGH REVIEW TO SEE THAT ANY POSITIONS THAT WE CAN, FIND A LANDING SPOT FOR, WE WILL. SO, WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR, OUR BUDGET TEAM TO WRAP UP THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION, AND I'LL HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AT THE VERY END. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MIKE. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALLEN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM TOM HAYNES, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. AS, MIKE INDICATED, I WILL BE WALKING THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE PRESENTATION, AND GOING THROUGH A NUMBER OF BUDGETARY DETAILS, BUT BEFORE, I GET TO THERE, I WILL SPEND A BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, JUST TO REFLECT ON, ON, THE, THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS.

I'LL THEN TURN IT OVER TO, HHSA DIRECTOR MONICA MORALES TO TOUCH ON A FEW SLIDES RELATED TO HHSA AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE SEEING, COME OUT OF THE MAY REVISE. I'LL THEN SPEND A FEW MINUTES TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AND LOOKING AHEAD, AND THEN AT THE END TURN IT BACK OVER TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WEBB.

SO AS MENTIONED, I DO WANT TO COVER A FEW SLIDES ON THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND REALLY WHAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE BY GOING THROUGH THESE SLIDES IS THAT THIS BUDGET PROCESS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY DELIBERATIVE AND THOUGHTFUL PROCESS. A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS BUDGET, NOT JUST FROM THE BUDGET TEAM AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE, BUT FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND THE BOARD ITSELF, INCLUDING THE BUDGET AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE WHO WE'VE MET WITH THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

WHILE THE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE DIFFICULT, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN MADE LIGHTLY AND HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OVER SEVERAL MONTHS WITH SIGNIFICANT INPUT AND DELIBERATION. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. AS YOU WILL RECALL, WE WERE FIRST BEFORE YOU BACK IN JANUARY WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE BUDGET OUTLOOK AND THE STRATEGIC APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THE COUNTY STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT. IN MARCH AND APRIL, DFS AND THE CAO'S OFFICE MET WITH EACH DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET REQUESTS AS WELL AS THE

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JUST TO REITERATE THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE UNDERLYING THIS BUDGET PROCESS, THIS IS A SLIDE THAT YOU'VE SEEN SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IT BEARS REPEATING. YOLO COUNTY CONTINUES TO FACE A STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT.

THAT'S DEFINED AS A SITUATION WHERE OUR ONGOING EXPENDITURES CONSISTENTLY EXCEED AND ARE OUTPACING OUR ONGOING REVENUES.

SOLVING THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WILL REQUIRE STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS. ULTIMATELY, SOME COMBINATION OF REVENUE INCREASES OR EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS WILL BE NECESSARY.

AND FINALLY, THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WILL NOT BE SOLVED IN A SINGLE YEAR. IT'S THE RESULT OF LONG-TERM TRENDS THAT HAVE COMPOUNDED OVER MANY YEARS AND WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO CORRECT. THE BUDGET BEFORE YOU TODAY REFLECTS THE FIRST STEP IN A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF WHY WE ARE MAKING THESE DIFFICULT CHOICES. THIS IS THE 5-YEAR GENERAL FUND FORECAST THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD BACK IN JANUARY, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT REFLECTS A PROJECTED GENERAL FUND DEFICIT OF OVER $47 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS.

NOW, WITH THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THE 2026-27 RECOMMENDED BUDGET TODAY, THIS PICTURE WILL CHANGE AND IT WILL IMPROVE, BUT IT WILL NOT BE SOLVED. WE STILL HAVE ADDITIONAL WORK TO DO IN FUTURE YEARS TO BRING OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES INTO STRUCTURAL BALANCE. TOM, I, I'M GONNA TRY VERY HARD NOT TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC AND THAT, THAT IT SHOULD SAY IN THOUSANDS OR ADD MORE ZEROS, BECAUSE IF IT WAS ONLY $7,000, IT WOULDN'T BE SO BAD.

YOU'RE CORRECT. APOLOGIES FOR THAT OVERSIGHT. THANKS.

SIGNIFICANTLY, BASED ON THIS FORECAST, IN JANUARY, THE BOARD APPROVED A 3-YEAR PLAN TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT.

THERE ARE 3 MAIN ELEMENTS OF THAT PLAN, THE FIRST BEING THAT THE BOARD DIRECTED STAFF TO IMPLEMENT 3 YEARS OF BUDGET REDUCTIONS TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, INCLUDING AN INITIAL REDUCTION TARGET OF $15 MILLION IN 2026-27. SECONDLY, THE INITIAL REDUCTION TARGETS WOULD BE SET WITH THE ASSUMPTION OF NO NEW REVENUES. THERE'S A, A MISSING WORD ON THIS SLIDE, AND I APOLOGIZE.

BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY, STAFF AND THE BOARD WOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND TIMELINES FOR REVENUE ENHANCEMENT. AND THEN FINALLY, THE REDUCTION TARGETS IN THE OUTER YEARS CAN BE ADJUSTED DOWNWARD IF NEW REVENUES DO MATERIALIZE. AND AS MIKE ALLUDED TO A FEW MOMENTS AGO, SUBSEQUENT TO THIS MEETING, THE BOARD FORMED THE REVENUE GENERATION AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH HAS MET ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND RECENTLY THE BOARD ADVANCED A, A TOT MEASURE FOR VOTER CONSIDERATION IN NOVEMBER. I WANNA BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BUDGET PRINCIPLES THAT THE BOARD APPROVED BACK IN JANUARY.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF BUDGET PRINCIPLES. THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS A, A FEW, SELECT ONES. FIRST, THE BUDGET SHALL STRENGTHEN FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY BY WORKING TOWARDS ACHIEVING A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET.

SECOND, THE BUDGET SHOULD CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY ONE-TIME SOLUTIONS TO MITIGATE PROGRAM REDUCTIONS AND SERVICE IMPACTS WHILE WE DEVELOP LONGER-TERM STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS. AND THIRD, THE BUDGET SHOULD CONTINUE TO PURSUE GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. THE BOARD ALSO APPROVED SOME SPECIFIC PRINCIPLES RELATED TO BUDGET REDUCTIONS. AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THEM THAT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT.

FIRST IS THAT THE COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET. SECOND, NEW REVENUE OPTIONS SHOULD BE EXPLORED IMMEDIATELY WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT MANY REVENUE SOURCES TAKE TIME TO IMPLEMENT. AND FINALLY, THAT APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED TO ENSURE THAT COUNTY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES CAN BE EFFECTIVELY CARRIED OUT. THE COMPLETE LISTING OF BUDGET PRINCIPLES, INCLUDING THE BUDGET REDUCTION PRINCIPLES, IS INCLUDED AS ATTACHMENT V TO THE STAFF REPORT. NOW I WILL TURN AND GO THROUGH THE SPECIFICS OF THE 2026-27 RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

IN TOTAL, THE 26-27 RECOMMENDED BUDGET IS JUST SHY OF $760 MILLION. THAT'S DOWN ABOUT $15 MILLION FROM THE CURRENT YEAR '25-'26 ADOPTED BUDGET. THE OPERATING BUDGET IS JUST SHY OF $733 MILLION. THAT'S DOWN ABOUT $5 MILLION FROM THE CURRENT YEAR. WELL,

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IN TOTAL, THERE ARE OVER 110 DIFFERENT COUNTY FUNDS THAT COMPRISE THE COUNTY'S BUDGET.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS TOTAL EXPENDITURES BY PROGRAM AREA, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LARGEST SLICE OF THE PIE, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE, TOTAL COUNTY BUDGET.

THIS IS FOLLOWED BY GENERAL GOVERNMENT AT ABOUT 26% OF THE COUNTY BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES, CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS DFS, CAO, COUNTY COUNCIL, GENERAL SERVICES, BUT ALSO INCLUDES OTHER MORE PUBLIC-FACING DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS AGRICULTURE, ACE, AND LIBRARY. LAW AND JUSTICE THEN ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 20% OF THE COUNTY BUDGET, WHILE COMMUNITY SERVICES MAKES UP 17%. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE TOTAL SOURCE OF COUNTY FUNDS OR, OR OTHERWISE COUNTY REVENUES.

AND WHAT'S REALLY NOTABLE ON THIS SLIDE IS HOW MUCH OF THE COUNTY'S BUDGET, OVER 40%, IS DEPENDENT UPON REVENUES FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, PRIMARILY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE ARE HEAVILY, HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON, ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES.

WHAT'S ALSO NOTABLE IS HOW LITTLE OF THE COUNTY BUDGET, AT JUST 10%, COMES FROM LOCAL TAXES. IT'S A VERY, VERY SMALL SHARE OF OUR OVERALL FUNDING PICTURE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHERE THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND SUPPORT GOES, OR ESSENTIALLY WHERE OUR DISCRETIONARY REVENUES ARE ALLOCATED. AND WHAT'S NOTABLE HERE IS THAT WHILE LAW AND JUSTICE, AS WE SAW ON THE PRIOR SLIDES, MAKES UP JUST 20% OF THE TOTAL COUNTY BUDGET, IT ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN HALF OF ALL GENERAL FUND SUPPORT.

GENERAL GOVERNMENT MAKES UP THE NEXT LARGEST SHARE AT ABOUT 35%, AS MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT DON'T HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AND RELY HEAVILY ON THE GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, WHICH IS THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THE COUNTY BUDGET, ACCOUNTS FOR JUST 10% OF ALL GENERAL FUND SUPPORT, WHILE COMMUNITY SERVICES ACCOUNTS FOR JUST 2%. TAKING A LOOK AT OUR MAJOR COUNTY REVENUES, PROPERTY TAX IS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF COUNTY DISCRETIONARY REVENUES. WE ARE PROJECTING THAT PROPERTY TAX IS GOING TO GROW AT ABOUT 5% OVER THE CURRENT YEAR. THAT INCLUDES PASS-THROUGH PAYMENTS FROM FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, WHICH TEND TO GROW AT A HIGHER RATE THAN REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES. OUR GENERAL FUND SALES TAX IS PROJECTED TO GROW AT ABOUT 4%, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, SALES TAX MAKES UP A, A RATHER SMALL, SHARE OF OUR DISCRETIONARY REVENUES.

AND THEN ALL OF OUR OTHER GENERAL-PURPOSE REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO GROW BY ABOUT $2.6 MILLION, AND THAT'S DRIVEN LARGELY BY OVERHEAD COST REIMBURSEMENTS. IN TOTAL, WE ARE PROJECTING OUR GENERAL-PURPOSE REVENUES OR OUR MOST DISCRETIONARY REVENUES TO BE $117.6 MILLION. OTHER MAJOR REVENUES OUTSIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND ARE ALSO SEEING GROWTH. OUR PROPOSITION 172, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX, WHICH FUNDS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, IS PROJECTED TO GROW, MODESTLY BY ABOUT 1.8%. AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY REALIGNMENT AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REALIGNMENT ARE PROJECTED TO HAVE A BIT MORE ROBUST GROWTH AT 6.2% AND 10.2% RESPECTIVELY.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE SOURCES OF THE COUNTY'S DISCRETIONARY REVENUES, OR WHAT WE CALL OUR GENERAL-PURPOSE REVENUES. AND WHAT'S STRIKING HERE IS JUST HOW HEAVILY THE COUNTY IS DEPENDENT ON PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

BY FAR AND AWAY, IT'S OUR LARGEST SOURCE OF DISCRETIONARY REVENUE.

PROPERTY TAX IS A VERY STABLE REVENUE SOURCE, BUT IS NOT TREMENDOUSLY DYNAMIC. IT DOES NOT TEND TO GROW AT A VERY, VERY FAST PACE. THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF DISCRETIONARY REVENUE IS PASS-THROUGH PAYMENTS FROM THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.

AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, AS THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES BEGIN TO FORMALLY DISSOLVE BEGINNING IN 2034, 2035, THESE PASS-THROUGH PAYMENTS WILL START GOING AWAY. THIS IS A PICTURE THAT, THE BOARD IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH. YOLO COUNTY HAS A VERY LOW SHARE OF OVERALL PROPERTY TAXES. OUT OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT GETS PAID TO THE COUNTY IN PROPERTY TAXES, YOLO COUNTY KEEPS IS JUST ABOUT 8 CENTS.

THAT IS THE SECOND LOWEST SHARE OF PROPERTY TAX OF ALL COUNTIES, OF ALL 58 COUNTIES IN THE STATE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS A COMPARISON OF SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES,

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OF THAT TOTAL, 26 POSITIONS ARE FILLED, WHICH WILL RESULT IN WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS. 124 POSITIONS ARE VACANT, AND 1 POSITION IS RECOMMENDED TO BE UNFUNDED BUT NOT ELIMINATED. IN TOTAL, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL RESULT IN AN 8.4% REDUCTION IN TOTAL BUDGETED POSITIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY, AND DETAILED INFORMATION ON STAFFING CHANGES IS, IS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES SOME DETAIL ON THE BUDGET GAP THAT WE NEEDED TO OVERCOME AS PART OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS. AS MENTIONED ON A PRIOR SLIDE, WE PROJECTED OUR GENERAL-PURPOSE REVENUES AT $117.6 MILLION. WE ARE PROJECTING TO HAVE A GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $7 MILLION. BASE BUDGET REQUESTS SUBMITTED BY COUNTY DEPARTMENTS WERE JUST SHY OF $147 MILLION. AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE JUST THE REQUESTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN STATUS QUO OPERATIONS. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE PROGRAM EXPANSION, OR NEW ADDITIONS. AS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL AT THE APRIL 28TH AND MAY 5TH BUDGET UPDATES, DUE TO DECLINING STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING, HHSA IS FACING STRUCTURAL DEFICITS IN SEVERAL OF THEIR FUNDING STREAMS. AS A RESULT, AN ADDITIONAL $11.7 MILLION WAS NEEDED TO BACKFILL THESE FUNDING STREAMS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN STATUS QUO SERVICE LEVELS. WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET $1 MILLION TO SUPPORT PUBLIC DEFENDER AND THE CONFLICT PANEL FOR DEFENSE COSTS RELATED TO THE OAKDALE INCIDENT.

CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 2 DEFENDANTS THAT ARE BEING REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC DEFENDER AND THE CONFLICT PANEL. AND AT THE BOARD'S DIRECTION, WE INCLUDED $350,000 AS ESSENTIALLY A PLACEHOLDER TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL OPERATIONAL NEEDS STEMMING FROM THE OAKDALE INCIDENT. IN TOTAL, THE GENERAL FUND BASE BUDGET GAP WAS $35.4 MILLION. SO, IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT BUDGET GAP, WE DID A NUMBER OF THINGS.

FIRST, WE ARE RECOMMENDING $12.5 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS AND $8.9 MILLION IN HHSA NON-GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS.

NOW, THE $12.5 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS IS LESS THAN WE WERE ORIGINALLY TARGETING. AS I MENTIONED ON A PRIOR SLIDE, THE BOARD'S DIRECTION WAS TO IDENTIFY $15 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS.

HOWEVER, MANY OF THE REDUCTION OPTIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, STAFF BELIEVED, REQUIRED FURTHER ANALYSIS AND DELIBERATION AND WERE NOT CONSIDERED READY FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN 2026-27. ALSO, DURING THE PROCESS, SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES WERE MADE BASED ON DIRECTION AND INPUT FROM THE BOARD DURING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT UPDATES IN APRIL AND MAY. NONETHELESS, THIS RECOMMENDATION REFLECTS A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION TO COUNTY EXPENDITURES AND A SIGNIFICANT FIRST STEP IN ADDRESSING THE COUNTY STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.

IN ADDITION TO THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING $3.3 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM THE CHULA VISTA FUND. THIS IS A FUND THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD A FEW YEARS AGO TO ACCUMULATE TEMPORARY PROPERTY TAX REVENUES FLOWING FROM OUR FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.

WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING $3.4 MILLION IN A VARIETY OF OTHER ONE-TIME FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING THE USE OF SOME OF OUR POLICY RESERVES, AND WE'LL SEE SOME DETAIL ON THAT IN A FEW SLIDES. WE ARE RECOMMENDING USE OF $4 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND SAVINGS RELATED TO THE PENSION TRUST AND $3.1 MILLION FROM OUR GENERAL RESERVE. THIS BRINGS THE BUDGET GAP DOWN TO ZERO AND REFLECTS THE BALANCED BUDGET THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A CATEGORICAL SUMMARY OF BOTH THE GENERAL FUND AND THE HHSA NON-GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REDUCTION OPTIONS FROM SALARY SAVINGS, REDUCTION IN OVERTIME, REDUCTION IN SERVICES AND SUPPLIES, ELIMINATION OF CONTRACTS.

BUT THE BULK OF THE REDUCTIONS, THE MAJORITY OF THE REDUCTIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM ARE COMING THROUGH ELIMINATION OF POSITIONS. ATTACHMENTS G AND H TO THE STAFF REPORT PROVIDE A DETAILED LISTING OF THE GENERAL FUND AND THE HHSA NON-GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS, WHILE ATTACHMENT I PROVIDES INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENTS ON THE ANTICIPATED IMPACT OF THE REDUCTIONS. NOW, AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF ONE-TIME SOLUTIONS BEING RECOMMENDED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. I WON'T TOUCH ON ALL OF THEM, BUT A FEW THAT I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT, THE THIRD AND FOURTH ONE DOWN, THE AUDIT DISALLOWANCE RESERVE

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THOSE ARE SOME OF THE POLICY RESERVES THAT WE HAD SET ASIDE, A NUMBER OF FEW YEARS AGO.

WITH THIS RECOMMENDED USE, THAT WILL DEPLETE THESE RESERVES.

WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING $460,000 IN CANNABIS TAX FUNDING, $225,000 FROM THE POMONA FUND, AND $210,000 FROM THE LOCAL INNOVATION SUBACCOUNT.

AS MENTIONED, WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING USE OF SOME OF THE COUNTY'S PRIMARY RESERVES, INCLUDING THE PENSION TRUST AND THE GENERAL RESERVE.

IN TOTAL, WE ARE RECOMMENDING $8.5 MILLION OF THE COUNTY'S PENSION TRUST BE USED TO ASSIST WITH BALANCING THE BUDGET.

OF THAT AMOUNT, APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION WILL BENEFIT THE GENERAL FUND AND BE USED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. THE REMAINING $4.5 MILLION WILL FLOW BACK TO OTHER FUNDS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE PENSION TRUST OVER THE YEARS, AND THOSE ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL FISCAL CHALLENGES IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET, PARTICULARLY FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS HHSA. SO, IT'S OUR ANTICIPATION THAT THE BENEFIT, RECEIVED BY THE PENSION, SAVINGS IN THESE FUNDS WILL HELP OFFSET SOME OF THAT IMPACT IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET. WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING USE OF $3.1 MILLION IN THE COUNTY'S GENERAL RESERVE. THIS IS, OF COURSE, THE COUNTY'S MAIN RESERVE, WHICH IS DESIGNATED TO BE USED IN THE CASE OF SEVERE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, NATURAL DISASTERS, OR SEVERE FUNDING REDUCTIONS FROM STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES, A GLIMPSE OF OUR RESERVE BALANCES FOR THESE RESERVES THAT WE ARE, RECOMMENDING USE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GENERAL RESERVE HAS A CURRENT BALANCE OF 20, ALMOST $24 MILLION. WITH THE USE OF 3.1, THAT WILL BRING THE BALANCE DOWN TO ABOUT, $20.8 MILLION OR APPROXIMATELY 7%.

AS I MENTIONED, THE LIABILITY RESERVE AND THE AUDIT DISALLOWANCE RESERVE WOULD BE ZEROED OUT WHILE THE PENSION TRUST WOULD DROP FROM $26 MILLION TO ABOUT $17.5 MILLION.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY FUNDING FOR CONTINGENCIES. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATIONS ARE THE COUNTY'S FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST UNANTICIPATED NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. COUNTY POLICY, INDICATES THAT, ON, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, BETWEEN 1 TO 3% OF, BUDGET EXPENDITURES SHOULD BE SET ASIDE IN CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATIONS.

SO, THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WILL LOOK TO TRY AND ADDRESS IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET SHOULD FUNDING BE AVAILABLE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS, JUST GRAPHICALLY THE BALANCE OF OUR GENERAL RESERVE OVER THE LAST ABOUT 18 YEARS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COUNTY HAS REALLY DONE A VERY GOOD JOB, WITH THE BOARD'S LEADERSHIP OF INCREASING THE RESERVE VERY STEADILY, FROM A LOW OF 1.9% BACK IN 2010 AND '11, COMING OUT OF THE, THE GREAT RECESSION, TO REACHING A PEAK OF 8.5% IN 2023-24. THE CURRENT POLICY TARGET IS 10%, SO WE HAVEN'T QUITE GOTTEN TO THAT LEVEL. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE RESERVE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AS THE COUNTY'S FISCAL CHALLENGE HAS TIGHTENED, AND SO IT HAS STARTED TO DECLINE A LITTLE. AND AS I MENTIONED, WITH THE RECOMMENDED USE IN TODAY'S BUDGET, IT WOULD BRING THE RESERVE DOWN TO 7%. THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES FUNDING FOR SEVERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, JUST A FEW ITEMS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED, $2.5 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE WORK ON THE AGRICULTURE SHOP, WHICH IS NEARING COMPLETION.

$10.1 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE WORK ON THE WALNUT PARK LIBRARY, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR RIBBON CUTTING, LATER THIS, THIS FALL. AND THEN $10.5 MILLION FOR CONTINUED WORK ON THE KNIGHT'S LANDING LEVEE AND FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT.

FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROJECT, WE HAVE $1 MILLION FOR ONGOING ROOF REPLACEMENTS AND $1.2 MILLION FOR REPAIR OF THE GRASSLANDS SOLAR ARRAY WHICH IS CERTAINLY A HIGH PRIORITY IN ORDER TO GET THAT ARRAY BACK UP ONLINE AND HOPEFULLY, RESULT IN SOME, COST SAVINGS TO THE COUNTY. WITH THAT, I WILL NOW ASK HHSA DIRECTOR MONICA MORALES TO COME UP AND WALK THROUGH SOME INFORMATION RELATED TO THE MAY REVISE AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO HHSA.

THANK YOU, TOM. GOOD MORNING.

FOR THE RECORD, MONICA MORALES. I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.

YES. SO, I HAD, SHARED A SUMMARY WITH MANY OF YOU WHAT WE WERE NOTICING IN THE MAY REVISE. NOT A LOT OF POSITIVES. WE'VE SEEN SOME REDUCTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW IN, FOR EXAMPLE, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, IN HOME SUPPORT SERVICES, AND EVEN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, SERVICES.

WE'RE WAITING ON THOSE JUST TO SEE HOW THINGS LAND BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.

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ASSEMBLY, SENATE, AND OUR GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. AND AT A MINIMUM, WE KNOW THAT THE BASE BASED ON THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD BE ABOUT A $228 MILLION AUGMENTATION STATEWIDE, RIGHT? SO, WE QUICKLY WENT BACK AND CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS TO TRY TO GET UNDERSTANDING WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR OUR COUNTY. SO, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS OUR PROJECTIONS ARE THAT BASED ON THE AUGMENTATION THAT WE SAW IN THE MAY REVISE, YOLO COUNTY WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT $1.2 MILLION. THIS SPECIFICALLY, I JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS, IS FOR MEDI-CAL, RIGHT? WE, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF OTHER, WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AS WE SPEAK IN TERMS OF OTHER PRIORITIES. WHAT THE BILL ALSO INCLUDED THOUGH IS THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD NOW WITH INCREASING AND ACCELERATING FINANCIAL PENALTIES FOR COUNTIES WHO DO NOT MEET SOME OF THE METRICS THAT WE'RE LIABLE FOR. THIS INCLUDES, FOR EXAMPLE, PROCESSING OF NEW APPLICATIONS. IT INCLUDES PROCESSING RENEWALS AND SO FORTH. SO, IT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GETTING MONEY, BUT YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. AS SUCH, AFTER WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED FURTHER IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY AND MEETING SOME OF THE BENCHMARKS THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR, OUR BEST RECOMMENDATION FOR US AND TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IS TO RESTORE 6 POSITIONS, FULL-TIME POSITIONS, SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED FOR ELIGIBILITY AND EMPLOYMENT BRANCH. WE DO KNOW THAT THIS COST WOULD BE ABOUT $927,000.

THIS SHOULD FALL WITHIN THE $1.2 MILLION. HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN THIS BRANCH. I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE STILL ANTICIPATE, BEING AT A DEFICIT OR NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER THE COST, FOR NEXT YEAR. SO AS SUCH, WE'RE DOING TWO THINGS. WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE FUND AND RESTORE 6 FTES TO SUPPORT THE HR1 IMPLEMENTATION.

BUT WE'RE ADDING A BUFFER OF $357,000, ESTIMATE IN CASE AND AS WE SEE THE DEFICIT, YOU KNOW, COME OUR WAY FOR NEXT YEAR. THESE ARE THE 6 SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATIONS WE'RE PROPOSING TO RESTORE. I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THEM, BUT THEY'RE IN FRONT OF YOU.

AS I MENTIONED, THE TOTAL WILL BE $927,000, AND CHANGE TO PRESERVE THE POSITIONS. THE POSITIONS WILL HELP US STABILIZE THE CURRENT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. SO, REMEMBER, HR 1 ALREADY WENT INTO EFFECT. WE ARE ALREADY DOING, WE'RE HAVING TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE THAT ARE, HAVE, NOT, THEY'RE NOT MEETING NECESSARILY THE CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY.

SO, WE'RE HAVING TO ASSESS FOR THAT. WE'RE HAVING TO ALSO ASSESS FOR THOSE THAT ARE, ARE STILL, BEING QUESTIONED IN TERMS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS OR THE STATUS OF THEIR CURRENT, IMMIGRATION. AND SECOND, THE ABLE BOD POPULATION THAT WE'RE ALSO NOW ALSO, HAVING TO SCREEN FOR. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT THIS TEAM WILL HELP US PUT IN PLACE AND STABILIZE AS WE MOVE THROUGH HR1 MODIFICATIONS.

SO, IT'S ENHANCED POLICY AND SYSTEM ANALYSIS. IT'S MORE ROBUST TRAINING AND PREPARATION FOR OUR STAFF. AND BELIEVE ME, EVERY WEEK THERE'S A NEW GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF HOW WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT HR-1 COMING FROM THE STATE AND INCREASED CLIENT SUPPORT. WE BELIEVE THAT WITH THESE CHANGES AND THE PROPOSED BUDGETS, WE WILL BE BETTER, IN TERMS OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO OFFSET SETTING POTENTIAL PENALTIES THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL START BEING IMPLEMENTED WITH THE NEW MAY REVISED GUIDANCE. SO, I'LL PAUSE THERE AND I'LL PASS IT BACK TO TOM AND THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AFTER THE PRESENTATION. SO, LOOKING AHEAD, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WE WILL NEED TO, ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER. THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS JUST A FEW OF THEM. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE KNOW THAT, WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE INCREASES IN OUR INSURANCE COSTS,

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AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO TRY AND MAKE SOME, CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATIONS, AS AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE ON THE COUNTY'S BUDGET. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT IS LIKELY GOING TO BE NEEDED IN THE CONFLICT DEFENSE PANEL, BASED ON THE CONTRACT THAT WAS APPROVED RECENTLY BY THE BOARD. WE ARE OF COURSE CONTINUING TO MONITOR STATE AND FEDERAL MANDATES AND THE IMPACTS TO YOLO COUNTY, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE STATE BUDGET THAT WILL BE APPROVED IN THE COMING WEEKS. AND OF COURSE, DEPENDING ON THE FISCAL PICTURE, THERE WAS ALWAYS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTAL REDUCTIONS. THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTAL AUGMENTATION REQUESTS THAT ARE BEING DEFERRED FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THE ADOPTED BUDGET. I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. THEY'RE HERE FOR YOU TO, TO SEE. THE TAKEAWAY BEING THAT THERE ARE IN TOTAL ABOUT $10.9 MILLION IN DEPARTMENT AUGMENTATION REQUESTS. IT'S OBVIOUSLY HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO FUND ALL OF THESE REQUESTS, BUT DEPENDING ON OUR REVENUE PICTURE AND HOW MUCH FUND BALANCE WE HAVE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO FUND A FEW OF THE ONE-TIME NEEDS. LOOKING FORWARD AT NEXT STEPS, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, AS MENTIONED, WE WILL BE MONITORING THE STATE, BUDGET SITUATION AND MONITORING THE IMPACTS FROM THE STATE BUDGET, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE.

BEGINNING IN JULY AND INTO AUGUST AND THROUGH SEPTEMBER, WE WILL THEN BE WORKING ON THE COUNTY'S ADOPTED BUDGET, WHICH IS SCHEDULED, THE ADOPTED BUDGET HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 22ND. AND THEN IN DECEMBER, WE BEGIN THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. AND SO, START WORKING ON THE 2027-28 BUDGET PROCESS.

FINALLY, ON AN ONGOING BASIS, WE OF COURSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DEVELOPING STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES FOR ADDRESSING THE COUNTY'S STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT. AS MENTIONED, THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET TODAY TAKES A SIGNIFICANT FIRST STEP IN RESTORING STRUCTURAL BALANCE, BUT MORE WORK REMAINS. WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL AVAILABLE OPTIONS, INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR USING OPTIONS SUCH AS GOLDEN HANDSHAKES OR FURLOUGHS, BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS WILL BE NEEDED IN FUTURE YEARS.

IN MY MIND, THIS IS NOT A SITUATION OF EITHER-OR, BUT REALLY A SITUATION OF ALL OF THE ABOVE, NEEDING TO USE ALL OF THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX. I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE FROM THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS, MAKING FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN FUTURE YEARS IS LIKELY TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. AS A RESULT, WE WILL LIKELY NEED TO BEGIN CONSIDERING DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND APPROACH, AND APPROACHES TO LOOK AT FUNDAMENTALLY REEVALUATING THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT THE COUNTY PROVIDES. LOOKING AT OUR ADOPTED, BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS, WITH YOUR APPROVAL TODAY, THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET WILL PUT APPROPRIATIONS IN PLACE, BEGINNING ON JULY 1ST UNTIL THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 22ND.

DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THE BOARD MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE BUDGET WITH A 3/5 A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE. ONCE THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, MOST BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS WOULD REQUIRE A 4/5 VOTE, THEREAFTER. AND FINALLY, JUST WANT TO PROVIDE THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THE BOARD TO TAKE TODAY. I WON'T READ THROUGH THEM, THEY ARE IN YOUR PACKET AND THEY ARE BEFORE YOU HERE. I DID WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT RECOMMENDED ACTION NUMBER 2, WHICH IS THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD AMEND THE 2026-27 RECOMMENDED BUDGET REVENUE AND APPROPRIATIONS TO INCLUDE THE ANTICIPATED ONE-TIME STATE FUNDING IN HR 1 IMPLEMENTATION THAT MONICA, JUST SPOKE TO AND FUND THE 6 POSITIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY HHSA. THIS INFORMATION REGARDING THE MEDI-CAL ADMINISTRATION FUNDING IN THE MAY REVISE CAME TO LIGHT AFTER THE BUDGET NUMBERS WERE FINALIZED. SO AS A RESULT, WE DO NEED THE BOARD TO TAKE A SPECIFIC ACTION TO ADJUST THE BUDGET TO REFLECT THAT CHANGE. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PIECE OF THE PRESENTATION, AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WEBB FOR SOME CLOSING COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, TOM. VERY BRIEFLY, THE, DEVELOPMENT OF THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET CLEARLY IS A, IS A HUGE TEAM EFFORT. IT INVOLVES, THE CONCERTED ENERGIES, TIME, LONG HOURS BY ALL OF OUR STAFF, OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, OUR BUDGET TEAM, OUR BOARD, YOU, INCLUDING OUR REVENUE, OR EXCUSE ME, OUR BUDGET AND REVENUE AD HOCS, THAT ARE ACTIVELY WORKING AND HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR MANY MONTHS, TO GET US

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IT'S AN UNENVIABLE TASK, TO PRODUCE A RECOMMENDED BUDGET, ESPECIALLY IN, IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES. IT'S A DIFFICULT TASK IN GOOD FINANCIAL TIMES. IT IS THAT MUCH MORE CHALLENGING IN TOUGHER FINANCIAL TIMES.

SO, JUST A SPECIFIC SHOUT OUT TO THEM. ALSO, A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR, AGAIN, OUR BUDGET AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE OF CHAIR ALLEN AND VICE CHAIR BARAJAS FOR YOUR TIME AND ALL OF YOUR MANY, MANY HOURS IN GOING OVER, YOU KNOW, CONCEPTS AND, AS IN HELPING PREPARE FOR, THE RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY. AND OUR ONGOING THANKS AND GRATITUDE, OF COURSE, TO OUR REVENUE AD HOC OF SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS AND FRERICHS, AS THOSE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE IN EARNEST, TO IDENTIFY ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TACKLING THIS FROM THE OTHER END OF THE EQUATION, WHICH IS THE REVENUE GENERATION SIDE. SO, WITH THAT, I WILL, AGAIN GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR, OUR TEAM, OUR STAFF WHO ARE ALL HERE, TODAY. WE HAVE OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT HEAD TEAM AT THE READY TO BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS A BOARD, AS WELL AS OF COURSE MYSELF AND OUR BUDGET TEAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE BOARD FOR QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD. OKAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CHAIR ALLEN. THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR THE, THE PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET AND JUST THE HARD WORK BEHIND THE SCENES WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS AND ASSOCIATIONS AND ALSO THE SUPERVISORS AS WELL. SO, APPRECIATE THAT. GOING BACK TO PAGE, 27, 28 OF THE SLIDE AND 27 ON THE SLIDE. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING THE, YOU'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO REVISE, THE BUDGETS SO THAT WAY, WE CAN ADD SOME OF THIS AUGMENTATION HERE, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.

SO, THESE 6 POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY FILLED OR THEY'RE VACANT? I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY FILLED. OKAY. AND IF THE STATE DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY FUNDING, THEN WHAT IS PLAN B AFTER THAT? WELL, THE REASON WHY THIS RECOMMENDATION IS BEING MADE, AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT AND THEN DEFER TO MIKE OR MONICA, IS THAT THIS IS FUNDING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISE.

THE LEGISLATURE AT THIS POINT APPEARS TO POTENTIALLY EVEN ADD FUNDING BEYOND THAT. SO, WE WERE VIEWING THIS FUNDING IN THE STATE BUDGET SORT OF AS THE FLOOR. THERE WAS NOT AN ANTICIPATION THAT THIS, THIS FUNDING WOULD COME OUT OF THE BUDGET. CERTAINLY, IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN AT THE 11TH HOUR AND THIS FUNDING WERE NOT TO BE INCLUDED, WE WOULD LIKELY NEED TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, TO THE BOARD AND ADDRESS THIS AT A LATER TIME. BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT BEING THE CASE. DO YOU, THIS IS MAYBE ONE-TIME FUNDING FROM THE STATE. DO YOU ANTICIPATE IT NEXT YEAR? IT WOULD BE A BIT SPECULATIVE TO KNOW WHAT NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BRING AT THIS POINT IN TIME. I THINK AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME WE ARE SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THE FACTS FACTS IN FRONT OF US, WHICH ARE THAT THIS IS ONE-TIME FUNDING AND WE ARE PLANNING FOR IT TO BE ONE-TIME FUNDING. WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BRING? OBVIOUSLY, WE, WE ARE HOPEFUL FOR MORE ONGOING FUNDING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, BUT, THAT, THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY ON THE TABLE AS I UNDERSTAND IT.

OKAY. AND IF WE WERE, THE BOARD WAS TO MOVE FORWARD AND, RESTORE THOSE POSITIONS, 6 OF THEM, WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE FINAL BUDGET THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PASS WITH THOSE CHANGES? BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT YOU PROVIDED THE INFORMATION COMING INTO THE MEETING, BUT IF WE RESTORE THESE POSITIONS, THEN WHAT'S THE FINAL NUMBER OF REDUCTIONS IN GENERAL FUND IN NON-HHSA? ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE REDUCTION DOLLAR AMOUNT OR THE STAFFING POSITION COUNT? BOTH.

SO, THE STAFFING REDUCTION WE, PRESENTED IN THIS PRESENTATION IS 26 POSITIONS. THAT ASSUMES THAT THESE 6 POSITIONS ARE FUNDED.

THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE REDUCTION THAT IS LISTED HERE AT $8.9 MILLION FOR HHSA, THAT REFLECTS THE ELIMINATION OF THOSE POSITIONS. SO, THIS IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WOULD NEED TO CHANGE BY THE BOARD'S ACTION. OKAY,

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THERE'S, THIS, THE COUNTY IS RECEIVING ABOUT 7% INCREASE IN OVERALL FUNDS FOR THE '26-'27 FISCAL YEAR.

AND SO, I WANTED TO JUST RAISE THAT ISSUE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A HUGE INCREASE, CERTAINLY, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SORT OF CHECK IN ON, YOU KNOW, JUST THE ISSUES AROUND, WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO CUT FOR POSITION CUTS THERE, AND SO WANTING TO JUST SORT OF CHECK WITH STAFF, YOU KNOW, IF THAT IS IN FACT THE CASE, THAT WE ARE PROPOSED TO RECEIVE AN INCREASE OF OVERALL FUNDS. AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, JUST YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE RECEIVING AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE ABILITY TO HELP OFFSET THE POTENTIAL CUTS. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, SUPERVISOR.

SO YES, IN FACT, WE DID RECEIVE A 6.9% INCREASE IN OUR YF FUNDING. HOWEVER, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ABOUT $173,000, RIGHT? SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ALLOCATION AS A WHOLE, IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH WHEN YOU TAKE COLAS, WHEN TAKE THE BENEFITS INTO ACCOUNT FOR US TO MAKE THAT SAME PROPOSITION. THE CURRENT BASE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT I JUST SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT REGARDING MEDI-CAL, IS $1.2 MILLION. SO, IT'S SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE ALLOCATION. AND, AND SO BASED ON THAT, THE RISK FOR US DOESN'T SEEM UNFORTUNATELY DOABLE AT THIS POINT. SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, QUESTION IS, I MEAN, THERE WAS ALSO A DISCUSSION BOTH IN THE EMAIL BUT ALSO IN PUBLIC COMMENT OF POTENTIAL GRANTS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING.

WE HEARD THE CHAIR OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION BOARD SPEAK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, CURIOUS ABOUT THE STATUS OF THOSE. AND THEN, YEAH, THEN I HAVE A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM.

YEAH, NO, BELIEVE US, WE, BELIEVE ME, WE, WE WERE, WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY NEW NEWS ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE HAVE HARD COPIES OF A LETTER THAT I CAN TAKE TO TOM AND TOM WILL TELL ME, YES, THIS IS PROOF THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING THE DOLLARS.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET, SO I CAN'T UNFORTUNATELY BRING THAT AS A PROPOSAL WHEN I DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNTS AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH GRANTS WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA, RECEIVE AT THIS POINT. I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD JUST ONE, MINOR, CLARIFICATION TO THE, THE 100, THE 6.9% INCREASE IN THE WIOA ALLOCATION FOR THE COUNTY. AS DIRECTOR MORALES STATED, IT TRANSLATES TO JUST OVER $173,000 TOTAL.

HOWEVER, I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT APPROXIMATELY, ONLY A THIRD OF THAT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS, SO IT TRANSLATES TO ROUGHLY $50,000, IN TOTAL FUNDS THAT WE COULD UTILIZE IN IN THAT CAPACITY. SO JUST TO PROVIDE THAT CLARIFICATION.

YEAH. AND WELL, THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT, THAT'S HELPFUL. I THINK THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF THE DOLLAR FIGURE OF THE AMOUNT OF GRANTS THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF HAVE IN THE PIPELINE THAT ARE, I MEAN, AGAIN, NOT, GUARANTEED TO RECEIVE BUT, BE IN THAT APPLICATION PHASE OR WAITING, WAITING FOR A RESPONSE PHASE? YES. GOOD MORNING, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR FRERICHS, FOR YOUR QUESTION. YES, WE ARE WAITING ON OUR ALLOCATION FOR WIOA RAPID RESPONSE AND LAYOFF AVERSION, WHICH IS, WE RECEIVED OUR ALLOCATION OF CURRENT AMOUNT OF $253,000.

WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THAT ALLOCATION WILL BE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

THEN THE GRANTS THAT WE'RE WAITING ON ARE A COUPLE OF DIGITAL LITERACY GRANTS, CPUC, A DIGITAL LITERACY OF $117,000, AND ANOTHER ONE FOR BROADBAND ACCESS FOR $149,000, AND WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR THAT IN A, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THE RAPID RESPONSE LAYOFF AVERSION, WE WOULD TYPICALLY GET THAT ALLOCATION IN LATE JUNE OR EARLY JULY. SO, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY WAITING TO RECEIVE OUR FIRM CONFIRMATIONS TO THEN DO AN ANALYSIS AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO, TO OUR TEAM TO BRING TO YOU. HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE ONLY HAVE THE CONFIRMATION OF THE 6.9% INCREASE IN THE WA ALLOCATION. THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THE, I MEAN, SO THOSE ARE, THAT'S ALL HELPFUL. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I THINK, ALSO THE, THE, AT LEAST THE,

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BUT IF THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN A FURTHER LEVEL OF DETAIL.

BUT, YES, WE, WE DO A PRETTY, A VERY THOROUGH REVIEW OF ANY REQUESTS FROM DEPARTMENTS TO FILL VACANT POSITIONS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED AND ARE BUDGETED. AND, AND THOSE DO EXIST.

THERE ARE POSITIONS BECAUSE OF WHATEVER CRITICAL NATURE OR A GRANT OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT WHERE THERE'S A, A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE POSITION VACANCIES CAN COME UP WHERE THE COUNTY IS LOOKING TO FILL THOSE. AND I'LL, I'LL TURN TO MARK TO GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE REVIEW PROCESS WORKS TO EVALUATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LANDING SPOTS. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, CAO WEBB. MARK BRYAN, DEPUTY, CAO, CHAIR ALLEN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GOOD MORNING. SO, AS THE CEO HAS ALREADY INDICATED, WE REVIEW ANY NEW HIRES AND HAVE BEEN FOR SOME TIME OF LATE THAT HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. WE ARE NOT ONLY LOOKING AT BUDGETED DOLLARS, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS ARE AND HOW THEY MAY FIT WITH ALL THE REST OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS, BOTH IN LIGHT OF POTENTIAL PENDING LAYOFFS AS WELL AS REHIRE LISTS MONTH, AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWING ANY POSITIONS TO MOVE FORWARD FOR HIRE AT THIS POINT THAT CAN BE USED IN ANY, IN ANY REDUCTION SCENARIOS. SO THEY ARE BEING HELD, AND SO THAT WE CAN MAKE ANY EMPLOYEES WHOLE THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE REDUCTIONS BEFORE THE BOARD. GREAT, THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT, SUPER HELPFUL. AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER QUICK QUESTIONS.

ONE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST GO BACK TO THE, THE YOLO WORKS ITEM. I MEAN, I THINK, THE QUESTION IS REALLY JUST AROUND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, NONE OF US WANNA MAKE A DECISION AROUND ANY OF THE POTENTIAL CUTS. AND, YOU KNOW, PRESERVATION OF JOBS IS OBVIOUSLY KEY FOR EMPLOYEES. BUT I THINK THE QUESTION I HAVE, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE YOLO WORKS ITEM AS WELL, IS THAT, AND IT'S TRUE FOR OTHERS AS WELL, WHAT HAPPENS? I, WE, WE ALSO THINK WE MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL, HYPOTHETICALLY, MORE REVENUE COMING IN, FROM TERMS OF THE STATE BUDGET DEAL AROUND HHSA AND THE MEDI-CAL ITEM. I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET, BUT THAT WAS THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL, THE $1.2 MILLION. I THINK THE QUESTION OVERALL IS AROUND, THE, YOU KNOW, IF WE TAKE AN ACTION TODAY ON THESE, ALL OF THESE POSITIONS, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BOARD IS, OR SOME OF US ARE PREPARED TO DO THAT, CERTAINLY. WHAT HAPPENS THOUGH WHEN THE, THE DOLLAR, EVEN IF IT MAY BE ONE-TIME FUNDS, END UP BEING A LITTLE BIT ROSIER DUE TO ACTIONS OF THE STATE BUDGET OR ALSO, HYPOTHETICAL GRANTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE THAT WE MAY BE RECEIVING IN TERMS OF LIKE YOLO WORKS, FOR EXAMPLE. I MEAN, WHAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE DO A REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF WORKFORCE WITHIN YOLO WORKS AND SAY IN THIS CASE 4 POSITIONS, THEN THE GRANTS ARE RECEIVED, ARE THERE ENOUGH STAFF IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY CARRY OUT THE WORK OF THOSE GRANTS? OR, YOU KNOW, IN IT, IS THERE A, AN ABILITY FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, IN DISCRETE WAYS ACROSS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THE VACANCIES ARE ONE THING, LIKE ELIMINATION OF VACANCIES IS ONE THING, BUT IF WE WERE TO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE, SAY, THE THE YOLO WORKS POSITIONS, BASED ON KNOWING FULL WELL THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT GET ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO HELP COVER THOSE COSTS, BUT WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED BUDGET TODAY AND AN ADOPTED BUDGET BY END OF SEPTEMBER. I MEAN, THERE WE MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY THAT POINT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HELP PRESERVE THOSE POSITIONS. SO, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO CHECK IN WITH YOU ALL AS SORT OF BUDGET FOLKS AND CAO AND DEPARTMENT HEADS AND SUCH AROUND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, KNOWING THAT THERE'S, FULLY RECOGNIZING THERE'S REAL NEEDS FOR, YOU KNOW, RIGHT-SIZING IN TERMS OF THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF THE, OF THE COUNTY'S BUDGET.

I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF CHECK IN ON, ON THAT ITEM IN PARTICULAR. I'LL USE THE,

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BUT OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO TAKE THINGS ONE STEP AT A TIME BASED ON WHEN INFORMATION BECOMES KNOWN, RIGHT? WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS IN FACT IN THE STATE BUDGET BEFORE WE START PLANNING FOR, WHAT, WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.

THE, THE BROADER CONCEPT THAT I, I WANTED TO JUST SHARE AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, IS OUT THERE IS THAT AS DIRECTOR MORALES INDICATED, AS I INDICATED IN MY PRESENTATION, WE EXPECT THAT THERE IS GOING TO NEED TO BE FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN FUTURE YEARS. SO, TO THE EXTENT THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMES INTO THE COUNTY, WHAT MAY HAPPEN, AND OF COURSE WE WOULD NEED TO TALK AND STRATEGIZE THIS, BUT IT MAY HELP US HAVE A LONGER RUNWAY ON SOME OF THOSE REDUCTIONS IN FUTURE YEARS. IT MAY STAVE OFF SOME OF THOSE REDUCTIONS THAT OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD IN THE NEXT YEAR AND RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS. AND SO, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF A DICHOTOMY WITH MAKING, TAKING ACTIONS TODAY TO ELIMINATE POSITIONS WHEN THERE POTENTIALLY IS FUNDING.

BUT AGAIN, THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEED FOR FUTURE REDUCTIONS. AND SO, IF NEW FUNDING COMES IN, I THINK IT WILL HELP US CHART A, A PATHWAY FORWARD A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THOSE ARE MY PRELIMINARY COMMENTS. I WOULD INVITE ANY OTHERS TO WEIGH IN AS WELL. OKAY, THANKS.

THAT'S HELPFUL. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

REALLY HELPFUL. I THINK A COUPLE OTHER QUICK, QUESTIONS. ONE IS ACTUALLY WITH REGARD TO THE, I'VE MENTIONED THIS IN PREVIOUS BUDGET HEARINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE WINTERS, SERVICE CENTER, SORT OF THE HSSA SERVICE CENTER. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A PROPOSED REDUCTION IN TERMS OF THE CON, THE LEASE AND THE CONTRACT TO NO LONGER PROVIDE THAT FACILITY. AND THAT'S, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT PREVIOUSLY. I THINK CURIOUS ABOUT, AND, YOU KNOW, THE JUST, AGAIN, I HAD RAISED THE NEED FOR AT LEAST SOME AMOUNT OF STAFFING TO STILL OCCUR AND JUST PROVIDE SERVICES TO WINTERS IN SORT OF THE WESTERN YOLO COUNTY, AND SO WANNA JUST, HEAR FROM YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON, ON THAT ITEM. THANK YOU. I CAN QUEUE IT UP AND, AND THEN I'LL, I WILL GIVE IT TO TICO TO GIVE HIM MORE DETAIL. WE ARE VERY MUCH COMMITTED, AS YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE SERVICES IN WINTERS. UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T KEEP IT AT THE SAME CAPACITY. WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH OVER 6 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO TRY TO ASSESS IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY CRASH, LIVE WITH THEM IN THEIR FACILITIES. WE HAVE 2 TOP PROMISING FACILITIES WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL ABOUT. PART OF IT IS LOOKING THROUGH THE REQUIRED SECURITY MEASURES THAT IT, THE STATE HAS OF US IN TERMS OF THE LOCATION AND MAKING SURE IT PROTECTS, OBVIOUSLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND PERSONAL INFORMATION.

WITH THAT THOUGH, WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD VERY SOON, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, TO SHARE WITH YOU A POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP THAT WILL TAKE PLACE. IN TERMS OF THE STAFFING, UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO SEE A, A REDUCED STAFFING MODEL. HOW THE SERVICES WILL STILL TRY TO BE PRESENT FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT, IT WILL DWINDLE DOWN, TO ONE FT. AND I'LL LET TICO WILL NOW PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE DETAILS. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. YEAH, NOT MUCH TO ADD THERE FROM DIRECTOR MORALES THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS 6 DIFFERENT ENTITIES WE WORKED WITH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF, LAST FEW WEEKS TAKING TOURS, DOING AN ANALYSIS. THERE WERE 9 DIFFERENT POTENTIAL LOCATIONS WITH 2 PROMISING OPPORTUNITIES.

THE SPACE WILL HOUSE A 1 FTE OF AN ELIGIBILITY WORKER APAS STAFF AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY DEPUTY, ASU AMUA, TO TALK SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT SERVICES THAT PAS STAFF, THE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE BEING IN THIS NEW LOCATION, WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THE CITY OF WINTERS AND OUR COMMUNITY. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALLEN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS, LIKE MONICA AND TICO SAID, WITH PARTNERS OUT IN WINTERS. THE WINTERS OFFICE RIGHT NOW IS A FULL-SERVICE CENTER. SO, WE CURRENTLY RECEIVE APPLICATIONS, WE DO INTERVIEWS FOR NEW APPLICATIONS, WE DO INTERVIEWS FOR RENEWALS. WE ARE, A SPACE WHERE CLIENTS CAN DROP IN AND INQUIRE ON THEIR CASES. WE ISSUE EBT CARDS, WE ISSUE MEDI-CAL TEMPORARY CARDS, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT SPACE OUT THERE, WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO INVITE OUR OTHER HHSA PARTNERS AND PROGRAMMING TO COME AND MEET, WITH RESIDENTS IN WINTERS.

ONCE WE TRANSITION TO A VERY LIKELY ONE ELIGIBILITY WORKER OUTREACH, OUTSTATIONED WITH ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, IT WILL LIKELY JUST BE FOR BY APPOINTMENT, DOING THOSE, NEW APPLICATION INTERVIEWS, RENEWAL INTERVIEWS, CASE INQUIRIES. BUT VERY MANY

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APPRECIATE THAT. APPRECIATE THE UPDATES FROM ALL THREE OF YOU. AND THEN THE FINAL QUESTION THAT I HAVE, IT JUST IS, IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I HAD SEEN THE ACTING DA HERE EARLIER. I DON'T KNOW, I SAW HER OUTSIDE IN THE LOBBY. I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'S STILL HERE, BUT, TOM MIGHT, YOU GUYS MIGHT KNOW THIS.

SO, THE, THE BYRNE MEMORIAL, B-Y-R-N-E, THE BYRNE MEMORIAL GRANT PROGRAM, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT PROGRAM DOES, BUT IT HISTORICALLY DOES NOT HAVE A NET COUNTY COST, AND IT'S RECEIVING, IT'S PROPOSED TO RECEIVE A GENERAL FUND SUPPORT IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET BY ABOUT $65,000. I THINK THE ISSUE, THE RATE IT WAS RAISED IS THAT THE FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATION PERIOD WAS DELAYED, AND I KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS, PROPOSING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE WITH THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

THAT'S FINE. IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS REALLY JUST ABOUT YOU KNOW, SINCE EVERY DOLLAR IS REALLY TIGHT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IS THE $65,000, ESSENTIALLY BRIDGE FUNDING FOR THE DA'S OFFICE? I MEAN, IS, YOU KNOW, I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE GRANT FUNDING TYPICALLY SUPPORTS. WILL THE BRIDGE FUNDING BE PAID BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND IF THE GRANT IS RECEIVED, OR IS THERE, YOU KNOW, JUST ASSURING THAT THERE ISN'T A GAP IN SERVICE? I MEAN, AND I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION IS REALLY JUST AROUND, YOU KNOW, IS THAT IT, DOES THE GENERAL FUND NEED TO BE THE GUARANTOR OF A LOAN TO THE, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS PURPOSE, OR ARE THERE ANY SPECIAL FUNDS OR SOME, SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, FUNDING SOURCE WITHIN, PROBABLY NOT SPECIAL FUNDS BECAUSE THEY'RE FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE, I GET IT, BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER FUNDING SOURCES WITHIN THE DA'S OFFICE THAT COULD, OFFSET THE USAGE OF PRECIOUS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS RIGHT NOW WHILE, WHILE THIS SEEMS TO BASICALLY JUST BE USED AS A BRIDGE, BRIDGE LOAN ESSENTIALLY? SO CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I, I DO SEE THAT, MELINDA AIELLO IS HERE. I'LL DEFER TO HER INITIALLY AND, AND IF I HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, I'LL, OKAY, YEAH, NO.

GOOD MORNING, MELINDA AIELLO, ACTING DISTRICT ATTORNEY. I APOLOGIZE, SUPERVISOR FRERICHS, I DID NOT HEAR THE ENTIRETY OF YOUR QUESTION.

YEAH, OKAY, SO THE, THE BYRNE, BYRNE MEMORIAL GRANT PROGRAM, I'M NOT FIRST OF ALL JUST FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THAT IS, AND, SO THAT'S ONE, BUT IT WAS JUST SAYING IT DOESN'T TYPICALLY HAVE A NET COUNTY COST, AND IT'S GOING TO RECEIVE GENERAL FUND, IT'S PROPOSED TO RECEIVE GENERAL FUND FUNDING, WHILE THE FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATION PERIOD HAS BEEN DELAYED. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, $65,000, NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT THE POINT WAS THAT BECAUSE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS ARE SO SCARCE RIGHT NOW AND PRECIOUS, IS THERE ANY OTHER FUNDING SOURCE WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT OR, YOU KNOW, FROM SPECIAL FUNDS OR SOME OTHER ELSE PLACE THAT CAN ESSENTIALLY SERVE AS THAT BRIDGE LOAN, OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE GENERAL FUND? THAT'S SO TWO KIND OF TWO QUESTIONS.

WHAT IS THE PROGRAM? AND THEN, AND THEN HOW, HOW DO WE SORT OF FINANCE IT RIGHT NOW? THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, OUR JAG, OUR BYRNE GRANT, FUNDS OUR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PARTNERSHIP. AND SO, I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT THAT GRANT WAS GOING TO EXPIRE PRIOR TO THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

AND WE, WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE IS FUNDING TO HAVE IT CONTINUE FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER ABOUT THIS $65,000. SO, IF I CAN HAVE NIKKI ABAURREA, MY CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER, ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I THINK IT'LL BE A LOT MORE ACCURATE. THANKS, I APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. IT'S A TEAM EFFORT, I UNDERSTAND. SO, WE WERE TOLD, I THINK ABOUT APRIL OR MAY, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ROLL OVER THE FUNDS AT A NO-COST EXTENSION FOR THIS, FOR NEXT, FOR '26-'27. I ESTIMATED THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT $321,000. SO THAT MIGHT BE WHY WE NEED THE ADDITIONAL $65,000. BUT I ACTUALLY REALLY DON'T KNOW. WE MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE MORE THAN THAT. WE MIGHT HAVE THAT, OTHER $65,000 STILL TO ROLL OVER. AND SO, BUT I WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET ALL OUR FINAL BILLINGS FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

BECAUSE THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR BILLINGS ARE GONNA BE TO US FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY OTHER FUNDING ANYWHERE ELSE TO FUND THAT, THAT, TO FUND THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. BUT, AND ALSO THE, THE BSDD PLANS ON RELEASING THE GRANT FOR '27-'28. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN THE LAST, WELL, THEN ONE JUST ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP WAS, I MEAN, ASSUMING THIS BE THE CASE, BUT WILL, YOU KNOW, IF THE GRANT COMES THROUGH, THERE WILL BE, WILL THE DEPARTMENT BE PAYING BACK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GENERAL FUND, RIGHT, THE $65,000 IF, IF THE GRANT COMES, IF THE GRANT OCCURS. I MEAN, I, OH, YOU GET A TRUE TEAM EFFORT THIS MORNING. SUPERVISOR, GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, SUPERVISORS.

LAURA LIDDICOET, CHIEF BUDGET OFFICIAL. AS WE WORK THROUGH YEAR-END CLOSE AND COME BACK WITH THE ADOPTED BUDGET, I WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH NIKKI SPECIFICALLY ON THIS COST CENTER. AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN ROLL FORWARD MORE OF THE GRANT FUNDING, WE WILL PULL BACK THAT $65,000 IN NET COUNTY COST AND BE ABLE TO REDEPLOY IT ELSEWHERE IN THE BUDGET. OKAY, THANKS. I APPRECIATE IT. AND I THINK,

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SO, THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT.

THANKS EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. OKAY, ANYONE ON THIS SIDE HAVE QUESTIONS? OKAY, SUPERVISOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR FRERICHS.

ACTUALLY, A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD, I HAD AS WELL. MAYBE WHAT I'LL TRY TO DO IS JUST CAPTURE IN, IN ONE QUESTION THE ESSENCE OF WHAT I THINK YOU WERE STARTING TO GET TO. AND FOR ME, I'M A LITTLE MORE INTERESTED IN MAYBE HAVING STAFF RESPOND TO IT. AND THAT IS, BECAUSE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS LARGELY IN JANUARY, AND IT'LL GO UNTIL SEPTEMBER FOR FINAL BUDGET. WE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF, AND I THINK STAFF STARTED WITH THIS, PROCESS HAS BEEN VERY ITERATIVE, AND ITERATIONS HAVE NOT FINALIZED. WE'RE STILL IN THE ITERATIVE PROCESS, CERTAINLY UNTIL, WE GET SOME CLARITY FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER. AND SO, I, I WONDER, AS WE TALK ABOUT POSITIONS, CUTTING POSITIONS, AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF THAT HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THESE REFINING THE NUMBERS SO THAT WE'RE MINIMIZING THE DAMAGE. WE ARE, WE'RE IN THE POSITION NONETHELESS TO CONTINUE TO SORT OF KIND OF BIRD-DOG ALL THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND WAYS IN WHICH WE GET OUR, OUR BUDGET COMES TOGETHER. AND SO, I WONDER IF STAFF CAN PROVIDE A, OR SHED A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT. AND MAYBE I'M ASKING FOR THIS. IS THAT WE, IN THE ITERATIVE PROCESS, AS WE GET TO SEPTEMBER, THAT WE GET UPDATES ON THE STATUS OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMING BETWEEN NOW, I THINK STARTING EVEN ON FRIDAY WITH OUR STATE BUDGET, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE ARE MONITORING THAT WILL AFFECT THE BUDGET AS WE CONTEMPLATE HOW WE RESTORE POSITIONS OR HOW, WHETHER WE, WANNA RESTORE THEM EVEN FOR 12 MONTHS BECAUSE WE KNOW THE MONEY IS LIMITED IN NATURE GIVEN JUST WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE. I THINK THAT'S, THOSE ARE, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WALKING AWAY TODAY IT WOULD BE CLEAR ENOUGH, PROBABLY NOT FOR ME, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES, BUT CLEAR ENOUGH FOR ME PRECISELY WHAT, WHAT POSITIONS, WHAT UNITS, WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE STRUCTURING THIS SORT OF LONGER OFF-RAMP, IF YOU WILL, OR ON-RAMP, WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT. I JUST THINK THAT THE ITERATIVE PROCESS OUGHT TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS, OR THERE SHOULD BE SOME, A BIT MORE CLARITY ON THE PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO CREATE STABILITY FOR SOME POSITIONS AND NOT OTHERS, AND MAYBE SOME FOR 12 MONTHS BUT NOT OTHERS. I JUST, I, I THINK THERE'S TOO MUCH UNKNOWN STILL AT THIS JUNCTURE, TO LET GO. AND SO, I, I'M SIMPLY ASKING THAT WE GET MORE CLARITY ON THAT, IN THE COMING MONTHS SO THAT WE'RE AWARE OF HOW OUR, WE'RE CONTINUING TO RIGHT-SIZE OUR AGENCY RELATIVE TO THE STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT. YEAH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS, YOU KNOW, 100%. I MEAN, WE ARE VERY MUCH IN AN ITERATIVE PROCESS HERE.

IT'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF A CATCH-22 NEEDING TO BE IN A POSITION OF ADOPTING A RECOMMENDED BUDGET IN THE MIDST OF CHANGE ALL AROUND US, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S FROM GRANTS AND AWAITING, YOU KNOW, GRANTING ENTITIES TO GIVE US FINAL WORD ON VARIOUS, YOU KNOW, FUNDING STREAMS, WHETHER IT'S FEDERAL BUDGET CHANGES, STATE BUDGET, RIGHT, WHICH THE STATE DEADLINE IS, IS LEGALLY AND TECHNICALLY JUNE 15TH FOR THEM TO ADOPT A BUDGET.

BUT I THINK, TO BE BLUNT, I THINK WE, WE THINK IT'S EXTREMELY UNLIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE A FINALIZED STATE BUDGET COME JUNE 15TH. AND SO THAT CONVERSATION IS GOING TO CONTINUE LIKELY INTO JULY AT THE STATE LEVEL.

BUT EVEN AMIDST ALL THAT SORT OF UNCERTAINTY, AS YOU, AS YOU NOTE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SORT OF VIEW THIS A LITTLE BIT AS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, WHAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO ACT ON TODAY, WITH THE, UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE CHANGE, TO, TO THESE NUMBERS, TO THESE FIGURES. HOPEFULLY SOME POSITIVE CHANGES THAT COME ABOUT, CERTAINLY BETWEEN NOW AND ADOPTED BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER. AND WE DO HAVE A, A VERY GOOD MECHANISM VIA THE BUDGET AD HOC TO HAVE REGULAR UPDATES AND THEN ASCERTAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK AN APPROPRIATE, CADENCE AND PROCESS, YOU KNOW, TO BRING UPDATES TO THE FULL BOARD AS, MORE FACTS BECOME KNOWN, AS PATHWAYS BECOME KNOWN, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF. SO, I, I ABSOLUTELY CAN COMMIT THAT, THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO JUST THAT. I MEAN, STOPPING TODAY AND THEN WAITING AGAIN UNTIL SEPTEMBER BEFORE SOMETHING COMES BACK TO THE BOARD WITH UPDATES GIVEN ALL THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US, I, I, I WOULD AGREE IS PROBABLY UNTENABLE. AND WE DON'T NEED EVERYONE SITTING, YOU KNOW, ON PINS AND NEEDLES, FOR ALL THAT TIME. IF AND WHEN INFORMATION BECOMES KNOWN SOONER, WE WANT TO BRING IT TO YOU. AND I THINK THE, THE AD HOC PROVIDES THAT APPROPRIATE MECHANISM TO, TO DO JUST THAT.

I'LL INVITE,

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AND SO THERE, THERE MAY NOT BE THE SAME BREADTH OF TIME TO PROVIDE AS MANY UPDATES.

IN YEARS PAST, WE TYPICALLY HAVEN'T PROVIDED A BUDGET DEVELOPMENT UPDATE TO THE BOARD DURING THE ADOPTED BUDGET PROCESS.

BUT GIVEN THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, I FULLY AGREE THAT I THINK THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE, AND CERTAINLY WITH, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET AD HOC. YEAH, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I, I WOULD UNDERSCORE THAT WITH TWO LINES. I, I THINK AT THIS JUNCTURE THERE ARE WAY TOO MUCH INFLUX TO LET, IT GO BY WITHOUT UPDATES. AND I, WHILE I APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT THE AD HOC'S ROLE TO PROVIDE AS A SOUNDING BOARD TO STAFF, I, I WANNA JUST, EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE ARE POLICY CALLS ON A BUDGET, AND WE AS A BOARD NEED TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. AND I THINK, STAFF, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BEHOOVE EVERYBODY IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, AND I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TAKING ON, EVEN GIVING GUIDANCE TO STAFF AT THE DAIS HERE.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION, OR THAT'S MY SUGGESTION. THANK YOU. OKAY, SUPERVISOR VIXIE SANDY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND TEAM. I, MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE HAD HAVE BEEN ASKED, AND, AND YOU'VE PROVIDED A LOT OF INSIGHT RELATED TO THEM. I, I WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A $35 MILLION HOLE IN THE PLANE THAT WE'RE, THEY WERE TRYING TO REPAIR WHILE WE KEEP PLANE IN THE AIR, AS IN ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEM WHOLE WHILE WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANAGE SIGNIFICANT, LACK OF RESOURCES, WHICH IS, I MEAN, THE, THE WORD INSTABILITY, IS, IS A GREAT WORD FOR WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING HERE. WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS KIND OF DESTABILIZING, IN MY MEMORY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW AND, AND TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE WITHOUT LOSS OF SERVICE. THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S HAVING ACROSS THE BOARD ON STATE RESOURCES, LOCAL RESOURCES, ALL OF THAT HAS PUT INCREDIBLE PRESSURE ON THIS MOMENT AND HAS CREATED A LEVEL OF INSTABILITY THAT I DON'T THINK IS OUR NORM HERE. AND WITHIN THAT, I REALLY WANT TO HONOR AND RESPECT THE WORK THAT, THAT YOUR TEAM, MIKE WEBB, TOM HAYNES, THE WHOLE TEAM HAS REALLY PUT, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL FROM ALL THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE BEEN IN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, YOU'VE REALLY PUT IN THE EFFORT TO EXAMINE EVERY SINGLE CORNER, FOR, FOR WHERE WE CAN ADJUST AND MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE AT THE SAME TIME AS YOU'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH US AS THE DECISION-MAKING BOARD THAT THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE IS REAL AND, AND WE CAN'T TIPTOE PAST IT.

WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT. SO, WE'VE GOT SOME VERY CHALLENGING DECISIONS, VERY DISTURBING DECISIONS IN FRONT OF US. AND, AND RECOGNIZING THAT, I ALSO WANT TO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, MIKE, YOUR OPENING REMARKS WHERE YOU GOT TO ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS, WHICH IS TO WHAT EXTENT ARE WE ABLE TO REALLY TARGET THE STAFF WHOSE POSITIONS ARE TARGETED FOR ELIMINATION AND PROVIDE THE PATHWAYS TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COUNTY THROUGH THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU COMMITTING TO THAT AT THE VERY OPENING OF THIS HEARING. I THINK THAT'S A, THAT, I THINK THAT'S A COLLECTIVE VALUE HERE, THAT WE WORK TO TRY TO, TO FIND A PATH FOR EVERY MEMBER OF OUR STAFF. AND, AND I AGREE WITH THE SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN, UP AROUND THE ROOM TODAY THAT OUR STAFF IS CORE FOR THE MISSION AND THEY'RE NOT OPTIONAL. WE CAN'T ACHIEVE THE MISSION WITHOUT THEM, YET THE MISSION ITSELF HAS GOT A $35 MILLION HOLE IN IT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO FIGURE OUT. SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALSO, I APPRECIATED THE CHAIR OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD, BRINGING HIS COMMENTS TO THE TABLE, AND, AND GOING TO ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CORE PRINCIPLES. WHERE THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, ET CETERA, WHEREVER THAT FUNDING MIGHT COME FROM, LET'S, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE USE THAT TO TARGET AND RETAIN POSITIONS AS YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT WE DO WITH THE, WITH THE AUGMENTATIONS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH FOR HHSA AND THOSE 6 POSITIONS? I THINK THAT'S IN THE MOMENT OPPORTUNITY, DEPLOYED IN FAVOR OF RETAINING STAFF POSITIONS TO THE EXTENT THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN. SO, I, I ALSO APPRECIATE IT WITH REGARD TO THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD COMMENTS AND THE, AND THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ON THE

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THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL JUST USE THAT AS THE ALWAYS CLEANUP, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WORDS, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, THANK YOU, RESPECT TO YOU, LET'S KEEP TRYING WITH EVERY SINGLE POSITION THAT WE'VE GOT TO HOLD ON TO THEM IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INSIGHT ABOUT THAT, I'D BE GRATEFUL TO HEAR IT. OKAY, I'M GONNA ASK A FEW QUESTIONS, AND, AND IT'S GOING TO START WITH, I THINK WE'RE, I REALLY WANT TO DIG IN, LIKE, TWO, THREE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED IT, BUT I JUST I JUST WANNA PUT A FINE POINT ON IT, THAT IN THE EVENT THAT, SURPRISE MONEY COMES FROM THE STATE AND WE DECIDE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP PEOPLE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WHO WOULD BE IN THE PROCESS OF A LAYOFF, CAN WE, CAN RESCIND A LAYOFF ORDER? ISN'T THAT, IS THAT TRUE? IS THERE THE, IS THERE, IS IT, IF IT'S NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTED, A LAYOFF ORDER CAN BE RESCINDED, CORRECT? THANK YOU.

I SEE HR. I'M GONNA INVITE OUR HR DIRECTOR, TO COME UP. AND SHORT ANSWER, YES. I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S ALSO, I THOUGHT THERE'S ALSO RUNWAY OPPORTUNITIES THAT, THAT HE'LL ARTICULATE. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN LIKE WE DON'T VOTE ON THIS TODAY AND BOOM, THEY'RE GONE. THERE ISN'T, THERE'S A, THERE'S A PROCESS.

YES. CHAIR ALLEN, YOU ARE CORRECT. THERE IS A PROCESS FOR, RESCISSION AND REVERSING, LAYOUT PROCESS, THAT HAS BEEN INITIATED. SO, WE DO HAVE SOME TIME TO DO THAT. AND WHAT PART OF THAT, INTERACTION OCCURS WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS AS WELL. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE WERE MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION TO, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES, WE ENGAGE WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS AS WELL TO, TO GIVE THEM HEADS UP. SO, WHEN WE ARE REVERSING THOSE, THERE IS A NEGOTIATED LANGUAGE THAT WE FOLLOW. AND ENGAGE WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS ON HOW THE PROCESS TO MOVE THOSE POSITIONS BACK.

AND THEN JUST ANOTHER PROCESS QUESTION REGARDING THAT.

SINCE THE BOARD, IF IT DECIDES TO HAVE A RECOMMENDED ACTION OF NUMBER 5, WOULD YOU NEED TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR US TO, PUT THE, PUT IT BACK IN PLACE AND RESCIND THE LAYOFF? OR IS THAT SOMETHING ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT, SO WE WOULD, BECAUSE WHAT WE'D WANT TO DO IS WE WOULD NEED TO REESTABLISH THE POSITION, BECAUSE BY TAKING ACTION TODAY, WE ARE FORMALLY MAKING, TAKING ACTION TO CHANGE THE FTE THAT IS ALLOCATED FOR THE DEPARTMENT. SO THAT PROCESS WOULD BE IS THAT WE WOULD COME FORWARD AND SAY WE WOULD LIKE TO REESTABLISH AND, AND, REFUND THE POSITION THAT WAS, PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED FOR ELIMINATION, AND THEN WE WOULD RESEND THE, THE, THE LAYOFF NOTIFICATION FROM THERE. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I'M JUST LOOKING TO SEE IF ANY OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE HR.

THEY ARE NOT. I'M GONNA, I HAVE SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS THAT I THINK I'LL POSE TO THE CAO, AND HE CAN CALL UP ANYONE THAT HE LIKES. JUST TO CLARIFY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SLIDE 26, BUT IT, TO, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW, IT HAD A LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAPPENING, INCLUDING THE WALNUT PARK LIBRARY. THERE'S NO GENERAL FUND ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THAT'S JUST A LISTING OF CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON SLIDE 26. OR IS IT? WELL, NO, IT'S, THESE ARE PRIMARILY COMING FROM, GRANT, WELL, I'LL INVITE RYAN PISTOCHINI TO COME UP, OR, AND/OR TOM TO COME UP AND ADDRESS IN MORE DETAIL. BUT, THE SHORT ANSWER IS THESE ARE COMING FROM, CAPITAL DEDICATED SOURCES, A VARIETY OF, OF SOURCES IN NATURE, BUT NO.

THAT'S CORRECT. THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING IN THESE PROJECTS ARE COMING FROM EITHER GRANTS OR OUR ACCUMULATED CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND, OUR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE FUND. THERE'S A VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES. THERE'S NO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING ALLOCATED IN THIS BUDGET TO THESE PROJECTS. I, I DID NOT THINK SO, BUT I JUST WANTED FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT, LIKE, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING,

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SO, I THINK WE HAVE THE QUESTION ANSWERED. SO, BUT THANKS FOR RUNNING OVER. OKAY. FOR, ON SLIDE 30, THERE'S A LIST OF THE THINGS TO, AND ADDITIONAL THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT, FOR THE FUTURE.

WILL THERE BE A TIME, AND WE MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT THAT WE, THAT YOLO COUNTY COULD RECOUP SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE EXPENDED FOR OAKDALE? I KNOW THAT'S A BIG UGLY QUESTION, BUT IS THERE EVER AN OPPORTUNITY, OR IS THAT A ONE-WAY TRIP OUT OF THE COUNTY AND THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITIES? I'LL TURN TO COUNTY COUNSEL TO WEIGH IN ON THAT. PHIL MIGHT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT. THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE COULD RECOVER SOME OF THE FUNDS EXPENDED TO CLEAN UP THE COUNTY RIGHT AWAY.

THE DEFENSE COSTS, WHICH ARE REALLY THE MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE, I, I EXPECT, IT'S VERY UNLIKELY WE'D HAVE ANY MEANS OF RECOUPING THOSE. UNLESS THE DEFENDANTS THAT WE'RE PAYING TO DEFEND WITH PUBLIC FUNDS ARE LATER FOUND TO HAVE ASSETS THAT COULD HAVE PROVIDED FOR THEIR OWN DEFENSE. AND EVEN THEN, IT'S NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD.

THE LEGISLATURE'S CHANGED THE PROCESS FOR RECOVERING MONEY FROM A DEFENDANT AFTER THEY'VE RECEIVED A DEFENSE AT PUBLIC EXPENSE, IF THEY HAD ASSETS THAT COULD HAVE COVERED THAT. SO, LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD. I WOULD NOT HOLD OUR BREATH FOR MONEY COMING BACK FROM OAKDALE FIRE RESPONSE OR THE DEFENSE COSTS THAT ARE BEING EXPENDED OR PROSECUTION.

CORRECT. YEAH, BIG CHUNKS OF MONEY IN OUR LITTLE, I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. SLIDE 17. WHY IS YOLO SO DIFFERENT? I'LL TRY AND WRAP THIS UP IN A 30-SECOND SOUNDBITE. A, A LOT OF THE, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO DIFFERENT PROPERTY TAX SHARES.

ONE OF THOSE FACTORS IS THAT WHEN PROPOSITION 13 WAS APPROVED BACK IN 1978, IT FROZE IN TIME ALL OF THE RELATIVE SHARES OF PROPERTY TAX THAT EXISTED PRIOR TO THEN. YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO, YOLO COUNTY HAD A LOW DEMAND FOR SERVICES, SO WE HAD A VERY LOW TAX RATE.

SO, SOME OF IT IS JUST HISTORICAL PRECEDENT, THAT IT HAS BEEN SORT OF FROZEN IN TIME. THERE WERE ALSO SOME, DEVELOPMENTS THAT OCCURRED WITH THE, INCORPORATION OF THE CITY OF WEST SACRAMENTO IN THE LATE 1980S. THAT'S A VERY, VERY COMPLICATED SITUATION. I'M NOT REALLY PREPARED TO GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT TODAY, BUT THERE'S A VARIETY OF FACTORS THAT HAVE GONE INTO CONTRIBUTING TO YOLO COUNTY'S LOW SHARE OF PROPERTY TAX. AND YET COMPARED TO THE OTHER ONES, WE ALL HAVE THE BASIC, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO. ESSENTIALLY, YES. YEAH, OKAY, SORRY, JUST SHINING A LIGHT ON THINGS ABOUT HOW DID, HOW DID WE GET TO THIS MESS ANYHOW? THE NEXT, QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO, FOR ANYBODY WHO HASN'T SEEN IT, THIS IS OUR BUDGET BOOK. AND IN OTHER YEARS, WE USED TO HAVE A PARADE OF ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WOULD COME UP AND GIVE SORT OF SOME HIGH-LEVEL HIGHLIGHTS AND GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT. BUT WE DECIDED THIS WASN'T THE YEAR FOR THAT. BUT ANYBODY WHO HAS AN INTEREST, THERE'S THESE BIG THICK ONES, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A, THERE'S A NUMBER OF TABS THAT I HAVE IN THERE, THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT EACH OF OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES. AND ALSO, I DID DOUBLE-CHECK THAT IT IS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, SO JUST GOOGLE IT. THAT'S WHAT I DID, AND I WAS ABLE TO FIND IT THERE. REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING INFORMATION.

AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT, LIKE, FROM STRATEGIC PLAN STANDPOINT, WHAT DO WE WANNA DO AND WHAT HAVE WE ACCOMPLISHED? I JUST, SINCE YOU'RE ALL SEEING, LOTS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OVER THIS LAST YEAR. SO, IN A DAY THAT'S FULL OF LOTS OF UNHAPPINESS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH AND FOR YOU, THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED ALL OF THIS OVER THE LAST YEAR.

THERE'S ALSO CHARTS AND GRAPHS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE THOSE. AND I'M GONNA ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS RELATED TO CHARTS AND GRAPHS. AND I'M NOT GONNA ASK ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE WHO'S GONNA GET EXCITED, BUT I WILL BE MAKING APPOINTMENTS WITH EACH OF YOU, OR MAYBE START WITH MIKE AND

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BUT SPECIFICALLY, IF THE SHERIFF WOULDN'T MIND PLEASE COMING UP, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS DEPARTMENT. YOU GET TO BE THE LUCKY ONE. I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT YOU, SO WELCOME. AND SO WELCOME.

TOM LOPEZ, SHERIFF, CORONER, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. THANK YOU. THERE, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, THERE WAS, THERE APPEARED TO BE A FAIRLY LARGE INCREASE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, AND I'M AWARE WHAT A GOOD CHUNK OF THAT IS, THAT THERE WAS A SIMULTANEOUS DECREASE IN PUBLIC HEALTH. SO COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE? YEAH, IN THE BUDGET BOOK IT SHOWS THAT WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN REVENUE COMING INTO MY DEPARTMENT. AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH JAIL MEDICAL, THAT THE SHERIFF IS IN CHARGE OF THE JAIL AND THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE IN OUR JAIL. AND PART OF THAT CARE IS MEDICAL. AND, NOT UNLIKE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE REAL WORLD TODAY, OUR MEDICAL COSTS HAVE RISEN AS WELL. I WAS ACTUALLY HERE IN THE COUNTY WHEN, COUNTY, YOLO GENERAL USED TO PROVIDE THE, MEDICAL CARE TO THE INMATES. THAT WAS BACK WHEN WE HAD UNDER 100 INMATES IN OUR CUSTODY. IT WAS THEN CONTRACTED OUT, AND THAT CONTRACT HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS. AND SO, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, MY OFFICE APPLIED FOR A CAL AIM GRANT AND HELPED US RAMP UP TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO, IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT CONTRACT. AND PART OF THAT CONTRACT, WHICH HAS BEEN HOUSED IN HHSA FOR, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WHATEVER TITLE THAT THEY HAD OVER THE YEARS, THE, THE BUDGETED AMOUNT WENT THERE AND THEN IT WAS PAID FOR OUT OF THAT DEPARTMENT. SO, THIS YEAR WILL BE A CHANGE THAT, THAT CONTRACT IS NOW COMING UNDER THE SHERIFF. I WILL STILL WORK WITH HHSA AND THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT, WHO ALSO HAS THE JUVENILE NEEDS OF MEDICAL CONTRACT AND WE WILL ALSO BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, TO HAVE A CONTRACT FOR A THIRD-PARTY BILLER SO THAT WE CAN START, GETTING FUNDS BACK FROM, MEDI-CAL, FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

SO, MY GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND BY, OUR, OUR WAY OF ADMINISTERING THE ACCOUNT MOVING FORWARD.

THANKS, I APPRECIATE THAT. THE CURRENT PROVIDER AT THE, FOR JAIL MEDICAL IS WHOM? WELLPATH. AND WHEN DOES THEIR CONTRACT END? I BELIEVE, IT WAS ENDING THIS YEAR, BUT THEY'VE BEEN GRANTED A YEAR EXTENSION, WHICH IS PROBABLY A GOOD THING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT MY OFFICE WOULD BE PREPARED TO, NEGOTIATE A NEW CONTRACT RIGHT AWAY. AND THERE ARE HOPES THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER PROVIDERS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WILL ALSO WANT TO, PLAY IN OUR GAME. OKAY. AND, I, I HAVE RECENTLY COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUTHORITY FOR THE ALL, ALL DEPARTMENTS AND YOURS BECAUSE YOU'RE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS THEN, IS IT, IS IT YOU AND YOUR CONTRACT PEOPLE WHO DISCUSS, WHO DECIDE THE CONTRACT, OR DOES IT STILL GO WITHIN THE USUAL CONTRACTING PROCESSES THAT THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENTS DO? I, I FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE COUNTY. OKAY, SO, SO OTHERS WILL BE PART OF THE CONTRACTING PROCEDURE? I THINK IT'LL PROBABLY BE VERY SIMILAR TO PAST YEARS WHEN WE HAD A REALLY MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM ASSIGNED TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT, INCLUDING MY OFFICE, HHSA, AND THE SHERIFF. AND I'M PROBABLY FORGETTING, I KNOW, PROCUREMENT, GENERAL SERVICES HAD A MEMBER ON THAT TEAM AS WELL. OKAY, GOOD, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO TRY TO DO IT ON YOUR OWN WITH THIS SINCE YOU'RE, YOU'RE NEW TO THE, THE HEALTH GAME, OR MAYBE YOU'RE BACK TO THE HEALTH GAME. WE, ALSO PAID, I BELIEVE, A FEE TO THE RURAL COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA, RCRC, WHO HAS A TASK FORCE THAT'S LOOKING AT MAYBE COMING TOGETHER. ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? YES, I'M AWARE OF IT. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF IT, BUT I WILL BE AT A CONFERENCE, THIS WEEK, AND I SAW THAT ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS IS PAT

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PROCESSES THAT RCRC IS HEADING UP AND WE ARE GAINING A GREAT DEAL OF EFFICIENCIES AND COST SAVINGS BY PARTICIPATING IN THAT GROUP PROCESS AND DEFRAYING THE COST, OF THAT RFP AMONGST, OUR, OUR FELLOW COUNTIES IN THE REGION. OKAY, GREAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE DECIDED TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD BEFORE IT CHANGED, TO YOUR SERVICE. AND THEN, FINALLY IN THE BUDGET BOOK, AND IN YOUR GOALS AND ALSO IN YOUR BUDGET, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT, SOME FUNDING FOR LINEBERGER.

IS IT, ARE THERE INMATES IN LINEBERGER, OR YES OR NO? CURRENTLY, NO. NO. OKAY. IS THERE A PLAN TO BE THIS YEAR? BECAUSE THERE WAS, IT WAS JUST BUDGETED, SO THAT LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE. WELL, WE, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS OPENING LINEBERGER WITH A VERY, MINIMAL STAFF IMPACT. AS YOU KNOW, AS PART OF MY BUDGET, WE'RE GIVING UP 15 CORRECTIONAL OFFICER POSITIONS. THOSE POSITIONS, I, I'M JUST GONNA SAY WE'RE IN A PERFECT STORM TODAY THAT OUR BED COUNT IS DOWN AND THAT WE'RE NOT FORCED TO USE LINEBERGER AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WITHOUT THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY LONGER, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FULLY OPEN THAT FACILITY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE STATE PUBLIC WORKS BOARD HAS INTEREST IN OUR FACILITY, AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS TO COME OUT AND MEET WITH COUNTY EXECUTIVES THERE.

THEY SPECIFICALLY WANTED COUNTY EXECUTIVES THERE, INCLUDING MYSELF AND SOMEBODY FROM THE CAO'S OFFICE TO DO AN INSPECTION OF THE FACILITY. AND, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME FROM THAT. IT, THE STATE MAY WANT THE, THE COUNTY TO PAY BACK THE $30 MILLION, TO BUILD THAT FACILITY. BUT AT THIS TIME, THEY'VE CANCELED THAT MEETING TWICE, AND WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM AGAIN JUST AS EARLY AS MONDAY, AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO MEET UNTIL AFTER JULY SOMETIME. SO THAT IS STILL KIND OF UP IN THE AIR ON, ON WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT FACILITY. WE'VE GIVEN THEM A STARTUP PLAN FOR US TO OPEN THE FACILITY WITH A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF INMATES, AND OF COURSE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS.

BUT AS OUR STAFFING IS TODAY, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFFING TO STAFF MONROE. AND SO, WE HAVE OVERTIME GOING ON DAILY. AND SO, OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS HAS REALLY PICKED UP. WE'VE HIRED SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THIS LAST YEAR. AND MY GOAL, OF COURSE, WAS TO FILL THOSE 15 POSITIONS.

BUT THAT WON'T BE POSSIBLE, WITH THIS BUDGET ACTION. THERE ARE STILL REMAINS SOME UNFUNDED, SOME OTHER FUNDED, SOME, I STILL HAVE 7 OPEN POSITIONS. OKAY, SO THERE, THERE ARE SOME. I THINK SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS HAD A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, AND THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO HHSA. PROBABLY JUST BECAUSE I KNOW JUST ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS ON THIS ISSUE. WELL, YEAH, SO, SO, SO THE STATE PUBLIC WORKS BOARD IS INSTRUMENTAL IN ISSUING THE BONDS AND THE BOND DOCUMENTS THAT RICK, THAT ARE, ARE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO BE FOLLOWED AS PART OF THE COUNTY GETTING THE FUNDS TO DO THE LINEBERGER PROJECT.

SO ALONG WITH THAT, BSCC REQUIRES THE POSITIONS TO BE SET ASIDE TO, TO STAFF THE OPENING OF THE, THE JAIL. AND I KNOW YOU KNOW ALL THIS, SO I'M, I'M LARGELY SHARING THIS FROM, FOR MY COLLEAGUES. THE CHALLENGE THAT WE FACE AS A BOARD IS IF WE TAKE TODAY'S ACTION TO ELIMINATE THE POSITIONS AND THE STATE PUBLIC WORKS BOARD RESCHEDULES ITS MEETING THAT'S BEEN CANCELED TWICE, COMES OUT AND SAYS YOU ARE NO LONGER IN, AND I'M JUST HYPOTHETICAL, RIGHT, SHERIFF, HYPOTHETICALLY SAYS YOU ARE NO LONGER IN COMPLIANCE YOU EITHER, GOD HELP US, PAY BACK THE $30 MILLION THAT WE GOT IN A COMPETITIVE NATURE THAT WAS

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WE, WE'VE SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINE WE, THE COUNTY, DID. SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T DOING SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO PUT US IN AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION, WITH THESE BONDS, BECAUSE CRAZIER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. I MEAN, I'VE SEEN COUNTIES HAVE TO FORFEIT $80 MILLION, SO $30 MILLION IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, THAT WE ARE CLEAR IN THIS ACTION TODAY AND I KNOW THE SHERIFF WAS OBLIGATED TO COME UP WITH HIS SHARE OF THE, THE COST OF HIS, HIS BUDGET AS WE PUT ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THROUGH THAT 15% REDUCTION. BUT THIS ONE MAKES ME NERVOUS AND I JUST WANT TO GET, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, WE AREN'T TAKING ACTION THAT'S GOING TO PUT US IN A POSITION. I THINK MARK BRYAN MIGHT HAVE MORE INFORMATION. I UNDERSTAND HE'S BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I DID LOOK AT THIS AND TALK WITH MARK PROBABLY 6 WEEKS OR SO AGO NOW.

THE CONTRACTS WE HAVE WITH THE STATE ON THE FUNDING STREAM FOR LINEBERGER AREN'T SO SPECIFIC THAT THEY SAY WE HAVE TO PROVIDE X NUMBER OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, OR THEY DON'T GET INTO THAT GRANULAR LEVEL OF DETAIL. I KNOW WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THE BUDGET IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS NOT GONNA TRIGGER A COMPLIANCE ISSUE WITH THE STATE ON THAT FUNDING STREAM. IT IS AN ISSUE TO BE SENSITIVE TO, AND I BELIEVE IT TIES BACK TO THE STAFFING PLAN, THAT IS STILL PENDING STATE APPROVAL, I THINK I HEARD.

WELL, UNLESS MARK HAS MORE INFORMATION, THAT'S, THAT'S MY BEST UNDERSTANDING OF THINGS. YEAH, AND, AND THAT HAS BEEN MY RECOMMENDATION ALL ALONG, IS TO UNFUND THE POSITIONS, NOT ELIMINATE THEM. I SEE, AND THAT MAY HELP. OKAY, YEAH, STAFFING PLAN WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL COMPETITIVE PROCESS, SO I JUST, IT ALL IS KIND OF CONNECTED, BUT I, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, JUST DANGEROUS JUST KNOWLEDGEABLE ENOUGH ABOUT IT TO BE DANGEROUS. SO, IT, YEAH, I THINK MARK HAS SOMETHING TO ADD. YES, THANK YOU. COUNTY COUNCIL HAS IT EXACTLY RIGHT. I MEAN, WE WERE, WE ARE, AS DOES THE SHERIFF, WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT MEETING TO OCCUR. IT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED WITH THE STATE SEVERAL TIMES, SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT TO OCCUR AND TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

I THINK THE SHERIFF'S STAFFING PLAN FOR LINEBERGER, WHICH IS PENDING BEFORE THE STATE, IS A GOOD ONE SO THAT WE CAN OPEN, OPEN THE FACILITY. AND, AND TO BE CLEAR THOUGH, THE FACILITY IS NOT SITTING VACANT.

IT HAS, IT HAS, YOU KNOW, STAFF IN IT THAT ARE WORKING.

IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE USED FOR INMATES. SO, AND THEN I'M GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT THIS DECISION TODAY, THAT IF, AFTER THE, THE HASN'T REALLY HAPPENED YET MEETING HAPPENS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE, WE AT ANY TIME CAN TAKE AN ACTION TO PUT POSITIONS IN PLACE.

JUST BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING THEM OUT TODAY DOESN'T MEAN THAT FOR ETERNITY WE MAY NOT, ESPECIALLY UNFUNDED ONES. THAT IS CORRECT. SO, ANY CHANGES TO THE BUDGET CAN BE TAKEN BY THE BOARD IN THE INTERIM PERIOD BETWEEN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND ADOPTED BY A 3/5 VOTE AFTER THE ADOPTED BUDGET HAS PASSED, THEN OF COURSE THE BOARD CAN TAKE ACTION WITH A 5TH VOTE ON THE MAJORITY OF ITEMS. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO, WE HAVE THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY, AND LIKE, THERE'S SO MUCH OF LIFE THAT IS UNCERTAIN, ESPECIALLY NOW. WE KNOW THAT WE CAN, MAKE CHANGES IF NEED BE.

OKAY, WELL, WHILE HE'S UP THERE, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FOR THE SHERIFF? BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO MOVE TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. OKAY, THANK YOU. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, A FEW THINGS, PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HEARD, I DON'T REMEMBER IF AN EMAIL WENT OUT ABOUT IT, BUT I'M, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INDIGENT CARE. THE CMSP PROGRAM, CALIFORNIA MEDICAL SERVICES PROGRAM, HAD A BOARD MEETING AND THEY SAID NO MEMBERSHIP FEE WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THIS YEAR, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND WASN'T IT TRUE THAT WE HAD PUT SOME, WE HAD PUT $300, WHATEVER IT WAS GOING TO COST, INTO THE BUDGET? WE DID NOT.

OH, OKAY. I THOUGHT WE WERE PROPOSING TO, BUT I WAS GONNA SAY, DID WE PULL THAT OUT? SO, IT'S NOT THERE. WE NEVER DID. NO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, GREAT. SO THAT WASN'T, WELL, GREAT, YES, BUT, YOU KNOW, TOO BAD THERE'S NOT $300,000 THAT WE DIDN'T, BUT YAY, NOW WE CAN SPEND. I WOULD HAVE KNOCKED ON YOUR DOOR ALREADY. OKAY.

YEAH. OKAY, WELL, SPEAKING OF THAT, I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE, AND THIS MIGHT BE COMING ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, AND IF SO, THAT IS TOTALLY FINE, BUT, TWO, WE'VE HAD SO

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THAT IS CORRECT. I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE, OUR CONVERSATION, SUPERVISOR, I'D MENTIONED TO YOU WE ARE WAITING FOR SOME THREATS RIGHT NOW SPECIFICALLY TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, IHHS, AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FUNDING. PER THE MAY REVISE, THOSE ARE ALL, RISKS THAT WE'RE NOTICING.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, WE SEE A DECREASE FOR YOLO COUNTY OF APPROXIMATELY $350,000. WE ALSO SEE AN IMPACT TO IHSS IN TERMS OF EXEMPTIONS THAT WOULD REALLY IMPACT THE PROGRAM AND THE POPULATION WE'RE SERVING, INCLUDING THE AGE, IN APS AND IHSS THAT WE'RE VERY CONCERNED WITH AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE A MATCH FOR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS STABILIZATION IN OUR COUNTY, IT IS GONNA REALLY IMPACT US.

SO, MY PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW IS I, I REALLY, WILL BE MONITORING WHAT THE JUNE 15TH, STATE BUDGET WILL LOOK LIKE.

AND SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH MEDI-CAL, OUR STAFF ARE QUICKLY HUDDLING. WE DO AN ANALYSIS, WE REVIEW IT WITH DFS, WE REVIEW WITH CAO, AND THEN WE COME TO THE BOARD AND PROVIDE YOU GUYS OUR BEST ASSESSMENT THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT OUR PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH YOU THAT MEET ALSO, THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES. AND WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT AT THAT POINT, RIGHT? I, I'LL COME TO YOU WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT WILL BE AROUND THOSE KEY BUCKETS THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

GREAT. SPEAKING OF OPPORTUNITIES, I KNOW THAT I SPOKE WITH YOU, BUT I WANTED THE FULL BOARD TO HEAR THIS, THAT, PARTNERSHIP HEALTH PLAN HAS COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, THAT THEY WILL PAY FOR. AND I WAS VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THEM FOR UTILIZING THAT FUNDING SOURCE FOR SOME OF OUR POSITIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE POSSIBLY LAYING OFF LATER AT THIS MEETING. AND YOUR ANSWER TO ME WAS WHAT? MY ANSWER TO YOU IS IT IS PART OF OUR MEDI-CAL REVENUE DESIGN.

SO NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, YOU HAVE PEER EDUCATORS, YOU HAVE ENHANCED CASE MANAGEMENT, TO NAME A FEW. YOU HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS. THESE ARE ALL PART OF THE BUCKETS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ASSESSING FOR THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT WE WANT AND PLAN TO IMPLEMENT AS PART OF OUR MEDI-CAL REVENUE MODEL. THIS COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER HAS MULTIPLE COMPONENTS. YOU NEED TO HAVE A PROPER TRAINING THAT THE STATES CAN APPROVE. YOU NEED TO BE PART OF A CLINICAL MODEL OR A SOCIAL SERVICES MODEL. YAY, THEN WE'RE ONE OF THEM. AND YOU NEED TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THE BILLING CAPABILITY CAPABILITIES. IT'S CAPABILITIES RIGHT NOW, AND THE TRAINING BEHIND IT THAT IS, THAT WE CAN'T RAMP UP IN A MONTH, RIGHT? I WISH I HAD ALL THESE MODELS ALREADY IN PLACE TO RAMP THEM UP. AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH VARIOUS CONSULTANTS, THAT DHCS HAS, OR THAT ARE PART OF THE MENTAL HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, OR THAT ARE PART OF THE CMA, WHICH IS THE MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING BUCKET TO JUST LOOK AT THE ENTIRE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE, NOT JUST IN HHSA, BUT EVEN IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE PROBATION, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS. I BELIEVE IN THIS BUDGET THERE'S FUNDING FOR A POSITION TO GET CAL AIM UP AND GOING BETTER. IS THAT SO? MIKE SAYS YES. MAYBE YOU'RE DISCUSSING THE I THINK THE MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT GAVE APPROVAL. YOU GAVE APPROVAL IN JANUARY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, MEDICAL REVENUE COORDINATOR.

YEAH, WE ARE LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF SUBMITTING SOMETHING TO THE DEPARTMENT, I'M SORRY, TO THE CEO'S OFFICE FOR CONSIDERATION OF THAT POSITION. SO, SO YES.

SO, IS IT, SO IT IS IN THE BUDGET THOUGH? YES, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD APPROVED IT. YES, IT IS. GREAT. AND, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT TODAY, BUT I WAS HOPING AT SOME POINT TO GET A STATUS UPDATE ON WHAT OUR PLAN IS FOR CAL AIM AND WHAT COULD IT MEAN FOR FINANCIALLY AND ALSO PROGRAMMATICALLY FOR THE PEOPLE OF YOLO COUNTY. IF, IF YOU RECALL, I ASKED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WHICH IS BASICALLY IN LATE SUMMER. WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO GIVE YOU A FULL UNDERSTANDING. WE'RE CURRENTLY CLOSING SOME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH SOME CONSULTANTS THAT ARE GETTING, THAT ARE HELPING US UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THAT PROMISE, RIGHT? LIKE, WHAT CAN WE LOOK FORWARD TO? WE JUST NEED A FEW MORE

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OF COURSE, NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, THAT WE'RE, THAT'S GOING TO BE AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.

WE'LL BE OKAYING THE FINAL ONE.

JUST CAN WE HAVE A SNEAK PEEK? WHAT IS, THE MONEY WILL BE COMING AND IT'S INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET JUST FOR OUR PURPOSES TODAY, RIGHT? YES, THE PLAN FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS WILL BE REVIEWED BY YOU JUNE 23RD, AND THAT'S WHERE WE OUTLINED THE NEXT 3 YEARS OF WHAT OUR IDEAL EXPENDITURES WILL BE AND INITIATIVES FOR, THE NEW BHSA FUNDING.

BUT THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS ARE IN THE BUDGET THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING TODAY? OKAY, GOOD, BECAUSE THIS IS TODAY'S DISCUSSION. AND THEN I THINK MY LAST THING, BECAUSE SHEILA, FOREVER HOPING THAT WE COULD TRY TO FIX SOMETHING OR HELP WITH SOMETHING, I WAS VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE LOSS OF OUR ONE OF OUR COMMUNICABLE DISEASE POSITIONS. ANYBODY WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION, HELLO, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES ARE ON THE RISE AND OUR STAFFING IS GOING DOWN. AND THOSE ARE NOT, THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION YOU WANNA SEE THOSE THINGS HAPPENING. AND I HAD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MONICA, FOR PULLING TOGETHER ALL THE STAFF THAT NEEDED TO BE THERE TO DISCUSS WHAT, WHAT WILL WE DO. WELL, THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR IT. THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF IT. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT COMMUNICABLE DISEASE IS GOING AWAY. SO, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN? WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING, THE BUDGET WORK. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE HITTING A VERY RED LINE, AS OUR BRANCH DIRECTORS LIKE TO OUTLINE. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS ALSO OF RECRUITING OUR HUB OFFICER, AND WE STILL HAVE A, WE HAVE A TEAM IN PLACE. NOW, WHAT WE WILL BE ASSESSING FOR IS OUR ABILITY, YOU KNOW, TO RESPOND AND THE MAGNITUDE OF UNFORTUNATELY A SITUATION THAT MAY ARISE BUT I DON'T LIKE TO JUST, TELL YOU THAT I'M, EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE FINE AND DANDY. I THINK IT IS A RISK TO US AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO NAVIGATE THE RISK AND MITIGATE AS VARIABLE. WE HAVE VERY COMPETENT PEOPLE IN THE TEAM. I WILL, THEY'RE GREAT FOLKS, BUT, I WILL BE COMING TO YOU IF I SEE ANY HIGHER RISKS, AT THIS POINT. YEAH, AND, ONE OF THE, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE CAN REQUEST THE STATE TO HELP US SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.

THAT IS CORRECT. SO, I JUST HAD IN OUR CONVERSATION SAID LET'S GET THOSE POSITIONS, LET'S GET THAT CONVERSATION IN PLACE SO IT'S NOT THAT THE, THE, THE DISEASE IS NOT ALREADY KNOCKING OUR DOOR IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE'RE LIKE, HELLO, STATE, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SO THAT WE CAN, RESPOND RIGHT AWAY. AND IT JUST HARKENS BACK TO THE GREAT RECESSION IN 2008 WHEN THERE WAS SEVERE DECIMATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND I WOULD, NOT KIDDING, WOULD SAY, WELL, GOD HELP US IF THERE'S EVER A PANDEMIC, RIGHT? WELL, THAT IS UNFORTUNATE. THERE WAS, THAT IS THE UNFORTUNATE RISK.

WE ARE GOING BACK NOW TO PRE-COVID STAFFING LEVELS, THAT IS VERY CONCERNING. AND SO WE WILL WORK WITH, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SHOULD THINGS ARISE, BUT I WILL QUICKLY COME TO THE BOARD, OBVIOUSLY TO NOTE IF ADDITIONAL CAPACITY NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED. AND I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ANYTIME SOON. SO, FOR MY BOARD COLLEAGUES, YOU HAD, I WAS, LIKE, DESPERATELY TRYING TO, LIKE, I COULD PULL THESE 3 OFF HERE WITH THIS FUNDING OR THAT ONE OFF, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE JUST REALLY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR, AND THE THINGS THAT ARE PROPOSED ARE, YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING INTO MY COMMENTS NOW. IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S DEVASTATING, AND IT'S FEWER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. AND I, IT, YEAH, SO, BUT I WON'T BE TRYING TO PULL ANYTHING OFF TODAY, SADLY. OKAY, THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. DOES ANY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP IN PEOPLE'S MINDS? WE DID THAT ALREADY. WE'RE NOT GONNA DO A PUBLIC, WE DID. WE'RE NOT GONNA DO PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN. OH, WELL, I WASN'T GOING TO, IT WAS DURING, NO, THAT WAS, WELL, WE, WE DID FOR THIS ITEM. I CHECKED WITH PHIL. I MEAN, IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD, I CAN ASK IF THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN, BUT I DID IT AT THE START OF THIS ONE BECAUSE THAT, FOR. RIGHT, WE HAD THE BOARD HELD GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND THEN HAD THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS, FOR THE BUDGET ITEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ITEM, AND OF COURSE ANY FURTHER, OPPORTUNITIES ARE AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION.

OF COURSE. YEAH, I CAN ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER CARDS.

NO, MADAM CHAIR, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? YEAH, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND I DON'T WANT TO MISCHARACTERIZE THIS, BUT IS, IS IT, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS LIST OF LAYOFFS AT THE STAFF REPORT. I DON'T SEE ANY LAYOFFS IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

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YES, RIGHT. SO, OKAY. I, I JUST ALSO LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT REDUCTIONS, AND THAT WAS A VERY LARGE FOCUS. BUT ALSO, PART OF OUR BUDGET IS SOME OF THE POSITIVES. THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVES THAT ARE GOING ON HERE AT THE COUNTY. SOME OF THE POSITIVES, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THAT WE HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION THIS YEAR COMING UP OF WALNUT LIBRARY, THE NEW RUMSEY BRIDGE, THE ONGOING RESURFACING ROAD PROJECTS IN RURAL TOWNS, ONGOING PARK MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF ALL OF OUR PARKS, A BRAND-NEW AG SHOP. WE'RE MAINTAINING CALFRESH STAFF AND SERVICES LEVELS, MAINTAINING MEDICAL SERVICES, COMMUNITY SERVICES PERMIT COUNTER, WE ELIMINATED ONE POSITION BUT WE KEPT MANY MORE. PUBLIC GUARDIAN SERVICES MAINTAINED.

HR SERVICES MAINTAINED. YOLO COUNTY LIBRARY ARCHIVE SERVICES MAINTAINED. YOLO FIRE DISTRICT SUSTAINABILITY FUNDING MAINTAINED. IT SERVICES MAINTAINED. NO LAYOFFS IN PUBLIC SAFETY. WE'RE ALSO SETTING ASIDE $350,000 OF ENHANCEMENTS IN AREAS OF ROAD ENFORCEMENT, BUILDING INSPECTOR, AND/OR A CREATION OF A FIRE MARSHAL PROGRAM.

THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE POSITIVES THAT WE'RE STILL HERE AT THE COUNTY BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN, PROVIDING SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO, I ALSO THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT DURING THIS TIME. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY, WE ARE AT A DISCUSSION POINT NOW.

YES, SUPERVISOR FRERICHS. YEAH, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO PUT FORWARD A MOTION TO WITH THE 5 RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. CAN YOU PUT THOSE BACK UP, PLEASE? SORRY, OBVIOUSLY I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT TO DO IT, BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE AN ACTION.

SO, A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS, WELL, FIRST, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SECOND TO THE MOTION. OKAY, MOVED BY FRERICHS, SECONDED BY BARAJAS. SO, I THINK, I MEAN, A FEW QUICK COMMENTS.

ONE, JUST, I DO THINK THAT WE'RE SORT OF IN THIS MOMENT OF A PERFECT STORM OF, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED RISING COSTS, HISTORICALLY LOW PERCENTAGE OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO THE COUNTY, RELATIVELY STAGNANT REVENUE GROWTH, ALSO OF COURSE OVERLAID BY FEDERAL HOSTILITY TOWARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, I THINK ALL OF THAT LEADS US TO THE NEED TO DO THE RIGHT SIZING OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND TAKE THESE NECESSARY BUDGET ACTIONS TODAY. I THINK THAT, OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS IN ADDITION TO ADDITIONAL, POTENTIAL, EFFICIENCIES.

OF COURSE, WE, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT ABOUT THAT ALL ALONG. I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE AN ACTION LIKE THIS TODAY, BUT I'M, I THINK WE'RE, WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION.

SO, I'M, THOSE ARE MY, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK OF STAFF AND, AND, AND EVERYBODY EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN IN THE WORK, WHO DO, IN THOSE STAFF ESPECIALLY WHO ARE DOING THE WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE UPSET AT THIS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I THINK, WE'RE REALLY IN A SITUATION WHERE, THIS MAY ALSO IN PART JUST BE THE BEGINNING, OF SOME OF THE NECESSARY ACTIONS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF BUDGET CYCLES. SO, I'M SORRY THAT WE HAVE TO, WE'RE HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S NECESSARY THAT WE MOVE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ACTION TODAY. THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS? YES, SUPERVISOR BARAJAS. YEAH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR, FOR TEEING THAT UP. I, I WOULD CONCUR. I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS I'VE SPENT, TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME, COMMUNICATING WITH STAFF, WITH, YOU KNOW, UNION, LEADERSHIP, WITH MY COLLEAGUES, WITH CERTAINLY WITH CFO, WITH, WITH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, LEGAL, AND WHILE I THINK THERE'S CONSENSUS AROUND NOT WANTING TO DO, THE KIND OF HARM THAT THIS BUDGET POTENTIALLY HAS OR CAN, WILL DO TO SOME INDIVIDUALS, CERTAINLY MORE, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A STATUTORY OBLIGATION TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET, AND WE HAVE TO GET AHEAD OF THIS BEFORE IT CONSUMES US AND DOES EXPONENTIALLY MORE DAMAGE IN THE OUT YEARS. AND SO, I TOO AM READY TO SUPPORT IT AT THE RISK OF SAYING IT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT WHY I GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DID, BUT, AND SOME DAYS ARE CERTAINLY HEAVIER THAN OTHERS, BUT NONETHELESS, HERE WE ARE.

SO, WE ARE OBLIGATED TO, STATUTORILY OBLIGATED TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET. AND SO, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS. I DO WANT TO JUST SIMPLY SAY, I CAN I ENCOURAGE OUR STAFF TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR, LOCAL 39 AND THEIR LEADERSHIP THERE, ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKES, THE FURLOUGHS. THOSE, WE JUST, WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO UNILATERALLY IMPLEMENT ANY OF THAT. THERE IS A PROCESS, AN ARDUOUS ONE AT THAT, TO, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

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BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN THIS GO-ROUND, BUT IN THE OUT YEARS, I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE OUGHT TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE, BUT THAT'S A PROCESS. AND AGAIN, WE DON'T, WE DON'T GET TO JUST DICTATE THAT. WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH A PROCESS TO GET THERE. SO OTHERWISE, I'M SUPPORTIVE. YES, I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES. ANYTHING FURTHER? YEAH, I THINK I SAID IT LAST TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS TABLE. I WAS SITTING OUT THERE WHEN MY POSITION WAS ON THE TABLE THEN. AND NOW HERE I AM UP HERE. AND SO, I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF EMPATHY FOR ESPECIALLY THE INDIVIDUALS.

BUT ALSO, I KNOW THAT THOSE LEFT BEHIND ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE IN A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT NOW THAT SOME OF THEIR WORK COLLEAGUES ARE GONE.

I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT WHAT CAO WEBB ALREADY SAID IS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A LOOK AT, WE CAN'T DO MORE WITH LESS. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR PROCESSES AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S EITHER SOME CONSOLIDATIONS OR DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING WORK, OR JUST NOT HAVING TO PRIORITIZE, ABOUT HAVING TO PRIORITIZE, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.

WE DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES AS A COUNTY OF PROVIDING SERVICES, AND I THINK I CONTINUE, EVEN THOUGH THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, YOLO COUNTY IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND A GREAT PLACE TO WORK. AND I WANNA CONTINUE TO DO, BE COMMITTED TO, FOR ME AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY ELSE, THAT WE'RE GONNA KEEP WORKING AS A TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S STILL ABSOLUTELY SO.

AND THAT I SADLY ALSO NEED TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION.

OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES.

YEAH, I'M GONNA VOTE YES. JUST A MATTER OF PROCESS, I JUST WANT TO RECUSE MYSELF OR NOT EXTEND A, A YAY VOTE TO ANY APPROPRIATIONS THAT WOULD IMPACT CONTRACTS AND SUBCONTRACTS WITH RISING INCORPORATED, AS MY WIFE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THAT.

SO, DO YOU HAVE TO RECUSE YOURSELF? I THOUGHT HE SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE TO RECUSE YOURSELF. NO, I LEGALLY, I DON'T NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF, BUT I CAN VOTE ON THE BUDGET, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT DISCLAIMER IF ANY OF THE BUDGET IMPACTS IMPACT ANY CONTRACTS OR SUBCONTRACTS WITH RISING COURSE INCORPORATED. JUST TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY, I RECUSE MYSELF ON THAT.

OKAY, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR THE BUDGET? THAT'S BECAUSE YOU SECONDED IT. OKAY, GREAT.

OKAY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY OUT THERE HAS DONE. I KNOW THAT IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY HARD WORK. AND WE'RE

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I'LL TURN, THERE'LL BE NO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. NO REPORT OUT. OKAY, WITH THAT, AT 11:26, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.