[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. To ensure all interested parties have an opportunity to speak, each public comment is limited to two minutes.]

DO WE HAVE ANY IN THE ROOM? YES, CHAIR, I HAVE FIVE PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS FOR THOSE MAKING COMMENTS.

YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS CJ MENTOR.

GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS AND STAFF. MY NAME IS CJ.

I'M A SOPHOMORE AT UC DAVIS AND A GRADUATE OF AMERICAN UNION HIGH SCHOOL IN NAPA COUNTY.

WE STUDENTS ADVOCATE FOR CLIMATE EMERGENCY RESOLUTIONS THAT ALL NAPA COUNTY JURISDICTIONS ADOPTED, EACH WITH THE GOAL OF ACHIEVING NET ZERO CLIMATE POLLUTION BY 2030.

YOLO COUNTY ALSO HAS A VERY AMBITIOUS GOAL OF ACHIEVING CARBON NEGATIVE FOOTPRINT BY 2030, AND WE'RE SUPER GRATEFUL FOR THAT. TODAY, I URGE YOU TO PASS THE RESOLUTION IN STRONG SUPPORT OF CONGRESSMAN MIKE THOMPSON'S HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 46, WHICH WAS INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MIKE THOMPSON INTO CONGRESS LAST YEAR.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE BROUGHT HANDOUTS FOR YOUR REFERENCE, INCLUDING HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 46, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE UNITED STATES IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING A SAFE AND HEALTHY CLIMATE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND THUS TO RESTORE TO RESTORING THE CLIMATE. YOLO COUNTY'S PROPOSED RESOLUTION 26126 IN SUPPORT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION AND FINALLY, NAPA COUNTIES RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, INCLUDING A LETTER FROM CHAIR AMBER MANFREY TO THE HONORABLE SHEILA ALLEN, CHAIR, YOLO COUNTY SUPERVISOR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, URGING YOLO COUNTY TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT AS WELL.

EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, WHILE ESSENTIAL, ARE NO LONGER SUFFICIENT.

THE CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION DECLARES THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS A MORAL OBLIGATION TO OUR CHILDREN AND FUTURE GENERATIONS TO RESTORE ATMOSPHERIC CO2 TO LEVELS HUMANS HAVE SAFELY

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EXPERIENCED LONG TERM BELOW 300 PPM BY 2050 THROUGH RAPID DEEP EMISSION CUTS, AS WELL AS MASSIVE DEPLOYMENT OF SAFE, SCALABLE CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL. THANK YOU, AND PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP.

YOLO COUNTY BUILD WIDER SUPPORT FOR RESTORING A SAFE AND HEALTHY CLIMATE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. AND WE ARE CONSIDERING IT THIS MORNING.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT ON THE AGENDA. IT'S YEP.

ITEM 11 E THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. NEXT SPEAKER ELIJAH THOMPSON, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ELIJAH THOMPSON, AND I'M ALSO A SOPHOMORE AT UC DAVIS AND GRADUATE AT AMERICAN CANYON HIGH SCHOOL IN NAPA COUNTY.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR BEING HERE TODAY, AND THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING THE RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED DURING A MEETING WE HAD WITH SUPERVISOR FRERICHS. IT READS IN PART, QUOTE. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE YOLO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY SUPPORTS THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION 46 AND CALLS ON THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BRING ON THE MEASURE TO THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR A VOTE.

END QUOTE. THIS IS VERY HUGE. YOUR SUPPORT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AS THE NEXT FEW YEARS WILL PRESENT CRITICAL JUNCTURES IN OUR CLIMATE SYSTEM.

MANY OF THE EARTH'S TIPPING POINTS, LIKE THE MELTING OF THE ARCTIC SEA ICE AND THE COLLAPSING OF THE ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION, ARE BEING PASSED. WHILE HERE AT HOME WE ARE DEALING WITH RECORD BREAKING HEAT WAVES AND FIRES.

NOT DOING ENOUGH WHILE WE STILL HAVE TIME WILL HAVE HUGE CASCADING NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE CLIMATE, ECOSYSTEMS, THE ECONOMY, AND THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS THAT YOU LEAVE TO YOUR CHILDREN.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 46 ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES HEAD ON.

IT READS IN PART, QUOTE. WHEREAS SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS HAVE DEVELOPED AND DEMONSTRATED CO2 SEQUESTERING METHODS THAT REPLICATE AND LEVERAGE NATURAL PROCESSES IN WAYS THAT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE ATMOSPHERIC CO2 CONCENTRATIONS.

AND WHEREAS CLIMATE RESTORATION IS A PRECONDITION FOR INTERGENERATIONAL CLIMATE JUSTICE, AS YOUNG PEOPLE WILL SUFFER THE WORST EFFECTS OF CLIMATE BREAKDOWN.

END QUOTE. SUPERVISORS, YOUR LEADERSHIP WILL BENEFIT US BY EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO BY INSISTING ON CLIMATE RELEVANT RESULTS AND TIME FRAMES THAT MATTER AND INSPIRING OTHERS TO DO SO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER, DAVID WELLER. MY NAME IS DAVID WELLER AND I'VE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT. PROBATION IS OUT OF CONTROL.

I'M HERE RINGING AN ALARM BELL THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO DO OVERSIGHT.

THEY ARE TAKING THE COURTS A MOCKERY. THEY ARE PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION.

SO LITERALLY, I AM HERE RINGING A BELL. I NEED YOU TO HEAR THAT I AM RINGING A BELL.

YOU GUYS NEED TO DO OVERSIGHT. PLEASE. HERE, PLEASE.

HERE. WE NEED THE ALARM BELL. THE ALARM BELL IS RINGING.

IT'S TIME TO DO YOUR JOB AND PROVIDE THE OVERSIGHT.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, JESSE ORTIZ.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I JUST WANT TO HEAR FOR THE CEO OF YOLO COUNTY.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D HAVE TO CONGRATULATE VICE CHAIR BARAJAS ON HIS NEW BABY GIRL A COUPLE DAYS AGO.

CONGRATULATIONS. I WANT TO THANK YOU, THE BOARD FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE CONCILIO THIS YEAR.

THIS IS OUR 38TH YEAR SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

I THINK THE MAJORITY OF YOU WILL BE ATTENDING.

YOU DO HAVE A I DID PUT AN UPDATED SCHEDULE. IT JUST CAME OUT LAST NIGHT.

SO IT'S A CURRENT FOR THE FOR THE EVENT IN TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.

YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT THE EVENT IS IMPORTANT TO THE EXTENT THAT IT SUPPORTS THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

BUT MORE IMPORTANT, WE PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO LATINO AND LATINA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE TOP 12 AND YOLO COUNTY, THE SIX HIGH SCHOOLS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NAMES THERE FROM DAVIS AS PART OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CITY HIGH SCHOOL WINTERS, WOODLAND AND WOODLAND AND WOODLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

SO AGAIN, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. WE COULDN'T DO THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT YOU.

AND ALONG WITH THE CITY OF WOODLAND AND YOLO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND WOODLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE NOMINEES THAT YOU HAVE FOR EACH ONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS.

I THINK THEY'RE VERY WELL QUALIFIED AND VERY COMPETENT PEOPLE IN TERMS OF THE THINGS THEY'VE DONE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN. I AGAIN, I, I DO THIS FREE AS YOU REMEMBER COMING IN AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE AND AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. THE LAST SPEAKER IS BETH VAUGHN.

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HI. GOOD MORNING. I'M BETH BORN. I JUST HEARD VICE CHAIR BARAJAS HAD A BABY GIRL COME INTO THE WORLD.

YOU MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY HAVE A BABY GIRL. THERE'S A BOOK ON OUR DAVIS LIBRARY.

YOLO COUNTY LIBRARY? IT'S FOR CHILDREN. INFANTS TO EIGHT YEARS OLD.

IT'S A PICTURE BOOK. I DON'T KNOW IF SHEILA ALLEN'S READING THIS TO HER GRANDCHILDREN.

BUT IT'S CALLED THE A, B, C OF GENDER IDENTITY.

A IS FOR AGENDER, B IS FOR BIGENDER, C IS FOR CISGENDER.

A WONDERFUL WAY FOR YOUR LITTLE GIRL TO LEARN ABOUT THE 2726 DIFFERENT GENDER IDENTITIES.

AGENDER SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT IDENTIFY WITH ANY GENDER AT ALL.

ALSO KNOWN AS GENDER NEUTRAL, B IS BIGENDER, SOMEONE WHO IDENTIFIES AS BEING MALE AND FEMALE AT THE SAME TIME CISGENDER. THAT'S THE LETTER C, SOMEONE WHO IDENTIFIES WITH THEIR GENDER WITH A SEX THAT THEY WERE ASSIGNED AT BIRTH. THERE'S A FEW MORE THAT WERE NEW TO ME.

I DON'T KNOW. SHEILA ALLEN, YOU SEEM TO BE AN EXPERT ON TRANSGENDER CHILDREN.

K IS FOR KIDNEY GENDER. SOMEONE WHO IS UNABLE TO PINPOINT THEIR GENDER DUE TO THE STRESS, THE STRESS OF THE QUESTIONING PROCESS. SO CHILDREN, IF YOU'RE QUESTIONING WHAT GENDER YOU ARE, THAT'S CALLED GENDER LETTER K.

HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. PAN GENDER, SOMEONE WHO IDENTIFIES WITH MANY GENDERS.

ANOTHER NEW ONE TO ME, R IS FOR GENDER REASSIGNED.

THIS IS SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD A SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO TRANSITION FROM TO THE AFFIRMED OR TRUE GENDER.

SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR BREASTS AMPUTATED, YOUR PENIS REMOVED, THAT'S CALLED REASSIGNED GENDER LETTER R THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ANY MORE SPEAKERS? NOT IN THE CHAMBERS.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE? YES, CHAIR. I HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER, ANGELINA GOMEZ.

AS A REMINDER, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

GO AHEAD, SPEAKER. YOU MIGHT NEED TO UNMUTE. NOPE.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. WE RESTARTED. GO AHEAD. PLEASE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS ANGELINA GOMEZ. I BECAME HOMELESS BECAUSE I SIMPLY DID NOT EARN ENOUGH INCOME TO AFFORD MY HOUSING.

I MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO LEAVE MY HOME BECAUSE I KNEW I COULD NO LONGER AFFORD IT.

THIS WAS NOT BECAUSE I REFUSED WORK. IT WAS BECAUSE MY INCOME WAS NOT ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN HOUSING.

I CONTACTED YOLO COUNTY FOR ASSISTANCE AND AFTER I FOUND HOUSING ON MY OWN, MY HSP WORKER, YESENIA HEATH, CAME TO MY HOME, COMMUNICATED WITH MY PROPERTY MANAGER AND THE COUNTY ASSISTED WITH MY SECURITY DEPOSIT IN MY FIRST MONTH'S RENT UNDER SIX MONTHS AND A SIX MONTH UNDER A SIX MONTH TIERED RENTAL PAYMENT AGREEMENT.

AFTER I BECAME HOUSE, I SUBMITTED A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO H.H.

REGARDING WHAT I HAD EXPERIENCED WHILE SEEKING ASSISTANCE.

IT WAS AFTER THAT COMPLAINT THAT I BEGAN EXPERIENCING WHAT I BELIEVE RETALIATION.

SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES I REQUESTED WERE DENIED.

EVEN THOUGH THE HSP POLICY DESCRIBES HOUSING STABILITY, STABILIZATION, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND OTHER ASSISTANCE INTENDED TO HELP FAMILIES REMAIN HOUSED AND ACHIEVE STABILITY. WHEN I BEGAN REQUESTING SUPERVISOR REVIEW, MY CONCERNS WERE NOT ADDRESSED.

I REQUESTED A DIFFERENT WORKER, REGULAR MEETINGS AND ACCESS TO MY COMPLETE CASE FILE.

THOSE REQUESTS WERE IGNORED. THEN MY CASEWORKER.

THEN MY CALWORKS CASE WAS DISCONTINUED ON THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER.

MY HSP SERVICES WERE DISCONTINUED AND MY TIERED RENTAL ASSISTANCE WAS EFFECTIVELY TERMINATED.

I RECEIVED A NOTICE OF ACTION STATING THAT MY COW WORKS WAS DISCONTINUED EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1ST, BUT THAT NOTICE WAS NOT ISSUED TO ME UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16TH.

AND NOW I'M FACING THE POSSIBILITY OF BECOMING HOMELESS AGAIN.

NOT BECAUSE I CHOOSE HOMELESSNESS, BUT BECAUSE THE ASSISTANCE THAT HELPED ME OBTAIN HOUSING HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM ME.

I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO INVESTIGATE THE HANDLING OF MY CASE, THE DENIAL OF MY REQUESTED HSP SERVICES, THE DISCONTINUATION OF MY BENEFITS AND RENTAL.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT. JUST SO THE BOARD IS AWARE, MY OFFICE IS IN TOUCH WITH HHS LEADERSHIP ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE COMPLAINTS RAISED BY MISS GOMEZ. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S THE TWO MINUTE LIMIT.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR YOU BEING CUT OFF. OKAY. LET'S THEN NEXT GO TO OUR.

WHERE ARE WE? HERE? THE AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SIX THROUGH 21.

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE ANY MEMBER WHO WISHES TO PULL AN ITEM? HAPPY TO MOVE THAT CONSENT AGENDA. I DO WANT TO JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON ITEM 11 E.

OKAY. ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE PULLED? OKAY. I'M PLEASED.

GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR COMMENT. WELL, LET'S GET A SECOND FIRST.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. SECONDED BY BARAJAS.

MOVED BY FRERICHS. GO AHEAD. YEAH. EXCUSE ME.

ITEM 11 E IS THE SUPPORT FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 46.

WE HEARD A FEW PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS MORNING. JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH CJ AND ELIJAH FOR THEIR COMMENTS PREVIOUSLY COMING IN AND MEETING ON THAT ITEM.

IT'S AN ITEM THAT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN HERE IN YOLO COUNTY.

BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THIS FITS RIGHT INTO THE SORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE PURVIEW.

AND SO CHAIR ALLEN AND I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND ABOUT IT, AND ASSUMING THAT THE BOARD WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING THIS ITEM FORWARD AS WELL, SUPPORTING THE WORK THAT CONGRESSMAN THOMPSON'S DOING IN AND IN THE HOUSE.

SO ANYWAY, JUST BRING IT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS WITH THAT? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA SAY I.

I. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ANY INTRODUCTIONS TODAY?

[ Introductions & Honorary Resolutions]

DO YOU HAVE ONE LUCAS? OKAY. NO, NO OTHER INTRODUCTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THEN WE WILL GO TO OUR HONORARY RESOLUTIONS.

AND I WILL BEGIN WITH THE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING AUGUST THROUGH SEPTEMBER AS BREASTFEEDING AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY MONTH.

SO IF THE RECIPIENTS PLEASE COME FORWARD.

GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD. IT'S JUST YOU, RIGHT? YES. I'LL START AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OFF. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE AUGUST THROUGH SEPTEMBER AS BREASTFEEDING AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY MONTHS.

SO BREASTFEEDING IS A NATURAL AND RECOMMENDED WAY TO NOURISH INFANTS.

AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND ALL RECOMMEND EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF LIFE AND CONTINUED BREASTFEEDING FOR TWO YEARS OR MORE.

ALONGSIDE SOLID FOODS AND THIS YEAR, THE NATIONAL BREASTFEEDING MONTH IS.

THE LOGO IS RISE, WHICH STANDS FOR RESILIENCE, INTERDEPENDENCE, SELF-DETERMINATION AND EMPOWERMENT.

I ALWAYS ALSO FOUND IT INTERESTING, AND I SEE THAT IT'S ON OUR WEB PAGE THAT THERE ARE MANY ADDITIONAL RECOGNITIONS DURING THIS TIME FRAME OF BREASTFEEDING, INCLUDING INDIGENOUS MILK MEDICINE WEEK A HAANHPI BREASTFEEDING WEEK THE THE WORKPLACE LACTATION WEEK DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING BREASTFEEDING.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THEM. SO IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE THINKING ABOUT IT.

SO I AM VERY PLEASED THAT YOLO COUNTY HAS OUR WICK PROGRAM, WHICH STANDS FOR WOMEN, INFANT AND CHILDREN AND ALSO HAVE BREASTFEEDING PEER COUNSELOR PROGRAM. SO I HAVE WITH ME TODAY YOUR. LORI. LISA.

OKAY. LISETTE. LISETTE BETANCOURT WITH THE LACTATION BREASTFEEDING COORDINATOR WHO'S GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS, PLEASE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON BEHALF OF YOLO COUNTY. WE THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING NATIONAL BREASTFEEDING MONTH AND SUPPORTING THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY. WE PROVIDE MUCH MORE THAN NUTRITION BENEFITS.

WE PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED NUTRITION EDUCATION AND COUNSELING, BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT, AND REFERRALS FOR PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN.

WE ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF FIVE.

AS BREASTFEEDING COORDINATOR, I SEE HOW TIMELY SUPPORT CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY FOR FIRST TIME PARENTS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED BREASTFEEDING CHALLENGES. EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE ADDED TWO PART TIME EXTRA HELP BREASTFEEDING PEER COUNSELORS.

THEY'RE STILL COMPLETING THEIR TRAINING, BUT THEY ARE ALREADY HELPING US EXPAND THE SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR FAMILIES.

AND FROM JULY 1ST THROUGH TODAY, OUR PEER COUNSELORS HAVE PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 475 BREASTFEEDING CONSULTATIONS AND CONTACTS WITH OUR FAMILIES. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR PEER COUNSELORS TODAY, OUR ENTIRE WEEK FAMILY, OUR TEAM, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE FAMILIES WHO TRUST US DURING SUCH AN IMPORTANT TIME.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AND FOR BRINGING US UP EVERY YEAR TO BRING AWARENESS FOR BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT.

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO I MEANT TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NUMBERS, THAT THERE ARE 3500 PARTICIPANTS IN YOLO COUNTY IN THE WICK PROGRAM PROGRAM, WHICH I THINK IS AMAZING.

AND THAT ACCORDING TO THE LATEST REPORT FROM LAST MONTH FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, 40% OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE EXCLUSIVELY BREASTFEEDING.

SO THAT'S GREAT. AND IT ALSO MEANS WE HAVE ROOM TO GROW.

SO THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND ALL THE PEER COUNSELORS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, I BREASTFED ALL THREE OF MY CHILDREN, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE ALONG WITH YOU ON THAT JOURNEY TO HELP YOU OUT.

SO LET'S CONGRATULATE THEM AND THANK THEM. THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR, CAN I JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT BEFORE? YEAH, JUST VERY SIMPLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK.

WE NOW HAVE A COLLEAGUE WHO'S A NEW PARENT. AND SO I IMAGINE THIS SORT OF CONNECTS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

I'LL JUST SIMPLY SAY YOU, THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH YOUR PEER COUNSELORS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU NEED IT AND YOU NEED IT AT THAT EMERGENCY MOMENT.

I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT I LEARNED VERY QUICKLY WITH OUR FIRST CHILD AND HAVING CALLED LA LECHE LEAGUE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO TRY TO GET SOME GUIDANCE ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE IN A WORLD BY YOURSELF OVERNIGHT. IT'S NOT ALWAYS INTUITIVE OR NATURAL TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE CHALLENGES WITH IT.

AND SO SUPER HELPFUL. I LEARNED SO MUCH. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WE DID.

I'M PROUD THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO. SO THANK YOU. YES. GREAT. AND MAYBE WE'LL COME DOWN FOR PICTURES AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR'S SUPERVISOR BARAJAS WILL DO THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS. OKAY.

OH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. LET'S GO UP HERE. THANK YOU.

I HAVE THE NEXT RESOLUTION. ALSO, I'M GOING TO BE DOING A RESOLUTION DECLARING SEPTEMBER 2026 AS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH.

AND IF I COULD HAVE OUR RECIPIENTS COME FORWARD, PLEASE.

OH, HERE YOU ARE. HI. COME UP A LITTLE CLOSER.

HERE WE GO. I WILL GIVE SOMEONE HERE. DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THIS OR.

LET'S JUST COME ON BEHIND ME. LET'S MAKE A LINE.

THERE WE GO. CAN YOU HOLD THAT? THANK YOU. YES, DONNA.

THAT'D BE GREAT. ALSO. SO LET'S SEE WHO I HAVE WITH ME HERE.

I HAVE A LIST. WE'LL SEE IF THEY IF THEY MATCH.

SO TERRY GALVIN WITH YOLO COUNTY ACCESS LINE AND SUICIDE PREVENTION.

HELLO, LOU. I KNOW IS HERE. AND GAY. IS THAT RIGHT? DID I SAY THAT? OKAY, GOOD. THE NAMI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

WE'RE ALSO PLEASED TO HAVE DONNA NEVILLE, THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF NAMI YOLO COUNTY AND KYLE STEFANO.

IS THE LEAD YOLO COUNTY ACCESS LINES WITH THE ACCESS LINE AND SUICIDE PREVENTION AND BEN.

AVI. MURPHY. TIM. MURPHY AND. BUT HE HAS THE SAME ROLE.

HE IS OVERSEAS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. WELL, WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU.

SO I HAVE WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION AND I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS.

SO THE UNITED IN THE UNITED STATES, SOMEONE DIES FROM SUICIDE EVERY 11 MINUTES.

IN CALIFORNIA, SUICIDE IS THE THIRD LEADING LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AGES 10 TO 24.

JUST JUST HORRIFIC AND SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR AGES 25 TO 34.

LGBTQ YOUTH ARE FOUR TIMES AT HIGHER RISK AND TRANS YOUTH A SURVEY FOUND THAT 40% OF THEM CONSIDERED SUICIDE, WHICH IS JUST HORRIFIC. AMONG ADULTS, PEOPLE AGE 55 AND OLDER, SUICIDE RATES ARE BETWEEN 3 AND 8 TIMES HIGHER FOR MEN THAN WOMEN. AND WHEN MEN ARE 85 OR OLDER, THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST SUICIDE RATE OF ANY AGE GROUP OR GENDER GROUP.

BUT THERE IS HELP OUT THERE, AND THERE IS IMPORTANT WAYS THAT ANY OF US CAN BE HELPFUL.

AND THAT IS TO REACH OUT AND TO SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE DOING TO YOUR FAMILY AND TO YOUR FRIENDS.

BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE FIND THAT THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE, THAT THEY FEEL RELIEF WHEN SOMEONE JUST ASKS HOW THEY'RE DOING IN A HELPFUL WAY.

THERE'S ALSO PHONE SUPPORT THAT PEOPLE CAN CALL, INCLUDING NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT.

THAT'S NOW A NATIONAL EFFORT. SO THAT'S LIKE 911, BUT IT'S NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT.

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SO PEOPLE CAN CALL THAT NUMBER. AND ALSO, I'D LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT WE ARE LUCKY IN SAN FRANCISCO.

IT STARTED, BUT IT'S NOW NATIONAL. THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THE FRIENDSHIP LINE, AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR OLDER ADULTS, BECAUSE THEY FOUND THAT OLDER ADULTS DIDN'T WANT TO CALL A SUICIDE LINE, BUT THEY WOULD HAPPILY CALL A FRIEND.

SO THAT NUMBER IS (800) 971-0016. AND SO I AM VERY PLEASED THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY ARE HERE TO PROVIDE A FEW WORDS, PLEASE. YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR ALLEN AND BOARD MEMBERS, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE ACCEPTING THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH.

AS YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES ARE HERE, KYLE AND TIM, AND WE ARE A VERY SMALL PART OF A MIGHTY TEAM THAT ANSWERS 988 SUICIDE PREVENTION CALLS FROM YOLO COUNTY RESIDENTS AND CRISIS CALLS FROM YOUR ACCESS LINE.

THIS RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGES THE HARD WORK. OUR TEAM OF OUR TEAM HELPS US RAISE AWARENESS AND REDUCES STIGMA ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS US ALL.

EVERY DAY WE ANSWER CALLS, TEXTS AND CHATS FROM MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, INCLUDING YOUTH WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH BULLYING AND DON'T FEEL THEY HAVE A PERSON THEY CAN CONFIDE IN. GRIEVING SENIORS WHO FEEL LIKE THEIR GRIEF HAS BECOME A BURDEN, AND NEW MOMS WHO DO NOT FEEL THE HAPPINESS THAT SEEMS EXPECTED OF THEM.

FOR THEM AND SO MANY OTHERS, WE ARE HERE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

THIS WORK, WHICH WE HAVE DONE CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 1953, CREATES SAFETY FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF CALLERS AND COMFORTS THEM IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING SUICIDE.

TOGETHER WE ARE HAVING A MEANINGFUL IMPACT. GOOD MORNING NAMI, YOLO COUNTY AND OUR BOARD WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO CHAIR ALLEN AND THE ENTIRE YOLO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE RESOLUTION DECLARING SEPTEMBER AS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH. NAMI YOLO COUNTY SHARES YOUR COMMITMENT TO RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT SUICIDE PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH.

REDUCING THE STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH.

CONNECTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH LIFE SAVING RESOURCES AND SUPPORT.

AS YOU KNOW, NAMI YOLO COUNTY PROVIDES FREE SUPPORT GROUPS, EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, AND SPEAKER EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS, PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING, AND INCREASE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT AND FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF SUICIDE PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND SHARED COMMITMENT TO MAKING YOLO COUNTY A HEALTHIER AND MORE SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY FOR ALL. THANK YOU.

AND I HAVE A THIRD RESOLUTION TODAY. MY THIRD RESOLUTION IS DECLARING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 20TH TO THE 26TH AS CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY WEEK AND SEPTEMBER 26TH AS NATIONAL SEAT CHECK SATURDAY.

SO WHO DO I HAVE RECEIVING THIS TODAY? COME ON DOWN. COME OVER. BE FRIENDS. LET'S SEE.

THERE'S MY NOTES. I ONLY HAVE ONE OF THESE EITHER, SO SOMEBODY GETS TO HOLD IT.

OKAY, SO WHEREAS CHILDREN ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND THEY ARE OUR FUTURE.

IN 2024, IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT 160,000 CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES WERE INJURED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES, AND 677 OF THOSE 14 YEARS AND OLDER DIED AS OCCUPANTS OF MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES.

SO WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH THIS MORNING, AREN'T WE? SO 39% OF THE CHILDREN WHO DIED WHILE RIDING IN PASSENGER VEHICLES WERE UNRESTRAINED. SO AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PREVENT.

CHILD SAFETY SEATS, REDUCE THE RISK OF FATAL INJURY, AND MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES BY 71% FOR INFANTS AND 54% FOR TODDLERS.

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SO ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT FAMILIES CAN DO, AND THE PEOPLE THAT CARE FOR THE CHILDREN, ALSO IS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE PROPERLY RESTRAINED WHILE TRAVELING IN THE CAR.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT YOLO COUNTY HAS A CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY PROGRAM.

AND I UTILIZED IT ALSO WHEN I GOT BECAUSE I HAVE MY GRANDKIDS, WHEN THEY COME TO VISIT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PROPERLY RESTRAINED.

SO I. AND IT'S BEEN A MOMENT SINCE I PUT A CAR SEAT IN.

SO I JUST MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND YOU VERY NICELY CAME OUT AND YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO AND TRAINED ME AND HOW TO DO IT, AND THAT I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS GREAT. AND IT DOESN'T ESCAPE ME.

BY THE WAY, FOR ANYBODY WHO LOOKS AT THE WHOLE HERE, COME UP HERE, I FEEL LIKE I'M TALKING SIDEWAYS FOR THAT.

I'M IN ANOTHER PLACE ON THE AGENDA. UNFORTUNATELY, DURING THE BUDGET TIME, THE PART OF YOUR PROGRAM THAT GETS FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECIDED THAT CHILD SAFETY IS NOT A PRIORITY FOR THEM, AND THEY CUT THE. SOME OF THE. SOME OF THE FUNDS.

NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT CUT SOME OF THEM. AND THAT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, ESPECIALLY AS THIS CHILD SAFETY WEEK, HOW MUCH WE VALUE THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND HAVE BEEN DOING.

SO I WANT TO PURPOSELY POINT THAT OUT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.

SO WHO WILL BE SPEAKING THIS MORNING? OKAY. GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. MY NAME IS SANDRA AND I WORK WITH YOLO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH AS A CERTIFIED CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY CLINICIAN.

CAR SEAT PROGRAMS PROVIDE LOWER INCOME FAMILIES WITH FREE OR LOW COST CAR SEATS TO ENSURE EVERY CHILD RIDES SAFELY, REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL MEANS. AS A CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN, WE TEACH PROPER INSTALLATION AND FITTING, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE RISK OF CRASH RELATED INJURIES.

AS A CERTIFIED CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY TECHNICIANS, WE CONDUCT 30 TO 45 MINUTE APPOINTMENTS TO TEACH CARETAKERS HOW TO PROPERLY SECURE THE HARNESS. ANCHOR THE SEATS INTO THE VEHICLES AND VERIFY THAT IT MATCHES THE CHILD'S AGE, WEIGHT, AND HEIGHT. THANK YOU. PLEASE. GOOD MORNING CHAIR.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND OUR YOLO COUNTY COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS DIANA GOMEZ AND I WORK FOR YOLO COUNTY CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY PROGRAM.

I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE HIGHLIGHTING CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY WEEK AND SEAT CHECK SATURDAY.

AS WE KNOW, OUR PROGRAM INSPECTS A YEARLY AVERAGE OF 300 SEATS, AND FINDINGS DURING THESE INSPECTIONS ESTIMATE THAT 70 TO 80% OF THESE SEATS DEMONSTRATE SOME FORM OF MISUSE. KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT.

OUR PROGRAM TAKES PRIDE IN SUPPORTING. AS MENTIONED, WE CONDUCT INDIVIDUAL INSPECTION APPOINTMENTS.

LESSER KNOWN IS THAT WE CONDUCT SESSIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, TRAINING THEM ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY LAWS.

WE ALSO CONDUCT COURT DIVERSION COURSES FOR CAR SEAT VIOLATORS, AS WELL AS CLASSES FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU TO THE BOARD, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND OUR FAMILIES FOR ALL MAKING SAFETY A PART OF OUR EVERYDAY ROUTINES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COME ON UP.

YOU CAN JUST DO IT. OKAY. ARE YOU SURE? ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE FINAL RESOLUTION THIS MORNING.

WE ARE. THIS IS EXCITING. ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN GREAT, OF COURSE, BUT THIS ONE IS QUITE A MILESTONE.

WE'RE CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF NUGGET MARKETS.

WE'RE CELEBRATING THIS HOMEGROWN YOLO COUNTY INSTITUTION, CLEARLY ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES, AS HEARD FROM HERE IN YOLO COUNTY AS IT CELEBRATES ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY.

ACTUALLY VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE GREG HILL, CEO WITH US THIS MORNING.

IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO SEE YOU, GREG. THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR A SECOND. SO WHAT BEGAN AS A SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORE ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, JUST A FEW DAYS FROM NOW, BUT BACK IN 1926, IN WOODLAND, FOUNDED BY FATHER AND SON TEAM MACK AT WILLIAM AND MACK, STILL HAS GROWN INTO A LEADING REGIONAL GROCERY CHAIN IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 18 LOCATIONS WHILE REMAINING FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED FOR FIVE GENERATIONS.

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IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT NUGGET MARKETS, WE KNOW HOW MUCH THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS GO WELL BEYOND PROVIDING JUST GROCERIES.

THE COMPANY AND ITS ASSOCIATES SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH CHARITABLE GIVING EVENT SPONSORSHIPS, VOLUNTEERISM, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL NON-PROFITS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

THEY HAVE, OF COURSE, OVER THIS LAST 100 YEARS GATHERED QUITE A LONG LIST OF AWARDS AND RECOGNITION, BUT THEIR COMMITMENT TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE COMPANY'S CULTURE HAS CONSISTENTLY HELPED THEM APPEAR ON FORTUNE MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR LIST 18 TIMES.

NUGGET HAS ALSO DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY, INCLUDING EFFORTS AROUND WATER AND ENERGY CONSERVATION, RECYCLING, FOOD WASTE DIVERSION, AND SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WE CONGRATULATE NUGGET MARKETS ON 100 YEARS OF SUCCESS AND THANK THE STILL FAMILY AND ALL OF NUGGETS ASSOCIATES, PAST AND PRESENT, FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITIES. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THE NEXT CHAPTERS OF NUGGET MARKET STORY. AND I KNOW THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO CO-PRESENT WITH CHAIR ALLEN, BUT ALSO FIGURED THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE COMMENTS THEY WANT TO MAKE AS WELL, TOO, JUST SINCE NUGGET HAS SUCH A PRESENCE ALL ACROSS YOLO.

SO ANYWAY, OFFER THAT UP NOW AND THEN GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GREG TO SPEAK, PLEASE.

THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR FRERICHS AND SUPERVISOR ALLEN FOR THE RECOGNITION TO NUGGET.

THANK YOU FOR JUST THE NUGGET. JUST BEING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M BORN AND RAISED IN WOODLAND. I KNOW THAT MEANS A LOT TO A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS LIKE IT DOES THROUGHOUT YOLO COUNTY AND BEYOND NOW.

AND JUST YOUR ORGANIZATION, NUGGET MARKET IS INGRAINED IN OUR COMMUNITY IN MANY, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FROM CONTRIBUTING AND HELPING NONPROFITS TO SUPPORTING LOW INCOME FAMILIES, TO JUST REALLY SUPPORTING COUNTY WORKERS.

I SEE LITERALLY EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY GO TO LUNCH AT NUGGET.

AND SO I THINK 10% OF OUR BUDGET JUST IS DEDICATED TO NUGGET LUNCHES.

SO NO, THANK YOU. AND IT'S JUST A PASS. OUR BEST REGARDS TO THE WHOLE ENTIRE TEAM, EVEN YOUR LINE STAFF WORKERS.

THANK YOU. YEAH. AND THANK YOU AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS.

AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR FOR FOR THE PRESENTATION.

NUGGET MARKET TOOK A HUGE LEAP OF FAITH WHEN THEY DECIDED TO COMMIT AND PUT THEIR, THEIR STORE IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST SACRAMENTO.

YEARS AGO, WHEN SOUTHPORT WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD SUPPORT A STORE LIKE NUGGET.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WANTED TO BE THERE, BUT NUGGET ACTUALLY TOOK THE STEP TO GET THERE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND THE COMMUNITY IS NOW GROWING AROUND THAT STORE.

I'M SURE YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE MORE SUCCESSFUL ONES.

BUT WE REALLY WANT TO THANK NUGGET MARKET LEADERSHIP FOR TAKING A RISK THAT NOT EVERYBODY WOULD DO.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'VE MADE YOU PROUD IN THAT RESPECT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT. YES. AND IF I MAY, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HOMEGROWN.

YOU STARTED IN WOODLAND. HAVE SOME STORE HERE THAT THAT'S WHERE ACTUALLY WE ALL GET IT.

WE SEND OUT STAFF AND THEY GET OUR LUNCH FROM THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR OUR LUNCH TODAY. I WENT THIS MORNING AND GOT MY COFFEE THERE ON MY WAY IN THERE.

YOU'RE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC, THAT LEADERSHIP FROM NUGGET ACTUALLY WERE VERY KEY TO THE PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY WAS SAFE.

AND YOU WERE SO HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY FOR OLDER ADULTS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD THEIR SPECIAL TIME TO SHOP. BUT ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR OWN EMPLOYEES THAT THEY WERE YOU WERE RIGHT UP TO THE TABLE TO BEGIN WITH.

I WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT PART OF IT. SO YOU HAVE SHOWN TO BE GOOD STEWARDS.

YOU HAVE THE BEST FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. I DON'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND MANY OF THEM LOCAL, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU WORK WITH THE FARM COMMUNITY HERE ALSO.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ANNIVERSARY AND WE'RE SO PROUD TO BE THE HOME OF NUGGET.

WELL, THANK YOU, CHAIR ALLEN AND THE REST OF THE BOARD FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

ERIC AND KATE ALSO EXPRESSED THEIR SINCERE GRATITUDE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY COULDN'T BE HERE THIS MORNING. BUT IT REALLY IS A REMARKABLE MILESTONE.

I WAS TELLING OUR TEAM EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT I THINK THE STAT IS LIKE 1 IN 20,000 BUSINESSES MAKE IT TO 100 YEARS.

AND THE ODDS OF A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS GOING FIVE GENERATIONS ARE EQUALLY AS LONG.

SO WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER NUGGET IS IN SOME RESPECTS IS A UNICORN.

AND IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO THE, THE CULTURE THAT WAS CREATED BY THE STILL FAMILY WHEN THE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1926, WHICH IS REALLY JUST ROOTED IN A GENUINE CARE AND CONCERN FOR EVERYONE THAT WORKS AT NUGGET AND EVERYONE WHO SHOPS AT NUGGET.

AND JUST PERPETUATING THAT EVERY DAY MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT.

AND IT'S JUST KIND OF THIS MAGIC THAT HAS CONTINUED FOR A CENTURY.

AND IT IS AMAZING TO SEE THE FIFTH GENERATION COMING UP BEHIND ME.

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I THINK THE, THE COMPANY, THE FAMILY HAS BUILT THIS COMPANY TO LAST.

SO HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE MORE RECOGNITIONS IN THE FUTURE.

BUT ALSO THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE HAVE BEEN CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESS.

AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD WITH YOLO COUNTY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

YOU ALL SHARED A NUMBER OF REALLY IMPRESSIVE STATS AND ATTRIBUTES, BUT OF OUR 18 STORES, FIVE OF THEM ARE IN YOLO COUNTY. OUR CORPORATE OFFICE IS IN YOLO COUNTY, OUR DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSES IN YOLO COUNTY.

OUR CENTRAL KITCHEN IS IN YOLO COUNTY. OUR ORIGINAL CORPORATE OFFICE DOWN THE STREET.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF RETROFITTING TO BECOME OUR CORPORATE TRAINING CENTER.

SO WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE AND THE SUPPORT.

ALMOST EVERY NEW PROGRAM THAT WE UNDERTAKE WHEN WE TRY TO INNOVATE, WE EXPERIMENT IN YOLO COUNTY.

ALL FIVE OF OUR STORES ARE RUNNING ON CLEAN ENERGY FUEL CELLS, WHICH WAS A HUGE MILESTONE.

I DON'T, I THINK WE NOW HAVE TEN OF OUR 18 STORES GENERATING THEIR OWN ELECTRICITY USING CLEAN ENERGY SOURCES.

BUT THAT STARTED HERE IN YOLO COUNTY. SO I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP.

I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU. THAT'D BE GREAT. APPRECIATE THAT.

NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.

[24. Hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution regarding the continued implementation of nine-year Williamson Act contract terms pursuant to Assembly Bill 1265. (No general fund impact) (Pogledich) (Est. Staff Presentation: 5 min)]

WE'LL FIRST GO TO ITEM 24, THE ANNUAL AB 1265 IMPLEMENTATION.

VICE CHAIR ALLEN AND BOARD MEMBERS PHILLIPS COUNTY COUNCIL, AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL TRADITION, IS TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS.

IT'S WILLIAMSON ACT, I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH. SO THIS IS TO RENEW THE WHAT I REFER TO AS THE AB 1265 PROGRAM, WHICH TAKES CONTRACTS WHICH ORDINARILY HAVE A TEN YEAR TERM AND REDUCES THAT TERM BY ONE YEAR TO NINE YEARS. AND IT'S A MEANS OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THE COUNTY TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS OF STATE SUBVENTION FUNDING, WHICH THIS SLIDE INDICATES HAPPENED IN ABOUT 2009 DURING THE GREAT RECESSION.

AND THROUGH AB 1265, WE SHORTENED THE CONTRACT TERM, AS I SAID, FROM TEN YEARS TO NINE.

THAT ALLOWS US TO RECOVER 10% OF THE LANDOWNERS TAX SAVINGS.

I'VE GOT AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT WORKS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING IT ANNUALLY FOR WELL OVER A DECADE.

AND AS PART OF THIS, WE SEND A MAIL NOTICE TO EVERY LANDOWNER WITH LAND UNDER CONTRACT ADVISING THEM WITH HIS HEARING, WHAT IT'S ABOUT, WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND OTHER INFORMATION.

WE ALSO SEND A NOTICE AFTER THE HEARING TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME WAS, AND AGAIN, TO REMIND THEM IF THEY DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, THEY CAN OPT OUT BY NOT RENEWING THEIR CONTRACTS.

AND HISTORICALLY, WE'VE HAD VERY FEW NON-RENEWALS IN MOST YEARS.

WE HAVE NO NON-RENEWALS IN RESPONSE TO THIS HEARING.

IN TERMS OF HOW IT WORKS, THIS SLIDE USES THE EXAMPLE OF A HYPOTHETICAL LANDOWNER WHOSE PROPERTY AT ITS FULL ASSESSED VALUE IS VALUED AT $1 MILLION.

THEY ENROLL THEIR LAND IN A WILLIAMSON ACT CONTRACT AND THEY ACHIEVE A 60% REDUCTION.

THIS IS HYPOTHETICAL IN THEIR ASSESSED VALUE.

IT REDUCES FROM $1 MILLION TO $400,000. AND THEN USING A COUNTY PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 1%, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. THEIR BILL IS $4,000 A YEAR VERSUS THE 10,000 IT WOULD ORDINARILY BE ABSENT.

THEIR ENROLLMENT OF THE PROPERTY IN THE WILLIAMSON ACT. NOW WE INTRODUCE AB 1265 TO THE PICTURE.

THE CONTRACT TERM COMES DOWN A YEAR AND THE COUNTY, AS I SAID, GETS TO KEEP 10% OF THEIR TAX SAVINGS.

HERE ARE THEIR TAX SAVINGS IS $6,000 A YEAR. WE KEEP 10% OF THAT.

SO THAT'S AN EXTRA $600 THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY FOR COUNTY PROGRAMS. IT'S NOT SHARED WITH OTHER AGENCIES. AND THEIR TAX BILL INCREASES FROM 4000 TO $4600 A YEAR.

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SO THEY'RE STILL KEEPING MOST OF THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THEIR LAND ENROLLED IN THE CONTRACT.

AND WE KEEP 10% OF THEIR TAX SAVINGS. THE NET FISCAL IMPACT OF THAT FOR THE COUNTY IS CAPTURED AT THE TOP OF THIS SLIDE.

THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE PROJECTS THAT NEXT YEAR, IF WE IMPLEMENT AB 1265, THE COUNTY WILL BRING IN $1.87 MILLION MORE IN TAX REVENUE THAN IT WOULD IF WE CHOSE NOT TO IMPLEMENT IT. THAT'S ABOUT 40% OF WHAT WE WOULD RECEIVE IN TAX REVENUE IF WE WERE TO NOT RENEW THE WILLIAMSON ACT PROGRAM COUNTY WIDE AND ASSESSED VALUES RETURNED TO THEIR FULL AMOUNT OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD OR A NINE YEAR PERIOD RATHER AS IT CONTRACTS WIND DOWN AND THAT IS A CHOICE FOR THE BOARD. THERE ARE.

THERE ARE OPTIONS OTHER THAN CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT AB 1265, INCLUDING A NON-RENEWAL OF SOME OR ALL CONTRACTS ON A COUNTY WIDE BASIS, OR AS A NUMBER OF COUNTIES HAVE CHOSEN TO DO, ALLOW THE WILLIAMSON ACT PROGRAM TO CONTINUE WITHOUT IMPLEMENTING AB 1265 AND SIMPLY FOREGO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN INCREASED REVENUE.

BUT IN YOLO COUNTY, THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED. WE HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE FARM BUREAU AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF LANDOWNERS, AND HISTORICALLY, THERE'S BEEN BROAD SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM TO CONTINUE IMPLEMENTATION OF AB 1265.

THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN THERE'S A RESOLUTION ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT, WHICH THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT, WHICH CONFIRMS THAT STATE SUBVENTION FUNDING IS LESS THAN 50% OF THE FORGONE PROPERTY TAX.

IT'S NONEXISTENT. SO THAT'S AN EASY FINDING TO MAKE.

AND THEN THE RESOLUTION ALSO INCLUDES DIRECTION TO STAFF TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

AND WITH THAT I'LL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY BOARD QUESTIONS.

YES. YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND AND KIND OF RUNNING THIS THROUGH THE THE MEANING OF AB 1265 AND THE IMPACTS. YOU KNOW, I WAS DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH.

IT SOUNDS LIKE 51 OUT OF 58 COUNTIES ARE THEY HAVE SOME FORM OF WILLIAMSON ACT IN THEIR COUNTIES, RIGHT. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT ANY OF THESE COUNTIES OR BY LAW MODIFY THE WILLIAMSON ACT INSTEAD OF THE 10% WILL BE 15% OR 20%? IS THERE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES OR IS IT JUST ALREADY PRESCRIBED THE FORMULA? THE METHOD BY LAW. YEAH. I BELIEVE IT'S ALL PRESCRIBED IN STATUTE.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY COUNTIES THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED ANY LOCAL MODIFICATIONS.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY ANY OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

ANY AUTHORITY TO DO THAT? THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE I'VE SPECIFICALLY LOOKED AT UNDER THE STATUTE, THOUGH. OKAY. AND NOT THAT WE WOULD WANT TO, BUT I THINK THAT JUST SHOWS GOOD FAITH IN OUR PART AS A COUNTY AND LEADERSHIP THAT WE'RE WE WANT THE WILLIAMSON ACT. WE SEE A BENEFIT FOR OUR FARMERS OR RANCHERS OR PROPERTY OWNERS HERE IN YOLO COUNTY, AND THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THAT TRADITION. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THIS INFORMATION GOES OUT TO THE LANDOWNERS.

SO THAT WAY THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT THIS IS THEIR BENEFIT OR THIS IS THE BENEFIT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE, OR IF IT'S JUST KIND OF TAKEN FOR GRANTED. YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY ALWAYS PASSES THE WILLIAMSON ACT EVERY YEAR.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW HOW WE COMMUNICATE THIS TO OUR PROPERTY OWNERS IN AN EFFICIENT WAY WHERE IT'S A WIN WIN FOR ALL.

YEAH. SO THE NOTICE WE SEND, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DEVELOP IN IN COORDINATION WITH THE AG COMMISSIONER, IT'S FAIRLY DETAILED ON WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, THE HISTORY OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUNTY FINANCIALLY, WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE LANDOWNER. I THINK IT TOUCHES ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPLEMENTATION TO THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT IT REPLACES LOST SUBVENTION FUNDING GENERALLY DOESN'T GET INTO THE DETAILS ABOUT 1.87 MILLION BEING THE PROJECTED BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY OF IMPLEMENTATION OR WHATEVER THE BENEFIT IS YEAR TO YEAR.

BUT THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT LANDOWNERS RECEIVE. THE FARM BUREAU HAS ENGAGED VIRTUALLY EVERY YEAR TO SEND A LETTER OF SUPPORT.

I THINK THERE'S APPRECIATION FOR THE COUNTY'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM, EVEN IF I THINK FOR MANY LANDOWNERS, ESPECIALLY AFTER 15 YEARS, IT'S ASSUMED TO BE A ROUTINE THING, THAT THE COUNTY RENEWS IT ANNUALLY.

RIGHT, RIGHT. I'M JUST CURIOUS, IF WE WEREN'T TO EVER ENACT THE WILLIAMSON ACT OR ANOTHER BOARD DECIDES NOT TO OR OR JUST SAY TODAY WE DECIDED NOT TO. HOW MUCH WOULD THE COUNTY THEN RECEIVE IN PROPERTY TAXES VERSUS THE 1.87 MILLION? YEAH. SO A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE IS THAT BY THE TIME AS PROPERTIES RETURN TO THEIR FULL ASSESSED VALUE OVER NINE YEARS, WE WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT $4 MILLION. SO THERE IS A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE THE COUNTY FORGOES BY CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN THE WILLIAMSON ACT PROGRAM, EVEN WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AB 1265. SO YOU'RE BRINGING IN THROUGH AB 1265, ABOUT 40% OF WHAT WE WOULD RECEIVE IF WE NON-RENEWED THE

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WILLIAMSON ACT COUNTY WIDE AND CONTRACTS WOUND DOWN OVER NINE YEARS AND PROPERTIES RETURNED TO THEIR FULL ASSESSED VALUE.

GOT IT. AND WE'RE MAKING A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO OBVIOUSLY PASS THE WILLIAMSON ACT, DESPITE US BEING IN A $40 MILLION DEFICIT.

SO I THINK IT JUST SHOWS GOOD FAITH. AGAIN, THE BOARD IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. JUST A QUICK, QUICK ITEM.

I MEAN, IT'S LESS A QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK BUT I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I WANT TO JUST RAISE IT TO OUR BOARD AS WELL TO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE STATE CANCELED ITS SUBVENTION PAYMENTS, YOU KNOW, GREATER THAN A DECADE AGO.

I WOULD JUST SAY SO. I MEAN, THE QUESTION, I GUESS, IS HOW MUCH WERE WE RECEIVING IN SUBVENTION PAYMENTS, IF ANYONE KNOWS EXACTLY OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE.

BUT THE SECOND GREATER POINT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPETING INTERESTS AT THE STATE, OF COURSE, BUT WITH A NEW GOVERNOR GETTING READY TO COME IN, REGARDLESS OF WHO THAT IS, THAT I THINK SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY IN TERMS OF PLATFORM.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT EFFORTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

THERE HASN'T BEEN A I THINK, A LOT OF EFFORT IN THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, EITHER WITH THE STATEWIDE FARM BUREAU OR WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WHOLE SORT OF COALITION OF COUNTIES THAT USE HAVE CONSISTENTLY RELIED ON MANY YEARS AGO, THE SUBVENTION PAYMENTS FOR THE WILLIAMSON ACT. I THINK THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE A FOCUS ON NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, ATTEMPTS TO TRY TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, BUT ALSO JUST, AGAIN, RAISE IT WITH OUR LEGISLATORS AND SUCH.

AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S WE KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY COMPETING ISSUES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE IMPACTS OF H.R.

ONE LOOMING AND OTHER THINGS. BUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THOSE DOLLARS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE WHAT THE FULL DOLLAR DOLLARS WERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE GETTING, WE'LL SAY THE 100% WORTH OF THE THE, THE DELTA OF WHAT OUR THE DOLLARS WE WERE THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX THAT WE WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE RECEIVED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GETTING IN TERMS OF SUBVENTION PAYMENTS. SO WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO HEAR FROM STAFF. KIND OF EVEN I KNOW IT WAS LIKE A DECADE AGO.

WHAT. OR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONGER WHAT THE KIND OF LAST DOLLAR AMOUNTS WERE THAT WE WERE RECEIVING, IF ANYONE KNOWS. YEAH. AND I WILL SAY ON MY OWN PART, I DON'T REMEMBER IF STATE SUBVENTION FUNDING MADE UP 100% OF THE DIFFERENCE.

I DON'T THINK IT DID. I DON'T THINK SO EITHER.

BUT I JUST WAS CURIOUS. OKAY. OKAY. LOOKING BACK AT OUR STAFF TEAM, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE'D HAVE TO RESEARCH A BIT, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AND GET BACK TO THE BOARD ON THAT.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. VERY STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE, OBVIOUSLY CONTINUING TO DO THIS. I DO THINK THOUGH THAT WE SHOULD BE ADVOCATING AS COUNTIES TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE OF US AND THERE ARE MANY COUNTIES SUPERVISOR BARAJAS MENTIONED USING, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS LEVELS OF WILLIAMSON ACT IN TERMS OF ACREAGE AND SUCH.

WE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ADVOCATING FOR TRYING TO RESTART THOSE PAYMENTS.

I MEAN, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. AND BUT IT DOES COME AT A COST.

SO ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THAT COST, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

YES. YEAH. IT DOES COME AT A COST. AND IT'S INTERESTING TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THIS COMES IN KIND OF ISOLATION, ALMOST KIND OF PRO FORMA. WE EVERY YEAR WE APPROVE IT.

BUT THE TRUTH IS THIS BROADER AG ECONOMY THAT WE HOLD SO DEARLY HERE IN YOLO, WHILE THIS IS CRITICALLY, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE FARMERS AND MAYBE NOT SO MUCH TO YOUR POINT EARLIER ABOUT OUR CHALLENGING FISCAL SITUATION.

THE REALITY IS, THIS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF MULTIPLE THINGS THAT WE DO THAT COST US TIME AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OUR AG ECONOMY.

IT'S IT'S SUPER COMPLICATED. I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR, BUT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THE REALITY IS WE SPEND MONEY EVERY SINGLE DAY ON A MULTITUDE OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE AG ECONOMY, RIGHT? WE ARE FIGHTING DAY AND NIGHT ON FLOOD PROTECTION THAT AFFECTS OUR AG ECONOMY AND AG LAND.

WE ARE FIGHTING DAY AND NIGHT ON, YOU KNOW, STATEWIDE INITIATIVES TO FURTHER CHALLENGE OUR OUR WATER SITUATION, BOTH SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER. WE ARE SPENDING TONS OF MONEY, COUNTY COUNCILS, OFFICES.

WE HAVE PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP SUPPORT THE LABOR FORCE.

THE LABOR FORCE ACTUALLY HELPS MAKE THE ECONOMY THE ECONOMY WORK.

SO WE HAVE I MEAN, THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS THAT WE DO.

THIS ONE JUST HAPPENS TO BE LIKE FRONT AND CENTER.

AND IT COMES TO US AS A VOTE THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

BUT THE REALITY IS, IN OUR BROADER SORT OF PRINCIPLED POSITION AROUND SUPPORTING AG, IT IS SO COMPLICATED.

AND EVERY DAY IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE THAT GETS PLACED IN OUR LAP THAT WE HAVE TO THEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT AND SUPPORT IT.

SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE ONE THAT, AS I SAID, COMES TO US IN THIS FORM.

IT'S, IT'S TRICKY, BUT IT'S, I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

OKAY. AND WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO COMMENT AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT OR SORRY, THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO, CHAIR, I DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.

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HOWEVER, WE HAVE RECEIVED WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM ALEX DESPOT, NANCY PLUCKER, THE YOLO COUNTY FARM BUREAU AND MARY TOMPKINS, WHICH HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AS PART OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE AND WILL BE PLACED INTO THE RECORD.

GREAT. WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, CHRIS SHEARING, WHO'D LIKE TO COMMENT.

OH, OKAY. GREAT. I WAS WONDERING. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING AT ALL BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, COULD YOU SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? I'M SORRY. I'M CHRIS SHEARING DAVIS, RESIDENT LANDOWNER IN YOLO COUNTY.

AND I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS CAME OUT THAT I THOUGHT I'D ADDRESS.

THE FIRST THING IS TO THANK THIS BOARD FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE WILLIAMSON ACT IN THE FACE OF FISCAL HEADWINDS.

FOR 15 YEARS NOW, SINCE THE LEGISLATURE ABANDONED THE PROMISE, THE WILLIAMSON ACT AND ABANDONED SUBVENTION FUNDING.

THIS COUNTY HAS HISTORICALLY HAD A FANTASTIC COMMITMENT TO AGRICULTURE THROUGH ITS ZONING, THROUGH WILLIAMSON ACT, WHICH COSTS MONEY NOW BECAUSE OF THE SUBVENTION FUNDING HAS GONE AWAY.

I JUST WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS, PARTICULARLY IN RESPONSE TO SUPERVISOR BARAJAS IS COMING.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S VERY MANY FARMERS THAT DON'T RECOGNIZE THE BENEFIT OF BEING ENROLLED IN THE WILLIAMSON ACT.

WE GET OUR TAX BILLS. WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

TAX BILLS ARE NOT FUN. SO MOST PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION.

MOST FARMERS ARE. AND WE DO RECOGNIZE THE BENEFIT.

BUT I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT JUST AN AG BENEFIT PROGRAM.

THE BARGAIN IN THE WILLIAMSON ACT IS A STATUTE IS IN RETURN FOR INCENTIVIZING FARMERS TO NOT SELL THEIR LANDS TO DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS A PUBLIC POLICY VALUE AND IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT YOLO COUNTY CONTINUES TO LOOK SO GOOD.

IF YOU READ THE WILLIAMSON ACT AND THE PREAMBLE TO THE WILLIAMSON ACT, IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING IN SUPPORT OF AVOIDING DISCONTIGUOUS DEVELOPMENT, RELIEVING UNDUE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE, TRYING TO HAVE AN ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND LANDSCAPE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC GETS FROM THE WILLIAMSON ACT.

SO TO ANSWER SUPERVISOR COMMENT, I WOULD KIND OF TURN THAT AROUND.

I DON'T THINK IT'S THE FARMERS THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY GET OUT OF THE WILLIAMSON ACT. I THINK IT'S THE PUBLIC, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

THIS COUNTY LOOKS GREAT IN PART BECAUSE OF THE WILLIAMSON ACT.

IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF OPEN SPACE AND AGRICULTURE.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY COMMENT. I STRONGLY THANK YOU FOR THE POSITION OF STRONG SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE ON THE WILLIAMSON ACT, AND I GUESS THAT'S ALL I WOULD SAY. THAT WAS JUST OFF THE CUFF. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ONLINE COMMENT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

NO, CHAIR. I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

OKAY. THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SUPERVISOR BARAJAS.

YEAH. SO IT JUST MAKES ME THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD DO A PRESS RELEASE ON THIS ITEM.

SO THAT WAY THE PUBLIC IS EDUCATED AS WELL AS FARMERS THAT MIGHT NOT ARE WELL AWARE OR LANDOWNERS THAT ARE NOT WELL AWARE OF WHAT THEY GET OR WHAT THE TRADITION OF THE WILLIAMSON ACT IS. SO THAT WAY THE WHOLE ENTIRE YOLO COUNTY IS APPRECIATIVE OF OF THIS GESTURE THAT THAT IS BESTOWED UPON US THROUGH AB 1265. AND THE BOARD IS RECOGNIZING THAT AND MOVING FORWARD TO PASSING IT.

SO THAT'S MY SUGGESTION. IF WE CAN DO THAT. CEO WEBB YEAH, IF THE BOARD IS SO IS SO INCLINED TO ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO COORDINATE THAT WITH OUR OFFICE AND IN THE BOARD AND PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUT.

I DO, I DO THINK IT'S VERY WORTHY OF DOING SOME OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AROUND THE BENEFITS AND THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE SACRIFICE THAT COMES THAT SOME OF THE SACRIFICE THAT COMES WITH THAT.

SO I'M HAPPY TO HELP WITH THAT. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE INTEREST OF LOOKING AT THE ADVOCACY FOR THE FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE SUBVENTION FUNDS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AROUND THAT. I HAPPEN TO BE GOING TO THE RURAL COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE CRC GROUP LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW.

AND SO I WONDER IF THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ALSO.

CSAC MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN IT, THE STATE ORGANIZATION, AND I THINK PARTICULARLY US, IF WE CAN DO A DIG A LITTLE MORE TO SEE WHAT ARE WE MISSING OUT ON SO THAT WE CAN GIVE SOME INFORMATION TO OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF PREVIOUS POLICY DECISIONS.

THAT'S KIND OF HELPS US SOLVE OUR LONG TERM FISCAL PROBLEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SHORTLY.

ALL RIGHT. AND SO WITH OUR RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO CONFIRM THE STATE SUBVENTION FUNDING IS LESS THAN 50% AND DIRECT STAFF TO TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

OKAY. MOVED BY SUPERVISOR BARAJAS, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR FRERICHS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE.

AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

WE WILL NEXT GO TO HOLD ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

[25. Hold a public hearing and receive a presentation from the Department of Human Resources on Assembly Bill No. 2561 - Local Public Employees: Vacant Positions. (No general fund impact) (Pannu/Brown) (Est. Staff Presentation: 10 min)]

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THIS IS TO RECEIVE AND TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES ON ASSEMBLY BILL 2561.

LOCAL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES VACANT POSITIONS. WELCOME TO OUR HR DIRECTOR, KELLY, NEW DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. I'M JOINED HERE AT THE PODIUM WITH JENNY BROWN, OUR HR MANAGER, WHO IS GOING TO CO-PRESENT WITH ME TODAY REGARDING ASSEMBLY BILL 2561.

SO 2561 CAME INTO PLACE IN JANUARY OF 2025, AND IT'S LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRES PUBLIC AGENCIES TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF OUR VACANCIES AND OUR VACANCY RATE FOR OUR REPRESENTED LABOR GROUPS.

PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS THAT IF THERE ARE ANY LABOR GROUPS THAT HAVE VACANCIES OVER 20%, THEN HR PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AS FAR AS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VACANCIES, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS.

AND WHAT WE ARE DOING TO BASICALLY ALLEVIATE AND BRING THAT THAT PERCENTAGE DOWN.

TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER OUR WORKFORCE INFORMATION RECRUITMENT AND HIRING PROCESS THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE AND OUR VACANCY INFORMATION.

CURRENTLY, OUR BASED ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 DATA AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2026, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 16 666.78 FTES. AND WHAT IS AN FTE AND FTE IS A FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITION, WHICH IS BASICALLY YOU TAKE AN EIGHT HOUR POSITION AND THAT EQUALS ONE FTE.

ANYTHING BELOW THAT THEN BECOMES A PART TIME POSITION AND IS INCREMENTALLY DOWNSIZED FROM THERE.

SO OUR HR MANAGER IS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.

I DID WANT TO CALL OUT THAT PRIOR TO THIS PRESENTATION, AS WE HAVE DONE PREVIOUSLY, WE DID NOTIFY OUR BARGAINING PARTNERS OF THE PRESENTATION AND DID INVITE THEM TO PARTICIPATE. AND WE ALSO SHARED THEIR INFORMATION AND TOLD THEM WHEN IT WAS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE BOARD AGENDA.

SO THERE WOULD BE FULL TRANSPARENCY THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS.

I'M STEALING A LITTLE BIT OF JENNY'S THUNDER HERE.

WE DID HAVE ONE BARGAINING UNIT REACH OUT TO US, WHICH IS OUR SUPERVISORS AND PROFESSIONALS UNIT.

AND WE DID PROVIDE THEM ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON WHAT SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS WERE.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALAN.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. JENNY BROWN, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER.

SO THIS SLIDE GIVES A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE COUNTY'S HIRING PROCESS AND TIMELINE.

CURRENTLY, DUE TO FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, THERE IS A TWO STEP PROCESS FOR REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE THAT IS REQUIRED AT THE BEGINNING OF BOTH THE RECRUITMENT AND THE HIRING PROCESSES.

ONCE A POSITION IS FIRST APPROVED TO BE FILLED BY BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE, STEPS TWO THROUGH THREE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS ARE THEN COMPLETED.

THESE STEPS TAKE APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS. WHEN A RECRUITMENT PROCESS IS COMPLETED AND A LIST OF CANDIDATES IS READY TO BE REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR INTERVIEWS, THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE CONDUCT A SECOND REVIEW TO ENSURE THAT THE VACANCY IS STILL VIABLE FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE. BEFORE INTERVIEWS ARE PERMITTED TO MOVE FORWARD, STEPS FOUR THROUGH SIX TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS.

WE ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT STEP SEVEN AS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FINAL STEP TO THE PROCESS.

THIS STEP INCLUDES PRE-EMPLOYMENT EXAMS SUCH AS DOJ, LIVE SCAN AND ALCOHOL AND DRUG SCREENING.

THESE EXAMS TAKE APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS TO COMPLETE AND RECEIVE CLEARANCES.

ALL STEPS COMBINED RESULT IN A ROBUST PROCESS THAT IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE COUNTY IS HIRING A QUALITY CANDIDATE.

CURRENTLY, THE AVERAGE TIME TO COMPLETE ALL STEPS IS 12 WEEKS.

SO VACANCIES ARE DEFINED AS BUDGETED AND AUTHORIZED POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY FILLED.

VACANCY RATES HAVE BEEN DETERMINED FOR EACH YOLO COUNTY BARGAINING UNIT BY UTILIZING THE FORMULA THAT'S OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE.

THIS DATA IS IMPORTANT AS IT ALLOWS HUMAN RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC WITH A STANDARDIZED MEASURE OF STAFFING LEVELS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, AND ENSURES THAT THEY CAN SEE IMPACTS ARE TRANSPARENT, AS REQUIRED BY AB 2561.

THIS TABLE CAPTURES THE VACANCY RATE OF ALL YOLO COUNTY BARGAINING UNITS AS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2026. DATA REGARDING UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEE GROUPS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS TABLE AS THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED A BARGAINING UNIT, AND AB 2561 IS WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR REPRESENTED BARGAINING UNITS.

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AB 2561 REQUIRES US TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY WHERE THE VACANCY RATE FOR ANY BARGAINING UNIT EXCEEDS 20%, AS WELL AS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT RECRUITMENT EFFORTS FOR THOSE SPECIFIC BARGAINING UNITS.

YOU WILL NOTICE THAT OUR DATA REFLECTS VACANCY RATES WELL BELOW THE 20% THRESHOLD FOR EACH OF THE BARGAINING UNITS.

THE COUNTY WIDE VACANCY RATE IS APPROXIMATELY 9%, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS NOT INCLUDING UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEE GROUPS.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOLO COUNTY DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A BARGAINING UNIT WITH THE VACANCY RATE THAT EXCEEDS THE 20% THRESHOLD.

AND THAT IS I'LL MOVE ON TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR NEXT STEPS TODAY ARE BASICALLY FOR US TO HOLD A PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING. AFTER THAT PUBLIC HEARING, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THE PUBLIC AND ANY EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD.

AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND BASICALLY RECEIVE THE STATUS OF THE, THE REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'LL SEE IF THERE ARE ANY BOARD QUESTIONS BEFORE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION AFTER. YES. SUPERVISOR BARAJAS.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IN REGARDS TO THESE POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT FILLED THEY'RE VACANT POSITIONS.

HAVE HAVE ANY OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS REQUESTED THAT SOME OF THESE POSITIONS BE FILLED? WHAT IS THE PROCESS AGAINST JUST THE PUBLIC. AND THE COUNTY UNDERSTANDS THAT YEAH, THERE MIGHT BE SOME VACANCIES, BUT IF THESE VACANCIES ARE WISH TO BE FILLED, WHAT IS THE PROCESS OR IS THERE JUST A MORATORIUM THAT THERE'S NO REQUEST AT THIS POINT? NO REQUESTS ARE BEING PROCESSED. SO IF A DEPARTMENT HEAD BASED ON THEIR OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND THEY HAVE A VACANCY, THE REQUEST GOES THROUGH TO THE DFS AND OUR CEO'S OFFICE TO REVIEW THAT VACANCY REQUEST.

SO AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD, I CAN MAKE THAT REQUEST AND PUT IN SUBMIT A POSITION JUSTIFICATION REQUEST.

AND THEN ONE, ONCE THE ALIGNMENT IS IS DONE WITH THE CEO'S OFFICE AND DFS WHERE THEY WE ALIGN THEIR BUDGET, MAKE SURE IT IS A BUDGETED POSITION THAT CAN BE CONTINUOUSLY BEING FUNDED.

THEN HR HAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT, SO TO SPEAK, TO START THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS.

AND BECAUSE OF OUR BUDGET TIMES AND WE KNOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND SOMETIMES THINGS CHANGE IN REAL TIME, THERE IS A SECONDARY PROCESS THAT'S IN PLACE.

AND THAT SECONDARY PROCESS IS THAT ONCE THE RECRUITMENT HAS BEEN ADVERTISED AND BEFORE HR ALLOWS THE DEPARTMENT TO GO, GO FORWARD WITH INTERVIEWS, THAT A SECONDARY CHECK CHECK IS DONE WITH DFS AND THE CEO'S OFFICE FROM FROM THE HR TEAM TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE ABOUT TO RELEASE THIS DEPARTMENT TO START INTERVIEWS.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE TIME WHERE BOTH THE CIO'S OFFICE AND DFS COULD SAY, WE NEED TO PAUSE OR WE NEED TO HOLD ON THIS POSITION PRIOR TO THOSE INTERVIEWS HAPPENING, BECAUSE THE BUDGET SITUATION HAS CHANGED. SO THERE ARE RECRUITMENTS CONTINUOUSLY HAPPENING, BUT THERE IS A REVIEW PROCESS THAT IS IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS FOR A LITTLE BIT GREATER OVERSIGHT.

AND THEN SOME OF THESE VACANCIES COULD ALSO BE BEING HELD BECAUSE WE WE KNOW WE'RE HAVING TO CHANGE OUR MODEL OF SERVICE DELIVERIES AND DEPARTMENT HEADS.

MAYBE LOOKING AT THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND THEIR OPERATIONAL NEEDS WHERE PREVIOUSLY THEY NEEDED A VACANCY FILLED.

BUT AS THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD AND THE WAY THEY'RE DELIVERING SERVICES MAY HAVE CHANGED, THEY, THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LOOK AT THEIR VACANCIES AS THEY'RE COMING AND TO SEE IF IT'S, IT'S STILL NEEDED OR IT MAY NOT BE NEEDED BASED ON WHAT THEIR OPERATIONAL NEEDS ARE MOVING FORWARD.

COULD A FACTOR ALSO BE NOT TO FILL A POSITION? BECAUSE IF YOU GET SOMEBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE COMING IN, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE SENIORITY.

SO IF THERE'S A BUDGET REDUCTION NEXT YEAR, THEN THOSE PEOPLE ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK.

SO WE ARE WE ARE BEING SENSITIVE TO THAT. AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE AS A AS A GROUP, AS AN HR TEAM, AS CEO AND DFS, WE ARE BEING VERY COGNIZANT OF NOT RECRUITING SOMEBODY AND THEN TURNING AROUND.

AND THAT'S WHY THOSE SECONDARY AND REVIEWS ARE BEING CONDUCTED IN THAT WE ARE BEING VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT, THAT WE DON'T WANT TO YOU KNOW, BRING IN SOMEBODY FOR A MATTER OF MONTHS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO BUT THAT IS PART OF OUR, OUR REVIEW PROCESS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE FUNDING FOR THESE POSITIONS IS GOING TO HOLD.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT SECONDARY REVIEW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. YES.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MEETING THE 20% THRESHOLD THAT'S REQUIRED FOR PURPOSES OF REPORTING.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION. SO AS YOU CONTEMPLATE SORT OF TO SUPERVISOR BARAJAS COMMENTS AROUND BRINGING FOLKS IN, AND THEN THEY'RE SORT OF CLOSEST TO THE DOOR WHEN THINGS GET DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE, WE ARE PROCEEDING KIND OF DOWN THAT THREE YEAR BUDGET PATHWAY.

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THAT DOES MAKE IT TRICKY. ARE YOU SO I HEARD YOU SAY, AS YOU CONTEMPLATE POSITIONS AND FILLING POSITIONS, YOU ARE LOOKING AT ORGANIZATIONAL. I THINK YOU SAID ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, IT FITS WITH WHAT I, I'M ASSUMING IT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION.

THE BUDGET PRINCIPLES THAT WE'VE LAID OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR SO THAT WE ARE THOUGHTFUL AROUND HOW WE DO OUR RECRUITMENTS BECAUSE WE, WE'VE SAID REPEATEDLY WE'RE TRYING TO GET CLOSER TO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO VERSUS WHAT WOULD BE NICE TO DO? WHAT WOULD WE WANT TO DO? BUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO TAKING MORE AND MORE MEAT OFF THE BONES, IT DOES GET HARDER TO DO THE THINGS WE'D LIKE TO DO.

AND AS WE JUST GOT NOTICE OF NEW POSITIONS BEING CHALLENGED AND CUT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE THEN HAVE TO THINK DEEPLY. OKAY, IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO, SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO? HOW DO WE MANAGE THROUGH THAT? WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THAT? AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT. BUT I GUESS I JUST IT JUST FURTHER COMPLICATES MATTERS FOR YOU GUYS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET THROUGH THOSE, THOSE DIFFICULT STEPS WHERE WE'RE CONSTANTLY AT THE MERCY OF, YOU KNOW, STATE AND FEDERAL REDUCTIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE TO THEN GO BACK TO OUR PRINCIPALS TO SAY, OKAY, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE MANAGE THROUGH THIS ANOTHER, ANOTHER ROUND OF DEEPER CUTS FOR THINGS THAT WE VALUE, BUT YET WE CAN'T JUST AUTOMATICALLY FILL THEM? BECAUSE I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY, IF THERE'S NOT FUNDING, THERE'S NOT SUSTAINED FUNDING FOR THE POSITIONS.

IT REQUIRES A DEEPER, DEEPER THOUGHT. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S I GUESS IT'S A LONG WINDED DID STATEMENT, MAYBE NOT EVEN A QUESTION, BUT SO MAYBE THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT HOW YOU'RE PROCEEDING OR.

I'M JUST CURIOUS INTERNALLY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, HOW DO YOU GUYS PROCESS THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. RIGHT? IT IS.

AND I WOULD SAY ALL OF THAT IS, IS BEING, BEING DONE.

AND IT GOES BACK TO THE BUDGET PRINCIPLES THAT THE BOARD ADOPTS. RIGHT? AND THEN THROUGH OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND ENGAGING WITH THE BOARD AND BRINGING BRINGING THOSE POSITIONS AND THOSE THOSE ITEMS FORWARD. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING OF THAT.

SUPERVISOR. BUT WE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AND THAT'S WHY THAT SECONDARY REVIEW AND THAT POSITION JUSTIFICATION PROCESS IS IN PLACE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE ARE ADHERING TO THOSE BUDGET PRINCIPLES. AND, AND ALIGNING WITH YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND THEN I THINK CEO HAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY AS WELL, WE ARE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS WE JUST, WE ARE OPERATIONALLY NEEDED IN ORDER FOR US TO JUST EVEN CONTINUE TO KEEP MOVING SOME OF THOSE CORE FUNCTIONS FORWARD. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING OF WHAT YOU CAPTURED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU JENNY. YEAH. I'LL JUST ADD I WAS GOING TO ASK IF YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. YEAH. I'LL JUST ADD VERY BRIEFLY TO WHAT PANU NOTED HERE IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION. AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IN THE AS PART OF THE PROCESS FOR A DEPARTMENT TO SUBMIT A REQUEST TO FILL A VACANT POSITION, THERE IS SORT OF A JUSTIFICATION ELEMENT TO THAT WHERE THERE'S A TIE BACK, YOU KNOW, TO, HEY, IS THIS STILL A, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH? ARE THERE ANY POTENTIAL RISKS, YOU KNOW, TO MOVING FORWARD WITH IT, FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE FOR THE COUNTY? OR TO WHAT EXTENT IS THERE IS THERE A CRITICAL NEED TO HELP FULFILL THE COUNTY'S MISSION? BECAUSE ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, WHILE THERE IS A IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY POINT THERE TO DO A DOUBLE CHECK.

AND WE HAVE BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM A VERY INTENTIONAL MULTIPLE CHECKPOINTS BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, THAT 12 WEEKS THAT THAT JENNY LAID OUT. THINGS CAN CHANGE AND OFTEN DO IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN WITH FEDERAL PULLBACKS AND STATE CHANGES TO THEIR BUDGET. AND SOMETIMES IT HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES WHERE WE HAD A POSITION REQUEST COME IN.

IT SEEMED GOOD TO PROCEED WITH IN THE MOMENT.

AND THEN FOUR WEEKS LATER, OH WAIT. LIKE THERE'S BEEN WE RECEIVED NEWS THAT THAT MAY CHANGE OUR THINKING ON THIS.

AND IT GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHIFT GEARS BEFORE WE GET TO THE POINT OF BRINGING SOMEONE NEW ON BOARD TO OUR TEAM, ONLY TO POSITION OURSELVES TO POTENTIALLY HAVE TO LET THEM GO.

AND THAT'S THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO. AND THAT'S VERY DISRUPTIVE TO OUR WORKFORCE, OUR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, AND TO THE LIVES OF THOSE THAT WE EMPLOY. SO WE'RE VERY TRYING TO BE VERY, VERY MINDFUL OF THAT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S REALLY TWO, I'LL SAY TWO ELEMENTS TO THIS.

ONE THAT IS THE BUDGETARY PROCESS, WHICH IS SORT OF THIS POINT IN TIME ANALYSIS OF WHAT IS OUR ORG STRUCTURE LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES OUR STAFF, OUR STAFFING NUMBERS LOOK LIKE, OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

AND THAT'S A VERY SCHEDULED SORT OF REGIMENTED PROCESS THAT HAS VARIOUS POINTS IN TIME.

THAT'S ONE OPPORTUNITY POINT. BUT THEN THERE ARE TIMES WHEN SOMEONE DEPARTS THE COUNTY EITHER THROUGH RETIREMENT OR THEY TAKE A POSITION ELSEWHERE, OR WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES MAY BE OF FOR THEIR DEPARTURE FROM THE COUNTY.

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AND SOMETIMES THAT CREATES UNIQUE, I'LL SAY, POINT IN TIME OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR US IN OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD TEAM TO TO STOP AND REASSESS AND SAY, OH, IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY ANTICIPATE THAT INDIVIDUAL LEAVING THE COUNTY.

LET'S USE THAT OPPORTUNITY AT LEAST TO, TO CONSIDER.

SORRY FOR THE FEEDBACK HERE. I'VE USE THAT OPPORTUNITY AT LEAST TO CONSIDER WHETHER THIS IS STILL THE RIGHT COURSE AND THE RIGHT PATH FOR THE COUNTY.

SO IT'S SORT OF TWO PROCESSES, THE BUDGET AND THEN THIS ONGOING PERPETUAL ANALYSIS.

YES. SUPERVISOR. YEAH. THANKS. JUST A QUICK ITEM.

FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE THE OVERVIEW AND PRESENTATION.

I JUST IF WE COULD GO BACK TO JUST SLIDE FIVE FOR A SECOND, WHICH IS THE RECRUITMENT AND HIRING PROCESS.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE, YOU KNOW, BEING IN AN ERA OF CONSTRAINED RESOURCES, RIGHT? I GET THAT. I THINK, JENNY, I THINK IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, YOU SAID ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, FROM START TO FINISH, IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT A 12 WEEK PROCESS IN TERMS OF HIRING.

YOU KNOW, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, LIKE WHERE, WHERE DOES WHERE DO WE FALL IN TERMS OF A 12 WEEK HIRING PROCESS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ON AVERAGE WITH OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR? I MEAN, IS IT WAY SLOWER OR IS IT WAY FASTER? I HONESTLY JUST DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA. SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT.

I WOULD SAY WITH PRIVATE SECTOR, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN MOU.

THEY HAVE REQUIREMENTS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG WE HAVE TO POST A POSITION.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT THEY TYPICALLY DON'T TEND TO BE MERIT BASED SYSTEMS WHERE THERE'S ELIGIBILITY LISTS AND THINGS.

BUT AS FAR AS OTHER OTHER AGENCIES YOU KNOW, IT AND I'VE TOUCHED BASE WITH SOME OF MY COUNTY COUNTERPARTS.

IT GOES BACK TO STAFFING AND HOW MUCH TIME THERE IS AND HOW MANY FOLKS THERE ARE.

SO FOR INSTANCE, FOR OUR EXAMINATION PERIOD WHERE MY TEAM HAS TO CERTIFY A LIST AND THINGS, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ANALYSTS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THAT YOU KNOW, IS THE, IS THE, IT TAKES WEEKS SOMETIMES TO GET THROUGH A FULL EXAMINATION TO CERTIFY A LIST.

WE JUST HAD A DEPARTMENT WIDE EXAMINATION THAT IT TOOK US ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO GET THROUGH BECAUSE WE HAD OVER 100 APPLICANTS TO PROPERLY SCREEN THEM TO CREATE THOSE ELIGIBILITY LISTS. SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ON, ON THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ADDED A COUPLE OF OTHER NECESSARY REVIEW PROCESS WITH THE CEO AND DFS. THEY'RE REALLY QUICK ABOUT TURNING THOSE THINGS AROUND.

THEY MAKE WE THE TEAM MEETS WEEKLY. SO AS FAR AS THAT GOES, BUT AS FAR AS THE OVERALL FROM BEGINNING TO END FOR HR, IF THERE WAS ADDITIONAL STAFFING, WE CAN TURN LISTS AROUND A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.

AS FAR AS DEPARTMENTAL REVIEWS AND THINGS. AND THEN THE PRE-EMPLOYMENT PROCESS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC WHEN THEY CAN DO THE INTERVIEWS, THE PRE-EMPLOYMENT PROCESS, SOMETIMES WE'LL GET FINGERPRINTS BACK BY THE AFTERNOON.

AND THEN SOMETIMES WE MAY WAIT ON A CANDIDATE FOR A WEEK OR TWO FROM DOJ TO GET BACK TO US.

BUT THE FACTORS ARE, YOU KNOW, OVERALL, ON AVERAGE, IT'S ABOUT 12 WEEKS, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE STAFFING LEVELS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN HR, IT DOES TAKE US TIME TO PROCESS WHEN WE HAVE ROBUST RECRUITMENTS.

AND RIGHT NOW WE TEND TO GET EVEN WITH OUR LIMITED POSITIONS THAT WE'RE POSTING, WE ARE GETTING PRETTY HEALTHY POOLS THAT THAT IS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE, BUT IT DOES TAKE US TIME BASED ON STAFFING LEVELS TO BE ABLE TO TO SCREEN THOSE.

YEAH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YES.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IF YOU WERE FULLY STAFFED AND WE CUT SOME OF THESE HIRING PROCESSES, DEPARTMENT REVIEWS OR SECOND EXAMINATION OR WHATEVER THAT JUST HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAK ON THAT PROCESS BECAUSE WE ADDED A COUPLE OF STEPS HERE.

YEAH. SO, SO, SO IF WE CUT THAT OUT AND THEN WE WERE FULLY STAFFED, IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE YOU GUYS SIX, SIX WEEKS. I WOULD SAY WE COULD PROBABLY GET THAT DOWN TO COMFORTABLY ABOUT ABOUT 6 TO 9 WEEKS.

BUT THAT'S IN A PERFECT WORLD, IN A PERFECT WORLD, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S CHECK INS, BECAUSE THERE'S APPROPRIATELY THE BUDGET CHANGES, THERE'S GOT TO BE A CHECK IN. PLUS, YOU'RE NOT FULLY AMPED UP, STAFFED UP.

SO YOU'RE GIVING YOU'RE YOU'RE SAYING IN A CONSERVATIVE TIMELINE, 12 WEEKS.

YES. CORRECT. GOT IT. GOT YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY.

I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN CHANGING OUR PHILOSOPHY ABOUT LEAVING POSITIONS OPEN, OPEN, AND THEN USING THAT AS SALARY SAVINGS AS ONE OF OUR BUDGET STRATEGIES.

DID THAT AFFECT BECAUSE THOSE ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE BUDGETED AND THEY'RE AUTHORIZED.

THEY'RE IN THE BOOKS. NOW THAT WE HAVE TAKEN MANY OF THOSE OFF THE BOOKS.

DID THAT. I DON'T REMEMBER US BEING ABOVE THE 20% LAST YEAR, BUT WE WERE CARRYING A LOT OF THEM ON ON THE BOOKS.

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HOW DID OUR CHANGE IN PHILOSOPHY ABOUT REMOVING UNFILLED POSITIONS THAT WE ARE NOT INTENDING.

HOW DID HOW DID THAT AFFECT THE THE DATA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? AND I SEE IT'S FROM SEPTEMBER 11TH WHEN YOU RAN THIS DATA AND THEN.

SORRY. HERE'S THE SECOND QUESTION. IS THAT WE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME ACTION TODAY TO REMOVE A FEW MORE.

SO THOSE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN COUNTED IN HERE.

CORRECT. OKAY. SO BUT THE ONES THAT WERE IN THE, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, THEY ARE INCLUDED BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY TAKEN OFF THE BOOKS.

SO THE, THE TABLE IS FOR THE. OOPS. SLIDE SEVEN.

YEAH. I'M GOING THE WRONG WAY. SORRY. SO THIS TABLE IS AS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH.

THE, THE TOTAL FTES THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED IS REFLECTION OF, OF JUNE 30TH, 2026.

SO YOUR FIRST QUESTION PREVIOUSLY ON LAST YEAR'S PRESENTATION.

I DO BELIEVE WE HAD THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND PROBATION THAT WERE ABOVE THE 20% THRESHOLD.

AND, AND THOSE WERE BEING ACTIVELY RECRUITED AT THE TIME.

SO WE DID PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DATA ON THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND OF BOTH THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

AND WE HAD HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THOSE KEY ELEMENTS.

SO FOR FOR OUR CURRENT STATUS YOU ARE CORRECT BECAUSE WE HAVE KIND OF TRIMMED DOWN AND ALIGNED OUR POSITION CONTROL.

THESE ARE BASICALLY ACTIVE VACANCIES THAT ARE BUDGETED MOVING FORWARD.

SO PREVIOUSLY WE DID HAVE THE 20% THRESHOLD BECAUSE THERE WERE POSITIONS BUT THAT WERE ON THE BOOKS.

SO WHEN THEY'RE ON THE BOOKS AND WE'RE NOT RECRUITING THEM, BUT THEY ARE STILL BUDGETED, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD GO AGAINST OUR, OUR 20% THRESHOLD, SO TO SPEAK.

AND THEN I WOULD ASSUME THAT IF YOU WERE TO RUN THIS TOMORROW, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE REMOVING SOME, TAKING ACTION TO REMOVE SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, THEN THE RATE WOULD GO EVEN LOWER.

CORRECT. BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING PROBABLY THE BETTER TIME TO RUN IT WOULD BE AFTER OCTOBER 6TH.

THAT'S WHEN WE BRING BACK THE POSITION SALARY RESOLUTION FOR THE HR MECHANISM THAT THEN THEN, YOU KNOW, ELIMINATES AND REDUCES THOSE POSITIONS.

OKAY? I JUST WANT TO CHECK ON THAT. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK? I DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? HELLO, MODERATOR. IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? OR CAN YOU SEE? NO, I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND SEEING NO ONE COMING FORWARD, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO OUR REQUESTED ACTION.

SO WE'RE JUST RECEIVED THE REPORT AND THE STATUS OF THE VACANCY.

SO NO ACTION IS REQUIRED. CORRECT. CORRECT. WELL THAT ARE THERE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS? OKAY. SEEING NONE. THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 26 TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.

[26. Hold a public hearing and adopt the County of Yolo Budget Resolution for fiscal year 2026-27; hold a public hearing as the In-Home Support Services (IHSS) Public Authority Board and approve the IHSS Public Authority budget for fiscal year 2026-27; approve the 2026-27 budgets for Board-controlled Fire Districts; and approve changes to the 2026-27 Authorized Equipment List. (General fund impact: $141,696,353) (Webb/Haynes/Liddicoet) (Est. Staff Presentation: 20 min)]

OH, IT'S PUBLIC HEARING DAY ON THE COUNTY OF YOLO BUDGET RESOLUTION.

OH, IT'S THE BIG ONE. OKAY, HERE WE GO. WE'RE STARTING WITH OUR CHIEF FINANCE PERSON, TOM HAYNES.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALLEN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. TOM HAYNES CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

THIS ITEM TODAY I'LL BE PRESENTING THE YOLO COUNTY'S ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 627.

AS YOU WILL RECALL, BACK ON JUNE 9TH, THE BOARD APPROVED THE 2020 627 RECOMMENDED BUDGET, WHICH PUT APPROPRIATIONS IN PLACE TO START THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING ON JULY 1ST. WHILE TODAY'S ACTION WILL FORMALLY ADOPT THE COUNTY'S BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE A BRIEF REMINDER OF SOME OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE COUNTY BUDGET ACT.

THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE A RECOMMENDED BUDGET BEFORE JUNE 30TH.

OF COURSE, AS I JUST MENTIONED, THAT WAS DONE ON JUNE 9TH.

THE BOARD IS THEN SUBSEQUENTLY REQUIRED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT THE COUNTY'S BUDGET BY OCTOBER 2ND.

THAT ACTION WILL BE DONE WITH TODAY'S BUDGET HEARING.

AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, BEFORE THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS APPROVED, MOST BUDGETARY CHANGES CAN BE MADE WITH A 3/5 VOTE.

AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY AND AFTER THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS APPROVED, MOST BUDGETARY CHANGES WILL REQUIRE A 4/5 VOTE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, AND A FEW OF THOSE TYPES OF BUDGETARY CHANGES ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SLIDE ABOVE.

SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET, I DID WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE FISCAL ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ARE IN. THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE HAVE SHOWN ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REITERATE YOLO COUNTY CONTINUES TO FACE A STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT, WHEREBY ONGOING EXPENDITURES EXCEED AND ARE OUTPACING ONGOING REVENUES.

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SOLVING THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WILL REQUIRE STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS.

ULTIMATELY, SOME COMBINATION OF REVENUE INCREASES AND EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS WILL BE NEEDED.

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 MULTIPLE YEARS.

AND AS SUCH, WILL TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO CORRECT.

BACK IN JANUARY, WE PRESENTED TO YOU THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

AND AT THAT TIME, WE WERE PROJECTING A DEFICIT OF MORE THAN $47 MILLION BY FISCAL YEAR 2030 31.

IN RESPONSE TO THIS FORECAST, THE BOARD APPROVED A THREE YEAR PLAN TO ADDRESS THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, WHICH BEGAN WITH THE 2627 RECOMMENDED BUDGET IN JUNE.

AND AT THAT TIME, THE BOARD TOOK VERY DIFFICULT BUT VERY NECESSARY ACTIONS TO CUT THE BUDGET BY $21 MILLION, INCLUDING $12.5 MILLION OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, $8.9 MILLION OUT OF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED THE ELIMINATION OF 150 POSITIONS COUNTYWIDE.

THESE ACTIONS TOOK A SIGNIFICANT FIRST STEP IN ADDRESSING THE COUNTY'S STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT.

AND WHEN WE RETURN TO THE BOARD LATER THIS FALL WITH AN UPDATE OF OUR FIVE YEAR FORECAST, WE EXPECT THIS PICTURE WILL HAVE IMPROVED.

NONETHELESS, WE STILL ARE PROJECTING DEFICITS IN FUTURE YEARS.

JUST A BRIEF REMINDER OF THE THREE YEAR PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD BACK ON JANUARY 27TH.

AT THAT TIME, BOARD DIRECTED STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THREE YEARS OF REDUCTIONS TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY'S STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, INCLUDING AN INITIAL REDUCTION TARGET OF $15 MILLION IN 2627.

THE INITIAL REDUCTION TARGETS WERE SET WITHOUT THE ASSUMPTION OF NEW REVENUES, BUT IN PARALLEL.

SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE BOARD DIRECTED STAFF TO CONTINUE EVALUATING OPTIONS FOR REVENUE ENHANCEMENT.

AND THEN FINALLY, SHOULD NEW REVENUES MATERIALIZE IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BACK OFF OF SOME OF THOSE REDUCTION TARGETS AS WE UTILIZE NEW REVENUES INSTEAD. AND OF COURSE, SUBSEQUENT TO THAT MEETING ON JANUARY 27TH, THE BOARD FORMED THE REVENUE GENERATION AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH HAS MET ON SEVERAL OCCASION AND CONTINUES ITS WORK GOING FORWARD.

AND OF COURSE, AS EVERYONE IS AWARE, A MEASURE TO INCREASE OUR TOT RATE MEASURE X WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER 2026 BALLOT.

SO TURNING NOW TO THE 2627 ADOPTED BUDGET. THE BUDGET THAT IS BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY IS BALANCED AND MEETS ALL STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.

OUR GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $174,000 DUE TO INCREASES IN WILLIAMSON ACT REVENUES, WHICH IS JUST DISCUSSED A FEW ITEMS AGO. HOWEVER, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS IN OUR GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. NOW, JUST TO DEFINE THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THE PUBLIC, WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT'S UNRESTRICTED FUNDING FROM THE PRIOR YEAR THAT IS CARRIED FORWARD INTO THE CURRENT YEAR AND CAN BE AVAILABLE FOR APPROPRIATION IN IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. YOU MAY RECALL THAT IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET, WE ESTIMATED OUR FUND BALANCE TO BE $7 MILLION.

BUT AFTER CLOSING THE BOOKS ON 2526, WE'RE NOW ESTIMATING THAT FUND BALANCE TO BE APPROXIMATELY $17 MILLION, OR ABOUT $10 MILLION MORE THAN WE WERE ANTICIPATING.

I DO WANT TO SPEND A MOMENT TALKING ABOUT THIS HIGHER THAN EXPECTED FUND BALANCE, AS THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO POINT OUT.

FIRST, JUST IN TERMS OF EXPLAINING WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE HIGHER FUND BALANCE, THERE ARE REALLY TWO PRIMARY FACTORS.

THE FIRST, AS YOU KNOW, PART OF THE DISCUSSION ON THE PRIOR ITEM TOUCHED ON, WE EXPERIENCED SALARY SAVINGS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR THAT WERE $6 MILLION MORE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. MUCH OF THAT WAS DUE TO THE HIRING REVIEW PROCESSES THAT WERE JUST DISCUSSED ON THE LAST ITEM, AS WELL AS HOLDING CERTAIN POSITIONS FROM RECRUITMENT IN ANTICIPATION OF REDUCTIONS NEEDING TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

THOSE ACTIONS WERE DONE INTENTIONALLY TO SLOW THE PACE OF OUR HIRING, SLOW THE PACE OF OUR EXPENDITURES, AND TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS. SO THAT'S LARGELY WHAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT $6 MILLION.

SECONDLY, WE ALSO EXPERIENCED A $4 MILLION INCREASE IN THE EXCESS TEETER TRANSFER.

AND JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, I'LL EXPLAIN THAT VERY BRIEFLY.

THE COUNTY PARTICIPATES IN WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE TEETER PROGRAM.

IT'S VERY COMMON PROGRAM THAT COUNTIES PARTICIPATE IN.

AND UNDER THIS PROGRAM, THE COUNTY ALLOCATES PROPERTY TAX REVENUES TO ALL OTHER TAXING ENTITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY,

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INCLUDING THE CITIES, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS BASED ON THE FULL AMOUNT THAT THEY ARE DUE, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE AMOUNTS THAT WE ACTUALLY COLLECT FROM TAXPAYERS IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.

IN EXCHANGE, THE COUNTY THEN GETS TO KEEP ANY PENALTIES AND INTEREST THAT ACCRUE ON DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS.

UNDER STATE LAW, WE'RE REQUIRED TO KEEP A CERTAIN AMOUNT IN RESERVE TO COVER THE CASH FLOW IMPACT FROM THOSE DISTRIBUTIONS, BUT ANY PENALTIES AND INTEREST THAT ARE COLLECTED IN EXCESS OF THAT RESERVE CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. HOWEVER, THIS TRANSFER TENDS TO BE VERY VOLATILE YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO IN 2526, IT JUST SO HAPPENED THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES THAT THAT TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND WAS $4 MILLION HIGHER THAN WE HAD BUDGETED FOR.

IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, AS YOU WILL RECALL, THAT THE 2020 526 BUDGET WAS BALANCED USING $11 MILLION IN ONE TIME SOLUTIONS THAT INCLUDED $4 MILLION IN A VARIETY OF POLICY RESERVES, INCLUDING THE CIP RESERVE, A RESERVE. THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL TRANSFER FROM THE CHULA VISTA FUND, AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF OTHER ONE TIME BUDGETARY SOLUTIONS.

IF IT WERE NOT FOR THOSE ONE TIME SOLUTIONS, IF THOSE HAD NOT HAPPENED, WE WOULD NOT HAVE MET OUR FUND BALANCE TARGET EVEN OF THE $7 MILLION. SO I THINK IT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT MUCH OF THIS BALANCE IS IS RELIANT UPON SOME OF THESE ONE TIME SOLUTIONS.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE OUR FUND BALANCE ESTIMATE IS HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED IN 2526, OUR ONGOING EXPENDITURES CONTINUE TO EXCEED OUR ONGOING REVENUES, REFLECTING THE ONGOING STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE.

AS A RESULT, WE REALLY DO ANTICIPATE THIS TO GENERALLY BE A ONE TIME INCREASE IN OUR FUND BALANCES.

AS WE DISCUSSED ON THE PRIOR ITEM, AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET REDUCTIONS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD, WE ELIMINATED MANY, MANY VACANT POSITIONS THAT IN PRIOR YEARS CONTRIBUTED TO A LOT OF THE SALARY SAVINGS.

THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME AMOUNT OF SALARY SAVINGS GIVEN THAT LAG TIME OR THAT THAT TIME FRAME IN DOING THE HIRING PROCESS THAT WAS DESCRIBED.

BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE GOING FORWARD THAT SALARY SAVINGS WILL BE BE LESS.

IN CONTRAST TO OUR GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE, THE ADOPTED BUDGET ALSO REFLECTS DECLINING REVENUES FROM OUR FROM THE STATE ACROSS SEVERAL AREAS. OUR 1991 AND 2011 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REALIGNMENT IS PROJECTED TO DECLINE ABOUT $4.4 MILLION FROM WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

AS WE'LL DISCUSS LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. WHILE HHS HAS MANAGED TO OFFSET A PORTION OF THIS REVENUE LOSS.

SOME ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND SUPPORT IS NEEDED TO BACKFILL SOME OF THIS FUNDING LOSS.

2011 PUBLIC SAFETY REALIGNMENT IS PROJECTED TO DECLINE BY ABOUT 108,000.

THIS IS PRIMARILY IN THE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PARTNERSHIP, AND THE CCP HAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADJUSTED THEIR BUDGETS TO TO ABSORB AND ACCOMMODATE THIS REVENUE DECLINE. AND THEN FINALLY, OUR PROP 172 PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX IS PROJECTED TO DECLINE BY $430,000 SINCE THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. THIS FUNDING GOES TO OUR SHERIFF, OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND OUR PROBATION DEPARTMENTS.

AND THOSE DEPARTMENTS HAVE ABSORBED THIS FUNDING REDUCTION THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEANS, INCLUDING USE OF SALARY SAVINGS AND OTHER REDUCTIONS IN SERVICES AND SUPPLIES.

SO IN TOTAL, BETWEEN THE INCREASE IN OUR GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUES AND OUR AVAILABLE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCES, THERE IS APPROXIMATELY $10.2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE GENERAL FUND IN OUR ADOPTED BUDGET.

AND THIS SLIDE LAYS OUT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW TO USE THAT FUNDING.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE RECOMMEND THAT $3.1 MILLION BE USED TO FUND DEPARTMENTAL BASE BUDGET DEFICITS THAT EMERGE.

THESE DEFICITS EMERGED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF FACTORS, BUT PRIMARILY DUE TO THE REALIGNMENT FUNDING REDUCTIONS THAT I DESCRIBED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE, AS WELL AS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN OUR INSURANCE COSTS, PARTICULARLY WORKERS COMPENSATION AND GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE FEEL THAT IT IS PRUDENT TO BALANCE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.

AND FORTUNATELY, WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS FUND BALANCE, IT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE FURTHER REDUCTIONS.

SECONDLY, WE RECOMMEND THAT FUNDING BE USED TO RESTORE THE GENERAL RESERVE TO THE TUNE OF $3.1 MILLION.

AS YOU WILL RECALL, AS PART OF THE BALANCING ACTION FOR THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET, THE BOARD APPROVED THE USE OF 3.1 MILLION FROM OUR GENERAL

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RESERVE. NOW THAT WE HAVE FUND BALANCE AVAILABLE, WE FEEL THAT IT IS A PRUDENT ACTION TO RESTORE THAT FUNDING TO THE GENERAL RESERVE.

AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WHILE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE CURRENT YEAR ON ADDRESSING THE COUNTY'S STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, WE ARE STILL PROJECTING SIGNIFICANT DEFICITS IN COMING YEARS, AND WE REALLY BELIEVE THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SHORE UP OUR RESERVE AS WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY'S STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT.

WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT A LITTLE MORE THAN $2 MILLION BE PLACED IN A AYE SPECIFIC RESERVE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, SEPARATE FROM THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

H.H. AYE IS CONFRONTING STRUCTURAL DEFICITS IN A NUMBER OF THEIR REVENUE SOURCES, AND THERE WILL NEED TO BE DIFFICULT DECISIONS MADE IN THEIR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS OVER THE COMING YEARS. IN ADDITION, WE CONTINUE TO FEEL THE IMPACTS OF ACTIONS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, PARTICULARLY THROUGH H.R. ONE THAT IS IMPACTING HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

SO WE FEEL THAT PLACING MONEY ASIDE, THAT IS SPECIFIC FOR HHS, AYE RECOGNIZES THE UNIQUE RISKS TO THAT AGENCY AND IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SET MONEY ASIDE TO HELP ADDRESS THOSE IN THE COMING YEARS.

WE ALSO RECOMMEND $1 MILLION BE PLACED IN A GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY, ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY'S POLICY ON FUND BALANCE AND RESERVES.

CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATIONS ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST UNANTICIPATED NEEDS THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NO CONTINGENCY FUNDS WERE INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET, SO WE FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PLACE SOME FUNDING IN THAT CONTINGENCY FOR ANY ANTICIPATED CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY ARISE. CERTAINLY WITH THE DISCUSSION OF THE SUPER EL NINO THAT'S ANTICIPATED THIS YEAR, IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR THE COUNTY TO HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE SHOULD THERE BE FLOODING OR ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT REQUIRE RESOURCES.

FINALLY, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A FEW HIGH PRIORITY AUGMENTATIONS, INCLUDING THE REPLACEMENT OF FIVE SHERIFF PATROL VEHICLES, SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE OAKDALE PROSECUTION EFFORTS.

THAT INCLUDES, AS WE'LL DISCUSS A LITTLE LATER, ONE LIMITED TERM POSITION AND SOME VERY MINOR FUNDING TO FUND SOME POSITION ADJUSTMENTS IN HUMAN RESOURCES. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT COUNTY DEPARTMENTS SUBMITTED AN ADDITIONAL 1.7 MILLION IN AUGMENTATION REQUESTS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, AND THOSE CAN BE FOUND IN ATTACHMENT D TO THE STAFF REPORT.

SO TO SUMMARIZE THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, WHILE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, YOLO COUNTY CONTINUES TO FACE A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.

THE ADOPTED BUDGET AVOIDS FURTHER BUDGET REDUCTIONS BY FUNDING BASE BUDGET DEFICITS.

AS I MENTIONED, RESULTING FROM STATE REVENUE REDUCTIONS AND INSURANCE INCREASES.

IT LEVERAGES ONE TIME INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE TO BOLSTER THE COUNTY'S SAFETY NET BY FUNDING CONTINGENCIES AND RESERVES TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST UNANTICIPATED NEEDS AND PREPARE FOR SHORTFALLS IN COMING YEARS. AND IT ADDRESSES IMMEDIATE, HIGH PRIORITY NEEDS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS WHILE MAINTAINING OPERATIONS ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES JUST A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

THE CHART ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE TOTAL BUDGET BY PROGRAM AREA, WHICH INCLUDES ALL FUNDING SOURCES, WHILE THE CHART ON THE RIGHT SHOWS TOTAL GENERAL FUND SUPPORT BY PROGRAM AREA.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY OR THE LAW AND JUSTICE PROGRAM AREA AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT TOGETHER COMBINED FOR ABOUT 90% OF THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. WHILE WE TEND TO FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND DURING OUR BUDGET PRESENTATIONS, IT IS JUST ONE PIECE OF A MUCH LARGER COUNTY BUDGET. THE ADOPTED BUDGET INCLUDES A NUMBER OF NON-GENERAL FUND ADDITIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.

THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE MOST NOTABLE GENERAL FUND AUGMENTATIONS.

I WON'T TOUCH ON ALL OF THEM, BUT I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM.

FIRST, THE VERY TOP ROW, THE CLINIC IN A CAN PROJECT.

THE ADOPTED BUDGET INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL $800,000 OUT OF THE ACCUMULATED CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND TO FUND THIS PROJECT.

THAT BRINGING THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THAT PROJECT TO $1 MILLION.

AND SECONDLY, THE SECOND ROW, THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET, OR I'M SORRY, THE ADOPTED BUDGET INCLUDES $450,000 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE MACHO MONSTER. AND I'M JUST SO HAPPY THAT I GOT TO SAY THE WORDS MACHO MONSTER DURING THE BUDGET BUDGET HEARING TODAY.

WHAT THAT IS, IS IT'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OUT AT THE JUSTICE CAMPUS THAT GRINDS UP SOLID OBJECTS THAT ARE IN THE JAIL SEWAGE PIPE SO THE EFFLUENT CAN FLOW INTO THE CITY'S WASTEWATER SYSTEM. SO AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVIS MORALES, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, TO COME UP AND PRESENT A FEW SLIDES ON HHS. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALLEN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,

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WE'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING TO YOU JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES REGARDING OUR STRUCTURAL DEFICITS AND HOW WE.

OUR APPROACH WAS TO BALANCE SOME OF OUR DEFICITS THAT WE ARE FACING, BOTH IN OUR SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH AND BEHAVIORAL AND VETERAN SERVICES BRANCH.

SO LOOKING FORWARD INTO AFTER RECOMMENDED BUDGET GOING INTO THE ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 2627 BUDGET, WE DID COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE RECEIVING AS MUCH REALIGNMENT REVENUE AS WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED, WHICH CREATED AN ISSUE FOR US ABOUT $3.39 MILLION WORTH OF A STRUCTURAL ISSUE JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, THE ONE FISCAL YEAR THAT SAID, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT OUR FUTURE YEARS DO CONTINUE TO BE STRESSED WITH STRUCTURAL DEFICITS.

BUT HOW WE DEALT WITH THAT $3.39, 3.3 MILLION, $3.39 MILLION DEFICIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627 IS THAT WE LOOKED AT IT BY BRANCH. WE REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH WAS FACING ABOUT APPROXIMATELY ABOUT $1.5 MILLION OF DEFICIT. WE DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE CEO'S OFFICE, AND WE DID RECEIVE A GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION, WHICH BROUGHT OUR DEFICIT DOWN TO ZERO WITH OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEFICIT OF ABOUT $1.9 MILLION, WE LOOKED AT OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US. WE DID OUR, OUR CRISIS NOW BUDGET A FEW YEARS BACK WAS ABOUT $3 MILLION.

THAT WAS LATER REDUCED TO ABOUT $1 MILLION. AND WHAT THE NET BALANCE IS NOW IS ABOUT $800,000.

SO THAT'S SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT BE REDIRECTED TO DEAL WITH THIS DEFICIT.

AND LASTLY, WE ARE HOPING TO GENERATE CLOSE TO ABOUT $800,000 MORE IN MEDI-CAL REVENUE.

WE'RE PUTTING ALL OUR EFFORTS INTO ASSURING THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL.

BUT IT'S HOW WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS DEFICIT, WHICH LEAVES US WITH A $325,000.

AND I'LL HAVE MONICA MORALES SPEAK TO THIS TO THIS FIGURE AND WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE.

OH, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE THE OTHER WAY? SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THERE WE GO. SO AS MENTIONED BY EVA'S, DUE TO THE REALIGNMENT SHORTFALLS WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE CEO, AS WELL AS TO ALL OF YOU THROUGH OUR BOARDROOMS AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE BEST APPROACH.

WE'VE HAD A SITUATION, UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE WE HAD COMMITMENTS PRIOR COMMITMENTS TO OUR ROADMAP ALLOCATION.

AND BASED ON THAT, WE KNOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY COMMITTED ABOUT $2.1 MILLION IN THE PAST TO THIS EFFORT, A WONDERFUL EFFORT THAT WE SO MUCH NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAD THIS ADDITIONAL $325,000 AS AN OPTIONAL ALLOCATION FOR THE COUNTY.

EXCUSE ME, FROM THE COUNTY TO THE ROADMAP EFFORTS BASED ON JUST FEEDBACK AND UNDERSTANDING A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN I HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDERS AND THE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT, WE DID UNDERSTAND THAT THAT 325 WAS STILL A DESIGNED CONCEPT. SO THE MONEY FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE WAS GOING TO BE USED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND.

IF WE CAN EXPAND ON OUR ABILITY TO DO REFERRALS THROUGH TWO, ONE, ONE.

AND THE SECOND EFFORT WAS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND IF THEY CAN STRENGTHEN CASE MANAGEMENT BY ADDING TWO POSITIONS.

I CAME TO THE BOARD AND DISCUSSED THAT I WAS GOING TO GO BACK AND MEET WITH GARTH, OUR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, TO GET A BETTER SENSE. AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT WAS RELAYED TO ME.

THE PROGRAM IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT WASN'T OPTIONAL YOU KNOW, STRATEGY ON THEIR BEHALF TO JUST CONTINUE THE WORK OF THE ROADMAP.

WE CAME BACK AND ALSO ASSESSED OUR STRUCTURAL DEFICITS THAT EVIS HAS SHARED WITH YOU.

AND WE CONCLUDED THAT WE WOULD ALSO BENEFIT IN THE COUNTY BY ALLOCATING THE $325,000 TO HELP THE GAP IN OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM OF CARE, SPECIFICALLY, THE LINE ITEM THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE BOARD PACKET, AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S UP TO YOU TO DECIDE IS TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN'S RESIDENTIAL SERVICES.

IT IS UNDER ADULT RESIDENTIAL, BUT THAT'S JUST THE BUDGET CATEGORY THAT WE USE ON THE BACK END.

BUT THIS WOULD SUPPORT CHILDREN'S RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS SOMETHING, IF YOU RECALL, THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT CAME AT THE LAST MEETING AND ADVOCATED THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOUTH AND CHILDREN.

AND SO WE'RE FOLLOWING OUR COMMITMENT TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

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OUR RECOMMENDATION, AS YOU SEE OUTLINED HERE, IS THREEFOLD.

ONE IS TO CONSIDER REDIRECTING THE $325,000 TO OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHILDREN'S SERVICES, OR TO CONTINUE WITH THE FUNDING OF THE ROADMAP AND OTHER PROGRAMS BASED ON THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD.

OR THREE, KEEP THE $325,000 DEDICATED TO EXCUSE ME, TO THE ROADMAP.

LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. TWO IT'S TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE ROADMAP.

AND THREE IS TO CONTINUE TO FUND OTHER BOARD DIRECTED PROJECTS AND BRING IT UNDER THE FUND BALANCE THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.

SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE ON THIS ISSUE.

I'M GOING TO ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO DO QUESTIONS AT THE END. JUST A FEW MORE SLIDES TO WRAP UP THE PRESENTATION.

THE ADOPTED BUDGET DOES INCLUDE A NUMBER OF POSITION CHANGES.

IN TOTAL, THERE'S A NET INCREASE OF 2.75 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE POSITION ADDITIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE BUDGET.

AGAIN, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT DID WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS. THE VERY FIRST ROW, THE VICTIM SERVICES SUPERVISOR IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS BEING ADDED TO ADDRESS CERTAIN SPAN OF CONTROL CONCERNS WITHIN THAT UNIT. IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THIS POSITION WILL BE RECRUITED FOR INTERNALLY, WITH THE RESULTING VACANCY SUBSEQUENTLY BEING ELIMINATED.

SO ESSENTIALLY IT'LL BE KIND OF A NET WASH. SECONDLY, THE SECOND ROW, THE CASE PREP SPECIALIST IN THE DA'S OFFICE, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS PART OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE OAKDALE PROSECUTION EFFORTS, AND THIS IS BEING ADDED AS A LIMITED TERM POSITION.

AND FINALLY, YOU CAN SEE UNDER HHS AYE, THERE ARE THREE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SPECIALISTS, TWO POSITIONS.

THIS IS LARGELY JUST CLEANUP FROM THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

THESE POSITIONS WERE INADVERTENTLY ELIMINATED, WHEREAS THE INTENT WAS TO ELIMINATE A DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION.

SO THESE POSITIONS ARE JUST ESSENTIALLY BEING RECONSTITUTED. AND WE'LL SEE THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE POSITION REDUCTIONS IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

THE FIRST THING THAT OF COURSE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN TODAY'S MEETING, IS THERE IS ONE FIELD POSITION, A COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSISTANT, TWO THAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR ELIMINATION.

THIS POSITION WAS PREVIOUSLY FUNDED BY GRANTS FROM THE OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THESE GRANTS ARE BEING REDUCED, SO IT'S NECESSARY TO REDUCE THE EXPENDITURES AS WELL.

BEYOND THAT, THERE ARE SIX VACANT POSITIONS THAT ARE ELIMINATED ARE RECOMMENDED FOR FOR REDUCTION.

AND MOST OF THESE REDUCTIONS ARE AGAIN LARGELY JUST CLEANUP FROM THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

AGAIN, THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST, THREE POSITIONS.

THOSE ARE THE CLASSIFICATIONS THAT WERE INTENDED TO BE ELIMINATED RATHER THAN THE THE LEVEL TWOS.

SO THOSE ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR REDUCTION.

VERY BRIEFLY, THE ADOPTED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A NUMBER OF CAPITAL AND MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS FUNDED OUT OF THE ACO FUND.

A FEW OF THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOTED ON A PRIOR SLIDE, BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS. $1.8 MILLION FOR. TO COMPLETE THE RENOVATION OF THE AGRICULTURE OFFICES AT 120 WEST MAIN.

$1.3 MILLION TO REPAIR THE GRASSLANDS SOLAR ARRAY THAT HAS BEEN OFFLINE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN $105,000 TO ADDRESS STRUCTURAL ISSUES IN THE ADMIN BUILDING COURTYARD DOWNSTAIRS.

A FULL LISTING OF THE ACO FUND PROJECTS IS PROVIDED IN ATTACHMENT K TO THE STAFF REPORT.

THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE RESERVES AND CONTINGENCIES THAT ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

AS NOTED, IT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO RESTORE THE GENERAL RESERVE TO THE BALANCE OF 23.9 MILLION, OR 8% OF THE BOARD'S 10% GOAL. AS WE LOOK AHEAD, THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON.

OF COURSE, THE COUNTY'S STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT BEING THE MOST PROMINENT OF WHICH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF ARE ALREADY STARTING TO WORK ON THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, EVEN BEFORE TODAY'S ACTION IS TAKEN. AS EVAN MENTIONED, THERE IS THE HHS SPECIFIC STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE ONGOING PRESSURES FROM SALARY AND BENEFIT INCREASES.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO IDENTIFY AND GRAPPLE WITH COUNTY FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL NEEDS.

THERE'S BEEN MUCH DISCUSSION, OF COURSE, OF STATE AND FEDERAL BUDGETARY IMPACTS.

AND AS THOSE IMPACTS COME ONLINE WITH H.R. ONE, THOSE WILL BE ISSUES THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH.

AND AS I MENTIONED, CONTINUALLY RISING INSURANCE COSTS, WHICH IS REALLY A PHENOMENON THAT IS HAPPENING TO PUBLIC AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

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NOT JUST YOLO COUNTY, BUT THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH IN THE COMING YEARS.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THESE.

WE ALREADY MENTIONED REVENUE GENERATION OPPORTUNITIES.

WE HAVE MEASURE X ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER.

THE REVENUE GENERATION AD HOC CONTINUES ITS WORK AND IS, I BELIEVE, SCHEDULED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER.

AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, THERE IS EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO INCREASE OUR MEDI-CAL BILLING.

THERE ARE CERTAINLY OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING GRANTS AND OTHER ALLOCATIONS.

WE CONTINUE ADVOCACY AT THE STATE LEVEL. WHILE THE ERAF FIX DID NOT GET DONE THIS PAST YEAR.

CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. ADDITIONAL ADVOCACY ON UNFUNDED MANDATES AND AS WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER, SUBVENTION FUNDING RELATED TO THE WILLIAMSON ACT.

THERE ARE, OF COURSE, ARE CERTAINLY OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREATER EFFICIENCY IN SERVICE PROVISION AND OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. AND FINALLY, A RELATIVELY NEW ITEM THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY, MANY YEARS, CALPERS IS PROJECTING THAT OUR PENSION RATES WILL START TO DECLINE SOMEWHAT SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 6 YEARS.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS CERTAINLY GOOD NEWS, AND WE WILL BE CERTAINLY BUILDING THAT INTO OUR FIVE YEAR FORECAST AS WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS OUR DEFICITS GOING FORWARD. FINALLY, THIS SLIDE REFLECTS THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

AND BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I WANTED TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP DURING THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MIKE WEBB AND THE CAO TEAM FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE IN A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO MY TEAM, LAURA LIDDICOAT, DAVID ESTRADA, CAO ZHU TAO, AND DYLAN RADER.

THE HOURS, THE COUNTLESS HOURS THAT THEY'VE PUT IN, AND ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION ARE THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY. WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS HERE TODAY THAT ARE HAPPY TO STEP UP AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, AS WELL AS MYSELF, THE CAO TEAM AND THE BUDGET TEAM.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A ROBUST DISCUSSION. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO MIKE FOR SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TOM. GOOD MORNING. BOARD.

AND JUST A FEW CONCLUDING REMARKS, AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD FOR QUESTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS, AND OF COURSE, PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT.

YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FOLLOW ANY PRESENTATION THAT INCLUDES THE TERM MACHO MONSTER IN IT, BUT HERE WE ARE. AND HERE I AM VERY, I DON'T WANT TO BELITTLE IT.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT MAJOR PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE THAT KEEPS THE SYSTEM FLOWING QUITE LITERALLY.

SO HENCE THE TERM MACHO MONSTER. BUT YOU KNOW, THE, A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS.

ONE IS WITH RESPECT TO THE, THIS $10 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL SORT OF UNANTICIPATED FUND BALANCE THAT HAS TRANSPIRED SINCE JUNE.

YOU KNOW, THE, THE FEEDBACK WITH RESPECT TO THE SALARY SAVINGS, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE A FEW THINGS WITH THAT.

ONE IS, YES, WHILE WE'VE HAD EXTRA LAYERS OF REVIEW IN OUR PROCESS TO FILL VACANT POSITIONS.

THE PRIMARY INTENT OF THE REVIEW WAS NOT TO INTENTIONALLY GENERATE, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF ADDITIONAL UNANTICIPATED REVENUE FOR THE COUNTY.

REALLY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT WAS TO ENSURE THAT VACANT POSITIONS WOULD NOT NEED TO BE HIRED AND THEN TURN RIGHT AROUND AND ELIMINATE IT.

SO WE'RE TAKING A VERY PRUDENT COURSE IN NOT CREATING TURMOIL WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION TO WITH THE LAYOFFS THAT WERE EXECUTED IN JUNE WITH THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. WE WANTED TO ENSURE THE MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITY TO FIND POTENTIAL LANDING SPOTS FOR THOSE THAT WERE THE RECIPIENTS OF LAYOFF NOTICES.

I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING LANDING SPOTS FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTED TO HAVE A POSITION WITH THE COUNTY.

THAT IS A A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT, AND I WANT TO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO HR AND OUR FISCAL TEAM, OUR REVIEW TEAM, OUR HR TEAM, AND WORKING WITH CLOSELY WITH LABOR TO HELP ACCOMPLISH THAT.

THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVES GIVES ME SOLACE. AND I THINK OTHER SOLACE TO KNOW THAT WE, OUR TEAM, WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO FIND LANDING SPOTS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE AFFECTED.

LASTLY, I WANT TO NOTE ON THE 6 MILLION IN SALARY SAVINGS, REALLY, IT'S, IT'S A ONE TIME, I'LL CALL IT ANOMALY BECAUSE WE HAVE SWITCHED OUR METHODOLOGY OF BUDGETING FROM CARRYING A MULTITUDE OF VACANT POSITIONS TO, TO NOT DOING SO. WE'VE SHIFTED OUR METHODOLOGY TO BACK IN JUNE, VASTLY ELIMINATE OUR VACANT POSITIONS, MANY OF WHICH WERE VACANT FOR YEARS. SOME WERE ON THE BOOKS, SOME WERE FUNDED, SOME WERE NOT.

THIS YEAR IS THAT TRANSITION YEAR WHERE WE'RE SWITCHING FROM THAT BUDGET, EXCUSE ME, THAT BUDGETING APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY TO ONE THAT IS,

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I THINK, A LITTLE MORE IN TUNE WITH OUR CURRENT VISION AND THINKING WITH RESPECT TO OUR BUDGET.

SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE POINTS ABOUT THE 6 MILLION BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE IMPORTANT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE ONE TIME FUNDS.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE NECESSARILY ONGOING IN THAT SENSE.

WITH RESPECT TO THE TEETER FUND, WHICH IS ROUGHLY THE OTHER 4 MILLION OF THAT $10 MILLION ADDITIONAL FUND FUND BALANCE.

THE NAME, AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM TOM EDUCATING ME AROUND THIS, IT GOES BACK TO THE 40S FROM, YOU KNOW, THE INDIVIDUAL TEETER. IT WAS THE INDIVIDUAL'S NAME, LAST NAME WHO BROUGHT ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND CREATED THIS MECHANISM TO ENSURE THAT SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND SO FORTH WOULD REMAIN WHOLE AND WOULDN'T HAVE THIS YO YO EFFECT, IF YOU WILL, IN THEIR BUDGETING STREAMS FROM COUNTIES. SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT MECHANISM, BUT IT'S ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, AS TOM MENTIONED, CAN BE VERY UNPREDICTABLE BECAUSE IT IS DEPENDENT UPON THOSE WHO, WHO DOES AND DOESN'T MAKE TIMELY, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS. AND THAT CAN VARY WIDELY FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE SORT OF IRONY IS THAT THE NAME SEEMS VERY APPROPRIATE, THE TEETER FUND.

IT'S SORT OF LIKE A TEETER TOTTER. IT GOES UP AND DOWN FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

HARD TO PREDICT THIS YEAR. WE JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE, YOU KNOW, FORTUNATE RECIPIENTS OF CONSIDERABLE MORE FUNDING TO THE TUNE OF AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION THAN EXPECTED. WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THAT.

WE'RE WORKING WITH TOM AND HIS TEAM TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY MECHANISMS WHERE WE COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY GREATER PREDICTABILITY TO THAT MOVING FORWARD.

FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO, TO REINFORCE SOME THINGS THAT TOM MENTIONED ABOUT THE ADOPTED BUDGET THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY. I BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY REPRESENTS A FISCALLY PRUDENT AND RESPONSIBLE BUDGETING EFFORT.

THAT MOVES THE NEEDLE OF OUR MULTI-YEAR STRATEGY THAT TOM STARTED THE PRESENTATION WITH TO ACHIEVE STRUCTURAL BALANCE ALL WHILE CONTINUING TO SEEK REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.

TOM HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THOSE AT THE, AT THE END OF HIS PRESENTATION.

THAT'S CRITICAL THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS EQUATION SORT OF FROM BOTH SIDES.

AND I, AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE REVENUE SIDE OF THAT EQUATION AND WANT TO GIVE MY THANKS IN RECOGNITION TO THE REVENUE, REVENUE AD HOC, WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH US DILIGENTLY.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE, AS TOM MENTIONED, MEASURE X ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

THAT THAT'S ONE OF MANY ENDEAVORS THAT, THAT ARE IN THE HOPPER AND IN THE WORKS.

AND WE HAVE A REPORT COMING BACK TO THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER FROM THE REVENUE AD HOC THAT'S ON YOUR LONG RANGE CALENDAR.

SO WE'LL GET INTO MORE DEPTH ON THAT DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME, OF COURSE, IN STRATEGIES.

LASTLY, I'LL, I'LL CONCLUDE WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR TEAM IN YOLO COUNTY DOES AMAZING, INCREDIBLE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. THERE ARE STORIES OF POSITIVE IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE STORIES OF OUR TEAM GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, EVEN IN THESE VERY DIFFICULT, CHALLENGING TIMES.

AND THAT SPEAKS TO THE RESILIENCE OF OUR TEAM AND THEIR WORK ETHIC.

I'M CONTINUALLY IMPRESSED WITH THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR OUR DEPARTMENT, ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, YOU SEE THEM ALL HERE TODAY AND REPRESENTED READY TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

THEIR FINANCE FOLKS WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND JUST THE TIRELESS WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS AND OUR BUDGET AD HOC OF THE BOARD.

MY GREAT APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR YOUR BEING SUCH A FANTASTIC SOUNDING BOARD AND READILY ACCESSIBLE TO US AT ALL TIMES.

AND THEN FINALLY TO OUR DFS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES TEAM, TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT TOM MENTIONED, TOM, PAUL, LAURA, I MEAN, MANY OTHERS, YOU KNOW THAT I WON'T.

I WON'T GO ON AND ON, BUT JUST CONTINUALLY IMPRESSED WITH WITH THEIR WORK AND THEIR THEIR WORK ETHIC, THE LATE HOURS THAT THEY PUT IN, THE EARLY MORNINGS THAT THEY PUT IN TIRELESSLY TO GET US IN, TO ACHIEVE THESE DEADLINES. SO TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD.

WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE HAVE GOT ALL THE RESOURCES HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, BUT TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I WOULD BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANTED TO ADD OUR THANKS FROM THE BOARD TO ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.

I KNOW IT WAS IT'S LIKE BEEN A WHOLE YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO START OVER WITH IT AGAIN VERY SOON.

BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

I KNOW THAT IT PROBABLY IS MUCH MORE PERSONAL FOR YOU BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE BOTH WHO THE IF YOU HAVE TO DECIDE THAT THAT PROGRAM IS NOT GOING TO GO FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THE FACE AND THE PERSON, AND YOU ALSO KNOW THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T GOING TO GET THE SERVICES.

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WHEN YOU DECIDE THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO DO SOMETHING AGAIN.

SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S DIFFICULT AND I'M SORRY THAT WE ARE NOT IN A IN THE BOOM AND BUST OF CALIFORNIA.

I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BOOM NOW AND THEN A LITTLE LESS BUST.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. AND BY THE WAY, AND AMAZING STAFF REPORT.

I WAS LIKE, IT'S STILL GOING. IT'S STILL GOING. IT WAS SUCH A NICE. IT HAD SO MUCH MEATY INFORMATION IN THERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL OF THAT. SO WE WILL NOW FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT, YES, YOU HAD SOMETHING ADDITIONAL.

PLEASE I APOLOGIZE. BUT BEFORE YOU GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE SECOND RECOMMENDED ACTION ON THE SLIDE INADVERTENTLY STATES THE 2020 526 BUDGET RESOLUTION THAT SHOULD BE THE 2020 627 BUDGET RESOLUTION.

SO WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR A MOTION, WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE OKAY, WE WILL CLARIFY THAT AT THE TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. SO PROCESS STANDPOINT, WE'RE GOING TO DO QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

AND THEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON BOTH THE BUDGET AND IHSS.

AND THEN WE WILL GO TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION.

SO QUESTIONS WILL GO TO THE QUESTION PORTION FIRST.

ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS? YES. SUPERVISOR FRERICHS.

YEAH. THANKS. TOM AND ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.

FIRST QUESTION IS ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S ON SLIDE 13 OF AND IT'S AN A QUESTION.

YEAH. SO THE QUESTION IS JUST ABOUT THE SO IT SAYS BOARD DIRECTED FUNDING PROJECT FUNDING CRISIS NOW RECEIVING CENTER ALLOCATION.

I KNOW WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE THIS CONTRACT PILOT PROJECT ONE YEAR WITH, WELL, SPACE HEALTH FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT, SOME SMALL NUMBER OF BEDS RECEIVING CHAIRS UP TO THREE.

I THINK IT IS, BUT JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST IS THIS JUST MORE EXPLANATION FIRST AND FOREMOST? YEAH, JUST A LITTLE BIT WOULD BE HELPFUL. JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THE CRIB, CORRECT? THE CRISIS RECEIVING CENTER THAT WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP IN.

WELL, YES. OKAY. GOTCHA. YEAH. YEAH, I JUST I MEAN, I'M CURIOUS.

SO, YOU KNOW, IS THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT OR IS THIS SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THAT? I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ROUGHLY ALLOCATED, I THOUGHT, $1 MILLION FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THIS IS. SO LET ME BREAK IT UP.

AND WE DO HAVE DIRECTOR OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

SO WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IS TYPICALLY THE STATE, RIGHT, MAKES PROJECTIONS OF WHAT THE REALIGNMENT FUNDING IS GOING TO BE FOR THE COUNTIES.

SO I'M GOING TO SPLIT IT UP BECAUSE IT'S TWO SEPARATE THINGS. WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IS THE ESTIMATES.

AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE WE RUN BY ESTIMATES AND THESE ARE TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THE COUNTIES.

ACTUALLY THE FOOTNOTE IS GONE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAD IN THE FOOTNOTE. SO WE DID NOT GET THE DOLLARS AS EXPECTED FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TOGETHER, BUT SEPARATE IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE FUNDING THE CRIB RIGHT NOW.

THE CRIB IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITIES. IT'S ALSO PAID BY A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED.

AND IT SUPPORTS THE ONE YEAR PILOT THAT STARTED IN APRIL AND THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO APRIL OF 2027.

SO WE DO HAVE FUNDING FOR THE CRIB RIGHT NOW DESIGNATED, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE REDUCTION IN THE REALIGNMENT THAT WE HAD, UNFORTUNATELY FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO EXPAND ON THE STATUS OF THE CRIB RIGHT NOW? SUPERVISOR OR DOES THAT HELP DISTINGUISH THE TWO TOPICS? WELL, SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. APPRECIATE IT.

SO THIS IS THIS IS THEN WHAT IS THIS, $800,000? THIS IS THE STATE FUNDING YOU'RE SAYING. I MEAN, I'M CURIOUS AND IT'S AND IT'S NOT A IT MIGHT BE A REDUCTION FROM WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING, BUT THAT'S A POSITIVE NUMBER. I MEAN, SO NOT A NEGATIVE NUMBER.

SO I MEAN, AN $800,000 ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE $800,000 IS.

WHERE IS IT COMING FROM? WHAT'S WHAT'S IT GOING GOING TO BE USED FOR? SURE. INITIALLY, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE CRISIS RECEIVING CENTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS GRANDIOSE PROJECT, MUCH LARGER IN SCALE. BUT AS TIME WENT ON, WE REALIZED THAT WE CANNOT AFFORD SUCH A LARGE PROJECT.

SO THE, THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION WAS ABOUT $3 MILLION.

AND THAT $3 MILLION WAS REDUCED TO ABOUT $1 MILLION.

AND THEN WE USED ABOUT 180,000, $200,000 FOR A CO-RESPONDER FOR ONE OF THE CITIES.

AND SO WHICH LEFT US WITH $800,000. THE, THE PROJECT IS NOW BEING FUNDED FOR THE MOST PART WITH A GRANT, SOME HOSPITAL AND SOME CITY MONEY, WHICH MAKES THIS 100,000, 800,000, WHICH IS ORIGINALLY ARPA IS NOW BOARD DIRECTED PROJECT DOLLARS DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR USE OR REDIRECTION. GOT IT. SO AND THEN OKAY.

THANK YOU. THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL. AND THEN. SO IT'S JUST BEING USED TO PLUG THE DEFICIT HOLE.

CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION.

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SECOND ITEM IS ACTUALLY I DON'T KNOW IF WE IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO BRING UP ATTACHMENT K WHICH IS TOM REFERENCED.

THIS IS A QUESTION REALLY FOR TOM. I THINK THAT I APPRECIATE THAT FIRST OF ALL, ANSWER.

SO YEAH, ATTACHMENT K IS THE ACCUMULATED CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS ITEM.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ITEMS IN THE, IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WERE ON THAT, THAT ARE ON THIS LIST.

BUT IT JUST IS THE VISUAL IS NEEDED. SO BEFORE I ASK MY QUESTIONS, I APPRECIATE IT.

I KNOW WE'RE SHIFTING BETWEEN.

THANKS. THIS IS SUPER HELPFUL. SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF ITEMS ON THIS LIST, OBVIOUSLY, AND I JUST I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON SOME OF THESE, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY IN GENERAL AS A COMMENT, I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON EVEN ON AN ATTACHMENT LIKE THIS, RIGHT? SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT MACHO MONSTER ALREADY.

SO I VERY, VERY MUCH UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS.

BUT IF YOU KNOW, IF THE AVERAGE PERSON WAS LOOKING AT THIS LIST, YOU WOULD NOT KNOW WHAT SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE AT ALL LIKE.

SO MACHO MONSTER, A GOOD EXAMPLE. I MEAN, WE COULD JUST PUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, PROJECT AT JAIL OR SOMETHING AFTER IT.

I MEAN, WHATEVER WORKS, BUT ABROGATION OF GRASSLANDS, NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS.

WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT. TIME KEEPING SYSTEM LIKE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

PD BASEMENT, I ASSUME THAT'S PUBLIC DEFENDER.

I HAVE BEEN IN THAT BASEMENT. I HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO WITH IT, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY JUST LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. SOME OF THEM CLEARLY SEEM TO BE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

YOU KNOW, HISTORIC COURTHOUSE WINDOWS. SO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE A TINIEST LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENT OCCASIONALLY.

SO THAT FOR, I THINK FOR THE BOARD. BUT, BUT FOR ANY, YOU KNOW, ANY COUNTY STAFF, ANYBODY, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD HAPPEN TO SEE THIS AND KIND OF KNOW WHAT THE COUNTY IS UP TO IN TERMS OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, IT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT, BUT ALSO THEN CURIOUS ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC ONES THAT I ASKED ABOUT. THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT WE ABSOLUTELY CAN INCLUDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS WE GO FORWARD.

I WOULD ACTUALLY ASK OUR DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES, RYAN, TO COME UP AND ADDRESS A FEW OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU RAISED.

YEAH. AND WHILE RYAN IS COMING UP AND HAPPY TO ELABORATE ON ANY OF THESE AS THE BOARD DESIRES, I'LL JUST ALSO NOTE THAT FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT, WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH OUR CCI AD HOC AND ANTICIPATE COMING TO THE BOARD EITHER LATE OCTOBER OR EARLY NOVEMBER WITH A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THE FIVE YEAR PROGRAM, WHICH WILL HAVE CONSIDERABLY A LOT MORE DETAIL, OBVIOUSLY, THAN THIS LIST THAN THE BUDGET DOES.

BUT JUST WITH THAT PREREQUISITE LAID OUT. RYAN, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. SO I RECALLED SOME OF WHAT YOU HAD MENTIONED.

THE BIGGER PRICE TAG ITEM, THE ABROGATION OF GRASSLANDS IS THE SECOND YEAR OF TWO YEARS OF PAYMENTS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REGARDING THE SOLAR FIELDS, AN ISSUE THAT STEMMED FROM 2010, 2011 THEREABOUTS THAT WERE CLOSING OUT.

THIS WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY 25 ACRES OUT OF THE FEDERAL LANDS TO PARKS PROGRAM INTO UNRESTRICTED STATUS.

SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE THE SOLAR FIELDS FOR THE BETTER OF THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE.

THE PD BASEMENT IS PUBLIC DEFENDER BASEMENT. THAT'S TO SERVE A TEAM THAT'S BEING BASED OUT OF THERE RELATED TO THE OAKDALE DEFENSE WORK.

THE TIME KEEPING SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY AN IT SYSTEM THAT'S RELATED TO THE REPLACEMENT OF WFM WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT, AND THAT IS ONGOING. THE TRYING TO THINK OF, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MUSHROOM MONSTER.

I THINK THOSE WERE, THOSE WERE THE MAINTENANCE IS A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR ANIMAL SERVICES BUILDING ROOF OR THE COUNTYWIDE BUILDING ROOF REPLACEMENTS IS A COMBINATION OF A NUMBER OF PROJECTS. THE KEY NOTE ONE THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO THIS FISCAL YEAR IS THE ROOF.

IT'S A COMPLEX PROJECT THAT'S ABOUT A MILLION BUCKS RIGHT THERE. YEAH.

I HIT THE HIGH LEVEL ONE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. AND I THINK AGAIN, JUST THE, YOU KNOW, THE TINY, EITHER A COUPLE OF FOOTNOTES OR SOMETHING, I MEAN, JUST WOULD BE HELPFUL OR JUST, YOU KNOW, PARENTHESES BEHIND THEM.

JUST GIVING A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL. I MEAN, CLEARLY THE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RYAN, YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE ABROGATION OF GRASSLANDS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT ALL THAT DETAIL BEHIND THAT. BUT IT JUST, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T JUST DOESN'T NATURALLY JUMP OUT AT WHAT THESE SPECIFIC ITEMS ARE.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE DETAIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M TAKING A CHAIR PREROGATIVE SINCE YOU'RE UP HERE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY. THE ANIMAL SERVICES DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IS THAT THE CLINIC IN THE CAN THAT'S FOUND SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO THAT'S

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ADDITIONAL THAT'S ONE OF SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WE'VE DONE.

SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF UPGRADES, BUT THE CLINIC OF THE CAN IS A BIG ONE THERE.

OKAY, AS WELL. OKAY. NOW THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING BRINGING THAT CONTRACT TO THE BOARD OCTOBER 8TH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DID YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU. THANK STAFF AS WELL. AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF.

AMAZING JOB. THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN SORT OF TASKED WITH THE HEAVIEST LIFT IN HELPING HUMAN SERVICES FIGURE OUT KIND OF WHAT A TRAJECTORY LOOKS LIKE IN A POSITIVE FASHION. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK THERE. AMANDA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

LOCAL 39. BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE DISCUSSIONS AND REPRESENTING THE LABOR GROUPS.

AND SO A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO GETTING US WHERE WE ARE.

THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, I KNOW YOU'RE WAITING FOR THAT IS IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES.

SO I'VE, YOU KNOW, HARPED ON THAT FOR MANY YEARS, GIVEN WHEN IT WENT DOWN TO WHATEVER, 1% DURING MORE DIFFICULT TIMES, I KNOW THE POLICY IS 8 TO 10, RIGHT? IS THAT BETWEEN 8 AND 10%? THE CURRENT POLICY HAS A TARGET BALANCE OF 10% TARGET OF TEN.

AND I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.

AND I JUST WONDER. SO IF WE'RE NOT GOING THERE NOW WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE WE WOULD INCH CLOSER TO OUR TARGET GIVEN THAT WE'RE NOT DOING IT TODAY? AND I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE BEING CAREFUL TO SORT OF NOT TAKE TOO MANY STEPS FORWARD.

TAKING A STEP BACK IN SOME RESPECTS TO BACKFILL AREAS THAT WE USED ONE TIME FUNDS AND NOW HERE WE ARE WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO SORT OF BACKFILL SOME OF THAT, NOT ALL OF IT, GIVEN THE ONE TIME NATURE OF THESE FUNDS.

AND I JUST WONDER, SO WHAT IS IF NOT NOW, CAN YOU JUST SHARE WITH ME? SO I'M GOOD WITH IT. WHAT IS OUR WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE THINKING AROUND HOW WE GET TO WHAT IS EFFECTIVELY THE TARGET? OR IS IT JUST A TARGET, YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD? OR IS IT. I WORRY ONLY BECAUSE THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES ARE THE THE BACKSTOP OF LAST RESORT.

AND WHEN THINGS ARE VERY DIFFICULT, I MEAN, WE DEPLETED IT, NOT WE, BUT THE BOARD HAD TO DEPLETE IT TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.

AND SO WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN AFFECT IT, DESPITE THE FACT THAT OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET HAS GROWN.

SO THE 10% NUMBER DOESN'T STAY STAGNANT. IT CONTINUES TO REFLECT THAT.

SO I JUST MY QUESTION IS WHEN AND HOW WOULD WE DO THAT IF NOT TODAY? AND IT'S NOT MAKE OR BREAK FOR ME, BUT I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND YOUR THINKING AROUND HOW WE GET THERE.

I CAN TAKE A STEP. I CAN START WITH MY THOUGHTS ON IT, AND THEN I'LL DEFER TO MIKE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, JUST TO KIND OF BACK UP AND SET THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT, AS YOU'RE AWARE ABOUT 15, 18 YEARS AGO, COMING OUT OF THE GREAT RECESSION, AS YOU ALLUDED TO, THE GENERAL RESERVE GOT DOWN TO ALMOST NOTHING.

AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE BOARD HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB AT CONTINUING TO INCREMENTALLY FUND THAT RESERVE.

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CHART IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY.

I KNOW WE'VE SHOWN IT BEFORE TO SHOW THE INCREASE IN OUR RESERVE OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE MADE REMARKABLE PROGRESS IN GETTING TO EVEN WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AT THE 8%, IT IS SHORT OF THE 10% GOAL. AND UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, I WOULD SAY WE WOULD WANT TO TRY AND CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THAT GOAL EACH AND EVERY YEAR AS FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.

YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE 10% CALCULATION DOESN'T STAY STATIC BECAUSE OUR EXPENDITURES INCREASE.

SO EVERY YEAR, AND YOU MAY REMEMBER A FEW YEARS BACK, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS JUST TO KEEP PACE WITH OUR EXISTING.

AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE RESERVE.

SO I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE GOOD PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE OVER THE YEARS.

I THINK THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE ARE FACING A SET OF FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY NOT, IN FUTURE YEARS, ALLOW US TO CONTINUE CONTRIBUTING TO THE RESERVE AND MAY IN FACT, REQUIRE THAT WE UTILIZE THE RESERVE TO HELP BALANCE THE BUDGET. SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE GOT A GREAT ANSWER ON WHEN DO I FEEL WE CAN GET BACK TO GETTING TO THAT 10%? BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY'S STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT FIRST BEFORE WE CAN GET BACK TO INCREASING OUR RESERVE. THE RECOMMENDATION IS PART OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET AS I WENT THROUGH.

REALLY RECOGNIZES THIS ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE BECAUSE OF OUR LARGER FUND BALANCE, TO AT MINIMUM, PUT BACK WHAT WE HAD ALREADY TAKEN OUT OF THE RESERVE IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES SUCH AS THE RESERVE.

AND SO THERE CAN BE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. BUT I THINK AS A FIRST STEP, THAT'S THE PRUDENT ACTION TO TAKE.

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AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT YEAR.

FAIR ENOUGH. THANK YOU FOR THAT, TOM. AND I'M NOT TOTALLY SURPRISED BY THAT. AND I DID HAVE THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE RESERVE AND WHY IT'S THERE AND NOT, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S BEING PROPOSED THE WAY IT IS. I KNOW MONICA SET UP QUICKLY.

SO, SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO DO MY CHECK.

AND I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE SORT OF OUR TRAJECTORY IS A THREE YEAR BUDGET.

WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO PREDICATE OUR, OUR THINKING AROUND YEAR ONE OF A THREE YEAR CYCLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK FOR.

SO OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR BARAJAS, ANY QUESTIONS? ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT FOR COMMENTS? YEAH, I GOT A FEW QUESTIONS HERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU READY? YOU WANT ME TO.

YEAH. YEAH. IN REGARDS TO THE AGENCY RESERVE OF $2 MILLION.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD UP THAT RESERVE, BUT HOW DO WE LAND AT 2 MILLION INSTEAD OF 1.5, 1.8? I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS NECESSARILY ANY MAGIC TO IT.

THE, THE COUNTY POLICY ON FUND BALANCE AND RESERVES, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, INDICATES THAT WE SHOULD ENDEAVOR TO SET ASIDE CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR MAJOR OPERATING FUNDS THAT WOULD INCLUDE HHS.

AYE. WE DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR HHS A AS PART OF THE BUDGET, BUT WE DID FEEL IT WAS PRUDENT TO PUT ASIDE SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE RESERVE.

AGAIN, THERE WAS NO PARTICULAR MAGIC ON DETERMINING THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT.

BUT WE FELT THAT THAT WAS A PRUDENT AMOUNT TO HAVE TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR WHAT MAY BE COMING.

OKAY. SO SO THE GENERAL FUND HAS A GOAL OF 10%.

IS THERE A POLICY OR GOAL FOR HHC? THERE'S NOT.

WHY HASN'T ONE BEEN CREATED? BECAUSE JUST IN THE COUNTY'S POLICY ON FUND BALANCE AND RESERVES UP UNTIL THIS POINT.

ANYWAYS, THE TARGET WAS ONLY SET FOR THE GENERAL RESERVE.

THERE ARE OTHER POLICY RELATED RESERVES. HHC WOULD BE CONSIDERED SORT OF A POLICY RELATED RESERVE.

THAT TRADITIONALLY HAVE JUST NOT HAD TARGET AMOUNTS SET.

THERE HAVE BEEN PRACTICES ON PUTTING A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNTS ASIDE BASED ON WHAT WAS DEEMED PRUDENT AT THE TIME.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT FOR GOING FORWARD. OR SHOULD WE HAVE TARGETS FOR THESE VARIOUS OTHER TYPES OF RESERVES? AS CFO OF YOLO COUNTY, DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A POLICY AROUND THAT BEFORE WE ADOPT AND MOVE $2 MILLION OVER TO CREATING A RESERVE FOR.

I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. SO YOUR COUNTY, YOU'RE THE COUNTY CFO.

SO DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF POLICY CREATED FIRST BEFORE WE ALLOCATE $2 MILLION? I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S NECESSARY THAT WE ESTABLISH A FIRM POLICY OF A TARGET, FOR EXAMPLE, ON SETTING ASIDE FUNDING IN THESE TYPES OF RESERVES BEFORE TAKING THE ACTION TO DO SO.

THAT BEING SAID, AGAIN, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD BELIEVES THAT WE SHOULD DO, WE CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK AND DO SOME WORK ON THAT.

I WILL REINFORCE AS WELL THAT ALTHOUGH IT IS RECOMMENDED TO BE PLUGGED INTO AS AN HRSA RESERVE, IT'S STILL ENTIRELY BOARD PREROGATIVE ON IF AND WHEN THOSE FUNDS ACTUALLY EVER GET UTILIZED, THAT THOSE ARE ENTIRELY BOARD DECISIONS. I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY MISCONCEPTION THAT BECAUSE IT'S PLUGGED INTO HHS AYE THAT ANY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OR MYSELF FOR THAT MATTER, HAVE, WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO GO INTO THOSE FUNDS WITHOUT COMING TO THE BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDED PATHWAYS. YEAH. BUT I DO THINK TO TO FOLLOW UP ON TOM'S POINT ABOUT RESERVE AND GENERAL FUND RESERVE POLICY AND FUND BALANCE RESERVE FUND BALANCE POLICIES, I DO THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S BEEN A BIT OF TIME SINCE THAT POLICY HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD, AND I DON'T THINK IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY THIS BOARD.

I DO THINK THAT'S A WORTHY POINT TO LOOK INTO.

AND STARTING PROBABLY WITH THE BUDGET AD HOC, IS A CONVERSATION AROUND THAT AND THEN COMING TO THE FULL BOARD WITH THOUGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK THAT'S CORRECT, BECAUSE IF I WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF AGENTS TO SAY AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S CUTS, THEN I WOULD BE ASKING YOU, WHY IS MY MY LEADERSHIP IN HHS CREATING OR ASKING FOR A GENERAL FUND? AND YET WE'RE GETTING LAID OFF OR WE'RE GETTING LET GO.

SO THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES IF WE, IF WE ALLOCATE $2 MILLION TO A GENERAL FUND AND ANY AGENCY POSITIONS ARE RELEASED. IN THEORY, HSA LEADERSHIP COULD THEN USE SOME OF THAT RESERVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERSON IS NOT LAID OFF.

CORRECT. NO DECISIONS FOR BUDGET COULD BE MADE AT THE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL WITHOUT COMING TO THE BOARD.

NO. BUT ALSO I'D REINFORCE THAT RESERVES ARE ONE TIME FUNDS, AND THAT'S HOW WE LOOK AT THEM AND TREAT THEM.

POSITIONS ARE ONGOING COSTS. SO THERE WE LOOK AT THEM DIFFERENTLY IN TERMS OF STRUCTURALLY BRINGING US TO BALANCE.

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BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE WE'VE REFUNDED A POSITION KNOWING THAT IT'S A STOPGAP, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S AROUND THE CORNER. SO IT IS IT DOES COME ACROSS AS A ONE TIME RATHER THAN ONGOING.

IT CAN BE. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE BOARD HAS MADE CONSCIOUS DECISIONS TO, FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT, TO SAY, WE WANT TO EXTEND THE RUNWAY FOR, YOU KNOW, AND AVOID A LAYOFF THIS YEAR AND EXTEND THE RUNWAY FOR THAT.

AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO JUSTIFY THE NEED OF A POLICY.

BECAUSE IF THERE'S NO POLICY, THERE'S NO PARAMETERS, THERE'S NO EXPECTATION, THEN IT'S LIKE ALMOST A FREE FOR ALL.

ANY LABOR UNION OR EMPLOYEE CAN SAY, WELL, YOU GOT THE FUNDING, YOU GOT MONEY THERE.

YOU KNOW, HOW COME YOU'RE NOT USING IT, RIGHT? LIKE OUR TIMES HAVE INCREASED. OUR WAIT LINE IS LONG.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ASKING FOR MONEY. YOU RECEIVED IT.

BACKFILL, BACKSTOP. NOW WE NEED IT NOW. SO I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE DISCUSSION AROUND THAT.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A FAIR COMMENT AND A VERY APPROPRIATE CONVERSATION FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE IS AROUND THESE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, THE ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY IS FOR THE BOARD TO, TO INSTEAD OF PLACING FUNDS IN A SPECIFIC RESERVE LIKE HHS, A $2 MILLION, THE ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY IS TO PUT THAT INTO GENERAL FUND RESERVE, WHICH THEN CARRIES WITH IT A.

OBVIOUSLY, I THINK A HIGHER LEVEL OF SORT OF DECISION MAKING BURDEN OF PROOF, IF YOU WILL, BY THE BOARD. AND SO AGAIN, IN THAT POLICY DISCUSSION, WHETHER FOR TODAY OR WHETHER FOR A FUTURE POLICY DISCUSSION AROUND THIS, THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT AND CONSIDER FOR THE LONGER TERM POLICY APPROACH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO PLUG IN THE 2 MILLION THAT'S OTHERWISE RECOMMENDED FOR HHS AYE RESERVES, AND THEN EVEN THE 1 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY THAT'S THERE, THAT'S 3 MILLION IN THEORY, THAT COULD BE PLUGGED INTO THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE.

AND OBVIOUSLY THAT GETS US CLOSER TO THAT TEN NOT TO THERE, BUT IT GETS US CLOSER TO THE 10% MARK THAN FURTHER FROM IT TO THE POINTS THAT YOU WERE RAISING. RIGHT. I HAD SOME COMMENTS MORE.

SO I'M GOING TO DO IT AFTERWARDS. BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO THIS ISSUE OF FUND BALANCE WHEN WE GET TO THE TO THE COMMENT PORTION.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT GENERALLY FOR FUND BALANCE TO SEE IF MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS IS CORRECT, THAT ONE REASON WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE AN HHS, A SPECIFIC FUND BALANCE IS FOR LIKE GRANT OR OTHER KIND OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME FUNDS, A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDS IN ORDER TO DRAW DOWN MORE.

IS THAT PART OF THE RATIONALE TO HAVE IT IN THAT BUCKET AS OPPOSED TO HAVING IT IN THE GENERAL BUCKET? BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WE DON'T APPLY FOR SOME GRANTS BECAUSE OUR WE HAVE EITHER A MATCH OR A SMALL AMOUNT OF LOCAL FUNDING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DRAW DOWN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A NEEDED PROGRAM THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS AN ISSUE. BUT WE CAN'T EVEN APPLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE LOCAL MATCH.

IS THAT WOULD THAT BE A REASON TO HAVE A SEPARATE HHS AYE FUND BALANCE.

I THINK THAT CERTAINLY COULD BE A RATIONALE. YES.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT SITUATION WAS NECESSARILY THE DRIVING CONSIDERATION AS MUCH AS RECOGNITION OF THE IMPACTS THAT ARE ROLLING DOWNHILL FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FROM OTHER FUNDING, YOU KNOW, DEFICITS THAT HHS HAS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, AT RISK. I THINK THAT WAS THE OVERRIDING CONCERN.

BUT IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GRANT FUNDING THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, MATERIALLY IMPROVE HRSA'S FINANCIAL POSITION? I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE A VERY VALID USE OF THAT RESERVE.

OKAY, GREAT. AND NOW I HAVE AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF WHO ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS YESTERDAY.

I HAD A LONG LIST OF THEM. I'M GOING TO BRING UP A FEW OF THEM.

NOT NOT MANY, JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC AND MY BOARD MEMBERS, MY COLLEAGUES HEAR THEM, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CERTAINLY BE ALL OF THEM. I DO HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT 211, I DON'T KNOW WHOSE BAILIWICK THAT IS IN. MAYBE ANY TWO WHO KNOWS ABOUT 2 IN 1.

HI, MARK. FOR THE AND FOR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TWO ON ONE IS THAT PEOPLE CAN GET CONNECTED TO SERVICES.

WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR ABOUT LIKE 15 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

CURRENTLY, ARE THEY FUNDED, FULLY FUNDED TO DO THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR WHICH WE WANT THEM TO? NOT THE EXPANDED DO CASE MANAGEMENT. THAT WAS THE ASK, BUT ARE THEY FULLY FUNDED FOR THIS COMING YEAR? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, CHAIR MARK BRIAN, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. YES THEY ARE.

SO THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A PATH FOR JUST STANDARD CORE 211 SERVICES.

SO PRIOR TO THE THE BOARD'S ALLOCATION THROUGH THE ROADMAP, NOT THE TWO, NOT TO 325, THERE WAS TWO ACTIONS RELATED TO THE

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ROADMAP FUNDING. ONE OF THEM WAS A $250,000 ALLOCATION FOR 2 IN 1 SERVICES TO HELP THEM WITH A BUDGET GAP.

THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WAS APPROXIMATELY $93,000.

THEY GOT A TWO YEAR INCREASE FOR CORE SERVICES.

AND THEN THAT THAT ALLOCATION HAS BEEN SPENT, WHICH WOULD HAVE DROPPED THEM DOWN TO 90 BACK TO 93, 000, WHICH WAS THEIR OPERATING PRIOR THROUGH THE WORK OF STAFF, THE PATH GRANT THROUGH THE STATE, WHICH IS TO INCREASE ACCESS AND HEALTH CARE AND VARIOUS THINGS.

THEY HAVE HAD A PATH GRANT FOR SOME TIME. AS A PART OF THAT FUNDING, STAFF HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THE STATE AND GRAB AS MUCH OF THE LEFTOVER PATH AS A ONE TIME TO BRING THEM BACK UP TO A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL THAN TO BASICALLY 163,000 AS OPPOSED TO 93.

SO AT THIS POINT, YES, WE BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE FUNDED. THEY CAN OPERATE THROUGH THIS YEAR.

THEY THERE IS AND WILL BE A GAP ABSENT IDENTIFICATION OF OTHER FUNDING FOR FOLLOWING FISCAL YEARS.

OKAY. BUT AT THIS POINT THEY ARE ABOVE THE BASELINE THAT WE HAD THEM PREVIOUSLY, AND THEY'RE OKAY FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THAT IS CORRECT. WE HAVE HAD ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH TWO ON ONE.

OKAY, GREAT. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT NOW I HAVE AN ANIMAL SERVICES QUESTION.

HELLO, ADAM. THERE WAS ON THE LIST. I WON'T ASK TO HAVE IT PULL UP, BUT THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR SOME EXTRA HELP.

AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT THE EXTRA HELP IS NOT THE SECOND VET.

CAN YOU SAY JUST A TOUCH ABOUT, ABOUT BOTH THE EXTRA HELP THAT WAS REQUESTED FOR AND THE SECOND VET SITUATION? YES. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. CHAIR ALLEN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ADAM, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THE EXTRA HELP REQUEST IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECOND POSITION.

THE SECOND POSITION IS PART OF OUR FULL TIME EQUIVALENT STAFFING ALLOCATION REQUESTED IN THE BUDGET.

THE EXTRA HELP FUNDING WAS FOR NORMAL OPERATIONS OF EXTRA HELP THAT FOR NORMAL STAFFING PURPOSES.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE USE EXTRA HELP FOR IS KENNEL CLEANING, FOR EXAMPLE.

JUST A SIMPLE EXAMPLE, BUT IT KEEPS US THE EXTRA HELP.

MONEY WOULD HAVE ASSISTED US FROM PULLING OUR SOWS AND WORKING THEM IN OUR KENNELS TO TO HELP KEEP THOSE CLEAN, BECAUSE IT'S A CONSTANT BATTLE. SO IT'S TRUE.

YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECOND VET IS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION.

AND WE HAVE THERE'S A COUPLE PIECES THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR, BUT THE FUNDING IS STILL IN THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR THE SECOND VET.

YES. AS, AS MIKE MENTIONED DCS IS USING A POINT IN TIME OF 30 DAYS.

WE'RE CHECKING IN WITH OUR CHIEF FISCAL TEAM EVERY 30 DAYS AND CHECKING ON OUR REVENUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN LINE WITH THE BUDGET.

WE'RE NOT USING A QUARTERLY APPROACH. WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS SMART AS WE CAN ABOUT THE SITUATION.

SO IF THINGS FALL IN LINE, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND IS THE SHERIFF OR MATT'S NOT HERE ANYMORE? HE WAS HERE EARLIER. IS HE HERE? HE'S OUTSIDE.

WELL, THEN CAO COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR IT.

IF HE'S NOT AVAILABLE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE IN ONE ONE PART OF THE PRESENTATION, IT WAS THERE WAS A SHIFT OF FUNDS THAT WAS IN PUBLIC HEALTH.

IT WAS FOR JAIL MEDICAL. THAT'S NOW UNDER THE SHERIFF, WHICH IS WHY PUBLIC HEALTH GOT SMALLER AND THE SHERIFF GOT LARGER.

I JUST REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRACKING AND WORKING WITH OUR CRC.

ACTUALLY, THIS IS MARK I THINK HAS THE ANSWER TO THAT.

HI, MARK. THANKS FOR COMING UP THERE. FOR THE CRC.

WE ARE PAYING SOME MONEY TO BE A PART OF A. CAN YOU JUST SAY WHERE WE ARE ON THAT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVEN'T LOST THAT WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE CRC PROCESS TO LOOK AT A REGIONALIZED APPROACH TO JAIL MEDICAL. WE ARE IN THE SACRAMENTO CAPITAL REGION.

I FORGIVE ME ON THE NAME OUR. OUR COHORT, OUR SECTION IS STARTING THEIR KICKOFF PROCESS AND DISCOVERY THIS WINTER.

SO THE ORIGINAL THE FIRST MEETING IS SCHEDULED IN THE NEXT, I BELIEVE, BETWEEN 6 TO 8 WEEKS.

OKAY. SO AND I SEE THAT THE SHERIFF IS HERE SO THAT YOU'RE ON THE CRC THING FOR ABOUT THE GENERAL MEDICAL.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE THAT THREAD AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THAT GROUP.

YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN I'LL JUST MENTION VERY BRIEFLY THAT MARK IS THE ASSIGNED LEAD FROM THE CEO'S OFFICE FOR THE COUNTY ON THAT TO HELP SHEPHERD IT. BUT OF COURSE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HHS AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS OBVIOUSLY KEY STAKEHOLDERS.

OKAY. AND THE THE ANNUAL COST TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR JAIL MEDICAL IS ABOUT $6 MILLION, RIGHT? IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A LITTLE BIT. AND SO WE WANT TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THAT AND THAT WE HAVE JUST SO THAT EVERYONE CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND I CAN MAKE SURE I'M SPEAKING

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CORRECTLY, THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE. AND WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR EXTENSION.

AND WE DID ONE OF THOSE THIS YEAR WITH OUR CURRENT PROVIDER.

RIGHT. SO WE HAVE ONE MORE YEAR OPPORTUNITY. YEAH THAT'S CORRECT.

AND ONCE THE RFP PROCESS THROUGH OUR CRC PLAYS ITSELF OUT, WE ANTICIPATE AND EXPECT THAT WE WILL LIKELY NEED TO DO ANOTHER ONE YEAR EXTENSION WITH WELLPATH. SO WE'RE SORT OF PLANNING FOR THAT.

BUT YES, THE BOARD JUST A FEW MEETINGS AGO APPROVED A ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF OUR CURRENT CONTRACT.

AND THAT'S ACCOUNTED ALL THOSE, THOSE, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DUE TO SOME COST INCREASES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ON A POSITIVE NOTE, PART OF THAT COST INCREASE IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT WELLPATH IS ACTUALLY NOW FULLY STAFFED WHICH RESULTED IN A SLIGHT INCREASE TO THE, TO THE COST OF PROVISION OF SERVICES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING IN TERMS OF SERVICE DELIVERY.

BUT IT'S TO YOUR POINT, IT'S A VERY LARGE EXPENDITURE OF THE COUNTY.

IF NOT ONE OF THE SINGLE LARGEST EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE.

AND IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE YOU KNOW, WORK THROUGH THIS AACR.SEE RFP PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE BEST POSSIBLE VENDOR FOR OUR NEEDS MOVING FORWARD. RIGHT. YEAH. AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT DOLLARS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S HIGH QUALITY CARE BEING PROVIDED ALSO FOR THE LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE SPENDING. SHERIFF, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT OR IS THAT GOOD? YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO. NO, I THINK THE WE STILL PLAN ON MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE RFP AND WITH OUR CRC. HOWEVER, MORE EXCITING TIMES AHEAD FOR US IS OCTOBER 1ST.

WE GO LIVE WITH CAL AIM. AND SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATING BEING ABLE TO DRAW DOWN FUNDS.

AND MY GOAL IS TO SAVE MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND BY REPLACING SOME OF THAT MONEY WITH THESE FUNDS THAT WE'RE DRAWING DOWN.

I LIKE THE SOUNDS OF THAT. YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT CALL.

THANK YOU. I SHARE IT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION AND JUST IT SOUNDED DIFFERENT IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES.

SO I JUST WANT TO VERIFY. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE CANNABIS FUNDS AND THE TULIP M PROGRAM OR PARK THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION TODAY. RIGHT. ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND IT.

WE'RE SETTING ASIDE THE MONEY. NO, THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC DECISION TO BE MADE.

I THINK THE DECISION IS GENERALLY EARMARKING OR DIRECTING THAT FUNDING TOWARDS PARK IMPROVEMENTS AT THE TULIP PARK.

WHAT MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS, IS THAT ALLOWS US SOME TIME I CAN WORK WITH OUR GENERAL SERVICES DIRECTOR TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IS.

ALL OF THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS ARE GOING TO REQUIRE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING, AND SO WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THAT BEFORE COMING BACK AND MAKING A FULL RECOMMENDATION.

OKAY, GREAT. THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. I JUST FEEL LIKE ONE PLACE THAT SAID ONE THING AND ONE SAID ANOTHER. SO I WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT, BUT THE MONEY IS SET ASIDE. AGREED TO MY AD HOC MEMBER. OKAY, GREAT.

THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. OKAY, THEN I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THIS IS BOTH FOR THE BUDGET AND FOR IHSS.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE ROOM? NO, CHAIR.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. OKAY. AND MY LITTLE SQUARE IS GONE.

BUT IS THERE ANY ONLINE COMMENT? NO. CHAIR, I HAVE ZERO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.

OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. SEEING NONE IN THE ROOM, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THERE IS A MOTION FOR ADOPTION AND I WILL TAKE A SECOND, BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION.

OKAY. ARE YOU SURE? OKAY. SO MOVED BY VIEGAS, SECONDED BY FRERICHS.

AND NOW. DISCUSSION. YES. SUPERVISOR. FRERICHS.

OH, SORRY. NO, I JUST. OH. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? NO. OKAY.

VERY BRIEFLY, A COUPLE QUICK THINGS. SO. YEAH.

I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE STAFF TEAMS. EXCUSE ME, THAT DID PRESENTATIONS TODAY AND THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

IT'S NOW BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, IT IS A YEAR ROUND PROCESS IN TERMS OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND KIND OF AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ONGOING ITEM, OBVIOUSLY, AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT CONTINUES TO GO INTO IT. SO THANK YOU ESPECIALLY TO JUST DFS AND SUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. REALLY A FEW OTHER QUICK ITEMS. ONE, I DO THINK WE'RE MAKING REAL PROGRESS. I MEAN, CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT IN A GREAT SITUATION.

WE'RE NOT ALONE. A LOT OF OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING COUNTIES, ARE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS.

BUT THE AND THEN AT THIS POINT, MOST OF THE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON THE CUT SIDE, THE CUTS, THE SHRINKING, THE, YOU KNOW, LAYING OFF OF FOLKS.

I AM OBVIOUSLY VERY GRATEFUL THAT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WERE IN ELIMINATED, OFFICIALLY ELIMINATED POSITIONS AND LANDED IN OTHER ROLES.

SUPER GRATEFUL FOR THAT, OBVIOUSLY. BUT, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE THAT IS BASED ON THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS.

AND ALSO TODAY THAT'S STILL COMING. I AM GRATEFUL THAT SUPERVISOR VEGAS AND THE BOARD HAS SUPPORTED THIS.

BEEN WORKING ON THIS SORT OF THE REVENUE REVENUE GENERATION SIDE OF THINGS.

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YOU'LL SEE THE MEASURE X ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S JUST A SMALL DROP IN THE BUCKET OF WHAT'S NEEDED, OBVIOUSLY. BUT THERE'S MORE TO MORE THERE THAT HAS WE HAVE WORK TO DO ON IN THE YEARS AHEAD, BUT ALSO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THIS. I MEAN, IT'S JUST SOMETHING AND FRANKLY, WHEN WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY ABOUT WILLIAMS ACT EXTENSION, NOT ONLY THE LOSS OF DOLLARS FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE SEE WITH WILLIAMS AND ACT, BUT ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TAKEN WE HAVE CHOSEN A PATH IN THIS COUNTY THAT CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTS THE BEST AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE WORLD AND SOME OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE WORLD. AND THERE ARE TRADE OFFS WITH THAT, OBVIOUSLY.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK THERE ARE DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPROPRIATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT WOULD HELP OUR REVENUE SITUATION IN THE UNINCORPORATED PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.

AND THEN LASTLY, JUST THE ITEMS AROUND ADDITIONAL ADVOCACY.

I MEAN, CLEARLY THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ITEMS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ERAF FIX AT THE LEGISLATURE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WILLIAMSON ACT SUBVENTION FUNDS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO STILL NEED TO BE WORK DONE STATE AT THE STATE AS WELL AS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, OBVIOUSLY, ON LESSENING THE IMPACTS OF H.R. ONE THE ADDITIONAL REVENUES AS IT RELATES TO MEDI-CAL BILLING AND SUCH.

WE SAW SOME OF THAT TODAY. I'M SUPER GRATEFUL FOR THAT, OF COURSE. I THINK VERY FORTUNATE LAST WEEK AS A MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES XAVIER BECERRA, YOU KNOW, GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE WHO REALLY SAID DOWN IN LOS ANGELES, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS THERE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, HE SAID VERY EXPLICITLY, YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA IS GOING TO BE THE BACKSTOP ON H.R.

ONE. AND THAT IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR HIM. I DON'T KNOW THAT IF IF IN FACT, HE'S ELECTED GOVERNOR, I DON'T KNOW THAT HE KNOWS HOW THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR YET.

BUT HE ALSO, I THINK, SAID THAT HE WAS YOU KNOW, HE FELT THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR H.R.

ONE IS SO SEVERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HE FELT, REGARDLESS OF WHO CONTROLS CONGRESS, THAT THERE WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, SOME ATTEMPTS BY THE NEXT CONGRESS TO LESSEN THE IMPACTS BECAUSE THAT THE THE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT IS PROPOSED IN H.R.

ONE ARE GOING TO BE SO BAD ACROSS THE BOARD IN, YOU KNOW, ALL DISTRICTS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO SORT OF STAND FOR THE FULL SEVERITY OF WHAT WAS PROPOSED OR WAS PASSED IN LEGISLATION OF H.R.

ONE. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON SOME OF THESE FRONTS, BUT REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE KEY STAFF, OF COURSE, COUNTY STAFF FOR ALL THE SACRIFICE, FRANKLY, THAT HAS BEEN MADE SO FAR AND IS GOING TO PROBABLY STILL CONTINUE, AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BOARD COLLEAGUES FOR THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO TOGETHER TO SORT OF CONTINUE TO RIGHT THE RIGHT, THE FINANCIAL SHIP OF YOLO COUNTY. THANKS. GREAT.

SUPERVISOR VARGAS, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO. SUPERVISOR BARAJAS. YES. JUST A QUESTION FOR COUNTY COUNCIL.

THERE'S NO CONTRACTS ON THIS BUDGET. CORRECT? IT'S JUST THE BUDGET ALLOCATION SECTION. THAT'S CORRECT.

I MEAN, THE BUDGET DOES INCLUDE APPROPRIATIONS THAT ULTIMATELY WILL FUND CONTRACTS.

THE BOARD HAS ALREADY APPROVED, BUT THE BOARD IS NOT ACTING ON ANY CONTRACTS AS PART OF THIS ITEM.

SO IT DOESN'T IMPLICATE CONFLICT OR GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1090 ISSUES THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE IMPLICATED IF THE CONTRACTS THEMSELVES WERE BEFORE THE BOARD FOR ACTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE IN THE CLEAR.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS. ONE, I'VE HEARD IT A COUPLE TIMES TODAY, AND I SAW IT IN THE PRESENTATION THAT HRSA HAS A PROBLEM AND HRSA HAS TO FIX THEIR PROBLEM.

KNOWING THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC FUNDING SOURCES THAT CAN GO TO SPECIFIC THINGS, BUT JUST FROM A SEMANTICS POINT, I THINK THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PART OF THE FAMILY.

AND IF HRSA HAS A PROBLEM, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

AND SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER ON IT AND SEE IF THERE I DON'T KNOW THAT IT ALWAYS HAS TO BE ONLY THEIR PROBLEM AND HAVE.

IT HAS TO COME OUT OF THEIR SOLUTION. THERE MIGHT BE OTHER SOLUTIONS IF WE HAVE A PRIORITY FOR WHATEVER THE PROGRAM IS.

SO JUST THAT KIND OF GOT TO ME JUST A LITTLE BIT.

SO BECAUSE YOUR PROBLEM IS MY PROBLEM, HHS AYE I WANT, I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ON IT.

I JUST WANT TO TALK JUST A SMIDGE ABOUT RESERVES.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO, AT THE END, I'M GOING TO TURN TO OUR CEO TO SEE WHAT OTHER KIND OF FOLLOW UP THAT HE HEARS.

BUT I'VE HEARD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION ABOUT RESERVES AND RESERVE POLICY.

I KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS ON THE I KEEP, YOU KNOW, I'M RELIVING MY LIFE WHEN I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD DURING THE GREAT RECESSION.

AND I CAN HEAR BRUCE COLBY, WHO WAS OUR CFO AT THE TIME, AND HE SAID A MILLION TIMES, ONE TIME MONEY CAN ONLY SPENT ONE TIME.

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AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING ONE TIME MONEY FOR ONGOING EXPENSES, YOU CAN ONLY USE IT ONE TIME.

SO I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESERVES, WE HAVE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MONEY AND I HAVE A PROBLEM THAT I WANT TO USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM. SO THERE'S REALLY A BALANCING ACT THERE.

BUT WE DO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL UTILIZING OUR RESERVES FOR ONGOING FUNDING.

I HAVE TO SAY, AS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN ON THE THE BUDGET AD HOC FOR TWO YEARS NOW, I'M REALLY SAD THAT I HAVE TO THAT I'M GOING TO BE ROTATING OFF OF IT BECAUSE YOU KIND OF GET THE INSIDE SCOOP AHEAD OF TIME AND HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY THINK IT THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT IT.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, I CAME TO A MEETING AND IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS ALL BAD NEWS BECAUSE OF THE WOW, WE HAVE AN EXTRA $10 MILLION. ONCE WE LOOKED AT ALL OF OUR FUND BALANCES.

SO IT WASN'T FOR ONCE THAT I WAS. IT WAS SAD OR PANICKED, BUT UNDERSTANDING THOSE ARE ONE TIME FUNDS.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, HOLDING IT AWAY FOR, FOR EVEN WORSE TIMES THAT ARE COMING.

BUT IT WAS NICE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING ROOM FOR FOR ONCE.

THE, JUST THE BECAUSE MY HUSBAND SERVED FOR A LONG TIME ON THE UC DAVIS BUDGET, LIKE THE SYSTEM WIDE UC DAVIS BUDGET COMMITTEE.

AND SO THEY, THEY TALK A LOT ABOUT RESERVES THERE AND, AND FUND BALANCES, BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE THE WHOLE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM AND EVERY PROFESSOR THAT HAS A LAB THAT HAS A FUND BALANCE IN THERE, AND IF YOU ADD ALL OF THOSE UP TOGETHER, THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. AND SO THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, DO WE WANT TO REQUIRE THEM TO LIKE, GIVE UP THEIR FUND BALANCE OR, OR DO WE WANT TO HAVE IT? I ALWAYS CALL IT EITHER THE COLOR OR THE FLAVOR OF MONEY.

LIKE, WILL THIS OH, FOREVER BE A, YOU KNOW, MITCH'S LAB MONEY OR SHOULD IT BE HAVE THE ABILITY OF DECISION MAKERS, POLICY MAKERS TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY AROUND THAT.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR ANOTHER DAY, BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION ABOUT RESERVES.

ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.

I'VE MET WITH ALL OF YOU GOING THROUGH MY BIG BUDGET BOOK.

AND ONE THEME THAT I HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THIS YEAR WAS HARD.

SO THEY CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN FOR, FOR TWO MORE YEARS. AND SO I AM I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ALSO, BUT I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM OUR REVENUE GROUP AND ANY OTHER CREATIVE THOUGHTS THAT YOU CAN HAVE.

IF YOU KNOW SOME RICH PEOPLE OR, YOU KNOW, SOME GRANTS THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR, I'M INTERESTED IN SERVING THE PEOPLE WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE MISSION THAT WE THAT WE HAVE. SO ANY TIME THAT WE CAN FIND THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

I'M I'M WITH I'M ALL IN. I'M WITH YOU ON THAT.

SO THAT'S ALL OF MY COMMENTS. AND I DID WANT TO CLARIFY ON THE MOTION AND THANK YOU TO WHOEVER ON THE FLY WAS ABLE TO UPDATE THE, THE YEAR ON THE BUDGET UP THERE. SO WE DO HAVE THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS WE DID OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THE MOTION IS JUST TO CLARIFY WITH THE MAKER IS APPROVING ITEMS B THROUGH E ON THIS SLIDE.

CORRECT. SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS THE MAKER OF MY MOTION.

AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THAT YEAH THEY FIXED IT RIGHT.

YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS POINTING OUT. YEP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

YES PLEASE. YOUR MOTION IS ALSO TO RECOMMEND THE $2 MILLION BE SET ASIDE TO THE HSA RESERVE OR.

YEAH, BECAUSE I BECAUSE I THINK LOOK, WE SAW THE GRAPHIC THAT ILLUSTRATES VERY CLEARLY HHS AYE IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR BUDGET.

WE DO NOT WANT TO MICROMANAGE THE DAY TO DAY.

RECOMMENDATIONS. WE GET ULTIMATE SAY IN HOW THE MONEY GETS SPENT.

SO I THINK IT REQUIRES PROBABLY A CONVERSATION WITH THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE AT SOME LEVEL TO FRAME IT SO THAT IT'S PROPERLY FRAMED.

BECAUSE I THINK DOING IT ON THE FLY HERE NOW, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO ADOPT THIS TODAY, OTHERWISE WE NEED A SPECIAL MEETING, PROBABLY.

SO I THINK STAFF HEARD IT. AND I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE DIRECTOR, I MEAN, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

YOU'VE HEARD THE CONVERSATION. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PROPERLY FRAMED, BUT I. YES. SO I THINK THAT'S THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

YEAH. NO THAT'S GOOD. I MY OPINION. RIGHT. I WOULD HAVE IN A PERFECT WORLD, YOU KNOW, WHEN A DEPARTMENT IS ASKING THE BOARD TO CREATE A NEW RESERVE, THAT THEY COME FIRST TO THE BOARD WITH THE POLICY, WITH THE CEO, WITH THE POLICY OF THE FRAMEWORK OF HOW YOU SPEND THAT RESERVE, BECAUSE EVERY RESERVE HAS DIFFERENT POLICY, RIGHT? YEAH. REVENUE SHORTFALLS. NATURAL DISASTERS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CASH FLOW NEEDS ONE TIME STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS, ETC. BECAUSE ON THE FLIP SIDE, THE EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO SAY, YEAH, WE GOT CUT IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN $2 MILLION JUST POPS UP A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER.

AND SO THERE'S AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE TO THAT TOO AS WELL.

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I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO WE SKIPPED A STEP, BUT I'M OKAY WITH SUPPORTING THE MOTION.

BUT NEXT TIME I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE DUE DILIGENCE AND MORE WORK TO BE PRESENTED A FRAMEWORK OF POLICY.

AND MY, AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS OTHER DEPARTMENTS, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAVE A RESERVE AS WELL.

SO I CAN, I THINK, PROVIDE A LITTLE CLARITY AND ASK TOM TO COME UP IF IT'S HELPFUL AS WELL.

THE IDEA OF A RESERVE IS NOT NEW. WE'VE HAD THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS REPLENISHING SOME OF THAT RESERVE THAT WAS DRAWN DOWN TO ZERO AT RECOMMENDED BUDGET ATTACHMENT J TO YOUR STAFF REPORT AND PACKET HAS A LIST OF VARIOUS OTHER RESERVES. FUND BALANCE RESERVES THAT THE COUNTY HAS, AND I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE ENGAGE IN A REALLY UPDATED, ACTIVE DISCUSSION AROUND THE POLICY AROUND THOSE.

SO WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE, WHICH OF COURSE IS WIDELY KNOWN AND TALKED ABOUT THE.

WE HAVE A CIP RESERVE, A LIABILITY RESERVE, THE AUTO AUDIT DISALLOWANCE RESERVE, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR OPEB TRUST AND OUR PENSION RESERVE AND TRUST, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ADDITION TO OTHER DEPARTMENTAL RESERVES THAT ARE SORT OF SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET.

COULD NOT AGREE MORE. I MEAN, IN TERMS OF, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE IN SORT OF HIGH TIME FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE A OVERARCHING POLICY DISCUSSION AROUND RESERVES IN GENERAL AND FUND BALANCE AND HOW THOSE GET ALLOCATED AND UTILIZED.

I THINK IT'S TOTALLY APPROPRIATE. AND I THINK THE, THE, THE WORKFORCE NEEDS TO BE EDUCATED ON THAT.

I USED TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE AS A LABOR REPRESENTATIVE.

AND LET ME TELL YOU, ON THE OTHER SIDE, IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S PARAMETERS OR OR BARRIERS OR ONE TIME FUNDING, EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO BE LIKE, YEAH, WE JUST GOT DECIMATED.

20% IN OUR WORKFORCE, LINES ARE OUT THE DOOR, AND YET $3 MILLION POPPED UP.

THAT'S NOT FAIR. SO NEXT TIME WE'RE DOING REDUCTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT HERE DOING A STRIKE.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO EDUCATE JUST NOT THE BOARD, BUT THE WORKFORCE ON THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR MORE REDUCTIONS IN THE FUTURE. SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S IMPERATIVE TO DO GET AHEAD OF IT RATHER THAN BE REACTIONARY.

THANK YOU. OKAY, GOOD. AND I, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU AT THE CLOSE, BUT I THINK JUST SO THAT WE HAVE SOME CLARITY MIKE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF, OF NEXT STEPS AND THEN WE'LL DO OUR VOTE JUST IN CASE ANYTHING THAT YOU SAY WE WANT TO CLARIFY BEFORE WE VOTE.

AS FAR AS THE RESERVE, NO, JUST IN GENERAL LIKE THIS IS USUALLY WE VOTE.

AND THEN I SAY, AND WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU HEARD FOR NEXT STEPS? I WAS GOING TO ASK. NO STEPS NOW. AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO VOTE.

YEAH. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK YOU KNOW, A CLEAR OVERARCHING THEME, A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO MAP OUT AND COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH.

ONE IS ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OR OUR ACO, ACCUMULATED ACCUMULATED CAPITAL OUTLAY AND PROJECTS, AND THE DESIRE AND THE NEED TO HAVE MORE DETAIL ON PROJECTS AND THE SPECIFICS OF PROJECTS OTHER THAN JUST THE TITLE OR NAME OF A PROJECT, DOESN'T OFTEN TELL A WHOLE LOT. SO COMPLETELY HEARD THAT FROM THE BOARD, AND I THINK WE CAN ADDRESS THAT WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU IN THE FALL WITH THE FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN, AND AS WE WORK WITH OUR CCI AD HOC IN REVIEWING A DRAFT OF THAT FIRST AND THEN COMING BEFORE THE FULL BOARD WITH THEIR, THEIR ENDORSEMENT. THE SECOND IS I THINK WORKING YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH OUR BUDGET AD HOC ON OUR FUND BALANCE AND RESERVE POLICY AND JUST REALLY REVISITING WHAT, WHAT IS THE POLICY FRAMEWORK WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS FROM, FROM PAST BOARD ACTIONS. TAKING A FRESH LOOK AT IT WORKING THAT THROUGH THE BUDGET AD HOC AND THEN ULTIMATELY COMING BACK TO THE BOARD WITH A FULL BOARD CONVERSATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THAT AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO, I THINK, KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT I'M HEARING FROM THE BOARD DISCUSSION TODAY.

AND I'LL CERTAINLY COORDINATE WITH OUR TEAM TO MAKE THOSE HAPPEN.

OKAY, GREAT. EVERYONE'S GOOD WITH THAT. OKAY.

SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO MOVE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS B THROUGH E MOVE BY VILLEGAS SECONDED BY FRERICHS.

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

AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

UNANIMOUSLY. AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.

WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE MORE ITEMS. 27 INTRODUCED BY TITLE ONLY, AND WAIVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE ABOUT COMMERCIAL WEIGHING AND MEASURING.

[27. Introduce by title only, waive the first reading, receive public comments, and continue to October 6, 2026, Board of Supervisors an ordinance amending Articles 1-3 of Chapter 10 of Title 3 of the Yolo County Code, regarding Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices and Point of Sale and Inspection Program. (No general fund impact) (Izquierdo)]

WHO'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING THIS? ROBERTO. OKAY.

MICROPHONE. JUST REAL QUICK. I GUESS IT'S STILL MORNING.

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GOOD MORNING, BOARD CHAIR ALAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THIS IS THIS IS AN UPDATE TO TWO OF OUR ORDINANCES, PRIMARILY OUR DEVICE REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, WHICH IS THE THE FEES THAT WE CHARGE FOR INSPECTING ALL THE WEIGHTS AND COMMERCIAL MEASURING DEVICES.

THOSE FEES ARE GENERALLY SET BY STATE STATUTE, SO WE CAN'T REALLY ADJUST THOSE, BUT THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF IT THAT WE WANT TO ADJUST AND UPDATE. PRIMARILY OUR LATE FEE CHARGES, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE 87.

SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. AND, AND WE ARE, AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING TODAY, OUR REVENUE AND IN COLLECTING THAT REVENUE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO COLLECT IS IMPORTANT. SO WE'RE PRIMARILY UPDATING OUR FEES, OUR LATE FEES TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT.

AND AS WELL SOME MINOR CLEANUPS ON WHEN AND WHEN REGISTRATION EXPIRE AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND THEN THE OTHER CHANGE THAT WE HAVE IS TO OUR POINT OF SALE SYSTEM ORDINANCE, WHICH IS THE ONE WHERE WE GO AND INSPECT POINT OF SALE SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACCURATELY REFLECTING THE PRICE THAT'S ADVERTISED OR ON THE SHELF WHEN THE CUSTOMER GOES TO THE TO THE REGISTER TO PAY.

AND PRIMARILY, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST A, SOME CLEANUP.

WE ARE NOT COMBINING, BUT COORDINATING THOSE TWO.

THE DEVICE REGISTRATION AND THE POINT OF SALE SYSTEMS INTO ONE BILL THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BEFORE WE.

WE. THE ORDINANCE, THE POINT OF SALE SYSTEM ORDINANCE SAID THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD GO AND DO INSPECTIONS AND THEN WE WOULD DO THE BILLING.

AND SO WE ENDED UP WITH ALL THESE BUILDINGS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND IT WAS HARDER, AGAIN, TO GET COLLECTION BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION FROM THE PUBLIC.

IS THIS FOR THAT OR IS THIS FOR THIS? OR, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T I ALREADY PAY THAT? SO SO WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE OR, OR MAKE SO THAT THE POINT OF SALE SYSTEM AND THE DEVICE REGISTRATION SYSTEM FEES GO OR REQUEST FOR PAYMENT FOR THOSE FEES GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME. AND, AND AGAIN, ALSO TO HELP US WITH OUR COLLECTIONS AND REVENUE ANTICIPATED REVENUE COLLECTIONS.

AND JUST SOME, AGAIN, A MINOR CLEANUP ON SOME LANGUAGE THAT WAS KIND OF OUT OF OUT OF SORTS.

SO THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT THAT THE ORDINANCE CHANGES ARE.

NO NEW ORDINANCES, NO, NO NEW ITEMS PER SE, JUST THE, THE, THE CHANGE IN THE IN THE LATE FEES.

OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE IS THE POINT OF SALE? IS THAT ENTIRE COUNTY OR UNINCORPORATED ONLY IT'S ENTIRE COUNTY? THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVED BY SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR BARAJAS.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CHAIR. ALAN? YES, PLEASE. IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COMMENT, BUT JUST WANT TO. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? HELLO. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY ONLINE COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.

ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ANY DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. ABSTENTIONS THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. BOARD. OKAY. THAT TAKES US TO REPORTS FROM MEMBERS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS VERSUS FIRE SUSTAINABILITY AD HOC.

[28. Action items and reports from members of the Board of Supervisors, including announcements, questions to be referred to staff and reports on various 2x2s and meetings with other agencies. (Board of Supervisors) Fire Sustainability Ad Hoc Subcommittee update. (Supervisors Vixie Sandy and Barajas) Budget Ad Hoc Subcommittee update. (Supervisors Allen and Barajas)]

IS THERE A REPORT? NO. OKAY. OKAY. NOTHING TO REPORT FROM THERE.

BUDGET AD HOC. WILL, YOU SAW THAT IN FULL DISPLAY TODAY.

SO. AND WE DIDN'T MEET THE LAST TIME. SO. ALL RIGHT.

LONG RANGE PLAN. IS THERE ANY OTHER UPDATES FROM BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT ANY 1 OR 2 BY TWO IS THAT ANYONE WANTS TO REPORT ON.

WE DID HAVE A CITY OF DAVIS TWO BY TWO. WHAT WEEK AND A HALF AGO? IT WAS IT WENT FINE. OKAY. LONG RANGE PLANNING CALENDAR.

[29. Long Range Planning Calendar - recurring opportunity for Board members to discuss and as needed, direct staff regarding future Board agenda items. (Board of Supervisors)]

ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT OR ANY COMMENTS ON THE LONG RANGE PLANNING CALENDAR? I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT REPORT FROM THE CDC.

I SO GLAD THAT THAT'S BEEN ON THE CALENDAR, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'VE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT IT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. ANYTHING ELSE THAT SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADD? JUST. OH I'M SORRY. NO.

NO. OKAY, THEN THAT TAKES US TO OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR.

[30. Action items and reports from the County Administrator. (Webb) Presidential Executive Order Tracker ]

WEBB. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR ALLEN AND BOARD MEMBERS.

FORTUNATELY, NOTHING NEW TO REPORT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER TRACKER.

HAS THERE HAVE NOT BEEN SINCE MARCH. SO BUT WE OF COURSE CONTINUE TO TRACK THAT FOR ANYTHING THAT COMES OUR WAY.

THERE IS SOME VERY RECENT NEWS AS OF YESTERDAY THAT I DID WANT TO REPORT OUT ON THAT I THINK IS RELEVANT CERTAINLY TO US AND TO THE BOARD.

OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES HERE AT THE COUNTY IS CLOSELY ENGAGED IN TRACKING THIS.

BUT YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR NEWSOM DID PROCLAIM A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS CALIFORNIA PREPARES FOR THE POTENTIALLY HISTORIC EL NINO SEASON AHEAD.

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SO IT'S SORT OF A PREEMPTIVE EMERGENCY OF SORTS.