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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Recommended Budget Hearings, as follows:
Acting concurrently as the Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Barbara; the Board of Directors, Fire Protection District; the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District; the Board of Directors, Laguna County Sanitation District; the Board of Directors, Water Agency and other special districts under the supervision and control of the Board of Supervisors:
a) Receive, consider, and file the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Recommended Budget, which includes the County's General Operating Budget as well as budgets of special districts
governed by the Board of Supervisors;
b) Approve County Executive Officer (CEO) recommended adjustments and final budget adjustments to the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Recommended Budget;
c) Adopt a Resolution of the Board of Supervisors entitled In the Matter of Adopting the Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027;
d) Delegate authority to the Chair of the Board to execute single-year renewals of grants and contracts previously approved by the Board and included in the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Recommended Budget, where contract amounts are within 10% of previously contracted amounts;
e) Receive the draft salary resolution, direct any specific changes made during the June 2026 budget hearings, and adopt that amended salary resolution, which updates
job classifications and department position allocations to include positions approved by the Board of Supervisors during the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget Hearings to be effective July 1, 2026, and salaries effective July 6, 2026;
f) Adopt position changes previously approved by the CEO during Fiscal Year 2025-2026 under Board Resolution 99-486; and
g) Determine pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) that the above fiscal activities are not a project subject to CEQA.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY
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