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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2022 Third Quarter Budget Status Report and Cannabis Taxation, Compliance and Enforcement Update, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file the FY 2021-2022 Third Quarter Budget Status Report as of March 31, 2022;
b) Direct staff to process the necessary budget revision and bring it back to the Board for adoption prior to June 30, 2022 to resolve an anticipated year-end budget shortfall for the Sheriff-Coroner Office related to overtime costs, funded from the Sheriff Overhire Program (in the Proposition 172 fund balance) not to exceed $2 million;
c) Direct staff to develop and propose a budget policy for consideration in December 2022 that addresses a longer-term fiscal plan regarding overtime costs, overhire ability, and other cost issues for the Sheriff-Coroner Office while ensuring accountability;
d) Provide other direction as appropriate; and
e) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), because pursuant to sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) the recommended actions consist of organizational, administrative, or fiscal activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY