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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Preliminary Budget and Budget Development Workshops, as follows:
a) Receive and file information about the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 preliminary budget;
b) Provide direction, if any, regarding items to be addressed or included in the County Executive Officer’s (CEO’s) Recommended Budget, scheduled for release in May and Board adoption scheduled for June 16, 2023 and June 20, 2023;
c) Provide direction regarding Special Issues, including:
i) Affirmation of priority capital projects recommended for funding;
ii) Use of available discretionary revenues for certain non-cannabis program ongoing and one-time costs currently funded by cannabis tax revenue; and
iii) Next steps in evaluating revenue tax measures including polling, where appropriate;
d) Provide other direction, if any, as appropriate; and
e) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 15378(b)(4) that the above actions are not a project subject to CEQA review, because it is a government fiscal activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY