FINAL ACTIONS: JUNE 7 2010 BUDGET AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS (Board is in closed session)

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

                           Board of Supervisors, County of Los Angeles  

                                                           

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                                                                                                                                                                                June 7, 2009                       

 

Final Action: June 7 Budget Deliberations Meeting

(Unless otherwise indicated, vote was 5-0.)

 

Board votes on adjustments to the 2009-10 budget, including $2 million for increased costs of unemployment insurance claims by former employees; $582,000 for increased costs of lifeguard coverage in May and June due to excessive beach and ocean activities; $1 million received for senior and dependent adults services; $25.3 million to cover budgeting error in the tobacco settlement funds account; $400,000 for salaries and benefits of security guards whose company went bankrupt; $1.5 million for retiree health benefits that the state would not allow the Sheriff’s Department to charge to Superior Court; $9.9 million decrease in capital projects budget, $15.7 million of which was transferred to cover departments’ operating costs; and  $12.5 million for Sheriff’s Department revenue shortfalls. (Item 1)  APPROVED 4-0, WITH ANTONOVICH ABSENT

 

Report to be given on status of the 2010-11 budget.  (Item 2) APPROVED MOTION BY RIDLEY-THOMAS TO HAVE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE UPDATE INDIVIDUAL BOARD OFFICES ON BUDGET REDUCTION OPTIONS IF $170 MILLION OF FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENTAGES (FMAP) AND HOSPITAL PROVIDER FEE FUNDING DOES NOT MATERIALIZE,WITH PLAN TO BE DISCUSSED BY BOARD AT JULY 6 MEETING

 

Adjustments recommended to the 2010-11 proposed budget, increasing total to $23.175 billion and 100,364 positions, which would be lower than the 2009-10 budget  ($23.606 billion, 101,113 positions).  Action would also reaffirm the hard-hiring freeze that exempts critical health/safety positions; freeze funding for non-essential purchases of services, supplies and capital assets; and approve $1.5 million funding agreement with LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes Foundation.  (Item 4)  APPROVED WITH EXCLUSION OF ITEM RELATING TO ARTS COMMISSION PROGRAM FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS

 

Report scheduled on viable options for ongoing/one-time savings.  (Item 8) RECEIVED AND FILED

 

Report scheduled on proposal to replace current department billing system with a new financing structure for audit services.  (Item 9) RECEIVED AND FILED

 

Report advises of restoration of $800,000 to the lifeguard budget.  (Item 11)   RECEIVED AND FILED

 

Report scheduled on how $79.5 million appropriated to implement a 2004 settlement agreement with federal Department of Justice has been spent by the Probation Department.   (Item 12) APPROVED RIDLEY-THOMAS MOTION TO INCLUDE AUDITOR-CONTROLLER IN REVIEW

 

Recommendation calls for delay in funding $2.6 million for Sheriff patrols in unincorporated communities.  (Item 13) RECEIVED AND FILED

 

Report outlines steps taken to restore public health service cuts that were included in the proposed 2010-11 budget.  (Item 14) RECEIVED AND FILED

 

Action would provide $8.5 million to the Music Center and $5.4 million to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2010-11 for operation and maintenance costs; and delegate authority to Chief Executive Officer to prepare/execute contracts to develop new programming/support ongoing programming for The County Channel, County website development, and Board meeting broadcasts, and approve appropriation adjustments to departmental budgets from allocation of Board discretionary funds and special program funds.   (Item 17) APPROVED

 

Supervisors meet in closed session to discuss lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of law passed in 2009 that shifted local redevelopment revenues from counties to help balance the state budget.  (Item CS-1) 

 

Supervisors meet in closed session to consider candidate for appointment to position of director of health services. (Item CS-4)

 

Supervisors meet in closed session to discuss findings of the quality assurance reviews related to the provision of care at Olive View Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.  (Item CS-5)  

 

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