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ITEM 2.
WALK ON AGENDA


AGENDA ITEM REPORT

DATE:	April 17, 2018
DEPARTMENT:	County Manager
REQUESTER:	Roger Desjarlais
TITLE:	Approve FY18-19 Budget Policies from April 3, 2018 Workshop

MOTION REQUESTED

Approve consensus direction at the April 3, 2018 Board workshop on the FY18-19 Draft Budget Assumptions as follows:

A) Present and continue the Continuation Budget policy, which is the cost to provide the exact same level of services next year as this year.

B) Consider increasing the Human Services budget if the county identifies additional services needed in the community, including but not exclusive to mental health counseling.

C) Review a hybrid form of a Children’s Services Council.

D) In regard to School Safety legislation, the county’s policy is to pay a 50 percent cost share of School Resource Officers in all schools in the Unincorporated area only through the Unincorporated MSTU Fund.

II.

ITEM SUMMARY

At its April 3, 2018 Budget Assumptions Workshop, the Board discussed a number of policies for developing the FY18-19 General Fund Continuation Budget. Consensus policies for approval are:

• Present and continue the Continuation Budget policy, which is the cost to provide the exact same level of services next year as this year.

• Consider increasing the Human Services budget if the county identifies additional services needed in the community, including but not exclusive to mental health counseling.

• Review a hybrid form of a Children’s Services Council.

• In regard to School Safety legislation, the county’s policy is to pay a 50 percent cost share of School Resource Officers in all schools in the Unincorporated area only through the Unincorporated MSTU Fund.

III.

BACKGROUND AND IMPLICATIONS OF ACTION

	A)	Board Action and Other History

	B)	Policy Issues

	C)	BoCC Goals

	D)	Analysis

	E)	Options

IV.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

A)	Current year dollar amount of item:
B)	Is this item approved in the current budget?	No
C)	Is this a revenue or expense item?	Expense
D)	Is this Discretionary or Mandatory?	N/A
E)	Will this item impact future budgets? If yes, please include reasons in III(D) above.	Yes
F)	Fund: Program: Project: Account Strings:
G)	Fund Type?	General Fund, Unincorporated MSTU
H)	Comments:

V.	RECOMMENDATION
	Approve

VI.	TIMING/IMPLEMENTATION

VII.	FOLLOW UP

REVIEWERS:
Department	Reviewer	Action	Date
County Manager	Winton, Peter	Approved	4/16/2018 - 11:40 AM
Budget Services	Henkel, Anne	Approved	4/16/2018 - 12:35 PM
Budget Services	Winton, Peter	Approved	4/16/2018 - 1:08 PM
County Attorney	Wesch, Richard Wm.	Approved	4/16/2018 - 1:25 PM
County Manager	Winton, Peter	Approved	4/16/2018 - 2:09 PM