HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 08042003 - 70-336 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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WHEREAS it has been brought to the attention of the Board
by County Welfare Director R. E. Jornlin that Section 208, as
contained in the Appendix to the proposed Federal Budget for
Fiscal Year 1970_ 971 , would place a federal ceiling on admin-
istrative expenditures for public assistance programs ; and
WHEREAS the County Welfare Director advised that if the
amendment is adopted, commencing July 1, 1970 , federal sharing
would be available only for a ten per cent (10%) increase for
such costs over the base year 1969-1970, and that a provision
allowing the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to lift
the limitation would only be used in exceptional circumstances;
and
WHEREAS the County Welfare Director advised further that
with case loads projected to increase in excess of fifteen per
cent ( 15%) and as high as twenty-five per cent ( 2 %) in some
instances and that with more programs being shifted into admin-
istrative sharing, welfare departments would be faced with a
shortage of substantial sums from Federal matching probably as
much as sixty million dollars ($60,000 ,000) statewide ; and
WHEREAS it was pointed out by the County Welfare Director
that locally costs will increase more than ten per cent ( 10%)
during the next fiscal year due to mandatory requirements alone
and that it is essential to sound administration and equitable
financing; of public assistance programs that aforesaid unreal-
istic administrative financing proposal be removed from the
Federal Budget; and
WHEREAS it was further pointed out by the County Welfare
Director that inasmuch as there is no positive indication that
case load standards and administrative requirements will be
eliminated or relaxed and that the possibility therefore exists
that counties would be forced to replace the federal cuts with
property tax dollars despite the extremely onerous property tax
situation;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR=S OF THE
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, CALIFORNIA RESOLVED that it strongly
on-poses adoption of Section 208 as contained in the appendix
RESOLUTION NUMBER 70/336
to the proposed Federal Budget and it urges United States
Senators Alan Cranston and George Murphy and Congressman
Jerome R. Waldie to work vigorously for the removal of said
section from the Federal Budget for fiscal year 1970-1971.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of June, 1970 by the
following; gate of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors J. P. Denny, A. M. Dias ,
J. E. Moriarty, E. A. Linscheid: T. J. Coll.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 70/336