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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11291988 - FC.2 To' �- BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Finance Committee Cwtra Supervisor Nancy Fanden Cx)sta Supervisor Tom Powers DATE' CO^ November 29, 1988 SUBJECT: FIRE DISTRICT SPECIAL DISTRICT AUGMENTATION FUND CAPITAL ALLOCATION APPORTIONMENT REVIEW SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AM JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: Continue the current Special District Augmentation Fund (SDAF) allocation policy which allows for an allocation for capital expenditures of up to 12. 50 of the fire districts ' share of the Fund. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Approval of the recommendation will, subject to the discretion of the Board of Supervisors, allow for the maximum allocation for capital expenditures as provided in the agreement between the Board and the United Professional Firefighters Local 1230., BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION: On October 11, 1988, the Board of Supervisors requested the . Finance Committee to review a proposed adjustment in the fire districts , SDAF allocation Percentages which would designate 2 . 5% of the 12. 5% capital funds for special needs. Attached is a letter from Chief William Maxfield on behalf of the Contra Costa County Fire Chiefs' Association recommending that the current fire district SDAF allocation percentages be maintained. The recommendation of the Association is based on the view that the present allocation method provides for the greatest flexibility in allocating augmentation funds to meet the needs of the districts. The County Administrator' s Office and this Committee support the recommendation of the County Fire Chiefs' Association. The current allocation policy provides the flexibility to either allocate the entire 12. 5% to fund the annual capital improvement recommendations of the County Fire Chiefs' Association capital Improvements Committee or to divert a portion of the amount for other special purposes as determined by. the Board of Supervisors. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD M I TTEE: APPROVE, OTHrc4R I rViSor TOM A07� . Powers SIGNATURE(Sl* Super or Nancy Fanden Sp rvisor Tom Powers ACTION OF BOARD ON NbAvember 29 , 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER (The Clerk was requested to list this matter on the December 6, 1988 Board agenda for reconsideration.) VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES'. I, II, III, V NOES' IV AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN* OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE I SHOWN. cc: County Administrator ATTESTED County Counsel PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR County Fire Districts Independent Fire Districts United Professional Firefighters BY DEPUTY M382/7-83 Local 1230 J The effectiveness of this flexibility has been demonstrated in the last two fiscal years ( 1987-1988 and 1988-1989) . In 1987-1988, the Board of Supervisors designated 2. 5% of the capital funds to be used for purposes other than capital expenditures recommended by the Capital Improvements Committee. Of the amount set aside for special purposes, $400,000 was approved for the acquisition of a fire station site for Contra Costa County Fire Protection District. In the current fiscal year, the Board allocated $500,000 to Contra Costa County Fire Protection District for fire station construction and $400,000 to Riverview Fire for fire station site acquisitions. Since the Capital Improvements Committee was aware of the prior financial commitments for special needs in the above two fiscal years, its recommendations were structured to deal with the net amount of money available for funding traditional capital needs. In future years, the recommendations of the Capital Improvements Committee will be based on the amount of funds available after allowing for any special need projects approved by the Board. In years in which there are no known special needs projects, the Capital Improvements Committee would recommend allocating the entire 12. 5% for routine capital needs. If special needs are identified by the Board after the Capital Improvements Committee makes its recommendations, the funding proposal could easily be scaled down to allow for the special needs because the recommendations of the Capital Improvements Committee are in priority order. If 2. 5% of the capital funds is designated for special needs on an ongoing basis, that portion of the Augmentation Fund would not be available for routine capital expenditures in years when no special needs are identified. In such cases, the Board of Supervisors would have to take specific action to authorize the 2. 5% to be used for routine capital expenditures. The Capital Improvements Committee would have to reconvene to develop recommendations for spending the additional portion of the capital allocation. Situations of this kind would add unnecessary steps to the review and allocation process for the Board of Supervisors and the Capital Improvements Committee.