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FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR, County Administrator o� � �s Costa
DATE: January14 1997 '` County
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SUBJECT: REFERRAL ON ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING OF CERTAIN BUDGET TRANSACTIONS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
1 . CONSIDER approving report from the County Administrator in response to the Board's request
that certain budget matters be handled administratively.
BACKGROUND:
In August 1996, the Board requested that the County Administrator research and report back to the
Board on the possibility of processing certain budget transactions administratively rather than at the
Board of Supervisors level. For example, the Board is often asked to approve transfers of
appropriations between funds and/or budget units or to increase revenues and appropriations in a
budget unit. Transfers of appropriations within a single budget unit are currently processed
administratively by the County Administrator, in accordance with the Board's directive of January 28,
1986.
Our review indicates that there is no provision in the Government Code which would allow the
Board to delegate the authority for the transfer of appropriations between funds and/or budget units
or the increase of revenues and appropriations in a budget unit to a county official. Government
Code section 29125 states:
"Transfers and revisions may be made with respect to the appropriations as specified in the resolution
of adoption of the budget,except with respect to transfers from the appropriations for contingencies, by
an action formally adopted by the board at a regular or special meeting and entered in its minutes. The
board may designate a county official to approve transfers and revisions of appropriations wit in a
budget unit." (Emphasis added.)
Our conclustion is that the Board has previously delegated the authority to process budget
transactions to the extent legally permissible and the County Administrator has assumed this added
responsibility since 1986.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMEN DATIOf F BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON Ja miary 14, 1997 APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE
AYES: NOES: SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
ATTESTED JMuary 141 1997
CONTACT: JULIE ENEA(510)335-1055 PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD
CC: COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER AADMINI TRATOR