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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on June 26, 1984 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers, Fanden, Schroder , McPeak, Torlakson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: City-County Financing Proposals
In a June 22, 1984, letter to the Board, C. E. Dixon,
Interim County Administrator, advised that during the preparation of
the proposed budget two areas of concern were identified relative to
the financing of city and county services. The first concern deals
with the revenue reduction to the County as a result of the for-
mation of new cities and city annexations. The principal revenues
involved deal with the transfer of the sales tax and the property
tax base from the County' s jurisdiction to that of the cities.
He noted that while sales tax revenue increased for the
cities during the period of 1979 to 1984, the County' s allocation of
sales tax revenue has dropped while the demand for countywide ser-
vices has increased. Since it is unlikely that efforts to correct
the sales tax sharing by the cities and County would be successful
due to the cities' reluctance to give up an existing revenue base,
Mr. Dixon proposed re-evaluating the existing agreement between the
cities and County relative to the transfer of property tax base and
incremental growth to cities upon annexation. He expressed the
belief that the existing formula is one-sided in favor of the cities
and recommended that the matter be studied by county staff in con-
junction with the cities' staffs in order to develop a more
equitable formula. Mr. Dixon indicated that the new formula should
recognize the relative financial positions of the cities as well as
the type of property included in annexations together with the
planned land use.
The second concern deals with animal control services.
Currently, Contra Costa County subsidizes the costs of providing
animal control services within the incorporated areas of all cities
excluding the City of Antioch. Excluding the population of the
unincorporated area which the County is required to serve and the
population of the City of Antioch which presently provides its own
animal control services, it has been determined that 75 percent of
the population served live within incorporated cities where the net
cost of providing said services is properly a city charge. Mr. Dixon
referred to the recommendation in the Proposed Budge that the cities
be asked to contract with the County effective January 1, 1985, to
pay their share of the unreimbursed animal control costs based upon
the population in the participating cites. He recommended that
staff be directed to discuss this proposal with the City Managers
Supervisor T. Powers referred to issues relative to new
incorporations (such as the proposed incorporations of Alamo and
Orinda) that are being considered by the Local Agency Formation
Commission (LAFCO) . He recommended that said proposed incor-
porations also be considered in conjunction with city-county
financing issues.
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Board members being in agreement, IT IS ORDERED that the
Finance Committee (Supervisors Schroder and McPeak.) is REQUESTED
to rPview .said .recommendations.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the County. Administrator is
REQUESTED to notify the cities in Contra Costa when this matter is
reviewed by the Finance Committee.
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County Administrator
Director, Animal Services F�f�•_- - : _ June^ 26 . 1984 _
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