Board of Supervisors approves budget revision

 

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on May 13 approved the following requests for budget revisions:

• A public health department request to record $2,9562 of unanticipated revenue from the federal government for bioterrorism preparedness, shift salaries and benefits of totaling $19,627, “other expenditures” in the amount of $12,852 to services and supplies totaling $13,557 and fixed assets totaling $48,484; increase the children’s agency fund designation by $22,000 for future human services commission grant allocations to non-profit groups;

• General services and parks request to increase the general services intra-county revenue from the parks department by $8,000 due to the park’s increased demand for general services real property services in FY 2007-08;

• Housing and community development request to increase budget appropriation in Fund 0065 Affordable Housing Fund by $2,900,000 for completion of St. Vincent’s Gardens Apartments in Santa Barbara utilizing the South Coast housing market area in-lieu fees and state community development block grant designations;

• Clerk-recorder assessor department requests to recognize the revenue increases and shortfalls in the clerk-recorder division and designate the positive balance of $15,000 to fund vital records’ operations;

• Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services request of a revision to transfer $2,300,000 from the general fund strategic reserve for an unanticipated revenue shortfall; recognize and designate unanticipated revenues from fines and fees collected by courts on the department’s behalf, in the amount of $10,000.