AgdaPkt 2008-10-13 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

9A Page 19 would be up to 10 percent of the rate in effec#on June 3Q, 2006, adjusted annually by the annua! California Consumer Price fndex plus 1 percent compounded annually. For more in#ormation, see http'//www californiacitYfinance.comlBkqFees�90919.pdf Things That Did Not Happen: ➢ Corrections Reforms.The Carrections Trailer Bifl(AB 841}was not taken up and thus not passed. Consequently,the parole refarms and sen#encing changes discussed earlier this year wifl not be carried out. : Heatth Care Receiver.The budget pacKage did not include funding far the federal healthcare receiver's demands to provide up to$8 billion over the next fi�e years to bring the state's health and mentaf hea{th system in California's 33 prisons up to a constitutional level of care. y No Emergency Response tnitiative Surcharge.The final budget dea(did not include the insurance surcharge for the Emergency Response Initiative (ERI) (formerly known as the Wildland Firefighfing Initiative). Through this program, the emergency respanse capabilifies of the Califarnia Department of�orestry and Fire Protection(CAL F1RE),the Office of Emergency Services{OES)and the Military Departrrtent woufd have been increased. ERi funds are partially backfilled by increased General Fund spending. ➢ No Department of Justice(DOJj Forensic Laboratory Fees.The previous budget proposal for the Department of Justice to charge locai agencies a fee-for- service for forensic laboratory tssts was eliminated. Transportation � Prop.42.The Legislature's FY 2d0$-09 budget fuliy funds Proposition 42 at a level of approximately$1.4 billion for investment in state highway improvements, local streets and roads maintenance, and transit.A ciry-by-city breakdown of allocations is posted online at www californiacitvfinance.comlPro�42alloc.pdf. Highway User Tax Account.This funding source is not wedded to the s#ate budget process. Payments fram April fhrough September were delayed when the Governor decfated a mid-year cash flow crisis in February. Reimbursements will begin at the end of September, Prop.1 B Local Streets and Roads Accaunt.AB 88 includes a$187 million appropriation for cities from fhe Prop. 1 B Local Streets and Roads (LSR)accoun#for FY 2008-09. (Counties have a separafe allocation.)This appropriation will be available on a first come,first served basis to cities that have already received their ful!allocation in FY 2007-08. Cities must meet the foifowing criteria to be eligible forfunding: 'I. Received full allocation for FY 2007-08; 2. Submitted Prop 1 B LSR Annual Report to Depar#ment of Finance for FY 2007-0$; 3. Agree to use the funds only for projects that do not currently have dedicated funding; 4. Funds must be committed to projects before July 1, 2009: and 5. Must certify#hat the unencumbered balance of their road fund is no more than three months of anticipateci Highway User Tax Account(FiUTA)and Prop. 42 income. Ifi the unencumbered balance exceeds this amount,the city must agreed to decrease the unencumbered baiance be either of the foflowing; a. An amount equivalent to the allocation received in �Y 2008-09,or b. Until the unencumbered balance is no more than three months of anticipated HUTA and Prop.42 incame. Note: For ti�e purpose of this item, "unencumbered"means any portion of funding that is not designaked,through prior approval by the city council,for use an the planning, review, des�gn, or construction phase of a project currently underway at the time of the road fund report. 3