HomeMy WebLinkAbout00-003RESOLUTION CONTINUING REDUCED STANDARD
OF AID FOR GENERAL ASSISTANCE (SB 1033)
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 17000 et seq, of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
the County of Butte is obligated to relieve and support all incompetent, poor, indigent
persons and those incapacitated by age, disease, or accident, lawfully resident herein, who
are not otherwise supported by relatives or friends or by their own means; and
WHEREAS, section 17000.6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code requires that relief
from the general assistance mandate be based on a showing by the county that maintaining
the grant level of section 17000.5 would result in "significant financial distress" to the
county. "Significant financial distress" is defined as the inability to maintain basic county
services (ones considered fundamental or essential) adequately or effectively; and
WHEREAS, on October 29, 1996, the County of Butte received a 12-month finding
of significant financial distress from the Commission on State Mandates. The period of this
finding, which was statutorily extended to three years, expired on December 28, 1999; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 96-128 was approved by the Butte County Board of
Supervisors, which adopted a standard of aid and care pursuant to section 17000 et seq. of
the Welfare and Institutions Code equal to 40°fo of the 1991 Federal official poverty level;
and
WHEREAS, on August 27, 1999, the County of Butte filed a Reapplication to the
Commission on State Mandates for a finding of significant financial distress for a period of
36 months. The Commission on State Mandates has issued its final decision. and order,
which became effective December 1, 1999, which findings conclude that meeting the
standards in Welfare and Institutions Cade section 17000.5 would result in significant
financial. distress to the County and that basic county services, including public safety, cannot
be maintained; and
WHEREAS, said finding permits the County of Butte to continue a reduced standard
of aid which is not less than 40°l0 of the 1991 Federal official poverty level for a period of
36 months; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved as follows:
1. The County of Butte shall continue a reduced standard of aid and care until
December 2$, 2002, pursuant to section 17000 et seq. of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
Said rate shall be equal to 40% of the 1991 Federal official poverty level which rate is the
equivalent of $221.00 per month.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte this
11th day of January, 2000, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Beeler, Noux, Josiassen, Davis and Chair Dolan
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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JANE DOLAN ,Chair
Butte bounty Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
JOHN S. BLACKLOCK
Chief Administrative Officer and
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
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