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RESOLUTI(}N AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF REALIGNMENT REVENUE
IN FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009
WHEREAS, the State Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 1491 in fiscal year 1991-92 to
give counties a source of funding to provide public health, mental health, and social services
programs for which responsibility was transferred to counties through the realignment of
programs; and
WHEREAS, realignment provides flexibility to counties to address local conditions
within Section 17600.20(a) of California Welfare and Institutions Code which states: "Any
county or city or city and county may reallocate money among accounts in the local health and
welfare fund, not to exceed 10°l0 of the amount deposited in the account from which the funds are
reallocated for that fiscal year;" and
WHEREAS, on June 24`", 2008 the Butte County Board of Supervisors approved a
transfer of $1,46,374 or ten percent of the Public Health realignment revenue received in fiscal
year 2008-2009 to the Welfare Fund to support public assistance programs administered by the
Department of Employment and Social Services; and
WHEREAS, realignment revenues in the Department of Employment and Social Services
are declining due to decreases in Sales fax and Vehicle License Fee revenues; and
WHEREAS, expenditures for public assistance programs are projected to increase beyond
the amounts currently budgeted due to caseload increases; and
WHEREAS, Section 17600~20(b) of California Welfare and Institutions Code states.
"After depositing funds to the social services account allocated to a county or city and county
pursuant to Section 17605 and after reallocating funds from both the health account and mental
health account of the local health and welfare trust fund under subdivision (a), a county may
reallocate up to an additional 10 percent of the money from the health account to the social
services account in the 1992-93 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, for caseload increases for
mandated social services programs listed in paragraph (2} of subdivision (b) of Section 17605 in
excess of revenue growth in the social services account;" and
WHEREAS, revenues to support public assistance programs require a transfer of ten
percent of revenue to be received in fiscal year 2008-2009, estimated at $773,000 from Mental
~-Iealth realibnnlent revenues to the Welfare Fund, which is within the stahltory transfer limit; and
WHEREAS, the County is due $1,110,695 for social services caseload growth for
mandated programs in excess of growth in the social services account; and
WHEREAS, revenues to support public assistance programs require an additional transfer
of up to ten percent of revenue to be received in fiscal year 2008-2009, but no greater than
S 1,110,695, the amount due to the County for caseload increases far mandated social services
programs, from Public Health realignment revenues to the Welfare Fund, which is within the
statutory transfer limit; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors authorize the
transfer of ten percent (estimated at $773,000) of fiscal year 2008-2009 Mental Health
realignment revenues to the Welfare Fund and the transfer of an additional ten percent, not to
exceed 51,110,695 which is due to the County for increases in caseload to mandated programs,
from fiscal year 2008-2009 Public Health realignment revenue to the Welfare Fund and make the
finding that the transfer of realignment revenues is based on the most cost-effective use of
available revenues to maximize client outcomes.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte on this
16tH day of December 2008 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connell1 Dolan Kirk Chair Josiassen and Yamaguchi
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
CURS' JOSIASSEN, Chair
ATTEST:
C. BRIAN HA~DD~~, ~hief Administrative Of,~icer
And Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
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