AGENDA DATE: 11/17/2021
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The County's Partner Entities and the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 20) Cost Allocation Plan
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Update on the County's partner entities and the FY 20 Cost Allocation Plan
ITEM TYPE: Regular Information Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Birch, Allshouse, Dau
PRESENTER (S): Lori Allshouse
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Over the years, the County has effectively partnered with other jurisdictions to form authorities, commissions, regional partnerships, joint exercises of powers, and shared facilities. The County also has entered into agreements with numerous other entities to provide funding to support critical services to our community. The County's Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 22) Budget provides $25.8 million to support 70 joint operations, organizations, agencies, and the courts that are not under the direct supervision of the Board of Supervisors. Collectively, these contributions consist of 8% of the General Fund budget. Additionally, the County provides administrative support to a number of these entities. This support ranges from fiscal agent services (such as accounts payable, payroll, and procurement) to services such as human resource administration, information technology support, legal support, and facility maintenance. The County currently collects fees for the County's fiscal agent services from eight of these partner entities. In-kind assistance provided to other entities vary both in type of service provided and in the formality of the structure that governs the relationship.
In FY 21, the Department of Finance & Budget (DF&B) began a project to clarify all of these relationships, identify the true cost of providing these services, compare it to the contractual obligations, and develop a plan forward, where needed. To provide the County with a greater understanding of the cost to provide administrative support services to partner entitie...
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