Los Angeles County Statement of Proceedings

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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Monday, June 18, 2007

STATEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING

OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

REGARDING THE 2007-08 BUDGET DELIBERATIONS

HELD IN ROOM 381B OF THE KENNETH HAHN HALL OF ADMINISTRATION

9:30 AM

Present:

Supervisor Gloria Molina, Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke, Supervisor Don

Knabe, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich and Chairman Zev

Yaroslavsky

(07-1924)



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	FISCAL YEAR 2006-07 BUDGET ISSUES

FISCAL YEAR 2006-07 BUDGET ISSUES

Request for appropriation adjustments to various budget units and capital projects (All

Districts). 4-VOTES (07-1551)

1. Approve the operating budget's appropriation adjustments necessary

to realign and adjust the Fiscal Year 2006-07 Final Budget based on

changing financial needs of various County budget units;

2. Find the proposed actions do not meet the definition of a project

under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); with the

exception of the additional demolition work to be performed for the

Will Rogers State Beach General Improvement Project, which

defines that the demolition is categorically exempt from CEQA;

3. Approve the appropriation adjustments to transfer funding from

various budget units and increase the Fiscal Year 2006-07

Capital Budget by $3,612,000, which will provide sufficient funds

for completing on-going projects and appropriate the new

projects' financial needs; in addition, it will reallocate State

Proposition 12 and 40 revenue between projects in order to

meet the established grant guidelines;

4. Approve the appropriation to transfer $962,000 from the First

District's Extraordinary Maintenance Budget to the Department of

Parks and Recreation's Operating Budget, of which $428,000 will

be used to fund shade structures for the splash pads and

$534,000 will be used for extraordinary maintenance items at

various parks;

5. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to establish the following Capital

Project Numbers and authorize the projects to proceed:

a. 86976 for the Hall of Administration 2nd Floor Server

Room (Assessor);

b. 86977 for the Hall of Administration Room 374

renovation (BOS);

c. 86978 for East Los Angeles Community Center

(Consumer Affairs); and

d. 86963 for the Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall Security Corridor

Project (Probation).

6. Approve the revised project budget in the amount of $13,617,000

for the Will Rogers State Beach General Improvements Project;

7. Authorize the Director of Public Works to execute a change order

for a not-to-exceed amount of $480,000 to protect the existing

underground sewer force main pipe during renovation of the parking

lot areas and approve the demolition of an abandoned concession

building as part of the Will Rogers State Beach General

Improvement Project; and

8. Award and authorize the Director of Public Works to execute

Supplemental Agreement No. 6 with Gruen Associates to provide

additional construction administration services for a not-to-exceed

fee of $100,000 for the Will Rogers State Beach General

Improvement Project.

APPROVED; AND REQUESTED THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO

REPORT BACK WITH A COST COMPARISON OF A SATELLITE SYSTEM

AGAINST THAT OF USING A LAND LINE, FOR THE LOS ANGELES REGIONAL

TACTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AS DETAILED UNDER OPERATING

BUDGETS, ITEM NO. 5, PAGE 3 OF HIS LETTER.

See Supporting Document

See Final Action

Report

Absent:

None

Vote:

Unanimously carried



	DISCUSSION ITEMS

DISCUSSION ITEMS

11:30 a.m.

Health Department Budget Committee of the Whole/Joint Meeting of the Board of

Supervisors:

Report by the Director of Health Services on the financial status of the

Department. (05-1730)

THE BOARD RECEIVED AND FILED THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES'

REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND TOOK THE

FOLLOWING ACTIONS:

1. DIRECTED THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND THE DIRECTOR

OF HEALTH SERVICES TO USE THE LAST IN, FIRST OUT (LIFO) METHOD

TO TRANSFER FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S RESERVE SURPLUS FUNDS

INTO THE MEASURE B RESERVE AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2007-08,

IF THE MANAGED CARE RATE INCREASE OR ANY OTHER ADJUSTMENTS

ARE RECEIVED THAT CREATE A SURPLUS; AND

2. INSTRUCTED THE DIRECTORS OF HEALTH SERVICES AND MENTAL

HEALTH TO PRESENT A FULL REPORT TO THIS BOARD IN 30 DAYS, IN

WRITING AND IN PUBLIC SESSION, ON THE DEPARTMENT'S PLANS

WITH REGARD TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN OUR PUBLIC

HOSPITALS AND THE CURRENT STATUS OF PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY

ROOMS IN EACH OF OUR COUNTY FACILITIES, INCLUDING STAFFING,

BED AVAILABILITY, AVERAGE DAILY CENSUS, AND NUMBER OF

PERSONS TURNED AWAY DUE TO CAPACITY LIMITATIONS.

IN ADDITION, THE BOARD REQUESTED THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH

SERVICES TO PROVIDE CHARTS AND OR SPREADSHEETS ON VARIOUS

ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION DURING HIS SCHEDULED PRESENTATION ON JUNE

19, 2007 RELATED TO THE STATUS OF STATE AND FEDERAL

INVESTIGATIONS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.-HARBOR (MLK-HARBOR)

HOSPITAL:

~� THE TRANSFER, REASSIGNMENT AND DISCHARGE OF EMPLOYEES,

WHICH INCLUDES EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE LEFT COUNTY SERVICE;

~� THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE LEFT BOTH INPATIENT AND

OUTPATIENT SERVICES, AS WELL AS NONPATIENT CARE;

~� THE IMPLEMENTATION OF METROCARE;

~� STAFF LEADERSHIP CHANGES;

~� EMPLOYEE INTERVIEW PROCESS; AND

~� EMPLOYEE TRAINING

See Supporting Document

Molina's Amendment to Item 2 of 6-18-07

See Final Action

Absent:

None

Vote:

Common Consent

Update from the Chief Administrative Officer on status of the 2007-08 Budget.

(07-1552)

AFTER PRESENTATION, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE BOARD.



	See Final Action



	2007-08 BUDGET ITEMS

2007-08 BUDGET ITEMS

Issues raised at Public Hearings. (07-1553)

RECEIVED AND FILED

See Supporting Document

See Final Action

Absent:

None

Vote:

Unanimously carried

County Counsel Litigation Cost Manager's annual report of projected legal cost

savings. (07-1554)

CONTINUED TO A MEETING IN SEPTEMBER 2007 WHEN THE 2007-08

SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET WILL BE DISCUSSED.

See Supporting Document

See Final Action

Vote:

Common Consent

Chief Administrative Officer's recommended adjustments to the Fiscal Year 2007-08

Proposed County Budget to reflect various changes (All Districts): (07-1555)

1. Adopt the changes to the Fiscal Year 2007-08 Proposed County

Budget; and

2. Authorize the Chief Administrative Office to execute a funding

agreement to transfer funds from the Project and Facility

Development budget for planning and development activities supporting

capital improvements.

ADOPTED; AND INSTRUCTED THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO

REPORT BACK ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

1. THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS COUNTYWIDE TO INCREASING THE

SELF-HELP LEGAL ACCESS CENTERS INTO OTHER COURTS;

2. THE SELF-HELP LEGAL ACCESS CENTERS HAVING TO ALL REPORT

TO ONE AGENCY; AND

3. THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES

PROGRAMS WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S OF COMMUNITY AND SENIOR

SERVICES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS; WHICH DEPARTMENT IS THE

PROPER LOCATION FOR THE PROGRAMS, AND WHERE THE MONEY IS

BEING ALLOCATED.

See Supporting Document

See Final Action

Absent:

None

Vote:

Supervisor Antonovich voted no only on that portion relating to the

$1.7 million for the Chief Administrative Office Governance and the

$500,000 New Needle Exchange Program which he voted 堌τo堌� on

Board of Supervisors order such revisions, additions, and changes to the Chief

Administrative Officer's budget recommendations as deemed necessary. (07-1556)

THE BOARD TOOK VARIOUS ACTIONS AS INDICATED BELOW; AND ORDERED

SUCH REVISIONS, ADDITIONS, AND CHANGES TO THE CHIEF

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER'S BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS AS DEEMED

NECESSARY:

7.1 - Antonovich's Motion

7.2 - Antonovich's Motion

7.3 - Antonovich's Motion

7.4 - Antonovich's Motion

7.9 - Yaroslavsky and Knabe's Motion

7.10 - Yaroslavsky and Burke's Motion

7.11 - Yaroslavsky's Motion

7.12 - Yaroslavsky and Antonovich's Motion

7.13 - Molina's Motion

7.14 - Burke's Motion

7.14 - Knabe and Yaroslavsky's Motion

7.15 - Knabe's Motion

7.16 - Knabe's Motion

7.17 - Knabe's Motion

7-18 - Burke's Motion

See Final Action

ITEM 7.1 - ON MOTION OF SUPERVISOR ANTONOVICH, THE BOARD DIRECTED

THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO TRANSFER $80,000 FROM THE

PROVISIONAL FINANCING USES BUDGET TO PUBLIC HEALTH FOR

INCREASED ILLEGAL VENDOR SWEEPS ON EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS

THROUGHOUT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY, AND $90,000 FROM THE

PROVISIONAL FINANCING USES BUDGET TO PUBLIC HEALTH FOR A VEHICLE

TO TRANSPORT ILLEGAL VENDING CARTS.

7.1 - Antonovich's Motion

7.2 - Antonovich's Motion

7.3 - Antonovich's Motion

7.4 - Antonovich's Motion

7.9 - Yaroslavsky and Knabe's Motion

7.10 - Yaroslavsky and Burke's Motion

7.11 - Yaroslavsky's Motion

7.12 - Yaroslavsky and Antonovich's Motion

7.13 - Molina's Motion

7.14 - Burke's Motion

7.14 - Knabe and Yaroslavsky's Motion

7.15 - Knabe's Motion

7.16 - Knabe's Motion

7.17 - Knabe's Motion

7-18 - Burke's Motion

See Final Action

Absent:

None

Vote:

Unanimously carried

ITEM 7.2 - ON MOTION OF SUPERVISOR ANTONOVICH, THE BOARD DIRECTED

THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO REPORT BACK WITHIN 60 DAYS ON

DEVELOPING A PLAN TO ADDRESS THE SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM ON A

COUNTYWIDE BASIS;