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Mono County supervisors approve slate of proclamations; discuss housing study and ERP replacement
Summary
The board adopted five proclamations and heard staff updates on a new regional housing needs study and a countywide ERP replacement. Supervisors debated whether to lock a recent transient-occupancy-tax increase to housing and voted to table a formal resolution.
Mono County’s Board of Supervisors adopted a slate of proclamations recognizing several causes and observances and heard staff briefings Wednesday on a regional housing needs study and the county’s multiyear enterprise resource planning (ERP) replacement project.
The proclamations — designating March 2025 as General Aviation Appreciation Month, Grand Jury Awareness Month, Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, American Red Cross Month and Women’s History Month — were approved on a single motion that passed 5-0.
The adoption of the proclamations came early in a meeting that otherwise focused on longer-term projects. County Administrative Officer staff described a regional housing needs study that includes Inyo County, the City of Bishop and the Town of Mammoth Lakes; the study kicked off Feb. 27 and will include employer and employee surveys, stakeholder listening sessions and outreach to RPCs and nonprofits.
Why it matters: staff and board members said the study will give Mono County a clearer, locally rooted picture of housing demand and workforce shortages and will help the county prioritize housing programs and funding requests.
The board also received an extended briefing on the county’s ERP replacement project from Kim Bunn, assistant director of finance and the ERP project manager, and consultants from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). GFOA has completed an “as-is” analysis, formed process-improvement teams across departments and is drafting the county’s functional requirements; staff said the plan calls for an RFP to be released in August 2025 and an implementation phase beginning in 2026 dependent on contract negotiations.
GFOA consultant Eva Olsaker said the county’s contract with GFOA covers multi-year support and that the project requires careful cross‑departmental engagement: “We want to avoid configuring a system without a broad set of stakeholders; that’s how projects get into trouble,” she told the board. Bunn and other staff warned the board that the county lacks spare capacity to carry the workload and that departments will need temporary backfill or outside contractors during the multi‑year implementation.
Board members pressed staff on budget impacts, the cost already committed to consultants and where additional implementation funding would come from; staff said about $200,000 of the GFOA engagement was appropriated earlier and that the full GFOA contract is roughly $400,000 over the engagement period, and that department heads are working with the CAO to identify backfill options and budget needs before the RFP release.
A separate, contentious discussion centered on how to treat revenues from a 3-percentage-point transient-occupancy-tax (TOT) increase voters approved last year. Staff proposed a resolution committing the additional TOT revenue to affordable and workforce housing for a 10-year term. Board members raised competing concerns: some said a fixed 10-year commitment would provide predictability for projects; others warned it would limit the county’s ability to leverage the funds for long-term financing and said the allocation should remain part of the annual budget process.
After debate, the board voted 3-2 to table the resolution for future consideration.
Ending: the meeting included additional departmental updates (including public-health notices and emergency-management preparedness for a forecast winter storm). The board scheduled return items and follow-up briefings on the ERP project, the housing study and federal funding risks.
Votes at a glance
- Slate of proclamations (General Aviation, Grand Jury Awareness, Multiple Sclerosis Awareness, American Red Cross, Women’s History): motion to approve slate; outcome: approved; vote: 5 yes, 0 no.
- Resolution to dedicate new 3% TOT revenue to affordable and workforce housing (10-year dedication): motion to table; outcome: tabled; vote: 3 yes, 2 no.
- Letter of collaboration supporting the SCOG Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDP): motion to approve; outcome: approved; vote: 5 yes, 0 no. (See separate coverage.)
- Letter supporting Senate Bill 463 (water-meter exemption for small water districts): motion to approve letter; outcome: approved; vote: 4 yes, 1 no. (See separate coverage.)
- Memorandum of Understanding with Mono County Paramedic Fire Rescue Association: motion to approve; outcome: adopted (unanimous).
