CCP approves $1.53 million 2025-26 budget and authorizes transfer to behavioral health

The County Corrections Community Partnership approved a proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget of $1,529,299.88 and authorized a $71,614.15 transfer to the behavioral health department at its Aug. 20, 2025, meeting.

The action came after county finance staff provided a multi-year fund balance review showing a cash balance that had grown but would decrease if past-year transfers to behavioral health were completed. Committee members discussed detailed line-item requests and whether available fund balance would sustain the recommended spending.

Miguel (county staff) presented the financial summary and calculations showing a starting cash balance from earlier prints, receipts of base payments, and projected year-end fund balance. The packet listed two prior-year transfer amounts tied to behavioral health: $37,318.05 for fiscal year 2021–22 and $71,614.15 for fiscal year 2023–24, a combined $108,932.20 noted in the materials. Committee discussion focused on whether to repay both amounts immediately or to stage repayments so the CCP retained a sufficient reserve.

After discussion and an amendment proposal, the committee voted to transfer $71,614.15 to behavioral health (roll-call recorded) and then approved the full proposed FY25–26 budget. The approved budget broken down in the motion was: Probation $266,483.99; Alternative sentencing (District Attorney) $389,669.55; Sheriff’s Office $632,715.06; Plumas Crisis Intervention and Resource Center (PCIRC/PCRC) $124,470.00; Behavioral Health $115,961.28; total $1,529,299.88. The motion also requested keeping an approximate $250,000 reserve as the committee’s contingency.

Committee members voiced concern about accounting precedents and the risk of relying on fund balance that may reflect unnoticed transfer errors. Several members urged stronger monthly budgeting controls, line-item transfers in/out, and clearer reconciliation with the county auditor to avoid future discrepancies. The auditor and committee members recommended creating departmental line items (transfers in/transfers out) and an explicit reserve/contingency figure to prevent inadvertent overstatement of available funds.

The committee recorded roll-call votes for the two formal actions. For the $71,614.15 transfer to behavioral health, members voting yes included David Hollister, Kevin Allred, Greg Osborne and Sharon Souza; Chad Herman and Sue Silva were recorded as not present for roll call. For the FY25–26 budget approval, members recorded as voting yes included David Hollister, Kevin Allred, Greg Osborne and Sharon Souza; Chad Herman and Sue Silva were recorded as not present. (Vote roster provided to the committee during the meeting packet.)

Members also discussed a delayed written quarter-four expenditure report from the sheriff’s office; the sheriff’s office had provided a verbal statement that it expected to have exhausted its CCT funds and would submit paperwork later. The committee approved the budget while acknowledging that some agency paperwork (including the sheriff’s Q4 report) remained outstanding and would be incorporated when available.

The committee directed staff to forward the approved proposed budget and related materials to the Board of Supervisors for ratification and to work with the auditor’s office on technical corrections and a clearer departmental budget structure. The committee scheduled follow-up budget conversations for 2026 if state base funding or county revenues change.