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San Benito LAFCO approves FY25-26 budget, policy updates and collaborative participation in unanimous votes
Summary
The San Benito Local Agency Formation Commission adopted its final fiscal year 2025–26 budget and approved policy additions and participation in a Bay Area agricultural resiliency planning project in a series of unanimous 5-0 votes at a regular meeting.
The San Benito Local Agency Formation Commission adopted its final budget for fiscal year 2025–26 and approved several policy and administrative items in a series of unanimous 5–0 votes at a regular meeting.
Executive Officer Jennifer Stevenson presented the proposed FY25–26 budget and said the total proposed budget would decrease 2.2% from the previous fiscal year after three adjustments: a reduction in the line item for legal counsel to $18,000, removal of a county cost-allocation credit (reduced to zero for the current year), and no change to the medical insurance line pending further information. “So in total, the budget for 2526 is proposed to decrease by 2.2% from the previous fiscal year,” Stevenson said.
The commission voted 5–0 to adopt Resolution 2025-03, the final LAFCO budget for FY25–26. Roll-call votes recorded Commissioner Kozmicki: Yes; Commissioner Zenger: Yes; Commissioner Stevens: Yes; Commissioner Rodriguez: Yes; Commissioner Jordan: Yes.
The commission also voted unanimously to approve the minutes from the previous meeting and to adopt proposed policy additions for city–county development agreements (draft section 2.9) after staff noted there were no recommended edits from the commission since the prior meeting. Commissioners recorded Yes votes on each item.
Late in the meeting staff asked to add a new item to the agenda: a request from a regional group to include San Benito LAFCO in a Bay Area Agricultural Resiliency Collaborative planning project and to provide a letter of support as the collaborative seeks grant funding. The commission voted 5–0 to add the item to the agenda and then voted 5–0 to approve participation and a letter of support. Stevenson described the timing as favorable given recent local updates to ag-related policies and the county’s ongoing general plan and egg-element work.
Votes at a glance - Adopt final FY25–26 budget (Resolution 2025-03): Passed 5–0. Key adjustments: legal counsel reduced to $18,000; county cost-allocation credit set to $0 for this year; medical insurance line unchanged pending later adjustment. - Approve minutes (May): Passed 5–0. - Adopt policy additions (city–county development agreements, draft section 2.9): Passed 5–0. - Add Bay Area Agricultural Resiliency Collaborative item to agenda: Passed 5–0. - Approve participation and letter of support for Bay Area Agricultural Resiliency Collaborative (seek grant funding): Passed 5–0.
The commission recorded all votes by roll call; no recorded no-votes, abstentions or recusals were reported. Staff said the Sunny Slope County Water District annexation application (Best Roads Municipal Mutual Water Company area) is expected to come before the commission in August pending a county resolution approving a tax-sharing agreement of zero; that item was provided as an informational update and was not voted on at this meeting.
The commission also discussed travel to the statewide CALAFCO conference scheduled for Oct. 22–24 in San Diego and asked staff to place a travel-expenditure approval item on the August agenda.
