West Sacramento flood agency reports $59 million on hand; board removes agenda item, approves consent items

The West Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency on the March 2025 regular meeting reported roughly $59 million on hand for operations, maintenance and capital projects and approved a consent agenda after removing one item from the published agenda.

Chair Ramos called the meeting to order and the board unanimously approved a motion to remove agenda Item 4(a) from the day's agenda. The board then approved the consent agenda, which included a resolution to approve an option agreement for borrow material with the Sacramento Yellow Port District and approval of the Feb. 20, 2025 meeting minutes, with a unanimous vote recorded by voice.

Agency staff reported on monthly revenue and expenses. “We did receive our first tranche of the flood assessment revenues, which amounted to $2,900,000 that represents the 2% increase that the board approved last year,” the staff member said. The staff member said fund balances include an advance from the state for the West Sacramento project and that the agency currently has about $59,000,000 on hand for operations, maintenance and capital projects.

The staff member provided additional fund-level detail: Fund 8.70 received the $2,900,000 tranche; expenditures for that fund for the month were $14,439, leaving an ending balance the staff reported as $12,252,905. For Fund 871, the staff member said the agency received reimbursement approval for $2,088,000 from the Department of Water Resources; the money was drawn down from a $25,000,000 advance from the state. Expenditures for that fund for the month totaled $398,355, leaving a cash balance the staff member reported as approximately $24,726,000.

The board had no public comments at the meeting and the staff reported that the board met in closed session on two items and “took no reportable act.”