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Board delays final Community Development & Infrastructure budget vote; directs emergency storm‑investment plan and district breakdown of road funding
Summary
Supervisors postponed final adoption of the Community Development & Infrastructure (CDI) budget and asked staff to prepare an emergency investment plan to reduce future storm damage and a district‑level breakdown of Measure K and general‑fund road allocations.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors declined to finalize the Community Development & Infrastructure (CDI) budget on June 4 and instead directed county staff to prepare additional information and an emergency plan to protect transportation infrastructure in future storms.
Why it matters: CDI encompasses planning, building permits, public works and transportation programs. Supervisors focused extensive discussion on road and bridge deferred maintenance, storm‑damage liabilities, and how Measure K district sales tax and a new general‑fund allocation should be spent across supervisorial districts.
What the department presented - Overview: Director Carlos Machado summarized the combined CDI budget, explained staffing proposals (two building permit technicians and six public‑works solid‑waste positions tied to…
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