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Monterey County board accepts year-end budget report; designates funds to reserves, solar and sheriff equipment
Summary
The Board of Supervisors accepted the fiscal year 2023–24 budget end-of-year report and approved recommendations to use assigned and unassigned fund balances for capital projects, solar energy investments and sheriff body‑worn camera subscription costs; vote recorded 4-0.
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors accepted the fiscal year 2023–24 budget end‑of‑year report Dec. 4 and approved staff recommendations to assign portions of fund balance to several priorities, including capital projects, strategic reserve replenishment, and ongoing costs for a sheriff’s subscription contract.
Assistant County Administrative Officer Ezekiel Vega told the board the county began the year with an unassigned general fund balance of about $27.4 million and closed the year with an assigned/unassigned total of approximately $33.4 million. After prior board commitments and recent actions the unassigned fund balance was estimated at about $400,000. Vega outlined a series of recommended assignments to fund prioritized capital projects, a sheriff’s equipment contract, solar projects and to…
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