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LAFCO approves financial reports, adopts municipal-service dispute policies and OKs draft clerking agreements
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Summary
At its Nov. 13 meeting, San Benito County LAFCO approved FY25–26 Q1 financial reports, adopted updated municipal service dispute policies and approved draft clerking/hosting agreements to rotate meetings among the county and cities; the commission also received a SALC grant update as an informational item.
The San Benito County Local Agency Formation Commission on Nov. 13 approved several administrative items, including quarterly financial reports, an update to municipal service dispute policies and draft agreements to rotate clerking and meeting hosting among member agencies.
Jennifer, the executive officer, presented shadow accounting for the first quarter of fiscal 2025–26 and reported no discrepancies with county records. Commissioners moved, seconded and approved the financial reports by roll call (5–0).
Staff presented updated municipal service dispute policies and related municipal service review sections; commissioners discussed the schedule for wastewater MSR presentations (some county presentations postponed to December with a full-commission return expected in January). The commission adopted the municipal service dispute policies by roll call (5–0).
The commission also reviewed three draft clerking-hosting agreements that would rotate meeting locations (county, Hollister in 2026, San Juan Bautista in 2027) and use county agenda support while city clerks handle minutes and meeting operations. The agreements are under legal review with the member agencies; commissioners approved the draft agreements to proceed (roll call 5–0) so clerking arrangements can be finalized for January meetings.
Staff additionally briefed the commission on LAFCO’s participation in a Bay Area Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) grant to produce a regional agricultural preservation policy blueprint. San Benito County has recently updated its agricultural preservation policies and staff said it will participate in the collaborative planning process and report back to the commission as the project proceeds.
No votes were required for the SALC informational item; motions on the financial and policy items were recorded in the meeting minutes.
