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LAFCO approves minutes, a one-year budget amendment and a legal-services extension
Summary
At its May 15 meeting the commission approved April 22 minutes, approved a FY2015-16 budget motion retaining the statutory allocation while returning a portion of funds to the city and county, and approved a one-year extension to its legal services agreement; several motion-related figures in the transcript were inconsistent and staff supplied a numeric correction on the record.
The Local Agency Formation Commission on May 15 took three recorded actions during routine business.
1) Approval of minutes: The commission approved the minutes of its April 22, 2015 special meeting after Chair John opened public comment (no speakers). Chair John moved approval and Vice Chair Cynthia Cruz seconded; the commission took the motion "without objection."
2) FY 2015-16 budget motion: Executive Officer Jason Fried presented the final budget and described a change to how the clerk's office will be reimbursed, which staff said produced savings. The chair stated a motion "to retain the statutory amount of $297,342, but provide the clerk's office with" a listed figure that the transcript renders inconsistently. Fried interjected a numeric correction on the record: "It should be 297,342." The motion was made by Vice Chair Cynthia Cruz and seconded by Commissioner Maher; Chair John said the commission would take the motion "without objection." Fried also clarified on the record that the funds were being "returned back to the city and county," not provided as a new supply to the clerk's office.
3) Legal services agreement amendment: The commission approved an amendment to extend the legal services agreement with Miller & Owen as the firm merges with Renny Sloan Holtzman Sakai LLP, extending the contract term through June 30, 2016. Jason Fried said the not-to-exceed rate would remain the same as the prior year and that the agreement retains a termination clause. The motion was moved, seconded (motion text and second named in the record) and taken "without objection."
Where the transcript records inconsistent numeric values in the budget discussion, staff interjected a correction on the record; the minutes or final budget documents should be consulted for precise accounting and allocation language.
