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Clerk of the Board presents FY10–11 budget; proposes Assessment Appeals Board fee increases
Summary
Clerk Angela Calvillo presented the Board offices’ FY10–11 budget plan and proposed raising Assessment Appeals Board filing and findings fees to increase cost recovery; she noted long‑term staffing reductions and growing public records and Sunshine requests.
Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board, presented the office’s FY2010–11 budget proposal and described a constrained discretionary base (~$1.7M) after excluding charter‑mandated items. The department proposed revenue increases for the Assessment Appeals Board (AAB): raising the filing fee from $30 to $45 and moving written findings to an hourly rate of $215 capped at 30 hours, which the clerk said would increase AAB cost recovery from roughly 29% to about 44% and add roughly $70,000 in revenue.
Calvillo described internal reclassifications and position exchanges to cover increased workloads (Sunshine requests, public records and the AAB backlog) without significant ongoing headcount growth. She said the Clerk’s office has reduced staffing by about 14.8% over the last 11 years but that demand for public records and legislative services has increased. The committee asked clarifying questions about projected savings and the possibility of enterprise departments sharing membership costs; the clerk said she will submit the budget to the mayor and controller and return with any final updates after LAFCO finalizes its request.
Supervisors thanked the clerk for working within tight constraints and for identifying potential fee revenue to offset discretionary cuts.
