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Supervisors press LAFCO on $800,000 carryforward; executive says $500,000 reserve would suffice
Summary
The committee continued review of a work plan and budget for the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO). LAFCO's executive officer counsel Nancy Miller said keeping a $500,000 reserve would allow planned work while freeing roughly $300,000 for the city; supervisors asked the controller and clerk to clarify carryforward and appropriation mechanics.
Chair Jake Magoli called item 1, a motion to authorize the Board clerk to provide clerical and logistical assistance to the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO).
Nancy Miller, LAFCO executive officer counsel, presented a three-part work plan covering CCA advisory and monitoring tasks, eight continued items carried from prior fiscal years and a $100,000 contingency for new projects. Miller said consultant bids produced ranges for the CCA tasks and that some continued items would require outside consultants.
Miller recommended retaining a $500,000 reserve for LAFCO next year rather than the $800,000 currently projected to carry forward. "If our reserve was kept at $500,000, we would be able to accomplish our tasks for this next fiscal year," Miller said, adding that keeping the lower carryforward would "release approximately $300,000 back to the board's budget."
Supervisors pressed for clarity on the numbers and on whether LAFCO must approve any return of funds. Controller Monique Zamuda (referred to in the record) and Ben Rosenfield, the controller, explained that LAFCO adopts an annual budget under state law and that changes to an adopted LAFCO budget typically require LAFCO approval; Rosenfield said the mayor and Board fund LAFCO but LAFCO sets its annual budget.
Clerk of the Board Angela Calvillo confirmed LAFCO had agreed to forego roughly $277,000 in carryforward operating dollars this year and had asked for $20,000 from the general fund; she said LAFCO's motion characterized that use of carryforward as a one-time action that might not change the next fiscal year. Several supervisors asked the controller's office to produce a sources-and-uses flow showing what is expected to remain at the end of the current fiscal year and what would be available for FY09.
The committee agreed to recess this item to Thursday to allow the controller and city attorney to supply requested legal and financial clarifications and to permit LAFCO time to consider the executive's projections; there was no formal vote on LAFCO budget authority at this hearing.
Ending: The committee continued Item 1 to Thursday and asked the controller and city attorney to provide a clearer accounting of projected fund balances and the legal mechanics for appropriating or returning LAFCO carryforward.
