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Supervisors press LAFCO and clerk on Community Choice Aggregation oversight funding
Summary
The clerk requested authorization to support LAFCO’s Community Choice Aggregation oversight; supervisors asked whether PUC funds could replace general-fund carry-forward money and the controller agreed to review eligibility before the item returns for committee action.
Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board, asked the committee to authorize clerical, administrative and logistical assistance to the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) as it takes on an advisory role for Community Choice Aggregation (CCA). Calvillo said LAFCO offered a carry-forward of roughly $276,000 to the clerk’s office and requested a modest budget adjustment so the clerk could provide necessary services.
Supervisors questioned why LAFCO still held a large carry-forward balance (the controller’s office cited a roughly $1.1 million balance in the LAFCO account) and why the PUC had a proposed $700,000 work order for CCA oversight while general-fund carry-forward money also existed in the LAFCO account. Supervisor concerns focused on whether general-fund reserves that are earmarked in carry-forward balances should be preserved or whether PUC funds (if eligible) could supplant general fund dollars to meet LAFCO’s oversight needs.
The controller’s office said it would check whether PUC funds are eligible to pay for the requested oversight services (noting eligibility depends on source account rules and the money must come from the power enterprise fund rather than water or other accounts) and report back to the committee. LAFCO and clerk staff said any PUC work order would be segregated for CCA oversight and that the clerk’s office would keep the accounts separate.
The committee continued the item to the call of the chair and requested a controller report on PUC eligibility for the oversight costs before further action.
