Community Development seeks options to close multi‑year budget shortfall; staff to return with fee and year-to-date analyses
Community Development and the Administrative Office presented midyear budgets showing multi‑year structural shortfalls from reduced revenues and earlier fee reductions; staff proposed options — reorganization, cost‑recovery adjustments, and fee updates — and the board directed a Feb. 10 return with detailed year‑to‑date budgets, fee analyses and the cost of any proposed staffing changes.
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Community Development Department (CDD) and County Administrative Office staff reported midyear budget work showing that Planning, Building and Code Enforcement have run multi‑year deficits after prior transfers and fee changes. Staff listed activities not currently cost‑recoverable (public outreach, records requests, administrative support for grants and abatement programs) and said the department will return with a detailed fee and cost‑recovery analysis and year‑to‑date budget status on Feb. 10.
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