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County adopts Measure X adjustments; board schedules June review of remaining $1.47M
Summary
Finance staff told the Measure X Community Advisory Board that the Board of Supervisors approved a 1.97% COLA allocation, a $100,000 one-time healthcare literacy grant, and a $5 million, three-year seed for a safe center drawn from mixed sources; supervisors directed a June 10 follow-up to discuss the remaining $1,470,000.
Adam Nguyen, Contra Costa County finance director, told the Measure X Community Advisory Board on April 23 that the Board of Supervisors adopted several Measure X budget adjustments at its recent hearings, including a countywide COLA allocation and one-time and reappropriated funds for priority programs.
Nguyen said the board directed $2,340,000 to be applied across Measure X allocations to reflect cost-of-living adjustments, which produced an effective 1.97% COLA for affected allocations. He also said a $100,000 one-time grant for a healthcare-literacy project was approved and funded from Measure X surplus cash.
The board approved a seed package for a proposed safe center that Nguyen described as totaling $5,000,000 over three years. That package combines $1,570,000 drawn from Measure X one-time surplus (reduced by $100,000), $1,500,000 that reflects previously allocated Measure X operating COLA adjustments, a reappropriation of $200,000 from an existing youth-center line, and a $3,500,000 general-fund contribution. “That is going to lead to a total of $5,000,000 for the safe center to operate, over a period of 3 years,” Nguyen said.
Nguyen said the adopted budget figures in the official budget book will be posted online in the coming weeks and noted that the board directed staff to return on June 10 with a discussion of the remaining $1,470,000 and next steps for those unallocated funds.
Why it matters: Measure X oversees roughly $120 million in annual allocations; most of that amount is already committed to ongoing programs, so one-time surpluses and any remaining unallocated balance are the primary levers for new investments. Nguyen warned that future surpluses are uncertain because sales-tax revenue has fallen in the current year and inflationary pressures make recurring surplus unlikely.
Looking ahead: CAB members asked staff to provide the adopted allocation detail when the budget book is posted, and to brief the CAB before or after the Board’s June 10 review so members can inform community stakeholders of any changes.
