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Plumas County CCP approves $1.54 million budget for 2026–27 after debate over who qualifies for services
Summary
The Plumas County Community Corrections Partnership on May 20 approved a proposed $1,543,037.70 budget for fiscal year 2026–27. Members also debated whether the CCP's "defendants" definition should be narrowed to charged individuals or broadened to include people on probation or diversion and agreed to bring clarified language back for approval.
The Plumas County Community Corrections Partnership approved a proposed $1,543,037.70 budget for fiscal year 2026–27 at its May 20 meeting and agreed to return with clarified eligibility language for the CCP's target population.
Miguel, CCP staff, told the committee the state allocation for the coming year remains uncertain but that the program's base funding has been stable. "Currently, I'm still mostly operating on a lack of information in the state as to how much we're gonna be receiving for the upcoming fiscal year," Miguel said, noting a Munis printout showing a starting fund balance of about $893,075 and year-to-date revenue received of $719,750.65. He estimated the current balance after a behavioral health repayment at roughly $775,253.30.
The funding presentation framed the budget discussion: combined requests in the packet totaled about $1,543,037.70, and staff and members debated whether to budget conservatively or approve the full requests now and revisit midyear. A committee member urged a midyear review, saying it would allow the partnership to adjust if actual state allocations or departmental returns differ from projections.
Members discussed reserve policy and spending trends. One committee member said the partnership historically kept a 20% reserve; others noted the CCP's relatively high starting fund balance compared with prior years and that unfilled positions across county departments have reduced expenditures historically.
The committee also debated Item 1c, the CCP plan's definition of its target population. One committee member pointed to San Francisco's 2019 choice to adopt the term "justice-involved persons" but said he preferred to keep the CCP's definition focused on present-tense triggers (people currently charged or under supervision). Members raised whether people on probation, on PRCS, in diversion programs, or currently in jail should be explicitly included. "I think defendants is good. And I think as long as we keep the tense present, I think we're doing fine," a committee member said, while others urged that probationers and those on diversion be covered. There was discussion of county jurisdiction (whether to limit eligibility to those charged in Plumas County or those under the county's supervision).
The chair asked staff to draft clarified wording; one suggested formulation was "people who have been charged with a crime who remain under the jurisdiction of the court or the jail," which members agreed to refine and bring back for approval.
On budget action, a committee member moved to approve the proposed FY 2026'27 budget as submitted; the motion was seconded and put to a roll-call-style assent. The chair announced the motion passed. Members noted small discrepancies between RFP cover-page totals and line-item sums in a few requests; staff said those would be reconciled and any surplus returned rather than asking for additional funds.
Votes at a glance
- Approve minutes (04/15/2026): motion carried (voice/assent vote recorded in meeting). Individual roll-call listing in transcript not fully parsed for counts. - Approve Quarter 3 expenditures (FY to date): motion carried (voice/assent; motion recorded and announced as passed). - Approve proposed FY 2026'27 CCP budget (total requests combined approximately $1,543,037.70): motion carried (roll-call-style assent; outcome announced as passed). Individual vote tallies were read aloud but the transcript includes multiple repeated "yes" lines without a single consolidated numeric tally; the meeting record indicates the motion passed.
What happens next
Staff will return to the partnership with refined target-population language and reconciled RFP totals; members also agreed to a midyear budget review (proposed in January) to reassess based on actual state allocation and any returned funds. The CCP will attempt to have the approved number included in the county budget submissions due June 9.
The meeting adjourned and the partnership scheduled its next meeting for June 17.
