5/17/2021 |
Special Meeting
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Agenda note: DOCUMENT(S) SUBMITTED:
1. FY 2022 Budget Hearing PowerPoint (8 pages) submitted by staff
2. Letter from the State of Nevada Department of Taxation dated May 7, 2021 (1 page) submitted by staff
3. FY 2022 Budget Spreadsheet (2 pages) submitted by staff
DISCUSSION: The Board received a presentation from Chief Financial Officer Jessica Colvin regarding the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Clark County Tentative Budget, which included an overview of the general fund revenues and redirection of funds since the preliminary tentative budget meeting held in March 2020; stated that the revised budget reflected a 1.4 percent or $5.4 million increase from Property Taxes, and a 1.9 percent or a $7 million increase from non-recurring transfers-in from town funds and the Clark County Fire districts, for a total 0.8 percent increase or $12.4 million difference from the previously approved preliminary tentative budget; the general fund expenditure amounts by major function as shown did not include non-recurring expenditures, and indicated an increase in all fund expenditures excluding Public Works, for a total expenditure increase of 0.5 percent or $7.5 million over the previously approved preliminary tentative budget, impacted primarily by a combined total of 56 staff positions in Real Property Management (RPM), District Court, Fire, and Parks and Recreation that had been frozen due to the pandemic and restored in the new fiscal year; a breakdown of the restored and requested positions by department was shown which totaled $8.4 million, and included the reclassification of non-general fund positions to general fund positions; a review of supplemental funding showed a total of $4.9 million of available operating funds in FY 2022; an itemization by department of legislative pending fiscal impacts was shown, with a $30.3 million increase in FY 2022, $27.9 million in FY 2023, and $90.1 million in future biennia pending, and stated those amounts may change would after the June 1, 2021 legislative decisions were announced; and made the recommendations that the final budget be filed as presented with the $4.9 million appropriated in a general category, that the allocation and direction of the $4.9 million in supplemental funding be delayed until after the impact from the pending legislative bills could be determined, and to return to the Board with final direction on those allocations.
In response to questions by the Board, staff confirmed that the staff positions included both those that were frozen as a result of COVID and now released and that recruitment could begin for those budgeted restored positions, and additional supplemental positions that were deemed critical; and that there would be a follow-up with the Board after the legislative session ended.
Staff read into record the Department of Taxation response from the April 15, 2021 tentative budget filing: the Department of Taxation has examined the FY 2021/2022 tentative budget for the above named entities in accordance with NRS 354.596 subsection 5, we find all the above to be in compliance with applicable statutes and regulations, which includes Clark County, the 14 unincorporated towns and 3 special districts, the Clark County Regional Flood Control District (CCRFCD), and the Clark County Water Reclamation District (CCWRD), the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC), Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), Kyle Canyon Water District, and the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension; and stated that a list that compared specific changes between the tentative budget and the final budget would be submitted the Clerk this day to file for public record.
Chair Kirkpatrick opened the public hearing and asked if there were any persons present in the audience wishing to be heard on the matter.
SPEAKER(S): None
There being no persons present in the audience wishing to be heard on the matter, Chair Kirkpatrick closed the public hearing.
Commissioner Justin Jones made a motion to approve the proposed final budget.
Legal Counsel advised that Item No. 3 did not require a vote. | |
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