FY20/21 Budget Summary

The FY 2020-21 Recommended Budget totals approximately $194.6 million and represents an increase of approximately $49.3 million from the FY2019-20 Adopted Budget. The changes are a result of an increase in capital fund expenditures (increase of $9 million), road improvement projects (increase of $24 million), disaster recovery expenditures related to COVID-19 (increase of $6 million), and additional changes can be attributed to transfers out and general expenditure increases. It is anticipated that local County Measure G road projects will begin as well as federally funded bridge projects. Additionally, most of the new Behavioral Health Department Building expenditures will occur in FY2020-21.

The recommended budget includes a net increase to staffing levels of 11.0 Full Time Equivalent's (FTE's) in order to address service demands. A net increase of 11.0 FTE's is recommended between the Behavioral Health Department and Health and Human Services Agency to increase social services programming and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Child support services has requested a decrease of 3.0 FTE's due to a decrease in funding support from the State. A net increase of 3.0 FTE's is requested in the General Fund to address public safety with some positions covered through new funding made available from homeless programs and AB109 realignment funding. Detailed information regarding proposed staffing changed can be found on the Personnel Schedule found here: Personnel (FTE) Schedule.

Additional County data and dynamic online graphs and tables can be found on the transparency portal found here: San Benito County Transparency Portal.

The proposed FY2020-21 general fund budget totals approximately $63.1 million representing an increase of $4.2 million from the prior year adopted budget. Some of the changes from the previous fiscal year include $6 million of expenditures under the disaster recovery budget unit related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the funding comes via the CARES act, which the County is expecting approximately $6.4 million to pay for ongoing costs and reimbursable costs from the previous FY2019-20. Major expenditure reductions from the previous fiscal year in the General Fund include Other Post Employment Benefit (OPEB) costs of approximately $1 million, reflecting a change in funding policy of the IRC 115 OPEB Trust, and a reduction in capital expenditures transfers of approximately $1.5 million.