Consider and adopt the Final LAFCo Budget for Fiscal Year 2025/26

1. Receive staff presentation on the Final Budget and open the Public Hearing for any public comments on the item.
2. Close the Public Hearing, consider, and adopt the Final LAFCo Budget for FY 2025/26.

The attached Draft LAFCo budget (Attachment A) proposes an increase in total appropriations from roughly $676,000 to $686,000, a 2% increase overall. However, the apportionment cost to the cities and County of funding LAFCo's budget is kept flat at a 0% increase per LAFCo direction at the April meeting.  

The draft budget was discussed and unanimously approved at the April 22, 2025, meeting. The Commission directed staff to keep funding agencies' costs consistent with the previous year. Consequently, the use of fund balance has been reduced by $21,799 to keep the total agencies share the same as last year. The minor fluctuations in city costs are due to slight variations in their apportionment formula from year to year. 

Following the April meeting, staff emailed the city/county managers two times, soliciting input regarding LAFCo's budget, including work plan updates putting YED Talks/Yolo Leaders on hold and ceasing reviews of Valley Clean Energy and Yolo County Public Agency Risk Management Authority (YCPARMIA). Staff received responses from Ken Hiatt (Woodland), Kelly Stachowicz (Davis), and Mike Webb (Yolo County), indicating no concerns and no response from West Sacramento or Winters.