Approve the 2025-26 Budget for the No Man's Land Fire Protection District (NMLFPD), adopt resolution requesting collection of charges on the fiscal year 2025-26 tax roll, and authorize the Chief Financial Officer or designee to approve 2025-26 payment requests for NMLFPD. (No general fund impact) (Tenney/Haynes)

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors, acting as the Board of Directors of the No Man's Land Fire Protection District (NMLFPD), to:
 

A. Approve the proposed budget of the NMLFPD for fiscal year 2025/26 (Attachment A); 

B. Adopt a resolution requesting collection of charges on the 2025/26 tax roll (Attachment B); and

C. Authorize the Chief Financial Officer or designee to approve 2025/26 claims for payment for NMLFPD.

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors serves as the Board of Directors of the No Man's Land Fire Protection District (NMLFPD). The following is a brief discussion of the Fire Chief's request for the following actions to be taken to approve the budget, assess charges to the tax roll, and authorize payment of claims for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Budget
The 2024-25 budget for the NMLFPD is presented as Attachment A. The budget totals $43,554, an increase of $2,521 from the 2024-25 budget, which is due to an increase in costs for fire protection services provided by the City of Davis Fire Department. Board approval is required to adopt the budget for the NMLFPD.

Tax Assessment
On an annual basis, the governing board of the NMLFPD needs to approve the assessments to be added to the tax roll. The resolution presented in Attachment B requests the County Auditor-Controller (Chief Financial Officer) to attach and collect assessments to the 2025-26 tax roll.

Payment Approval
The NMLFPD and the City of Davis have had a service agreement since July 1997, which was updated in December 2009 to reflect a service term of July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2029 unless terminated by either party. The cost for service was a base rate of $30,534.50 for the first three years, adjusting annually in years four through 20 based on the Consumer Price Index. The Fire District also has small invoices on an annual basis for insurance and preparation of required financial reports. Staff recommend that the Board of Supervisors, acting as the NMLFPD Board of Directors, delegate authority to the Chief Financial Officer or designee to approve payments on any claims presented to the district during 2025-26.

The No Man's Land Fire Protection District collaborated with the Yolo County Department of Financial Services and the City of Davis.