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2 <br /> 1) FY 2009-10 Board Priorities <br /> • Recommended Board Action — The County, Manager recommends the <br /> Board and staff engage in conversations to clarify and agree upon desired <br /> outcomes for each priority. <br /> a) Clarification of Board Priorities <br /> Attachment 2 provides a list of guiding principles the Board agreed upon during <br /> the January 10 retreat. These principles provide a foundation for the Board's <br /> decision-making process as the County moves forward in planning for the <br /> • <br /> upcoming fiscal year. In addition to the guiding principles, Commissioners had <br /> the opportunity to vote on their individual top ten priorities for the Board to <br /> undertake in FY 2009-10. The Board agreed at the retreat to direct staff to <br /> develop work plans and fiscal impact statements for priorities receiving at least <br /> four votes. Fourteen priorities received four or more votes. Attachment 3 <br /> reflects, in priority order based on the number of votes, the outcome of the vote. <br /> Tonight's budget work session provides the first opportunity since the Board's <br /> retreat for Commissioners and staff to dialogue about the priorities. <br /> Over the last two weeks staff has developed draft action plans and fiscal impact <br /> statements. Attachment 4 contains the work accomplished to date on these <br /> plans. In the course of developing these preliminary plans, staff has discovered, <br /> in most instances, there is a need for, further clarification from the Board <br /> regarding the expected outcomes. During tonight's work session, the Manager <br /> recommends the Board and staff engage in conversations to clarify and agree ( <br /> upon desired outcomes for each priority. This clarification will provide a roadmap <br /> for staff to finalize action plans and fiscal impacts for the Board to discuss at <br /> budget work sessions this spring. <br /> b) Fiscal Impact of Board Priorities <br /> As the County moves into the budget planning process, the County Manager <br /> recommends the Board consider funding for the fourteen new priorities <br /> separately from other budget components reductions. In accordance with the <br /> Board's guiding principles from the retreat, no new services can be added <br /> without exchanging them for current services or increasing taxes. Therefore, as <br /> a first alternative, staff will be asked to consider exchanging current activities or <br /> services for new Board priorities thereby resulting in a net budget impact of zero. <br /> However, should the Board decide not to move forward with staff's proposed <br /> exchanges, funding for the priority would need to come from new monies, i.e. <br /> resulting in a budget and tax increase. <br /> 2) Board Guidance Regarding FY 2009-10 Budget <br /> • Recommended Board Action — The County Manager recommends the <br /> Board receive a fiscal update from staff and provide guidance and make <br /> decisions that provide direction with regard to development of the FY 2009-10 <br /> budget. <br /> a) 'Update on Current Year Budget <br /> • Revenues — Overall revenue collections are on target with where they should <br /> be at this point in the fiscal year. <br />