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8 1 Commissioner Richards asked if the state is limiting what local governments can do, and 2 if this is the legislature trying to come in and recriminalize things in light of local governments 3 attempting to decriminalize. 4 John Roberts said this is not related to the movement to decriminalize some things. He 5 said, several years ago, the General Assembly asked local governments to provide a list of all 6 ordinances with misdemeanor penalties. He said this is the culmination of that request. He 7 said this started out as the legislature trying to strip authority from local governments as they 8 have done continuously over the last 10-12 years. He said this list resulted from these 9 discussions. He said a lot of the items that local governments can no longer regulate via 10 misdemeanor are things the General Assembly likes, such as planning, billboards, businesses, 11 etc. 12 Chair Price said the remedies indicate the County Manager or their designee may 13 assess civil penalties. She said a lot of this is under the LIDO, and asked if there is a process in 14 place if there is a violation. 15 John Roberts said a previous manager delegated enforcement of ordinances to the 16 department that deals with that ordinance, for example: Animal Services and the Dangerous 17 Dogs Ordinance. He said Animal services issues a citation and works with the County 18 Attorney's office, who then works with Assistant District Attorney assigned to it. He said there 19 will be either a misdemeanor, out of court settlement, or some other enforcement action for 20 violation of the ordinance. 21 Chair Price asked if department heads have authority to issue citation based on a report 22 from a member of the public. 23 John Roberts said in some departments, yes, but in others they would have to call the 24 Sheriff and ask for an investigation. 25 Chair Price said this item will be brought back next week, December 14, 2021, for a 26 second reading and vote. 27 28 b. Approval of an Allocation Framework for the FY2020-21 Financial Results 29 The Board considered approving an allocation framework for the FY2020-21 financial 30 results, which resulted in a total net positive financial positon of approximately $12 million, with 31 the approved framework to be codified in a budget amendment for consideration at a future 32 meeting. 33 34 BACKGROUND: 35 This abstract provides a high level summary of the attached Update on FY2020-21 Year End 36 Financial Results report which provides a more detailed discussion of the sources and proposed 37 uses of the County's positive net financial positon ending on June 30, 2021. 38 39 The results of the FY2020-21 financial audit will show positive results in two areas. On an 40 operating basis, the audit will show a surplus of approximately $8.9 million before transfers. Of 41 that amount, approximately $8 million is available for a mid-year budget adjustment. In addition, 42 the fund balance reconciliation contained in the audit will show $4 million in available one time 43 resources resulting from a decrease in the fund balance appropriation used to balance the 44 FY2020-21 Budget compared to the smaller amount appropriated to balance the FY2021-22 45 Budget. 46 47 The positive operating results relied on revenue collections that exceeded budgeted 48 expectations and intentional expenditure restrictions that limited expenditures to below 49 budgeted amounts. Some of these variances are expected to be recurring or ongoing while 50 others are non-recurring or one time occurrences. 51