Supes to discuss budget
In preparation for Butte County’s upcoming budget hearings, the Board of Supervisors has slotted an item for its upcoming meeting today to look at the proposed 2022/2023 fiscal year budget.
The board will look at the recommended budget based on the input from all the department heads that have tallied what is needed based on plans for the upcoming fiscal year.
Butte County Chief Administrative Officer Andy Pickett will present the recommended budget before the board.
A budget hearing will be subsequently set for 10 a.m. June 28, should the board approve that date today, at which point members of the public will be asked to weigh in on the proposed budget via public comment and letters/emails before the board give the final approval for the budget to go forward.
Aside from budget planning, the board will consider sending another letter to Justice John Trotter responding to a voicemail he left the county after it sent him the initial letter on May 27.
The first letter sent by the board outlined concerns with how the Fire Victims Trust was being handled. Trotter allegedly responded to this letter by calling it offensive and political driven.
“Many of our constituents have complained to us about the lack of professionalism in communication from the Fire Victims Trust,” the new letter reads. “The board is now much more able to empathize with those critiques. The questions we posed are reasonable and appropriate. While you may not appreciate the statements made within the letter, those statements reflect how many of our residents currently feel.”
The supervisors will also choose whether or not to finalize the contract with the Butte County Resource Conservation District for its Connected Communities Colby Mountain Project, for which the board allotted $1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding in October 2021.
Sheriff Kory Honea will ask the board to waive the first reading of the ordinance to allow his office to utilize equipment considered by the state of California to be militaristic.
A 10-year extension for the Butte County Abandoned
Vehicle Abatement Program will be considered for placing on the November ballot by the board.
The Butte County Board of Supervisors generally meets at 9 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at its chambers located at 25 County Center Drive, Suite 205 in Oroville. Meetings are free and open to the public.