DATE: February 25, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: John Zanoni, Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator
SUBJECT: Budget Resolution Increasing Appropriations and Revenues
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Adopt Budget Resolution increasing FY 2024-25 appropriations and estimated revenues for Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator’s 31114000 in the amount of $2,500,000 (4/5 vote);
2. Adopt Budget Resolution increasing FY 2024-25 appropriations and estimated revenues for Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator’s 31114000 in the amount of $1,568,303 (4/5 vote); and
3. Adopt Budget Resolution increasing FY 2024-25 appropriations for Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator’s 31114000 in the amount of $945,651 (4/5 vote).
REPORT
There is additional Net County Cost associated with recommended action No. 3. Approval of recommended actions will increase the FY 2024-25 appropriations and revenues in the Sheriff’s operating Org (Org 31114000), to cover unbudgeted cost increases and revenue shortfalls for the California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG) contracted amount. CFMG’s contract was amended on December 3, 2024, and partial estimated appropriation and revenues for the amendment were not included in the FY 2024-25 Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator’s Org 3111 Adopted Budget.
This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no viable alternative action(s). If the Board does not approve recommended actions No. 1 through 3, the Sheriff’s Office will not be able to fund the expenditure for jail medical and behavioral health care services provided by CFMG. In such an event, the County would also be in violation of the Remedial Plan approved as part of the Consent Decree in Hall, et. Al. v. County of Fresno.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is additional Net County Cost associated with recommended action No. 3. As discussed at the Board on December 3, 2024, item number 8, it was expected that the Sheriff’s Office, working with the CAO’s office, would return to your Board for a mid-year budget adjustment due to the increase in costs associated with the approved CFMG Amendment XII.
Approval of the recommended actions will increase the FY 2024-25 appropriations and estimated revenues in the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator’s Org 31114000 in the amount of $5,013,954 to fund the FY 2024-25 Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator’s Org 31114000 qualifying expenditures for CFMG’s jail medical and mental health services.
Funding for future years due to Amendment XII to CFMG’s jail medical and mental health services agreement will be requested through the budget process.
DISCUSSION:
On December 3, 2024, your Board approved Amendment XII to the CFMG jail medical and mental health services agreement to increase the maximum compensation of $204,178,155 to a total compensation of $349,375,054 and extend the term of the agreement by a potential four years and seven months.
Going into the second quarter of FY 2024-25 it was anticipated that the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator’s Org 3111 Adopted Budget would not have sufficient appropriations and anticipated revenues included in the Department’s Org 31114000 FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget and that the Sheriff’s Office working with the CAO’s Office would return to your Board for a mid-year budget adjustment due to the increase in the Sheriff’s jail medical and mental health services agreement.
Approval of recommended actions will allow to increase the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator’s Org 31114000 to offset expenditures for jail medical and mental health services as discussed at the December 3, 2024, Board meeting. This amount was not included in the FY 2024-25 Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator’s Org 31114000 Adopted Budget.
REFERENCE MATERIAL:
BAI #8, December 3, 2025
ATTACHMENTS INCLUDED AND/OR ON FILE:
On file with Clerk - Budget Resolution 1 (Org 31114000) Prop 172
On file with Clerk - Budget Resolution 2 (Org 31114000) 91 Realignment
On file with Clerk - Budget Resolution 3 (Org 31114000) NCC
CAO ANALYST:
Fine Nai