DATE: July 11, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Oscar Garcia, C.P.A., Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector
SUBJECT: Temporary Loan or Transfer of Funds for Fiscal Year 2017-18 Dry Period Financing
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt Resolution authorizing the County Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector to loan or transfer funds from available funds in the County's custody to other County Funds and to General Funds of various school and special districts for dry period financing during Fiscal Year 2017-18.
REPORT
Your Board may authorize the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector to provide temporary loans or transfers from available funds in the custody of the County to other County funds and to the general funds of school and special districts as those districts request to meet obligations incurred between July 1, 2017, and April 15, 2018, for not more than 85% of the anticipated revenues to those funds for the current fiscal year. Such temporary loans and transfers are to be repaid to the County with interest by June 30 of each fiscal year.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
No viable options to provide dry period financing are available. If the resolution is not adopted, no loans or transfers will be made between County funds or to various school districts and special districts for dry period financing during FY 2017-18.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact to the County of Fresno. As provided by law, the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector will require that the loans or transfers to County funds, school districts, and special districts be repaid with interest and deposited back into the County Treasury. Interest is accrued on the outstanding balance of the loan or transfer at a rate equal to the Treasury Investment Pool rate.
DISCUSSION:
Each year after July 1, certain funds experience a cash-flow problem pending the receipt of real property taxes in December and April of each fiscal year. Section 6 of Article 16 of th...
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