Vote: approved

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1. ADOPTION OF THE MARICOPA COUNTY FY 2013 BUDGET The Office of Management and Budget in coordination with the County Manager recommends to the Board of Supervisors the following: 1) Adopt the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget in the amount of $2,278,653,993 by total appropriation for each department, fund and function class. This represents a decrease of $33,972,781 from the Tentative Budget of $2,312,626,774. 2) Approve the allocations for Economic Development Agencies, Non-Profit Organizations and Agricultural Extension as specified in the FY 2013 Adopted Budget Package. 3) Notwithstanding the Budgeting for Results Accountability Policy, approve the following: a) Adult Probation, Juvenile Probation and Superior Court are collectively known as the Judicial Branch, and considered as one appropriation. Any and all appropriations within the Judicial Branch can be transferred between any and all Judicial Branch departments by fund and function class, as requested and approved by the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, without any further Board approval. b) Contract Counsel, Legal Advocate, Legal Defender, Public Advocate and Public Defender are known as the Public Defense System, and are considered as one appropriation. Any and all appropriations within the Public Defense System can be transferred between any and all Public Defense System departments by fund and function class, as requested and approved by the County Manager, without any further Board approval. c) The appropriated budgets for all employee benefits internal service funds administered by the Business Strategies and Health Care Programs department are considered one appropriation. Any and all employee benefits internal service fund appropriations within Business Strategies and Health Care Programs can be transferred between any and all funds by function class as requested, upon review and recommendation of the Office of Management and Budget and approval by the County Manager, without any further approval by the Board of Supervisors. d) The budget for Operating Major Maintenance projects will be appropriated at the department, fund and function category rather than department, fund and function class. 4) Pursuant to A.R.S §11-275, the Board of Supervisors authorizes the transfer of any monies received in the General Obligation – Debt Service Fund (312) to be reported in the General Fund (100). On December 12, 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved the “FY 2013 Budgeting for Results Guidelines and Priorities,” which established the Board’s direction for development of the FY 2013 budget. Departments used these guidelines to prepare and submit their budgets. Budget requests were extensively reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In coordination with the County Manager, the FY 2013 Recommended Budget was adopted by the Board as the FY 2013 Tentative Budget on May 21, 2012. The Tentative Budget was published as required by statute. (C-49-12-081-2-00) IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT