Staff Report
PREPARED BY: MATT MORLEY
PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
Reviewed by: Town Manager, Assistant Town Manager, Town Attorney, and Finance Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● 406-354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 11/06/2018
ITEM NO: 7
DATE: OCTOBER 30, 2018
TO: MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
FROM: LAUREL PREVETTI, TOWN MANAGER
SUBJECT: WEST VALLEY CLEAN WATER PROGRAM FUNDING
A. AUTHORIZE A BUDGET REVENUE ADJUSTMENT RECOGNIZING
$134,620.68 FROM THE WEST VALLEY SANITATION DISTRICT AS
EXCESS FUNDS COLLECTED ON BEHALF OF THE WEST VALLEY CLEAN
WATER PROGRAM.
B. AUTHORIZE A BUDGET EXPENDITURE ADJUSTMENT OF $134,620.68 TO
TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO THE CITY OF SARATOGA AS THE FISCAL
AGENT FOR THE WEST VALLEY CLEAN WATER PROGRAM.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Town Council:
1. Authorize a budget revenue adjustment recognizing $134,620.68 from the West Valley
Sanitation District (WVSD) as excess funds collected on behalf of the West Valley Clean
Water Program (WVCWP).
2. Authorize a budget expenditure adjustment of $134,620.68 to transfer the funds to the City
of Saratoga as the fiscal agent for the WVCWP.
BACKGROUND:
The WVCWP consists of a partnership between the Town and the cities of Monte Sereno,
Saratoga, and Campbell to manage regulatory compliance with State and Federal clean water
regulations. The WVSD has historically provided management services to the WVCWP, most
specifically acting as the fiscal agent for the WVCWPs operating budget. The WVSD has decided
to move out of this role and will no longer provide any services to the WVCWP. The WVCWP
has been set up as a new Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and the City of Saratoga will now act as
the new fiscal agent for the WVCWP. The West Valley Sanitation District has returned the
balance of the operating funds held for the WVCWP to the participating cities and the Town.
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BACKGROUND (continued):
These funds were collected as part of the WVSD property tax assessment for the specific use of
the WVCWP.
DISCUSSION:
To allow for ongoing operations of the WVCWP, it is necessary to continue to utilize the funds
in the operating budget. Because the WVSD returned the funds to the Town and the other
cities, it is necessary to acknowledge those funds as revenue to the Town and to budget them
as an expenditure to the City of Saratoga as the fiscal agent.
CONCLUSION:
Approval of the recommended budget adjustments will allow for the continued operation of
the WVCWP.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The recommended budget adjustments will have no net fiscal impact to the Town.