2020/10/01 Mobile Home Park Rent Appeals Board Resolution (3)RESOLUTION NO.2020-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE ROHNERT PARK RENT APPEALS BOARD TO CHANGE THE
ACCOUNTING PERIOD OF THE RENT APPEALS BOARD FROM A CALENDAR YEAR
BUDGET THAT RUNS JANUARY 1-DECEMBER 31 TO A FISCAL YEAR BUDGET THAT
RUNS JULY 1-JUNE 30 AND TO CALCULATE ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEES BASED ON
THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR'S ACTUAL EXPENSES
WHEREAS, paragraph N of Section 9.70.030 of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code ("The Rohnert Park
Rent Appeals Board Ordinance") authorizes the Rohnert Park Rent Appeals Board ("Board") to finance its
reasonable and necessary expenses by charging mobile home park owners an annual registration fee which may
be passed through to residents on rent control in the form of rent increases prorated over the year; and
WHEREAS, the Board has historically adopted its budget and established registration fees at its
October meeting and has operated on a Calendar Year accounting cycle; and
WHEREAS, neither Section 9.70.030 of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code ("The Rohnert Park Rent
Appeals Board Ordinance") nor the Rohnert Park Rent Appeals Board Rules & Regulations require the Board
to operate on a Calendar Year accounting cycle; and
WHEREAS, all other funds managed by City of Rohnert Park Finance Department ("Finance")
operate on a Fiscal Year accounting cycle running from July 1 through June 30; and
WHEREAS, consistent with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), Finance tracks all
budgets and expenses, and conducts annual audits within a Fiscal Year accounting cycle, which can create
challenges for managing the Board's budget and expenses; and
WHEREAS, at its September 5, 2019 meeting, the Board conducted a study session to consider
changing its accounting cycle to a fiscal year and directed staff to hold another study session and provide
additional information; and
WHEREAS, at its September 3, 2020 meeting, the Board conducted another study session to consider
changing its accounting cycle to a fiscal year and calculating its registration fees based on the previous fiscal
year's actual expenses rather than the coming fiscal year's projected budget, and directed staff to return to the
October 2020 meeting with a resolution approving these changes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Rohnert Park Rent Appeals Board that the Board
agrees to operate its budget on a Fiscal Year accounting cycle, running from July 1 to June 30, starting July 1,
2021.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Rohnert Park Rent Appeals Board that a six-month budget to
cover the transition period of January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021 will be passed by the Board at their
October 2020 meeting.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Rohnert Park Rent Appeals Board that annual registration
fees shall here forth be set based on the previous fiscal year's actual expenses.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED by the Rohnert Park Rent Appeals Board this 1 ' day of
October, 2020.
ATTEST:
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Seclett
ROHNE RT i' A R K M O BILE -HOME P-ARKS
RENT APPEALS BOARD
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Chair
AYES: 4 NOES: 1 ABSENT: 0 _ ABSTAIN: 0