Butte County FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016 BUDGET HEARINGS JUNE 23, 2015 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016 BUDGET HEARINGS JUNE 23, 2015 1:00PM

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Agenda for Budget Hearings

 Open Public Hearing  Budget Presentation  Board Member Comments/Questions  Department Head Comments  Public Comments  Wrap-up & direction from Board of Supervisors  Close public hearing or continue to another day  Hold public hearing on realignment transfers

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Overview of the Recommended Budget

(including Schedule A adjustments)

 $482 Million Balanced Budget.  Maintains service levels except where

 Outside grants ended.  State cost increases are outpacing County revenue growth.

 $22.6 Million Estimated General Fund Available

Balance

 $11.2 million one-time revenues in 2014-2015  $7.6 Million - Teeter Plan Revenues  $2.3 Million - Pre-2004 Mandates & Interest  $980,000 - Prior Year Tax Adjustments  $290,000 - Office Depot Lawsuit

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Overview of the Recommended Budget

(including Schedule A adjustments)

 $6 million contingency target.

 Fire & Drought Readiness  One-time Teeter Plan Funds  Contingency policy goal is 5% or about $7 million

 $7.5 million General Reserve.

 $2 Million increase related to the recently adopted Teeter Plan

Policy

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Budget Highlights

(including Schedule A adjustments)

 Net increase of 20.5 positions.

 1 new position funded by the General Fund (Public Guardian)

 Continuing to address facility needs.

 Capital Projects  Major Maintenance

 Completion of the Hall of Records  Restructure of County Fire Service

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Recommended Adjustments

(Schedule A)

• Updates General Fund Available Fund Balance estimate.
• $2 Million Increase to General Fund Reserve.
• $1.1 Million One-Time Increase to Fire Operating Budget.
• Evidence Storage/Morgue Building Project
• Water Conservation Projects
• Re-budgets contracts, purchases and projects approved for

FY 2014-15, but not completed.

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Recommended Budget

(including Schedule A adjustments)

 $482 million – All Funds

 $153 million – General Fund  $253 million – Operating Special Revenue Funds  $41 million – Non-Operating Special Revenue Funds  $4 million – Capital Projects Fund  $4 million – Debt Services Funds  $11 million – Internal Services Funds  $13 million – Enterprise Funds (Neal Road Recycling and

Waste Facility)

 $1 million – Special Districts (CSA’s)

 2,395.75 Allocated Positions

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Estimated Governmental Fund Revenues

61% of revenue comes from the federal and state government.

$429 million total

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General Purpose Revenue vs. Other Revenue

80% of the revenue is restricted to specific purposes.

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General Purpose Revenues

(Including Schedule A Adjustments)

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Revenue Source Amount

Property Tax 56.4 million Public Safety Sales Tax (Prop 172) 15.6 million Local Sales Tax 5.0 million Other Discretionary Revenues 10.5 million

TOTAL $87.5 million

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Governmental Funds Appropriations

$451 million total

Discretionary & Non-Discretionary Resources

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• Tool that projects what future budgets might look like based on current

appropriation and revenue trends.

• Recommended budget is balanced.
• Anticipated ongoing expenditures and revenues roughly balanced

throughout forecast period.

• Continuing to work with department heads and staff to implement

strategies to increase revenues and manage expenditures.

• Vote By Mail Pilot Legislation
• Juvenile Hall Unused Capacity Revenue Potential
• User Fee Study
• Energy Efficiency
• Constrain Expenditure Growth

Multi-Year General Fund Trend Analysis

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General Fund Budget Trend Analysis

Recommended Forecasted Forecasted Forecasted Forecasted Budget Budget Budget Budget Budget 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20

ESTIMATED DEMAND:

Employee Compensation 82,520,873 84,816,132 86,699,794 88,847,244 91,076,917 Contingency 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 Other Expenditures 60,747,676 58,997,297 60,113,980 61,384,997 62,549,434 Use of Departmental Revenue (43,459,549) (44,290,310) (45,137,701) (46,002,054) (46,883,709) Net Demand For Resources 105,809,000 105,523,119 107,676,073 110,230,187 112,742,641

ESTIMATED RESOURCES:

Carryover From Prior Year* 18,500,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 Property Taxes 56,323,000 58,012,690 59,753,071 61,545,663 63,392,033 Sales Taxes 20,565,000 21,490,425 22,027,686 22,578,378 23,142,837 Other Discretionary Revenues 10,421,000 10,638,160 10,860,679 11,088,695 11,322,348 Net Available Resources 105,809,000 105,141,275 107,641,435 110,212,735 112,857,218

Surplus / (Deficit) Trend $0 ($381,844) ($34,638) ($17,452) $114,577

GENERAL FUND

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Department Recommendations

Behavioral Health (Pg. 101):

 Net increase of 17 positions.  No realignment transfers.  $900,000 in revenues to improve

cash position.

 Includes several remodel

projects. Child Support Services (Pg. 110):

 Eliminates 1 position.  Adds 1 position.  Includes small remodel project.

Board of Supervisors (Pg. 82):

 Maintains staffing and service

levels. Agriculture (Pg. 86):

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Includes funding to address building safety concerns. Assessor (Pg. 92):

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Maintains staffing and service levels. Auditor-Controller (Pg. 96):

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Adds 1 additional position;

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Resulting vacancy to be eliminated.

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Department Recommendations

Clerk-Recorder (Pg. 116):

 Includes June 2016 election and

relocation costs. County Administration (Pg. 123):

 Maintains staffing and service

levels. County Counsel (Pg. 129):

 Maintains staffing and service

levels. Development Services (Pg. 134):

 $200,000 for medical marijuana

enforcement.

 $40,000 for General Plan.

District Attorney (Pg. 141):

 Drug Endangered Children program

eliminated due to loss of federal funds (1 position).

 Bad Check Program eliminated (1

position).

 Victim Witness position made

permanent (AB 109 funding). Employment & Social Services (Pg. 155):

 Adds 11 positions.  $800,000 realignment transfer from

Public Health.

 $2 million General Fund transfer.  Several remodel projects.

Farm, Home & 4-H (Pg. 174):

 Maintains staffing and service levels.

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Department Recommendations

Library (Pg. 202):

 Adds 1 position;  Resulting vacancy to be eliminated.  Loss of funding from the City of

Chico (2 sunset positions).

 Includes several small facility

projects funded by Friends of the Library. Probation (Pg. 208):

 Eliminates 1 position due to loss of

funding.

 Resurface Juvenile Hall Gym Floor.

Public Health (Pg. 220):

 Net increase of 0.5 positions.  $800,000 realignment transfer to

DESS.

 Several small remodel projects.

General Services (Pg. 184):

 2 sunset positions to regular.  Facility maintenance projects.  $12 million in unfunded facility

maintenance projects. Human Resources (Pg. 190):

 Maintains staffing and service levels.  Includes funding for labor

negotiations. Information Systems (Pg. 196):

 Adds 1 position;  Resulting vacancy to be eliminated.  Includes two major projects.

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Department Recommendations

Treasurer-Tax Collector (Pg. 251):

 Maintains staffing and service levels.

Water & Resource Cons (Pg. 256):

 $180,000 to complete water

Inventory/Analysis Report. Miscellaneous Budgets (Pg. 260):

 Sufficient funding to meet State

requirements. New Non-Op Funds (Pg. 340):

 Restricted Balances that cross fiscal

years.

 $41 million in Transfers to Operating

Funds.

 Financial & narrative information on

balances and use of funds. Public Works (Pg. 227):

 Road budget includes $9.2 million

construction and maintenance projects.

 $4 million for Neal Road Recycling &

Waste Facility’s capital projects and assets.

 Adds 1 position at the Neal Road

Recycling & Waste Facility. Sheriff-Coroner (Pg. 244):

 Adds 1 Correctional Deputy (AB

109).

 Converts Substation Coordinator to

Investigative Assistant.

 Eliminates 4 positions as part of

recent wage increases.

 2 sunset positions to expire.

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Department Recommendations

Capital Projects:

 Hall of Records  Jail Expansion  Evidence Storage/Morgue  Gov’t Campus Infrastructure  25 & 3 County Center Drive

Remodels

 Parking Lot at Station 63  Oroville Park & Ride  Crisis Residential Facility  202 Mira Loma Suite 30  On Hold

 Stations 41 & 44  Probation Building

Fire:

 $1.1 million funding gap.  Loss of Indian Gaming Funding

($240,000).

 Increase in minimum wage

($300,000).

 Increase State benefit cost

($1,000,000).

 Increase in negotiated wages

($300,000).

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Butte County Fire - Model of Service

• Combination of career and volunteer stations
• Provides service to unincorporated Butte County (LRA)
• County owns stations, engines, water tenders, equipment, etc.
• County contracts with CAL FIRE to staff BCFD career stations
• Board of Supervisors determines level of service

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Butte County Fire – Level of Service

County Fire Butte Shasta Tehama

Career 12 1 2 Volunteer 14 17 9 Seasonal 6 4 3 Operations Budget 17,800,000 $ 7,200,000 $ 4,700,000 $ County General Fund 16,800,000 $ 2,100,000 $

• $

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Fire Operations

Expenditures

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$10 $11 $12 $13 $14 $15 $16 $17 $18 $19

05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16

Millions

Expenditures General Fund Contribution

Year to Year Rate of Change

Butte County Fire and General Purpose Revenue

• 20%
• 15%
• 10%
• 5%

0% 5% 10% 15% 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16

Fire Expense GPR

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Recommended Actions

• 1. Hold a Public Hearing on the Recommended Budget and take

comments;

• 2. Approve the Recommended Budget, including adjustments, for

spending authority, including those related to Capital Assets as identified on the Capital Assets Schedule (page 630-631), the Road Fund Work Program (page 236) and Schedule A, until the budget is adopted;

• 3. Direct staff to develop a plan to restructure fire service;
• 4. Accept the AB 109 Public Safety Realignment budget plan as

approved by the Community Corrections Partnership and incorporated into the Recommended Budget;

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Recommended Actions

5. Approve a resolution amending Library hours; 6. Provide direction to staff to prepare a budget resolution for consideration on July 28, 2015; 7. Provide direction that if the General Fund balance available exceeds $22,600,000 the additional amount will be used to increase Contingencies, but if it is less than $22,600,000 any shortfall will be addressed by reducing Contingencies and any shortfall greater than the Contingencies amount will be addressed by reducing the General Fund Reserve; and 8. Hold a Public Hearing to consider a 10% transfer of Public Health 1991 realignment revenues to Social Services, and adopt a Resolution approving the transfers.

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