Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Recommended Budget May 21, 2018
Recent Budgets Includes Water & Sewer (in millions) $240 $242.7 $220 $224.6 $233.3 $210.2 $214.2 $203.5 $200 $194.1 $180 $160 $140 $120 $100 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019* * Recommended Source: Brunswick County Finance FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
General Fund Recommended Expenditures % of Total % Change FY 2018-2019 % of Total FY 2017-2018 Prior Year $ Change from Over Prior Recommended Recommended Approved Approved Prior Year Year General Government $ 12,628,970 6.5% $ 12,262,362 6.4% $ 366,608 3.0% Central Services* 18,282,139 9.5% 14,792,753 8.0% 3,489,386 23.6% Public Safety 42,471,762 22.1% 40,780,183 22.0% 1,691,579 4.1% Transportation 155,638 0.1% 154,730 0.1% 908 0.6% Environmental Protection 16,691,188 8.7% 15,391,281 8.3% 1,299,907 8.4% Economic Development 8,403,456 4.4% 7,542,060 4.1% 861,396 11.4% Human Services* 25,821,130 13.4% 29,356,850 15.8% (3,535,720) -12.0% Education 57,836,145 30.0% 55,459,813 29.9% 2,376,332 4.3% Culture & Recreation 5,092,332 2.6% 4,564,032 2.5% 528,300 11.6% Net Transfer to Project Reserves 5,136,275 2.7% 5,424,415 2.9% (288,140) -5.3% Total Expenditures $ 192,519,035 100% $ 185,728,479 100% $ 6,790,556 3.7% *Central Services increased with the health and dental option for employee spouses for all employees and retirees under 65 *Human Services decreased mainly due to State administration of the Day Care Program as direct pay to recipients rather than funding passing through the county to the recipients FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
Budget Principles • Conservative revenue and expenditure projections • Preserve reserves to maintain bond rating and provide flexibility to respond to changing circumstances/opportunities • Maintain low property tax rate FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
Population Growth: The fastest growing county in NC and 23 rd fastest growing in the nation (2017) 141,520 138,494 135,464 130,897 126,953 122,765 110,140 98,557 81,472 71,437 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2016 2017 2018* 2019* 2020* * Projected Source: US Census Bureau (1999-2016); NC Office of State Budget and Management (2017-2020) FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
Number Employed in Brunswick County 55,000 50,000 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017* Employed Total Labor Force *Number Employed in 2017 51,288 and Total Labor Force $54,087 Source: Economic Security Commission/NC Department of Commerce database as of June of each year FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
Unemployment Rate 11% 10% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018* Brunswick County North Carolina New Hanover County United States * Unemployment rate as of March 2018: Brunswick County 5.6%, North Carolina 4.5%, New Hanover County 4.0% and United States 4.1% Source: Economic Security Commission database, as of June of each year FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
County Visitor Spending (in millions) $544 $509 $496 $471 $446 $418 $395 $393 $364 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Source: Economic Impact of Travel on North Carolina Counties study prepared for the NC Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development by the US Travel Association FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
Number of New Permits Issued (Countywide) 2,336 2,077 1,911 1,722 1,967 1,918 1,517 1,038 974 1,050 916 463 438 365 340 318 321 326 260 226 226 208 Commercial Residential * Through March Source: Building/Fire Inspections & Permitting FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
Value of New Construction (Countywide) (in millions) $711 $620 $612 $546 $302 $324 $199 $259 $159 $185 $148 $103 $94 $97 $90 $79 $70 $60 $53 $45 $38 $38 FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018* Residential Commercial * Through March Source: Building/Fire Inspections & Permitting FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
Revenues from Sales Tax Including Amounts Legislated for Schools Capital (in millions) $24.8 $24.2 $22.5 $20.9 $19.7 $17.8 $17.0 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018* FY 2019** Source: Brunswick County Finance * Estimated actual ** Recommended budget FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
Revenues From Property Tax Excluding prior years’ collections (in millions) $121.7 $119.4 $115.2 $110.5 $107.6 $103.0 $106.5 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018* FY 2019** * Estimated Actual Source: Brunswick County Finance ** Recommended Budget FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
2018 Tax Levy Distribution 2018 CENTS ON ONE TAX LEVY TAX RATE DOLLAR % General Government $ 4,283,807 0.0171 $ 0.036 3.6% Central Services 14,141,925 0.0564 0.116 11.6% Public Safety 23,960,661 0.0955 0.197 19.7% Transportation 122,554 0.0005 0.001 0.1% Environmental Protection 10,547,339 0.0420 0.087 8.7% Economic Development 2,685,262 0.0107 0.022 2.2% Human Services 7,848,257 0.0313 0.064 6.4% Culture & Recreation 3,519,497 0.0140 0.029 2.9% Education 54,571,000 0.2175 0.448 44.8% Total $ 121,680,301 0.4850 $ 1.000 100% FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
Key Focus Areas • Employee Retention, Recruitment and Succession Planning: – Scale adjustment 2% – Overall merit budget 1%; Merit range from .25% to 1.35% – Provide Health and Dental insurance option for employee spouses, retained employee & child Health and Dental benefit levels – Public Safety: – 8 additional FTEs for ALS Paramedic for 24/7 to remote communities to improve EMS response times and assist in Opioid Case Management – 3rd and final year commitment to add 20 deputy Patrols; 5 in July 2018 – 2 additional Jailers in Detention Center for shift staffing and rotation schedule – 3 call taker positions in Central Communications for staffing and rotation schedule – Additional Inspections & Permit Operations Analyst and a Fire Inspector – Fire Service Supported by Fire Fees with provisions for emergency assistance for Non-profit VFD’s • Growing County with Changing Demographics: – Increase funding to Brunswick County Schools (7%) per agreement – Increase Brunswick Community College (4.8%) plus $216K for the Foundation Grant – Increase Brunswick Senior resources (15%) for program support in new centers meeting the commitment for 5 district senior centers – Support 2 dredging and 1 major project per year totaling $600K; Assist Boiling Spring Lakes with grant contribution $288,750 – Continued expansion of Technology/Computer software support and increased Cyber Security FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
Fire Fee Supported Fire Departments The goal of the Fire Fees is to fully fund and support the Fire Departments. Fire Service Supported by Fire Fees with provisions for emergency assistance for Non-profit VFD’s Recommend raising fees for 12 Departments: (Range is 10% to 50%) Grissettown Longwood VFD - 50% Town of Ocean Isle Beach Fire Department - 35%; received resolution dated May 18, 2018 Shallotte Point VFD - 35% Town of Sunset Beach Fire Department - 45% Bolivia VFD - 30% Civietown VFD - 35% Tri-Beach VFD - 15% City of Southport Fire Department - 10%; received resolution dated May 10, 2018 Yaupon Beach VFD - merge with City of Southport Sunset Harbor/Zion Hill VFD - 45% Town of Shallotte Fire Department - 10%; received resolution dated May 9, 2018 Waccamaw VFD - 35% Northwest VFD - 25% Total budgets recommended by fire fee committees are: Fire Fees: $16,871,958 Municipal Funding: $ 3,359,936 Other Funding $ 512,909 Total Funding $20,744,803 FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
General Government Debt Service • General Government Debt Service: $13.5 million or 3% decrease • Funded by property and sales tax • General Debt Service 7% of Recommended Expenditures • Debt Service Policy Annual Range is 10-13% of Total Expenditures • Bond Rating AA+ for General Obligation Debt FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
Government Debt Service Budget (in millions) $16.4 $14.9 $14.3 $13.9 $13.8 $13.5 $13.0 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018* FY 2019* * Budgeted Source: Brunswick County Finance FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
General Fund Employees: FTE Summary FY 2018 FY 2019 2018 - 2019 Current General Government 98 101 + 3 Public Safety 397 417 + 20 Central Services 87 92 + 5 Human Services 217.84 220.84 + 3 Environmental Protection 7 7 0 Cultural & Recreation 43 45 + 2 Economic Development 24.94 24.94 0 Total 874.78 907.78 + 33 Source: Brunswick County Finance FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
Employees-Greatest Asset (General Fund) • 2.0% employee market adjustment for employees meeting expectations: General Fund $1,056,300 • Estimated 1% overall merit budget for employees performing at or above satisfactory. Individual merit dependent on overall performance: General Fund $527,100 – Satisfactory Performer – merit range .25% to .60% – High Performer – merit range .65% to 1% – Superior Performer – merit range 1.05% to 1.35% • Health & Dental insurance per employee premium $8,412; Addition of coverage option for employee spouse Health & Dental. Budget increase $2.6 million FY 2018‐19 Recommended Budget
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