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May 19, 2009 (Recessed Meeting)
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<br />The county staff and I look forward to assisting the Board in its
<br />deliberations and helping it prepare the county for a better
<br />future.
<br />Respectfully submitted,
<br />John Day
<br />County Manager
<br />Commissioner Privette arrived at 3:99 p.m. and was present for the
<br />remainder of the meeting.
<br />Throughout the presentation, Mr. Day responded to questions from the
<br />Board.
<br />Mr. Day stated that proposed Five Year Financial Plans A and B as
<br />presented on pages 66 and 67 of the budget manual both assume that the County
<br />will take the cash that is available in the Average Daily Membership (ADM)
<br />fund and the Adequate Public Facility Ordinance (APFO) fund, plus lottery
<br />proceeds and using those funds to defray the amount of debt incurred.
<br />Chairman White asked staff to comment on the morale of employees. Mike
<br />Downs, Deputy County Manager, stated that morale amongst County employees is
<br />very good and employees who have been moved to other departments are
<br />appreciative for the opportunity to remain an employee. Pam Dubois, Deputy
<br />County Manager, commented that during budget workshops, departments were very
<br />willing to give up what they could to help the greater good and she received
<br />a lot of cooperation from staff during those meetings.
<br />Budget Summary
<br />Kalesha Kennedy reviewed revenues by all funds on page 46 of the budget
<br />manual as follows: the County will maintain a 63 cents per $100.00 valuation
<br />tax rate for the 2010 proposed budget; the 2010 proposed budget totals $200.3
<br />million, which represents a decrease of $10.2 million compared to the current
<br />amended budget; the General Eund budget is budgeted at $194.5 million, which
<br />is a $9.6 million decrease compared to the 2009 amended budget; a $6 million
<br />revenue adjustment was instituted in February as a direct result of current
<br />market conditions; Register of Deeds fees have declined 59 percent as
<br />compared to the same time in 2008; Building Inspection fees have decreased by
<br />35 percent from the same point in time last year; the projections of revenues
<br />for 2010 is based on a flat property tax growth, a decline in tax growth as a
<br />result of Medicaid reform, and includes a two percent decline in market
<br />conditions; Register of Deeds, Building Inspections, and the investment of
<br />income have been reduced due to declining interest rates; etc. She also
<br />stated the Ad Valorem (Property) taxes make up 65.81 percent of the County's
<br />revenue sources; and the second largest revenue source is other taxes at
<br />14.24 percent, which is made up primarily of sales taxes.
<br />Ms. Kennedy continued to review the budget summary on page 39 of the
<br />budget manual, noting the following: one cent on the tax base equals
<br />$2,062,578.00; the total taxable property value is approximately $20.9
<br />billion, which includes an increase of .25 percent due to real property
<br />market value increases, appeals, and the pending closure of Philip Morris;
<br />the property tax value also includes $1.9 billion in Motor Vehicles, with the
<br />remainder being real, personal, and public service property.
<br />Ms. Kennedy also reviewed a summary of expenditures by service area on
<br />page 93 of the budget manual, summarizing the following funds: General
<br />Government ($19,079,064.00); Cultural and Recreational ($5,788,033.00);
<br />Public Safety ($26,777,751.00); Economic and Physical Development
<br />($3,997,034.00); Human Services ($40,306,859.00); Environmental Protection
<br />($3,493,639.00); Education/School Debt ($82,572,263.00); Other Programs
<br />($10,282,930.00); and Other Debt Service ($8,975,819.00). In addition, she
<br />responded to questions from the Board.
<br />Ms. Kennedy then reviewed proposed new personnel changes as listed on
<br />page 59 of the budget manual, which shows the number of positions requested.
<br />She reported 27 positions were requested and of those, 11 were funded. The
<br />changes were reviewed as follows:
<br />New Personnel Changes
<br />Proposed FY 2010
<br /> Total Total Quantity Addition
<br />Department/Position Grade Quantity Annual with MGR to
<br /> Requested Salary Benefits Approved Proposed
<br /> Budget
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