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May 20, 2009 (Recessed Meeting) <br />Cabarrus Health Alliance <br />4,019,488 9,028,961 9,028,961 <br />Commissioner Mynatt left the meeting at 5:57 p.m. <br />Sheriff's Department <br />Page 1399 <br />Sheriff Bard Riley, Chief Deputy Paul Hunt, Captain Phil Patterson and <br />Captain Teresa Small were present to discuss the FY 2010 budget for the <br />Sheriff's Department. Primarily, Sheriff Riley addressed personnel requests <br />noting that of the 21 positions requested, only 8 were recommended by the <br />County Manager for funding. He stated the proposed allocation is survivable <br />and that the Sheriff's Department is participating in a staffing analysis <br />requested by the Board; however, it is not complete at this time. He also <br />responded to a variety of questions from the Board. The FY 10 proposed <br />personal changes for the Sheriff's Department are as follows: <br />New Personnel Changes <br />Proposed FY 2010 <br /> Total Total Quantity Addition <br />Shexif f's Department Grade Quantity <br />Requested Annual with MGR to <br />Proposed <br /> Salary B enefits Approved Budget <br />Deputy Sheriff - Civil 65 2 65,263 90,522 1 95,261 <br />Civilian Telecommunicator 64 6 186,509 260,948 2 66,816 <br />Criminal Investigator 69 2 79,376 107,915 0 - <br />Deputy Sheriff - Patrol 65 6 195,792 271,565 2 90,522 <br />Deputy Sheriff - Harrisburg 65 2 65,263 90,522 2 95,261 <br />Records Clerk 69 1 31,089 93,908 0 - <br />Training Division Secretary 62 1 28,198 39,953 0 - <br />Training Division Sergeant 69 1 39,668 53,708 1 53,708 <br />Department Total 21 691,168 957,591 8 321,566 <br />Department o£ Social Services (DSS) <br />Roy Young, Interim Director of th e Department of Soci al Service s, Sandy <br />Russell, Assistant DSS Director and Trish Baker, Director of Economic <br />Services were present to discu ss the FY 2010 budget. <br />Mr. Young presented the following information: <br />FY 10 proposed Budget includes $ 11.2 m illion in Cou nty funding whi ch is 378 of the total budget. <br />Actual <br />Total <br />Budget <br />Total <br />Revenue <br />County $$ <br />5 Cty $$ <br />cv Anna <br />Amended Proposed <br />Fv ~nn4 Fv zmn <br />32,309,153 .00 35,158,913. 00 30,596,246. 00 <br />18,806,982 .18 20,090,639. 00 19,380,992. 00 <br />13,997,670 .82 15,068,279. 00 11,215,259. 00 <br />41 .7tl5 4L.bbg Sb.bb~ <br />Percent Pereent of <br />Total Cty <br />Change Budget <br />-12.985 15.285 <br />Economic Conditions <br />While many economists are predicting an upswing in the economy in <br />2010, all acknowledge that employment is the last area to reflect <br />an improved economy and unemployment levels will remain high well <br />into 2010. <br />• We expect to continue to see a demand for our financial <br />assistance programs (Medicaid, Food Stamps, Crisis assistance) in <br />the coming year. <br />• We also expect to see continued increase in service <br />requests related to the poor economic conditions including <br />o Increase in child support actions as more custodial parents <br />actively pursue child support and parents under child support <br />order request adjustments due to unemployment or reduced work <br />hours. <br />o As production and other higher pay jobs evaporate, lower <br />paying service jobs remain available. Requests for day care <br />assistance remain high as the service jobs frequently do not paid <br />enough to cover the cost of day care. <br />o Child Protective Service complaints and investigations are <br />projected to remain high as these numbers tend to increase during <br />stressful economic times. <br />Ravann a.c <br />