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LEE COUNTY

LEE COUNTY. SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP August 31, 2010. Overarching Issues. Three-year balanced budget timeframe Timing of cuts and/or millage rate adjustments General Fund focus Mandated vs. Discretionary/Historical ( these are options only ) Sep. 2 and Sep. 7

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LEE COUNTY

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  1. LEE COUNTY SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP August 31, 2010

  2. Overarching Issues • Three-year balanced budget timeframe • Timing of cuts and/or millage rate adjustments • General Fund focus • Mandated vs. Discretionary/Historical (these are options only) • Sep. 2 and Sep. 7 • Under all scenarios, some use of reserves will be required • Service levels have to be addressed • The dialogue has to be framed in: • Programs/Service Levels vs. % (percentages) • Caveat – these are projections • Economy/Real Estate – still volatile • Return of unspent funds (recapture)

  3. Reserves/Deficits • Focus cannot be on one to the exclusion of the other • There is short-term coverage of deficits with reserves • …and it provided local tax relief • HOWEVER, Ignoring structural deficits impacts credit-worthiness and future flexibility • Reserves (projected at 9-30-10) • General Fund ($142 million) • Unincorporated ($87 million) • Library ($37 million) • Structural deficits • General Fund ($70 million) • Unincorporated ($4 million) • Library ($11 million) • General Fund is most problematic • Numerous competing entities and types of services • All options require some use of reserves • 3-year horizon

  4. BoCC Operating 45% Mill Rate: Fully Funded 2.1410 Current 1.6318 Constitutionals & Courts 55% Mill Rate: 2.6488 2.0188

  5. REDUCED BUDGET SUMMARY • Courts & Constitutionals (operating) – General Fund • 07-08 $239 million • 08-09 $239 million • 09-10 $231 million • 10-11 $224 million • $15 million REDUCTION (07-08) TO 10-11 • BoCC Funding AND Operational Oversight • BoCC (operating) • 07-08 $457 million • 08-09 $443 million • 09-10 $421 million • 10-11 $409 million • Additional proposed $397 million • $60 million REDUCTION (07-08) TO 10-11 • General Fund Only • 07-08 $413 million • 08-09 $401 million • 09-10 $405 million • 10-11 $383 million • $30 million REDUCTION (07-08) TO 10-11

  6. RECOMMENDATION • Accept all reductions proposed at the June 28 workshop, including increased insurance premiums and a 4% pay cut through furloughs. • Incorporate $3.5 million of reductions that have been made since June 28 (including $573,398 in the General Fund). • Review and accept the additional $3.64 million of tier reductions (out of $16 million of options) in the General Fund that we are recommending today – • Public Safety (EMS) – $1,457,574 • Transit – $782,226 (tier reductions) and $1,401,374 (subsidy reduction) • Reduce the budgets of Constitutionals and Court-related agencies by their respective payroll equivalents of the pay cut percentage the BoCC departments ultimately take (some already have offered these equivalents).

  7. General Fund

  8. General Fund

  9. Board Reductions All Funds • Current FTEs – 2,445 (Holding 39 at $1) • 10-11 Proposed – 2,484 (Deleted 56) • 09-10 Budget – 2,540 (Deleted 93) • 08-09 Budget – 2,633 (Deleted 197) • 07-08 Budget – 2,830 (Deleted 28) • 06-07 Budget – 2,858 • 413 deleted positions (5 years). • Current 2,445 employees about the same as in 2004-05 (2,424).

  10. Major Cutbacks County-Wide • Staff reduction – 413 positions • Minimal service level impacts • Increased cross-training and job responsibilities • Reorganization • No pay adjustments for three years: • FY 08-09 • FY 09-10 • FY 10-11 • Cost of Living (CPI) increased 4.6% during this period (June 2007– 208.352; to June 2010 – 217.965)

  11. Major Cutbacks – cont. • Increase in employee-paid costs • 2011 health insurance – $180 (minimum) to $420 (maximum) • Parking – $60 (min.) to $180 (max.) • Overtime – down $1.5 million since 07-08 • Energy – down $4.4 million since 07-08 • Fleet – down $4.5 million since 07-08 • 1,784 vehicles (07-08) to 1,658 today • Leased space costs – reduction of $765,000 annually • Further reduction of $525,000 planned for 11-12 • Computers – contract reduction of $9 million over five years

  12. Smaller Cutbacks • Janitorial for downtown campus – $500,000 • Janitorial public safety building – $56,000 • Security guards • Established small equipment inventory exchange

  13. General Fund

  14. Public SafetyTier Reduction Options • Budget year-to-year • 08-09 $45.0 million • 09-10 $39.9 million (↓11.3%) • 10-11 $38.2 million (↓4.3%) • Recommended: • Union Bargain two 24-hr. shifts to 12 hr. and close two BLS transfer facilities • Reduce open positions • $1.5 million reduction (union impact bargain) • Future Issues: • Bonita Springs Fire and EMS • Scheduled discussion at 9-13-10 M&P • ($1.4 million cost reduction; or $341,000, net of revenues) • Implementation would be FY 2012-2013 • Inter-facility transport? ($1.7 million)

  15. Human Services $ 21.4 million $ 17.2 million

  16. Human ServicesTier Reduction Options • Budget year-to-year • 08-09 $20.5 million • 09-10 $20.6 million • 10-11 $21.4 million (↑3.9%) • ↑ primarily due to Medicaid mandate • Discretionary • Partnering for Results – $4.1 million • Reviewing “Activities for Youth” funding ($1 million; after school and summer programs) for overlap with Parks & Recreation offerings • Mental Health – $2.8 million • Substance Abuse – $1.7 million

  17. FacilitiesTier Reduction Options • None proposed • Budget year-to-year • 08-09 $15.7 million • 09-10 $14.5 million (↓7.6%) • 10-11 $13.2 million (↓8.8%) • $130,000 additional cuts since June 28 • Square footage • BoCC occupied, 1.1 million s.f. • Others, 2.9 million s.f. • TOTAL, 4 million square feet

  18. TRANSITTier Reduction Options • Subsidy year-to-year • 08-09 $12.3 million • 09-10 $12.3 million • 10-11 $10.9 million (↓11.4%) • Tier 1 ($244,898) • Primarily reductions in hours of service and frequency of pickups • Tier 2 ($537,328) • Additional reductions in hours and frequency • Eliminate Sunday service Rt. 90 (low ridership) • Tier 3 ($902,061) • Eliminate routes • Including • 160 – Pine Island • 80 – Metro Parkway

  19. Notes: • $1M Reimbursed by TDC for Beaches, Boat Ramps, and Shorelines • Total General Fund Revenue - $2 M • Tourism Impact

  20. Tier Reduction Options • Budget year-to-year • 08-09 $14.1 million • 09-10 $11.5 million (↓18.4%) • 10-11 $11.5 million (no change) • Extension Services:  100% County Funded Programs: • $150,000 (Sustainability, FYN, 4-H) • Administration/County Wide Support Services: • $150,000 (Park Rangers, Heavy Equipment, Safety & Education) • Sanibel Agreement Renegotiation possible savings: • $100,000 • Renegotiation – City of Bonita Springs Parking Decal MOU: • Increase revenue by $50,000 to $100,000

  21. Future Issues • Continued adjustments to health plan • Analysis of claims utilization by participating organizations • Separate millage rate for Sheriff/Constitutionals? • EMS in Bonita Springs • Continued sustainability initiatives (energy savings) • Overlap of Youth Programs funding • Human Services vs. Parks & Recreation • Sanibel agreement • Constitutionals support

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