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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 06-13-1978 ORANGE COUNTY 197879 U Budget Highlights June 13, 1978 t Budget for fiscal year 1978-79 recommended by the County Manager, A: She Orange County at existing service levels. The proposes a continuationlof current operations generally has made prior primary areas of expansion are, first, those areas for which the County communications articular y in tax collections, animal protection, emergency will re- commitments, p Social and agency support for uman services and, second, County ceive a major portion o the funding from while providing improved services Services and Child Supp rt Enforcement. The first group, also has a considerable impact on reducing costs for the County's municipalitie, County-wide, PERSONNEL O e is an equiv lent of six full- ed to the dget. These are Z l/Z 1 her ort Enforcement, 2 half-year positions in Emrngeenc in Social Services, any half in C i1d Supp funded through a Federal progra Communications and one clerical employee in the Recre rentlyepunded t. u addition, the original Budget re ommendatiAn, fig► as t as� ians. {C T have been reco ended for conversion to f - my --o--• For all County em loyees there is a proposed cost icefIndexr,gthecprimaryfindex used for less than the 19x7 increase (6.8%) in the Consumer true in Orange County, determining cost of living. The change in that indeionalcratesuholdl }true i has exceeded dete 9 This means that if these nat an annual rate of 10%. power of their salaries eves employees will actually have a decrease i e effective buying p with the 6% increase. PROGRAM EXPENDIIURES ro ram expenditures, the raCharty#1 The General Fund Budget includes 31 ,261 853 n p g $8,478,400) in the human services area, paicularly or schools x$4,617,540) • and Table # 1 show the categories of program CAPITAL EXPENDITURES �. _e. 950 000 or capital building and renavat�on of the Old ;ady The Budget inelu es , Brown School and the ail . 1 ,535,000 of the total is carried from debt�prev previously incurr� Additionally $775,00 is included for debt service that is to repay plus interest. These items are included in the transfers of Chart # l and fable # 1 since they will be transfe red to other funds for expenditure. (/ RESQ� f1R es. Fc The resources n�eessary to fund this BudiitemsetransferreditoitheaCountyngFrom Ott the first time, intergovernmental revenues, those These include Social Services revenues, governments, have de lined in actual dollars. Intangibles Tax, ABC revenues, and other Sand Federal Governmentscfor andatingeprograms ei clining while requirements from the State and increasing at the sa time dema ds from the citizens of Orange fo a�itianal ser continue to increase. �W ``�""' 'r°`p �"�` its The primary so rce of revenue that the CouyAtherta�reastcan only own maderup�from sth property tax. Consequently declining revenues source. The County is limited by State laws as to what kinds of revenue it has available fizp P-1 '4511-C A.41 Chap 4 I + 0 q � k � \ � o � $ o � | _ o 76 So AC k� � � PERCENT OF TOTAL BUDGET By CATEGORY 0F 'EXPENDITURE FY1978 - 1979 , . � ORANGE COUNTY GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS Estimated Recommended % of Increase 77-78 78-79 Total Bud et 77-78 to 78-79 282,527 306,301 muni-ty--Nla-i-r�ter�ance 7� ti 5� eral Administration 994,5171 946,576 pan Services 2,561 ,325 18% 5% 2,433,121 26% ocial Services 472,000 3% lealth 375,858 12% 228,648 255,994 2% tecreation 4,045,140 28% IN ;chonls - Current Expense 3,602,365 14% 540,000 572,400 4% Schools - Capital outlay 492,061 571,541 4% 16% )then �% 38% 713,394 987,167 31ic Safety 4% 12% 485,823 543,409 blic Works 20% 341% 627,153 2,765,000 ansfers 1% 224,944 ntingencies 10,775,467 14,251 ,797 100% tal F1 )te: General Administration is reduced by transferring fringe benefit terns to departmental budgets to more accurately reflect the operating cost of '"Cable # 1 'Chart # 2 5 aj OV. 'RNM�NTAL����� . A8C SYSTEM _3 ova ��S_ TAXES- PROPERTY-49% ���"Afi1S16��S Tp,?{^ 2% � a � a\ k3 f :PERCENT OF TOTAL BUDGET By CATEGORY OF REVENUES FY 1978-1979 1 1 ' ORANGE COUNTY GENERAL FUND RESOURCES of 77-78 78-79 Total Budget Taxes p Q erty 52869,200 6,930,400 49% Sales 1 ,187,110 License & Permits 83,000 88,000 1% Social Service Revenues 1 ,739,879 1 ,866,360 13% Intangible Tax 314,233 286,000 2% ABC System 390,000 400,000 3% Other Intergovernmental Revenues 362,709 362,637 2.5% Charges for Services 209,700 230,100 1% Interest on Investments 230,000 180,000 1% Other Revenues 147,433 106,400 1% Transfers: Utility Fund 50,000 13 ,400 1% evaluation Fund 233,500 0% R venue Sharing 480,000 362,000 2.5% FunO alance 1 ,773,849 2,000,000 14% Total12,837,113 14,251 ,797 100% ti ti Table # 2 Chart # 3 f- 3 i i� l acaL1 GQ RAl 1973 }, 1974 1975- 1976 1977 1978 r CUMULATIVE INCREASE IN uONSUMER PRICE INDEX CIS *,%I OxAA IT A'7"II rr- tstAf-.■—w r►■— s.■ .... .. ■r .�� .}'