HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 05-18-1993 - X-A q 1993-94 Budget Highlights
General Fund Budget $60,577,088
- Additional Debt Service totaling $2. 1 million, or the
equivalent of just under 5 cents on the property tax rate,
for first installment of the $52 million Education Bonds
- Increase in Current Expense Appropriation from $15.7
million to $16.8 million, a $1 . 1 million increase, or 7.2
percent.
- 2% COLA for County Employees and Revised Merit Plan
1993-94 Budget Highlights
- 17 new permanent full time positions, many funded
through reallocation of other funds or revenues
generated
- Establishes General Fund Property Tax Rate at 83.0 cent
Revaluation
Current Tax Rate = 84.25 cents
Adjusted Tax Rate
After Revaluation = 74.25 cents
Recommended Tax Rate = 83.00 cents
*per $100 assessed valuation
1991 -92 Percent of Current Levy Collected
State Average 96.60 %
Grange County 98.03 %
Surrounding Counties
Alamance 97.74 %
Durham 97.09 %
Chatham 96.63 %
Wake 98.08 %
Caswell 92.63 %
Person 98.23 %
Property Tax Revenues
MIIIIon3 of Dollars
$ 40
$33.59 M
$37.35 M
$ 30
$ 20
$ 10
$ 0
Property Tax
® 1992-93 Original 1993-94 Recommandad
Ma *jor General Fund Revenues
Millions of Dollars
10 $0.1
$8.32 58.87
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$7.79
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IIH 2.97
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Solos Tax lntargovi'1 Charges
® 1992-93 Original 1993-94 Recommended
Intangibles Tax
Millions of Dollars
$ 2.5
$ 2
$ 1 .5
$ 1
$ 0.5
$ 0
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—4— Rec'd by Orange Co
0 91-92 includes a one—time negative
adjustment made- by the State
Budget Increases Address
Needs of Children and
Safet y of our Citizens
Public Safety S .40 M
Children Services
$ .50M
School Capital $ .60 M
Education $1 .10 M
School Debt S2.0 M
Selected Increases by Major Functions
Education
- $16,840,460 current Expense Appropriation, which
provides $1 . 1 million in new funding
Chapel Hill-Carrboro city Schools $ 9,599,940
Orange County Schools $ 7,240,520
Allocation to each system based on projected student
population:
Chapel H it l-Carrboro City Schools 57 %
Change County Schools 43 %
State Is Projecting 67 More Children
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In the Schools Next Year
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Average Daily Membership
® ,1992-93 1993-94
Per pupil increase from $1 ,310 per student to $1 ,330
per student
Recurring capital funding from property tax is
recommended at $750,000 for each system
Additional funds totaling $88,656 in sales tax
revenue recommended to address additional
recurring capital needs
If Rate of Growth Experienced Over
Last 10 Years Continued , current Expense
Would Equal $ 31 . 6 Million in Year 2000
Millions of Dollars
$ 35
$ 30 .
$ 25
$ 20
$ 15
$ 10
$ 5
$ 0
82 . 92 00
"' Current Expense
To meet the growing needs of children this budget includes:
- 3 new Child Support Enforcement Officers
- 1 Child Protective Services Worker
To meet public safety needs this budget includes:
- 4 Deputy Sheriff positions to ensure the safety in
the jail and to meet workload demands
- 3 Call takers for 911 Center to handle increased
call volume
- 1 Assistant Fire Marshal for fire safety inspections
of public and private facilities
- 6 time-limited positions in the Solid Waste
Division to staff new convenient centers
Planning
To help achieve many of the goals of the BOCC, one
new Planner position is recommended
Register of Deeds
To keep pace with growing number of real property
transactions one Register of Deeds Deputy 1 position is
recommended - the cost of this position will be offset by
revenue generated from fees
Mer *lt Pay
Salary Increase
Previous 1992-93 1993- 94
Performance Rating Plan Approved Proposed
Unsatisfactory
Needs Improvement --�'
Ef f ective 2.5% 1 .25% 2.5%
Effective 5% 2.5% 2.5%/$400
Highly bonus
Outstanding
Achievement 5%/2.5% 3.75% 3.75%/$800
bonus bonus
Best Fitting of Resources
- Reallocation to Higher Priorities
- Self Funded Service Enhancements
- Discontinuation of Lower-Priority Services
- Cost Effective Achievement of Objectives
through Restructure of Service
Best Fitting of Resources
Reallocation to Higher Priorities
- Increased availability of ambulances for emergency
response by discontinuing non-medically necessary
transports and out-of-county convalescent transports
Self-Funded Service Enhancements
- Creation of rural CAT routes with fare revenue and
$85,000 of available federal funding
Discontinuation of Lower-Priority Services
- $18,000 annual savings from elimination of
township tax listers
Cost Effective Achievement of Objectives Through
Restructure of Service
- Significant reduction in solid waste
landfilled by replacing system of unattended
greenboxes with staffed solid waste
collection sites - funded by savings in
tipping fees, fuel, and maintenance
Conclusions
Board goal to increase citizen input into planning
County programs/services
Questions to be answered:
What services are highest priorities?
For which should funding be emphasized or de-
emphasized?
What revenue sources should be used?
Best-fitting is dependent on preferences and expectations
of customers