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Adopted FY 2015-16 Budget
Expenditures by Result Area
The chart below shows a Result Area comparison
of General Fund expenditures for FY 13-14 Actual
Expenditures, the FY 14-15 Amended Budget, the
FY 15-16 Adopted Budget and the FY 16-17
Projected Budget. The FY 15-16 Adopted Budget
is $4.2 million, or 1.6%, greater than the Amended
FY 14-15 Budget.
Approximately $760,000 in expenditure savings is
achieved through planned service reductions or
efficiency improvements, including the elimination
of 14.3 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions. These
reductions are discussed in greater detail
throughout the document. Additionally, reduced
fuel prices and projections for moderate price
changes during FY 15-16 allow for about $800,000
in budgeted fuel reductions. These savings are
concentrated in the Police and the Field
Operations Departments.
The Public Safety Result Area, which includes
Police, Fire and the General Fund support for the
Metro 911 Fund, shows an increase of about $3.4
million, or about 2.8%. The Adopted Budget
includes six additional firefighter positions to add an
additional position to two ladder companies for each
response shift. Six positions were added during the
FY 14-15 budget year for the same purpose, for a
total increase of twelve positions over two years. An
additional six firefighter positions are projected to be
added in FY 16-17, for a total of eighteen new
positions over three years. The General Fund
transfer to the Metro 911 Fund will increase from
$4.42 million to $4.72 million.
The Infrastructure Result Area, which includes
Field Operations, Transportation, Engineering and
Inspections, Planning, and contributions to Solid
Waste Management and the Coliseum Funds,
holds steady at about $69.7 million. The General
Fund transfer to the Solid Waste Management Fund
is increasing slightly from $1.78 million to $1.81
million. The General Fund transfer to the Coliseum
Fund is increasing from $2.34 million to $2.50
million for a fiscal year that will not include the ACC
Men’s Basketball Tournament.
The Community Services Result Area, which
includes the Library, Neighborhood Development and
Parks and Recreation Departments, increases
slightly from $28.2 million to $28.4 million.
Budget reductions are discussed in greater detail
within the Result Area section of the document, but
include reductions of 3.5 FTE positions in Parks
and Recreation and 1.0 FTE in Libraries.
The General Government Result Area budget
increases from $24.8 million to $25.3 million. The
budget includes $352,000 for the November 2015
municipal election.
The contribution to the Debt Service Fund will
increase from $18.0 million to $18.3 million.
The FY 16-17 Projected Budget is $8.1 million, or
3.1%, higher than the Adopted FY 15-16 Budget.
The contribution to the Debt Service Fund is
projected to increase from $18.3 million in FY 15-16 to
$21.1 million in FY 16-17 to allow for continued
borrowing for capital improvements authorized
through approved voter referenda in 2006, 2008
and 2009. Approximately $100,000,000 of
authorized bonds remain to be sold from the
previous three successful bond referenda. As
currently projected, the General Fund will require
additional revenue equivalent to one cent on the
tax rate to fund these increased debt service costs
in FY 16-17.
GENERAL FUND
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
Result Area
Actual
Budget
Adopted
Projected
Community Services
26,596,254
28,239,361
28,452,828
29,128,057
General Government
24,819,489
24,809,495
25,280,736
25,656,655
Infrastructure
66,166,517
69,810,046
69,744,581
71,120,881
Public Safety
115,661,632
119,513,843
122,892,616
125,689,931
Debt Service
17,515,250
18,043,080
18,272,570
21,145,616
Total
250,759,143
260,415,825
264,643,331
272,741,140
General Fund Expenditures by Result Area