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Adopted FY 2016-17 Budget
Expenditures by Result Area
The chart below shows a Result Area comparison
of General Fund expenditures for FY 14-15 Actual
Expenditures, the FY 15-16 Amended Budget, the
FY 16-17 Adopted Budget and the FY 17-18
Projected Budget. The FY 16-17 Adopted Budget
is $8.8 million, or 3.3%, greater than the Amended
FY 15-16 Budget.
The Public Safety Result Area, which includes
Police, Fire and the General Fund support for the
Guilford Metro 911 Fund, is the largest result area in
the General Fund. The total Result Area
Recommended Budget is $126.0 million, which is
about 46% of the total General Fund. The Adopted
Budget shows an increase of about $3.1 million, or
about 2.6%. The Adopted Budget includes six (6)
additional firefighter positions to add an additional
position to two ladder companies for each response
shift. These six (6) are combined with twelve (12)
other firefighter positions that have been added
since FY 14-15 for a total of eighteen (18) new
positions over three years.
The Adopted Budget includes funding for the
replacement and upgrade of the Police
Department’s body worn camera technology, totaling
$625,000 annually. The General Fund transfer to
the Metro 911 Fund will increase from $4.72 million
to $4.90 million.
The Infrastructure Result Area, which includes
Field Operations, Transportation, Engineering and
Inspections, Planning, and contributions to Solid
Waste Management and the Coliseum Funds, is
the second largest result area at $71.7 million.
The Adopted Budget increases by $2.0 million, or
2.8%. The General Fund transfer to the Solid
Waste Management Fund is increasing slightly from
$1.81 million to $1.90 million. The General Fund
transfer to the Coliseum Fund is increasing from
$2.50 million to $2.70 million.
The Community Services Result Area, which
includes the Library, Neighborhood Development and
Parks and Recreation Departments, increases from
$28.5 million to $29.3 million. City support for the
maintenance and operation of Center City Park/
LeBauer Park increases from $200,000 to
$350,000 with LeBauer Park expected to open in
FY 16-17.
The General Government Result Area budget
decreases slightly from $27.4 million to $27.3
million. The budget includes one-time use of
capital reserve funding of $1.1 million to replace
the MMOB roof and skylight. During the current
year, the General Fund budget was amended to
include transfers to the General Capital Projects
Fund for Heritage House ($1.2 million) and the
Police Headquarters Building ($775,000).
The contribution to the Debt Service Fund will
increase from $18.3 million to $21.2 million. This
increase is necessary to support principal and
interest payments related to further borrowing of
funds approved by the voters in 2006, 2008 and
2009.
The FY 17-18 Projected Budget is $6.0 million, or
2.2%, higher than the Adopted FY 16-17 Budget.
The contribution to the Debt Service Fund is
projected to increase slightly from $21.2 million in FY
16-17 to $21.5 million in FY 17-18.
GENERAL FUND
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
Result Area
Actual
Budget
Adopted
Projected
Community Services
27,854,867
28,451,028
29,304,379
29,657,717
General Government
25,142,562
27,408,970
27,299,865
27,610,232
Infrastructure
65,909,327
69,708,079
71,696,390
73,600,612
Public Safety
119,276,471
122,883,116
126,021,696
129,254,373
Debt Service
18,043,080
18,272,570
21,238,110
21,454,370
Total
256,226,306
266,723,763
275,560,440
281,577,304
General Fund Expenditures by Result Area