FY 14-15 Adopted Budget

Public Safety - Metro Communications Fund

BUDGET SUMMARY

2012-13

2013-14 Budget

2014-15 Adopted

2015-16 Projected

Actual

Expenditures:

Personnel Costs

5,982,498

6,378,783

6,360,561

6,575,059

Maintenance & Operations

711,511 42,188

756,853 303,850

756,853 235,000

758,201 235,000

Capital Outlay

Total

6,736,197

7,439,486

7,352,414

7,568,260

Total FTE Positions

102.400

102.200

101.800

101.800

Revenues:

Cost Recovery - Guilford Co.

2,007,208

2,031,161

2,276,554

2,456,006

User Charges

13,130 66,137 898,708

13,131 63,503

13,131 60,503 583,032

13,131 60,253 271,331

All Other

Appropriated Fund Balance

1,040,551 3,148,346 4,291,140

Subtotal

2,985,183 4,212,199

2,933,220 4,419,194

2,800,721 4,767,539

General Fund Contribution

Total

7,197,382

7,439,486

7,352,414

7,568,260

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS  The FY 14-15 Adopted Budget is decreasing by $87,072, or 1.17%. 

In response to the Council directive to maintain the current tax rate, Metro Communications submitted reductions totaling $123,811 to their budget request. Reductions include reclassification of a position, return to unpaid lunch hours, and elimination of paid travel time for training.  A partial FTE, 0.4, is transferred to the Emergency Telephone System Fund based on expenditures applicable for reimbursement from the NC 911 Board.  Guilford Metro’s appropriated fund balance will be greatly decreased over the next two fiscal years. For FY 14- 15, $583,032 in fund balance is appropriated, a decrease of $457,519, or 43.97%, from FY 13-14. A similar decrease is projected for FY 15-16.  In FY 11-12 in accordance with the requirements of NCGS 62A pertaining to required financial reporting to the State Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Board for Emergency Telephone Service funding, the former Guilford Metro Fund has been split into two separate funds, a Special Revenue Fund titled the “Emergency Telephone System Fund” and the “Guilford Metro Communications Fund”, per guidance from the N.C. Local Government Commission. The City, per the financial reporting requirements, established the “Guilford Metro Communications Fund” and now reports all emergency communications revenues, expenditures and fund balance in the “Guilford Metro Communications Fund.”  Renovations were started establishing new administrative offices, a new training area, and a dedicated public access area that will better conform to federal standards. An enhancement of $150,000 for FY 14-15 is included for parking lot improvements and the completion of office renovations.  According to the consolidation agreement, Guilford County pays a percentage of the cost of the consolidated department, net user charges and appropriated fund balance, based on the percentage of County calls dispatched. For FY 14-15, Guilford County’s share is 34%, or $2,276,554. This is slightly higher than 32%, or $2,040,761, in FY 13-14.

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