FY 14-15 Adopted Budget

GENERAL FUND

Inspections, Planning, and contributions to Solid Waste Management and the Coliseum Funds, is decreasing by about $526,000 or 0.8%. The Field Operations Department will assume responsibility for some downtown maintenance activities currently performed by Downtown Greensboro Inc. (DGI). Business Improvement District (BID) tax revenues of $320,000 will provide the necessary funding. Code compliance and Housing functions previously located in the Planning Department are now found in Neighborhood Development, which is located in the Community Services Result Area. The General Fund transfer to the Solid Waste Management Fund is reduced from $2.46 million to $1.78 million, thanks to cost savings realized in that fund. The Community Services Result Area increases from $28.2 million to $29.0 million. The result area budget includes funds to open the McNairy Branch Library ($339,000) and the Griffin Recreation Center ($239,000). The result area also includes the newly created Neighborhood Development Department ($1.5 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. The General Government Result Area decreases from $24.1 million to $23.6 million. The FY 13-14 budget included an increase in unemployment insurance contribution from $155,000 to $617,500, as required by the State of North Carolina. For FY 14-15, this contribution returns to FY 12-13 levels.

Expenditures by Result Area

The chart below shows a result area comparison of General Fund expenditures for FY 12-13 Actual Expenditures, the FY 13-14 Amended Budget, the FY 14-15 Adopted Budget and the FY 15-16 Projected Budget. The FY 14-15 Adopted Budget is $5.9 million, or 2.4 % , greater than the Amended FY 13-14 Budget. The FY 14-15 Adopted Budget includes funding for the McNairy Branch Library, the Griffin Recreation Center and a new east Greensboro Fire engine company. The annualized operating costs of these enhancements total about $1.6 million. In addition, Reedy Fork Fire Station is scheduled to open early in FY 14-15. Some of the personnel costs for this station were previously budgeted in FY 13-14, but the full annualized costs of just over $1 million will be incurred for the first time in FY 14-15. Over $2 million in expenditure savings is achieved through planned service reductions or efficiency improvements, including the elimination of (8.5) full-time equivalent (FTE) positions. These reductions are discussed in greater detail throughout the document. The Public Safety Result Area shows an increase of about $5.7 million. The Adopted Budget includes funding for the opening of Reedy Fork Fire Station and an additional Fire Company to be located in east Greensboro. These two enhancements combined are just over $2 million in annualized cost. The Police Department budget includes about $345,000 for enhancements including replacement of body armor, funding for Fair and Impartial Officer Training and expansion of the Priority Offender program. The Infrastructure Result Area, which includes Field Operations, Transportation, Engineering and

The contribution to the Debt Service Fund will increase from $17.5 million to $18.0 million.

The FY 15-16 Projected Budget is $5.6 million, or 2.1%, higher than the Adopted FY 14-15 Budget.

General Fund Expenditures by Result Area

2012-13

2013-14 Budget

2014-15 Adopted

2015-16 Projected

Result Area

Actual

Community Services

28,439,811

28,205,271

28,982,456

29,624,027

General Government

25,041,367

24,136,879

23,602,323

24,283,961

Infrastructure

65,969,554

69,992,900

69,466,871

70,668,384

Public Safety

113,395,499

113,629,023

119,346,288

122,159,225

Debt Service

17,341,880

17,515,250

18,043,080

18,268,750

Total

250,188,112

253,479,323

259,441,018

265,004,347

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Adopted FY 2014-15 Budget