FY 14-15 Adopted Budget

GENERAL GOVERNMENT RESULT AREA SUMMARY

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS  The FY 14-15 General Government Result Area Adopted Budget is increasing by approximately $1.45 million, or 3.4%.  The General Government Result Area now includes Communications and the Contact Center, assigned to the Executive Department. These divisions were previously assigned to Public Affairs.  The General Government Result Area shows a slight decrease overall in FTE positions. Human Resources eliminated 1 FTE, Finance and Administrative Services allocated a portion of three positions (totaling about 0.5 FTE) among various funds receiving services from the Finance Department, including the Debt Service Fund and the Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax Fund.  The FY 14-15 Economic Development and Business Support Adopted Budget is decreasing by $224,873, or 16.6% largely due to the cyclical timing of Economic Development Incentive reimbursements.  The Information Technology (IT) Department Adopted Budget is decreasing by $186,220, or 2.9%.  IT reductions include changes to hardware standards allowing IT more authority over leased hardware decisions for an estimated savings of $50,000 in FY 14-15 and the implementation of an internet connection policy limiting the number of devices connected to the internet for an estimated annual cost savings of $60,000.  The Legislative Department Adopted Budget is decreasing by approximately $350,637, or 34.0% because there are no scheduled municipal elections or referenda in FY 14-15.  The combined costs for the General and Employee Risk Retention Funds (formerly known as the Insurance Funds) are increasing by approximately $2.6 million, or 5.7%.  Two alternative fuel compressed natural gas vehicles purchased by the Equipment Services Fund will generate an approximate annual savings of $17,600.

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Adopted FY 2014-15 Budget