2012 Budget Listening Sessions

Chris AbeleMilwaukee County

Executive

2012 Budget

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August 24 & 25

Agenda

• County Overview

• County Budget Overview

• Fiscal Challenges

• 2012 Budget Strategy

• 2012 Budget Calendar

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County Overview

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Mandated Services*Behavioral Health Law Enforcement

Veterans’ Services Circuit Courts

Child Support Enforcement Criminal Prosecution

Juvenile Justice Highway Safety Commission

Developmental Disabilities Services BadgerCare

Section Eight Housing & HOME Programs Juvenile Placement

* Examples of Major Programs Listed, Not All-Inclusive

County Overview

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Discretionary Services*Parks & Park Security Transit

Cultural Institutions UW-Extension

Aging Zoo

Alcohol & Drug Treatment County Trunk Highways

Economic Development Nursing Homes

Interim Disability Assistance Program EMS Support

Supportive Housing Rehab Centers

* Examples of Major Programs Listed, Not All-Inclusive

The County Budget

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2011 Revenues by Source

The County Budget

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2011 Tax Levy by Major Function

Fiscal Challenges

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The County’s Structural DeficitProjected Structural Deficit – 2011 Adopted County Budget (in millions)

Source: Milwaukee County 5-Year Fiscal Projection (Municast) includingState Budget cuts

Fiscal Challenges

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Health, Pension/Etc. TrendsTotal Active & Retiree Fringe Benefit Costs per Budgeted FTE, 2000-2011

Fiscal Challenges

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Debt Service

Annual Gross Debt Service

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State Budget Cuts

ITEM 2012 IMPACT

State Shared Revenue $8,316,885

Transit/Paratransit Funding $5,408,300

Child Support Funding $3,664,779

Juvenile Corrections $3,550,092

Income Maintenance Program $4,900,000

Courts Programs/Victim Witness Asst. $1,230,911

Mental Health/Alcohol & Drug Treat. $1,217,123

General Transportation Aids $427,901

TOTAL $28,715,991

Fiscal Challenges

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2012 Budget Gap - $55 Million

ITEM 2012 IMPACT

State Budget Cuts $28,700,000

Debt Service Increase $8,700,000

Prior Year Surplus $4,100,000

Sheriff, DA, Courts, Etc. Req. Tax Incr. $3,700,000

Behavioral Health Division Deficit $3,500,000

Reduced Sales Tax Collections $2,500,000

Misc. Revenue Reductions $3,800,000

TOTAL $55,000,000

Fiscal Challenges

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Child Support Cut

The State’s Cut Will Cost Milwaukee County Children over $18 Million

$18.3 million in lost collections

$95.2 Million

Fiscal Challenges

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Transit CutBudgeted Passenger Rides, 2011 vs. 2012 Request

(In Millions)

The State’s $5.4 Million Cut Could Result in a Reduction of 4 Million Rides

Fiscal Challenges

2012 Budget

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2012 Budget Gap - $55 million

“…A main premise of the new state budget paradigm – that reductions in wages and benefits realized via the budget repair bill would allow local government leaders to offset the loss of state aids – almost certainly will not pan out for Milwaukee County in 2012.”

-Public Policy Forum, “2012 Milwaukee County Budget Preview”

2012 Budget Strategy

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Guiding Principles:

• Long-term Sustainable Service Delivery

• Data-based Decision-making

• Is it Mandated?

• Is it a Priority?

• Should Property Tax Payers Fund This?

• Do Others Provide this Service More Efficiently?

• Do Citizens Rely on the County to do This?

• Are there Best Practices We Can Adopt?

2012 Budget Strategy

2012 Budget

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Key Focus Areas:

• Programs for Those Most in Need

• Efficiency

• Long-Term Cost Reduction & Avoidance

• Sustainable Budgeting

• Shared Services

• Non-Mandated Programs

2012 Budget Calendar

2012 Budget

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August 24 & 25

Key Dates:

• September 29: Recommended Budget Presentation

• October 7 – November 4: County Board Finance & Audit Committee Budget Hearings

• October 31: County Board Public Hearing

• November 7: County Board Budget Adoption Day