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2008 Budget Book - Kitsap County Government

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The General Fund Programs comprise only 28% of the all authorized annual expenditures by<br />

<strong>Kitsap</strong> <strong>County</strong>. Over a ten year period 1996-2005, actual expenditures in the General Fund<br />

have increased $37 million. $26.9 million (72.9%) of the increase has gone to the Law and<br />

Justice Program, $7.1 million (19.2%) to the Community Service Program, $4.3 million (11.7%)<br />

General <strong>Government</strong> Program and the Health and Human Services Program has declined $1.3<br />

million or (-3.7%). This decline is due largely to the shift of Health and Human Services away<br />

from the General Fund and into the special revenue funds which specify how they can be spent.<br />

General Fund Programs ($87,617,666)<br />

General<br />

<strong>Government</strong><br />

$18,497,797<br />

21%<br />

Community Scvs.<br />

$5,737,867<br />

7%<br />

Health & Human<br />

Scvs<br />

$1,953,136<br />

2%<br />

Law & Justice<br />

$61,428,866<br />

70%<br />

<strong>Kitsap</strong> <strong>County</strong> Sources of Revenues<br />

The charts on the following page show revenue sources for all funds and then a subset of those<br />

revenues specifically for the General Fund, the county's single largest fund. There is, in some<br />

cases, a cause-and-effect relationship between these two charts. For instance, if we obtain less<br />

mental health services funding (both federal and state funded programs found outside of the General<br />

Fund), there is an increase in our jail costs (a General Fund expense).<br />

All fund revenues: When we look at the sources of revenues for all funds, the single largest source<br />

is intergovernmental revenue. This shows us that many county services are in the arena where we<br />

act as an agent for the state or federal government. Therefore, these services are more vulnerable<br />

to political forces outside of county control. This is particularly true of our human services program<br />

which includes the Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Aging programs. We also show a<br />

large amount of charges for services and that relates to the <strong>County</strong>'s enterprise (wastewater,<br />

stormwater, and solid waste) programs. Property taxes are used in the area of revenues for the<br />

General and Road Funds.<br />

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