2011 budget summary - St. Louis County

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe 2011 budget for the General Fund is$227,269,166, a decrease of $3.4 million or1.5%. By department, this budget is distributedas detailed on the table below.PublicWorks14%PublicSafety65%General Fund2011 Budget by FunctionRevenue3%Admin6%Elections2% GeneralGovt.7%HumanServices3%Highlights of the 2011 General Fund budget(compared to the 2010 adjusted budget)include:Salary and WagesThe Salary and Wages category budgetdecreases $1.6 million or 1.3%. Employeesalaries remain frozen in 2011 as they did in2009 and 2010, and some positions arebudgeted to remain vacant during part orall of 2011.Employee BenefitsThe budget for employee fringe benefitsincreases by $1.5 million or 3.2%, driven bya 9.6% increase in the amount budgetedper full‐time employee for health insurance.Purchased ServicesThe purchased services category increases$284,566 or 0.9% due to anticipatedincreases in utility (electric, gas, water)costs for county facilities.($ in thousands)GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENT BUDGET COMPARISON2010AdjustedBudget2011AdoptedBudget$%Department/OfficeChange ChangeCounty Council $ 1,816.5 $ 1,816.0 $ (0.5) ‐0.0%County Municipal Courts 2,124.3 2,046.9 (77.4) ‐3.6%Elections 7,694.2 5,593.3 (2,100.9) ‐27.3%Public Administrator 839.2 822.6 (16.6) ‐2.0%Judicial Administration 23,871.0 23,975.5 104.5 0.4%Prosecuting Attorney 8,476.8 8,439.0 (37.9) ‐0.4%County Executive 2,070.2 1,996.9 (73.2) ‐3.5%County Counselor 2,756.3 2,743.2 (13.2) ‐0.5%Miscellaneous Offices 4,186.9 4,289.2 102.3 2.4%Administration 13,885.5 13,513.0 (372.5) ‐2.7%Police 87,739.9 87,423.8 (316.1) ‐0.4%Planning 1,931.7 1,856.8 (74.9) ‐3.9%Public Works 31,644.8 31,314.1 (330.7) ‐1.0%Revenue 6,112.6 5,885.7 (226.8) ‐3.7%Justice Services 23,047.3 22,954.5 (92.8) ‐0.4%Garage Operations 1,079.1 1,022.0 (57.0) ‐5.3%Human Services 6,115.4 6,163.1 47.7 0.8%Emergency Fund 5,255.7 5,413.6 158.0 3.0%TOTAL $230,647.3 $ 227,269.2 $(3,378.1) ‐1.5%- 36 -