Richland County Government Annual Budget Fiscal Year 2009 / 2010

Budget MessageFY2010AdoptedFY2009Adopted%ChangeFire Service 18,548,804 17,141,440 7.6%Hospitality Tax 4,779,545 5,200,000 (8.0)%Road Maintenance 5,353,878 5,400,000 (0.8)%Mass Transit 2,800,000 3,229,640 (13.3)%Emergency Telephone System 3,603,212 3,802,252 (5.3)%Stormwater Management 3,062,900 3,193,488 (4.1)%Victims Assistance 1,016,374 1,054,659 (3.6)%Temporary Alcohol Permit 98,935 102,775 (3.8)%Accommodations Tax 550,000 555,000 (0.9)%Neighborhood Redevelopment 1,292,000 1,122,350 15.1%Conservation Commission 867,000 643,500 34.7%Other Special Revenue 1,012,000 2,042,279 (50.4)%Total 42,984,648 43,487,383 (1.1)%Total Special Revenue personnel service expenditures remained relatively constant from $6.09 million inFY2009 to $6.03 million in FY2010. The 1% reduction is attributed to lower insurance costs and lowerbudgeted overtime expenditures. Operating expenditures decreased approximately $2 million from FY2009due to lower anticipated expenditures on areas such as professional services, while capital outlay and dataprocessing expenditures remained consistent with FY2009 levels.Looking Toward the FutureWhen reviewing future operational impacts, Special Revenue Funds are unique in that they typically arefunded from a dedicated source for a specific purpose. Therefore long-range planning is a critical part of thefund analysis to ensure that the anticipated revenue stream can maintain the funding level required. Beloware several major impacts to operations in the coming years.Mass Transit…Future funding of the mass transit program remains in question as the temporary feewas reinstated July 1, 2009 for only two fiscal years. Council is currently evaluating options of howto structure the program and how to continue funding of the existing bus system and for expansionfor other projects. This will potentially have a major impact on several funding sources as this issuecontinues to be debated during FY2010.Fire Service… Per the county’s Capital Improvement Program, there is an estimated $14 million inprojects requested for Fire Services over the next ten years. Additional operating costs will beneeded as new stations are introduced in future fiscal years.Victims Assistance…For the past five fiscal years, the county general fund has subsidized VictimsAssistance in order to maintain current service levels. During FY2008, Council approved a fundingplan that keeps the program funded at the FY2008 amended level in future years utilizing revenuefrom the Victims Assistance fee, a $5 increase to the Sheriff Special Duty fee and any shortfall to theexpenditure level covered by a subsidy from the General Fund. This decision currently limits thegrowth of the program in future years or will require a restructuring of the program to keep it intactas the fund’s expenditures are primarily personnel related.11