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2012 Budget Listening Sessions

2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions. Chris Abele Milwaukee County Executive. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25. Agenda. County Overview County Budget Overview Fiscal Challenges 2012 Budget Strategy 2012 Budget Calendar.

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2012 Budget Listening Sessions

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  1. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 2012 Budget Listening Sessions Chris Abele Milwaukee County Executive

  2. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 Agenda County Overview County Budget Overview Fiscal Challenges 2012 Budget Strategy 2012 Budget Calendar

  3. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 County Overview * Examples of Major Programs Listed, Not All-Inclusive

  4. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 County Overview * Examples of Major Programs Listed, Not All-Inclusive

  5. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 2011 Revenues by Source The County Budget

  6. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 2011 Tax Levy by Major Function The County Budget

  7. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 The County’s Structural Deficit Projected Structural Deficit – 2011 Adopted County Budget (in millions) Fiscal Challenges Source: Milwaukee County 5-Year Fiscal Projection (Municast) including State Budget cuts

  8. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 Health, Pension/Etc. Trends Total Active & Retiree Fringe Benefit Costs per Budgeted FTE, 2000-2011 Fiscal Challenges

  9. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 Debt Service Annual Gross Debt Service Fiscal Challenges

  10. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 State Budget Cuts Fiscal Challenges

  11. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 2012 Budget Gap - $55 Million Fiscal Challenges

  12. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 Child Support Cut Fiscal Challenges $18.3 million in lost collections $95.2 Million The State’s Cut Will Cost Milwaukee County Children over $18 Million

  13. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 Transit Cut Budgeted Passenger Rides, 2011 vs. 2012 Request (In Millions) Fiscal Challenges The State’s $5.4 Million Cut Could Result in a Reduction of 4 Million Rides

  14. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 2012 Budget Gap - $55 million Fiscal Challenges “…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”

  15. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 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

  16. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 Key Focus Areas: 2012 Budget Strategy • Programs for Those Most in Need • Efficiency • Long-Term Cost Reduction & Avoidance • Sustainable Budgeting • Shared Services • Non-Mandated Programs

  17. 2012 Budget Listening Sessions August 24 & 25 Key Dates: 2012 Budget Calendar • 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

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