RESOLUTION 2003-56

(Adoption of 2004 Skamania County Budget)

 

 

WHEREAS, on October 8,9,13,14,16, and 21, and November 13, 2003 the Board of Commissioners did consider the 2004 budgets proposed by Department Heads and Elected Officials in public session and had subsequent discussions in public session regarding the status and policy direction of the budget; and

 

WHEREAS, the 2004 preliminary budget of estimated revenues and expenditures and the 2004 property tax levies were set for public hearing by Resolution 2003-49; and

 

WHEREAS, notice of public hearings on December 15, 2003 on 1) the Current Expense Fund and County Road Fund Property Tax Levies for 2004 and 2) the 2004 Preliminary Budget were published in the Skamania County Pioneer for two consecutive weeks prior to the hearings; and

 

WHEREAS, public hearings were held on December 17, 2003 to consider the 2004 preliminary budget and to consider the amount of taxes to be collected for the Current Expense Fund and the County Road Fund which considered an increase in the taxes to be collected for 2004 to be one percent (1%) over the amount levied for collection in 2003, plus any increased amount resulting from the addition of new construction and improvements to property and any increase in the value of state assessed property for both the Current Expense and County Road Funds; and

 

WHEREAS, any and all taxpayers appearing at the hearing to be heard for or against any part of the budget or the proposed increases in tax levies have been given the opportunity to be heard; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners duly considered all testimony and other matters pertaining to said budgets and tax levies; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners made amendments to the 2004 preliminary budget, as shown on Attachment A; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has adopted the Annual Road Construction Program for 2004 per Resolution 2003-50; and

 

WHEREAS, the final budgets for the various departments of Current Expense Fund, and various Special Revenue Funds, Capital Improvement Fund, Enterprise Funds and Internal Service Funds are set forth in Attachment "B"; and

 

WHEREAS, the County’s Veteran’s Relief Fund receives a small portion of the County’s Current Expense Levy.  Given that this fund has sufficient funds to cover anticipated expenses for several years, the Current Expense Fund will retain the levy funds in 2004, as allowed in RCW 73.08.030; and

 

 

WHEREAS, the Sheriff’s Guild and Public Works Collective Bargaining Agreements are open for negotiations for 2004 and have not been settled or executed at the time of adoption of the 2004 budget; and

 

WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Board that any retroactive provision for wage adjustment at a rate determined by the Board for the non-bargaining personnel will have the same effective date as the earliest retroactive date of as either the Sheriff’s Guild or the Public Works Union Collective Bargaining Agreement, but in no case earlier than January 1, 2004; and

 

WHEREAS, the 2004 budget includes estimated employee salary and benefit appropriations based on the County’s 2004 offer to the union and guild, and its expectation to provide similar compensation benefits to the non-bargaining employees:

 

WHEREAS, changes in state funding to counties, and potentially state and local funding, will change during 2004 due to state revenue shortfalls, and poor economic conditions, and these events may have a significant impact on various programs and services provided by the County, that require a periodic review of the status of revenues and expenditures and the establishment of funding of priorities for future years;

 

WHEREAS, the Board desires to increase the dollar amount for determining what is capital equipment to $2,500 from the current $1,000 for a piece of equipment that has a useful life of more than one year;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the 2004 budget for Skamania County in the amount of  $___________ for the Current Expense Fund and $_________________ for all other County funds, for a total budget of $________________ is hereby adopted as set forth in Attachment "A", with the following conditions:

 

1)      No department or fund may add personnel positions, increase hours of service budgeted, or change the pay rate of employees, as set forth in the attached final budget documentation, without the written permission of the Board of Commissioners; and

 

2)      Any changes in the 2003 pay schedule for employees will not be implemented prior to approval from the Board of Commissioners.

 

3)      No market position adjustments will be implemented without the written approval of the Board of Commissioners and no reclassifications, range adjustments or assignment of ranges of new positions will be implemented without a recommendation from the Personnel Committee and final written approval by the Board of Commissioners; and

 

4)      No department or fund may purchase capital equipment (a piece of equipment costing $2,500.00 or more) that is not specifically listed in Attachment A of the final budget documentation without the written permission of the Board of Commissioners; and

 

3)                  No department will spend in excess of its total expenditures and other financial uses.  Non-expenditures (ending fund balances and interfund loan payments) shall not be considered as part of this expenditure authorization except for the express purpose of authorizing ending fund balances and interfund loan payments; and

 

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT given that the Veteran’s Relief Fund has sufficient funds to cover anticipated expenses, the funds levied will be retained in the Current Expense Fund in 2003, as allowed in RCW 73.08.030; and

 

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Board of Commissioners will continue implementing the Skamania Forward recommendations and initiate a process to determine service priorities for the mid-year review and future budgets; and  

 

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT Board of Commissioners intends that any retroactive provision for wage adjustment or health insurance adjustment at a rate determined by the Board for the non-bargaining personnel will have the same effective date as the earliest retroactive date of either the Sheriff’s Guild or the Public Works Union Collective Bargaining Agreement, but in no case earlier than January 1, 2004.

 

PASSED IN REGULAR SESSION this ______ day of December, 2003


 

                            ATTACHMENT "A"

 

 

 

CURRENT EXPENSE FUND

 

 

BOUNDARY REVIEW BOARD

               4,574

 

COMMISSIONERS

            434,412

 

SUPERIOR COURT

            206,362

 

CLERK

            219,509

 

DISTRICT COURT

            264,071

 

TREASURER

            213,908

 

AUDITOR

            335,736

 

ASSESSOR

            330,741

 

BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

               5,662

 

PROSECUTOR

            359,153

 

SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT

              65,485

 

CIVIL SERVICE

              10,921

 

BUILDINGS & GROUNDS

         1,000,037

 

SHERIFF

         1,812,085

 

PROBATION

              18,568

 

JAIL

            723,967

 

JAIL WORK CREW

            134,155

 

BUILDING & WELL

            158,579

 

JUVENILE

            235,745

 

NOXIOUS WEED

            163,824

 

ANIMAL CONTROL

              51,763

 

PLANNING

            575,782

 

CORONER

              11,580

 

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION

            117,069

 

COMMUNITY EVENTS AND RECREATION

            201,138

 

SWIM POOL

            105,508

 

PUBLIC HEALTH

            253,155

 

GENERAL SERVICES

            657,269

 

OPERATING TRANSFERS OUT

              91,847

 

NON DEPARTMENTAL REVENUES

                      0

 

     SUBTOTAL CURRENT EXPENSE

 $      8,762,605

 

 

 

SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS

 

 

C/R INSURANCE

              75,000

 

C/R CONTINGENT LIABILITY

              75,000

 

C/R SALARIES, WAGES & BENEFITS

            100,000

 

C/R LOAN FUND

            700,000

 

HOTEL/MOTEL TAX

              14,500

 

CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION

              10,104

 

LAW LIBRARY

              45,950

 

BOATING SAFETY

               8,038

 

SHERIFF DRUG INVESTIGATION FUND

              12,658

 

E911 SERVICES

            352,575

 

SHERIFF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FUND

               8,500

 

COUNSELING CENTER - SUBSTANCE ABUSE

              94,355

 

COUNSELING CENTER - MENTAL HEALTH

            450,503

 

COUNSELING CENTER - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

              97,530

 

FAIR FUND

            118,726

 

SENIOR SERVICES

            966,963

 

VETERAN'S RELIEF FUND

              40,180

 

ELECTION RESERVE

            143,795

 

AUDITOR'S O & M

              75,722

 

TITLE III CONTINGENCY

              75,000

 

TITLE III - SHERIFF PROJECT - SEARCH & RESCUE

            161,461

 

TITLE III - JAIL WORK CREW

              82,172

 

TITLE III - EXTENSION AGENT - FIREWISE

              60,175

 

TITLE III - SCHOOL SUMMER SUCCESS

            217,126

 

TITLE III - NCEMS - ST HELENS

              35,000

 

TITLE III - SECRETS TO LEARNING

              24,487

 

COUNTY ROAD

 $      3,828,785

 

     SUBTOTAL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS

 $      7,874,305

 

 

 

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND

 $      2,180,350

 

 

 

ENTERPRISE FUND - SOLID WASTE

 $         693,422

 

 

 

INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS

 

 

 EQUIPMENT RENTAL & REVOLVING

1,667,934 

 

CENTRAL SERVICES

365,510

 

     SUBTOTAL INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS

 $      2,033,444

 

 

 

GRAND TOTAL

 $     21,564,353