Bexar County Budget DepartmentAugust 18, 2015

Proposed BudgetFY 2015-16

This presentation provides a summary of the 2015-16 proposed budget.Click here for a full copy of the budget. Click here for the change order that was adopted along with the budget on Sept. 1, 2015.

Tax Base Changes

• Net Taxable Base $127.8 Billion, an increase of about 14 percent

• New Construction: • Residential: $2.1 Billion• Commercial: $1.9 Billion

• $4.4 Billion still under appeal

• Based on Auditor’s current revenue estimate, this will result in $27 million in additional ad valorem tax revenue for the General Fund.

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Tax Rate

Next year’s Effective Tax Rate = $0.288232

Next year’s Rollback Tax Rate = $0.337402

Current Tax Rate = $0.3145

Proposed Tax Rate = $0.3145

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Proposed Tax Rate

• Tax Rates• Current: $0.3145• Proposed: $0.3145

• Calculated at:

• 0.239991 General Fund (M & O)

• 0.057509 General Fund (Debt Service)

• 0.017 Flood Control (Debt Service)

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Tax Rate5

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Historical Tax Rate for Bexar County

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Historical Tax Rate for Bexar County

Tax Rate

Adopting the recommended tax rate, along with theexisting Senior Citizen Tax Freeze and the $50,000Veterans Homestead Exemption, the County will savetaxpayers $103.4 million in FY 2015-16 alone.

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All Funds Summary

• FY 2015-16 Proposed Budget

All Funds $1.69 Billion

• Operating Expenditures $582.2 Million• Roads, Flood & Capital $700.2 Million• Debt Service $133.5 Million• Contingencies $ 18.0 Million• Reserves $253.9 Million

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All Funds8

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FY 2014-15Estimate

FY 2015-16Proposed

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Year to Year General Fund

General Fund

FY 2014-15AdoptedBudget

FY 2015-16Proposed

BudgetBeginning Balance $77,225,709 $70,076,619 Revenues $369,919,614 $397,481,459 Available Funds $447,145,323 $467,558,078 Expenditures $386,897,722 $408,002,799 Appropriated Fund

Balance $60,247,601 $59,555,279

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Program Enhancements

Program Changes

General FundTotal Added Positions: 107.5Total Deleted Positions: (61.5) Net Positions: 46.0Reclassifications: 36

Other FundsTotal Added Positions: 8Total Deleted Positions: (6.5)Net Positions: 1.5Reclassifications: 0

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Public Safety• $2.6 for enhancements to Public Safety:

• $2 million improvements to Dispatch Services

• $1.7 million for equipment, technology and the move into the new Regional Emergency Operations Center

• 2 Public Safety Dispatchers in the Fire Marshal’s Office - $103,181

• 5 Public Safety Operators for Dispatch in the Sheriff’s Office - $243,447

• $634K for Phase II of the In-Car Video Project for Sheriff’s Office Vehicles.

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Average Daily Jail Population13

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Justice System

• $2.2 million in program changes

• $2 million in the District Attorney’s Office

• Full-year funding for mid-year budget adjustments approvedby Commissioners Court - $500k

• $1.5 million for• $300,000 for criminal and civil child abuse and neglect

cases

• $1 million for attorneys, investigators and administrativestaff to increase justice efficiency

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Direct Customer Service

• Camelot II Solid Waste Disposal Pilot Program -$250,000

• Funding in the amount of $90,000 for two positions in the County Clerk’s Office to help with Civil cases

• 4 additional positions in the Tax Office for Vehicle titling and registration services at a cost of $181,000

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Outside Agencies

Outside Agencies

• FY 2014-15 Budget $ 751,642

• FY 2015-16 Proposed $ 968,300

• Other outside agency contracts:• Haven for Hope $ 333,333

• Center for Health Care Services $1,250,000

• Lone Star Rail $ 500,000

• Catholic Charities $ 227,547

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Outside Agencies18

AgencyFY 2015-16 Budget Recommendations

Beat AIDS $31,680Boysville $30,000ChildSafe $30,000Christian Senior Services $62,527Chrysalis Ministries $59,444City/County Seniors $6,500Club 12 $2,000Communities in School $26,460Family Service Association $30,000Guadalupe Community Center (Catholic Charities) $25,000

Outside Agencies19

AgencyFY 2015-16 Budget Recommendations

Health Collaborative $20,000Jefferson Outreach for Older People $10,000JOVEN $15,000Madonna Neighborhood Center $15,609MLK March $5,000NAMI $20,000Northeast Senior Assistance $10,000Our Lady of Mt. Carmel $10,000Peace Initiative $50,000Project MEND $40,000

Outside Agencies20

AgencyFY 2015-16 Budget Recommendations

Project Quest $76,500Public Concert Series $50,000San Antonio Fighting Back $20,000San Antonio Food Bank $60,000San Antonio Library Foundation $75,000San Antonio Metropolitan Ministry $25,000Seton Home $10,000Southeast Community Outreach for Older People $10,000Southwest Community Outreach for Older People $10,000

Outside Agencies21

AgencyFY 2015-16 Budget Recommendations

St. Vincent de Paul $6,000The Clubhouse $17,574The Fund $35,000The Magik Theatre $10,000Urban 15 $11,000YMCA - Davis-Scott Family YMCA $25,006Youth Orchestras of SA $6,000YWCA of San Antonio $22,000

Total $968,300

Capital Projects

New Financing Strategy

• During the financial crisis, County leveraged debt service capacity to pay for one-time capital equipment.

• Matched bond maturities to project life• Low financing costs

• Proposed Budget cash funds:• Vehicles• Technology• Minor facility improvements• Completion of 10-Year Flood Control Plan

• Maintains long-term financing approach for:• Roads• Major Capital Improvement Projects

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Short-Term Capital Projects

• Proposed General Fund Budget includes:

• Vehicle Replacement $2.5 Million

• PC and Notebook Replacement $1.3 Million

• Other Minor Technology Projects $1.9 Million

• Minor Facility Improvements $0.5 Million

• Public Safety Equipment $0.5 Million

Total $6.7 Million

• Funded with current operating revenues

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Road Projects

• Proposed Budget transfers $1.3 Million from the GeneralFund to the Debt Service Fund to pay debt service forroad projects:

• Precinct 1:• Grosenbacher Schematic $ 2.0 Million• Fischer Rd Phases I and II $ 2.4 Million

• Precinct 3:• Evans Road Phase I $10.6 Million• Borgfeld Road Phase II $ 2.9 Million

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Road Projects

• Precinct 4:• Candlewood Phase II $ 0.6 Million• Palm Park Drainage $ 0.2 Million• Donop Road $ 4.2 Million• Old Corpus Christi Rd Phase I $ 3.3 Million• Old Corpus Christi Rd Phase II $ 0.3 Million

• Countywide Projects:• Traffic Safety Improvements $ 2.0 Million• Drainage Improvements $ 1.0 Million• Rehabilitation Improvements $ 1.5 Million

Total $31.0 Million

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Road Projects

• Other Projects Under Consideration:• Proposition 7:

• November Referendum on dedicating $2.5 Billion in Salesand Use Tax annually to the State Highway Fund

• Could result in construction of Interstate 10 and U.S. 281Improvements without tolls

• Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (RMA):• Loop 1604 South or other improvements to the TexDOT road

system in Bexar County - $70 Million

• Requires Commissioners Court and RMA Board approval

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Future Capital Projects

• Projects currently under development:

• Relocation of the Laredo Street Jail facility

• Public Works Mission Reach Annex

• Relocation of Justice of the Peace and ConstablePrecinct 3 and Precinct 4 Offices

• Fire Marshal’s Office Facility• The cost for these projects is still being determined. A

funding strategy for each will be brought forward forCommissioners Court consideration as these project areready.

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Flood Control Projects

• Proposed Budget cash funds $57 million to finish the 10-year Flood Control Program:

• Real Road $1.0 Million• Cimarron Subdivision $2.9 Million• French Creek NWWC $3.2 Million• Verde Low Water Crossing $2.6 Million• Prue Rd. at French Creek $5.0 Million• Elm Forest at Turtle Cross $2.4 Million• Pearsall Road Bridge at Elm Creek $4.0 Million• Kirkner Road Low Water Crossing $1.8 Million• Salado Creek Tributary D @ Ira Lee $3.3 Million

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Flood Control Projects

• Proposed Budget cash funds $57 million to finish the 10-year Flood Control Program (cont.):

• North Talley Road Low Water Cross. $4.0 Million• Toutant Beauregard Low Water Cross. $5.2 Million• FCDS - S. Hausman $10 Million• Medio Creek NWWC Sunset Su. $8.0 Million• Additional funds for projects already $3.6 Million

under construction• River East Study $150,000

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Justices of the Peace and Constables

Justices of the Peace/Constables

• In November 2013, Commissioners Court approved changing Justice of the Peace and Constable precinct boundaries to match the boundaries of Commissioner precinct to distribute population more evenly

• Based on revised population in each precinct, workload and staffing were redistributed.

• In October 2014, Juvenile Truancy cases were transferred to the City of San Antonio as part of a Uniform Truancy Initiative

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Justices of the Peace/Constables

• Commissioners Court directed staff to revisit workload and staffing during this budget process. Based on that analysis, the following staffing changes are recommended in this Proposed Budget:

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PrecinctJustice of the Peace Clerks

Deputy Constables

1 3 -2

2 0 2

3 -2 -3

4 -1 3

Justices of the Peace/Constables

• A Budget Worksession has been scheduled to outline and discuss recommendations in the Proposed Budget.

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World Heritage Inscription

• On July 5, 2015, after nine years of work, the Missions of San Antonio were inscribed as a World Heritage Site

• One of the evaluation factors was the investment Bexar County made in:

• The Mission Reach of the San Antonio River - $189.2 Million

• The Portals constructed at each of the Missions - $10 Million

• The restoration of the Spanish Colonial Farm at Mission San Juan $3 Million

• A study commissioned by Bexar County estimates inscription will have an economic impact of $100 million

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Innovation

BiblioTech

• Two BiblioTech Locations:

• Pleasanton Road – September 2013

• Ricardo Romo BiblioTech – July 2015

• New location proposed:

• in the City’s “Promise Zone” on the east side

• Partnership with the San Antonio Housing Authority

• $1.6 million in capital funds construction and technology

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Tech Bloc Innovation Grant

• Tech Bloc is a group of San Antonio area technology entrepreneurs, employees and innovators

• Annual $50,000 grant program administered by the Tech Bloc to help technology start-up firms expand and grow in Bexar County

• Foster San Antonio and Bexar County as a hub for technology entrepreneurship.

• $1 million for 381 grants to attract tech companies to locate and grow in Bexar County

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Chief Innovation Officer

• Initiatives:• Develop a 5-year Strategic Plan for BCIT to address:

• Business Continuity • Major Technology Projects and Systems• Organization and Management• Staffing and Compensation

• Google Fiber – broaden the service area to include other areas of Bexar County

• Municipal Broadband – use of existing CPS fiber network to provide low cost, high speed data services between public sector buildings and locations within the County.

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Mental Health

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Mental Health

• Council of State Governments conducted a study which examined individuals booked into the Central Magistration Facility

• Study showed that 21 percent had a mental health history

• 13 percent had a mental health diagnosis• 8 percent had been diagnosed with a serious

mental illness

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Mental Health

• Commissioners Court Initiatives

• Mental Health Court• Center for Health Care Services contract• Haven for Hope• Public Defender’s Office• Guardianship Services• Mental Health Department• Re-Entry Facility

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Mental Health

• Central Magistration• $2.8 million is available for renovations to the Frank

Wing Municipal Court building to help streamline the process

• The facility is owned by the City of San Antonio

• The City has asked that the County consider re-evaluating ownership, operations, staffing, and cost-sharing arrangements between the two governments

• 6 months of the Central Magistration – Criminal District Courts budget is placed in contingencies pending a final decision regarding magistration

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EmployeeCompensation and

Benefits

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Pay Plan Refresh

• Commissioners Court directed staff to implement amulti-year process to update the County’scompensation plans

• FY 2013-14 – implemented update to Non-ExemptPay Table - Average employee received 7.47 percent

• FY 2014-15 – implemented update to Exempt Pay Table – Average employee received 6.6 percent

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Minimum Wage

• Commissioners Court directed staff to increase theCounty’s Minimum Wage

• Current minimum wage is $11.66 per hour.

• Proposed Budget includes $950,000 to bring allemployees up to a minimum of $13.00 per hour, effectiveOctober 1, 2015

• Funding to address Pay Table compression issues isproposed to be addressed in future years.

• Contingency funding is proposed to increase minimumwage of custodial contract workers.

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Cost of Living Adjustment

• Funding in the amount of $2.5 million is proposed for a3 percent Cost of Living Adjustment for all employeeson the Non-Exempt Pay Table not impacted by theincrease in the minimum wage

• Effective October 1, 2015

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Performance Pay Program

• Proposed Budget includes funding in the amount of $1.9million for a new Performance Pay Program

• Exempt Employees – employees on the Exempt PayTable will be eligible for up to 5% in performance pay,effective April 2016

• Executives – employees on the Executive Pay Tablewill be eligible for up to 4.5% in performance pay,effective April 2016

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Health Care

• The Proposed Budget:

• Funds the entire projected increase in healthcare costs ($2.8 Million), no additional cost tothe employees or retirees

• Does not propose any other changes to out-of-pocket costs

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Collective Bargaining

• Negotiations between Bexar County, the Sheriff’s Officeand the Deputy Sheriff’s Association of Bexar Countybegan in April 2015.

• Negotiations are ongoing.

• Funding in the amount of $3 Million included incontingencies to fund costs.

• Assumes a contract will be executed in December2015.

• Amount available will be pro-rated after December2015 if a contract is not executed.

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Budget Calendar

Aug. 18th Proposed Budget Presentation

Aug. 25th 1st Tax Rate Hearing and Budget Work Session

Aug. 26th Budget Work Session Aug. 28th 2nd Tax Rate HearingAug. 31st Change Memorandum

Sept. 1st• Public Hearing on Proposed Budget• Adopt Elected Officials Salaries• Adopt Tax Rate and FY 2015-16 Budget

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Recommended Motion

Motion to hold two public hearings on the taxrate on August 25th and August 28th at 1:30 pmat this location and to place on the September 1,2015, Commissioners Court agenda adoption ofthe 2015 tax rate and adoption of the FY 2015-16Proposed Budget.

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