Proposed FY 2013 Budget Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee March 14, 2012
Proposed Real Estate Tax Rate Proposed FY 13 Budget Tax Rate = $1.215 Increases by $9.17 per month over FY 12 or $110 total FY 12 rate is $1.204 Average Residential Real Estate Tax Bill = $3,311 Down 3.7% from FY 09, or $126 less $437 lower than FY 09 when adjusted for inflation Flat tax bill in real dollars (adjusted for inflation) Additional General Revenue Schools receive $19.6M more in FY 13 County receives $14.8M more in FY 13 County government expenditures grow by only.06% from FY 12 to FY 13 40% of new investments are in capital projects 27% of the new budget initiatives support public safety 2
PWC Continues to Have the Lowest Tax Bill in Northern Virginia PWC FY 13 avg tax bill is 30% lower than other NoVA jurisdictions FY 12 avg tax bill 3
PWC Continues to Have the Lowest Tax Burden in Northern Virginia (PWC, Alexandria, Arlington and Loudoun are FY 13 Proposed Avg. Tax Bills/2010 Median Household Incomes; Fairfax is FY 12 Avg. Tax Bill/2009 Median Household Income) 4
PWC Has Significantly Fewer FTEs FTEs per 1000 Population PWC is FY 13 Proposed; All Others FY 12 Adopted 24 20 18.17 18.35 16 12 8 4 8.77 10.66 11.09 0 Prince William Loudoun Fairfax Alexandria Arlington 5
Investing in the Future Operating Budget
New Public Safety Investments Police $1,874,612 12 new officers Central District Police Station included in proposed CIP Public Safety Communications $288,325 5 new telecommunicators for 911 dispatch Sheriff $261,471 Mental Health Transport Fire & Rescue Emergency Medical Services $ -0- Upgrades final ALS medic unit to 24 hour service, new BLS daytime career transport unit Fire & Rescue - Fire Marshal s Office $384,284 2 new arson investigators Juvenile Court Systems Unit $77,490 Gang Response and Intervention Team Coordinator Line of Duty Act premiums $230,000 7
Other New Investments Economic Development $464,913 New Eastern County Economic Development office drops to $100K Planning $158,010 Enhanced service for capital investment and job creation Aging $133,075 Birmingham Green Nursing Home Community Services $235,713 Mental Health Residential Services, Medical Services County Attorney $179,469 Administrative and Attorney positions Executive e Management age e (OEM) $212,660 New deputy county executive position dedicated to Human Services Finance $261,980 General fund revenues will increase by $750,000 3 tax collectors: 2-BPOL, 1-delinquent taxes 1 new Real Estate Appraiser for commercial assessments 8
Capital Improvements Program
New FY 13 CIP Projects (exclusive of Schools projects) General Fund Central District Police Station Cash to capital projects: Silver Lake Dam Juvenile Detention Center Security Social Services EDMS and Information System (TIP) TRIP funds in FY 14 10
FY 13-18 Proposed CIP Expenditures by Project Type Grand Total: $971,360,192 192 County Wide Technology Projects, $19,734,097, 2% Community Development, $74,643,410, 8% Public Safety, $77,372,610, 8% Transportation, $125,398,075, 13% Education, $674,212,000, 69% 11
Summary
FY 2013 Average Real Estate Tax Bill - $3,311 By Dollar Amount with Functional Areas School Transfer $1,879 56.75% Human Services $166 5.01% Community Development $134 4.05% Parks and Library $102 3.09% Public Safety General Transportation w/debt & CIP Gov t & Admin w/ Debt & CIP $724 21.85% 139 4.21% $112 3.39% General Debt & CIP $25 0.75% Other $30 0.90%
School Transfer Maintained Prince William County has highest percentage of General Revenues going directly to Schools through the County s adopted revenue agreement compared to rest of Northern Virginia Jurisdiction FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 Avg % Transfer Alexandria 36.3% 37.0% 35.9% 36.4% Arlington 42.4% 46.1% 49.1% 45.9% Fairfax 52.6% 53.5% 52.7% 52.9% Loudoun 58.5% 53.0% 54.5% 55.3% PWC 56.75% 56.75% 56.75% 56.75% 14
The Budget is Balanced for Five Years General Fund Resource and Expenditure Projection FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 Revenue and Resources: General Revenue $790,509,000 $832,346,000 $875,573,750 $921,397,750 $967,249,000 Agency Revenue $95,266,659 $93,648,382 $93,304,470 $93,241,363 $93,175,794 County Resources $27,358,458 $25,781,507 $18,786,159 $14,245,694 $7,626,688 Total Revenue & Resources Available $913,134,117 $951,775,889 $987,664,379 $1,028,884,807 $1,068,051,482 Expenditures: County Government $467,206,772 $482,137,826 $493,526,916 $508,806,919 $522,019,407 Transfer To Schools $445,427,345 $469,138,063 $493,637,463 $519,577,888 $545,532,075 Total Expenditures $912,634,117 $951,275,889 $987,164,379 $1,028,384,807 $1,067,551,482 Total Revenue & Resource Balance $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 15
Next Steps March 20 & 27 March 21 March 29 April 10 April 17 April 24 Budget work sessions Schools adopt FY 13 Budget Budget public hearing Budget recap Budget markup BOCS adopts FY 2013 Budget 16
Questions Community Meeting - Proposed FY 2013 Budget February 18, 2012 17