Thursday, September 2, 2010

Revised Boone County Budget Process for FY 2011

At tonight’s Finance Committee Budget meeting it was decided that the process would changed.  There was a length discussion regarding changing the process to coincide with the new outline supplied by the County Administrator.  Basically a more solid revenue estimate along with additional revenue possibilities such as using reserves would agreed upon  by the county board    Once these numbers are agreed, then the affected departments would have meetings with the committee regarding their budget.  See the two page memo describing the process and dates of meetings shown below:

Click on the photocopy to enlarge: 

budget hearing A budget hearing b

Several new developments regarding possible cuts in budgets were discussed.  It is possible that the Health Department will not be replacing their Administrator (Assistant Administrator, Stephanie Crawford).  Thus $75,200 (FY 2010) or $78,000 (FY 2011) could be saved and possibly not be levied by the county for the Health Department.  In the Planning Department Adam Tegen ($64,180) is resigning and may not be replaced.  That decision is a shared decision with the City of Belvidere.

Finally a long term project was proposed by the committee to seek help from local manufacturing firms  in beginning a program similar to the “LEAN” manufacturing system.  The program could take several years but a more labor efficient operation could occur in many county departments. Crucial to the plan is the cooperation of elected and appointed department heads.

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