2010 County Budget Cut Ideas

2010 County Budget Cut Ideas

• Sell off county parks ($100,000)

• Build revenue streams by providing additional county services via web applications

• Online permits ($7,500)

• Reduce work week for all employees to 36 - 37.5 hours per week. 36 hours/$160,000 37.5 hours/$100,000

• Combine Public Health with Family Services $75,000

• Reduce appropriations to outside entities (Fair...) / No Longer fund appropriations (Fair, E/D, Arts, Historical...) 10%=$8,602

• Each employee takes 1 Day furlough / no-pay each month (2 people) $125,000

• Offer Early Retirement incentives. 5 positions x $7,000=$35,000

• No raises in 2010 (no cost of living adjustments) $245,000

• Reduction in employees $250,000

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Additional Alternatives

• Increase property taxes to cover shortfall

• Better utilization of web page services to reduce staff time

• Reduce amount of funding put into the Equipment Revolving account each year

• Allow some at-home work for salaried employees if facility hours are reduced

• Adjust work schedules

• Cut hours open to public but not staff hours.

• 4 -10 hour days

• More grant applications for funding programs

• More agreements with other agencies - Government entities to share resources

• Job Sharing - More part time employees

• Contract out jail operations

• In-home detention instead of jail time

• Get rid of Information Technology staff

• Unified County Law Enforcement / eliminate duplication (2 people)

• Building improvements

• No remodel on 3rd floor

• Self cleaning. Employee cleanup of personal office areas

• Don’t pay the commissioners/Per Diems & Committee members

• Close Adrian Library

• Shut off computers at night

• Cut general supplies costs [By Dept.]

• No new purchases just replacements-cut back on equipment [By Dept. - Leasing?]

• Combine like services to same facility (Fire/EMS/EM - Law/EM - GIS/Public Works)

• Regionalize jobs / Regionalize services (Dispatch, Health, HIS, E/M, H/R, I/T) / Share services with other counties (Assessors, Engineers)

• Evaluate each program’s services - realign as necessary

• Cut travel costs by carpooling to events & meetings when appropriate

• Reduce reimbursement amount allowed

• Eliminate non-mandated services / Eliminate non-essential mandates (Laws)

• Reduce or eliminate county road improvements

• Turn back county roads to townships

• Reduce maintenance on the county road system

• Unpaid Holidays

• Adjust / reduce cafeteria contributions

• Reduce pension contribution by 10%

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