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ONE PIERCE COUNTY
AGENDA
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Who We Are
Revenues
Priorities and Expenditures
Responsible Management
Focus on the mission
Q &A
WHO WE ARE – ONE PIERCE COUNTY
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800,000 residents
23 cities and towns
Unincorporated areas and communities like Graham,
Midland, Summit, South Hill, Longbranch, etc.
1,700 square miles, from Key Peninsula to Mount Rainier
Urban, suburban and rural areas
WHO WE ARE – ONE PIERCE COUNTY
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Approx. 3,000 employees serving you:
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Law enforcement, courts, jail
Roads and sewers, airports and ferry, stormwater, solid waste
Planning, permits, economic development, parks and recreation
Social services
Elections, licensing, document recording
And more…
REVENUES: SALES TAX
Based on a
9.3% sales
tax rate
Does not include voter approved .1% sales tax for South Sound 911 Emergency
Communications beginning 4/1/12.
REVENUES: PROPERTY TAX
Property Tax: Using the 2010 average value of $241,763 for the
South Hill area as an example, that calculates an average 2011
property tax of $3,065 for that area. Here is where those tax
dollars went:
REVENUES: FEES, LICENSES, GRANTS
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Other sources of revenue
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Fees for building permits, document filing and other
services
Fees for licenses (marriage, business, etc)
City contracts for county services
Penalties and interest
Federal and state grants
WHERE THE MONEY GOES
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2012 Total Budget:
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$802 million
Examples of different funds:
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General Fund
Human Services Fund
Public Works Construction
Surface Water Management
County Roads Fund
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Sewer Utility Fund
Solid Waste Fund
Conservation Futures
Airport Fund
Etc.
Aside from the General Fund, the nature of these revenues mandates that
funds be used for specific activities.
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES
Data from 2012 budget.
GENERAL FUND
Public safety/judicial (2012 budget)
Sheriff
Corrections Bureau
Prosecuting Attorney
Juvenile Court
Assigned Counsel
Superior Court
District Court
Emerg. Mgmt/other misc.
Clerk of the Court
Medical Examiner
Other
Approx Total
$61.4 million
$51.5 million
$27.1 million
$19.3 million
$16.1 million
$14.1 million
$12.3 million
$3.4 million
$5.1 million
$2.4 million
$2.6 million
$215.3 million
Total
General
Fund:
$274
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RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT
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Just like families and businesses, we’ve been
trimming expenses to stay in line with revenues
Total County Budget
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2008:
2012:
$881 million
$802 million
General Fund
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2008:
2012:
$286 million
$274 million
RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT
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Staff reductions
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From 2008 to 2012: 482
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Includes layoffs and cutting vacant positions
Furlough savings:
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2009 - $618,382 (18,634 hours)
2010* - $958,372 (25,959 hours)
* Through mid-December 2011
NEW & IMPROVED
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Sprinker’s ice arena
Adding electric cars to county fleet
PALS: new streamlined, customer-focused system
Dept. of Community Connections merger
Parks Dept. expanding opportunities at Chambers
Creek Regional Park
PARTNERSHIPS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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South Sound 911
Jacobs Point
Aerospace Cluster
Orton Junction
JBLM growth
U.S. Open
Orting Valley Farms
Business visits
Bridge to the Beach
PRIORITIES
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Executive’s Vision:
Improving lives through innovative and passionate public
service
THANK YOU
Pat McCarthy
Pierce County Executive
www.piercecountywa.org/exec
[email protected]
253-798-7477