Transcript FY08 Budget Priorities

FY08 Town of Sudbury
Budget – Article 3
Protecting Public Safety,
Public Health, Public Assets
and a Special Quality of Life
FY08 Budget Priorities
• Maintain high quality Town services at best
possible cost
• Achieve annual AND long term goals of the
Selectmen
• Increases in utilities, supplies, contracted services
• Address areas where expectations from residents
are high – e.g. library, information availability,
condition of roads and streets, snow and ice
removal, traffic
FY08 Budget Priorities
• Address areas where we have been hit with
mandates: e.g. public health,
environmental, personnel, inspectional
requirements, just to name a few.
• Keep up with financial policies of the Board,
particularly in the area of planning for our
capital needs, preservation of our reserves,
and maintaining our AAA credit rating
Town Government
Organization and Responsibilities
Voters of Sudbury
Sudbury
Housing
Authority
Sudbury
Water
District
Commiss
Executive
Director
Water
Superintendent
Sudbury
Pub Schl
Comm
Board of
Selectmen
SPS
Superintendent
L-S Reg.
School
Comm
Town
Moderator
L-S
Superintendent
Finance
Committee
Minuteman Reg.
Schl Rep.
30 Departments within Town
government: many varied
missions, many functions
required by state law, many
1 staff person offices.
Minuteman Regional Schl Rep.
Town
Manager
General
Gov't
Finance
Department
Public
Safety
Public
Works
Human
Services
Culture &
Recreation
Personnel
Accounting*
Police
Streets &
Roads
Health *
Department
Goodnow
Library
Legal*
Treasurer /
Collector
Fire
Cemetery
Council on
Aging
Recreation
Town Clerk
Assessors
Building
Inspection
Trees
Youth
Coordinator
Historical
Comm
Planning
Technology
Dog Officer
Parks &
Grounds
Family
Services
Historic
Districts
Conservation
Engineering
Veterans
Agent
Atkinson Pool
Board of
Appeals
Transfer
Station
* Note: All Employees of all departments under the Board of Selectmen are appointed by the Town
Manager with the following exceptions:
The Town Accountant and Town Counsel are appointed directly by the Board of Selectmen
All employees in the Health Department are appointed by the Board of Health
Specifics of the FY08 Budget set
forth under the Override Budget
Restoring planned reductions:
– Public Safety: Retain staffing levels including
overtime needed to fill open shifts for Police
and Fire Departments.
– Public Works: Keeps the current service
levels, especially adjusting for costs in
materials for road repair, snow and ice
budget, related items.
– Other Departments: Town Elections, Town
Meetings, equipment, contracts, computers
Specifics of the FY08 Budget set
forth under the Override Budget
Targeting part-time additional hours where most
critically needed:
– COA Van Driver and Engineering Summer Help
– Health Department, Finance/Budget Office,
Personnel/Benefits Office, Conservation (more
residents/activities/mandates have created
demands severely impacting these one person
offices).
– Library to add hours when most needed
(Saturdays) and be open additional times
Specifics of the FY08 Budget set
forth under the Override Budget
Three service initiatives where demand is high
• Service contracts on critical Town computer servers – do
more 24/7 operations for residents, adding more web
based services - $5,500
• Tree restoration for diseased, damaged trees $5,000
• Create a GIS program by hiring a part-time GIS
coordinator, and achieving benefits of GIS – productivity
enhancements (information production time and energy),
better planning capacity (school bus routes, land use
patterns), public safety components $27,540
Override Budget
Salaries
Expenses
TOTAL
FY07
9,325,935
3,933,884
13,259,819
FY08
9,687,292
4,306,601
13,993,893
Change
% Change
361,358
3.9%
372,717
9.5%
734,074
5.54%
Benefits
Total
3,557,700
16,817,519
4,003,678
17,997,571
445,978
1,180,052
12.5%
7.0%
Continue Ongoing
Priorities of the Town
• Importance of retaining our department
heads and other staff: They are our
current and future knowledge and
capabilities
• Importance of maintaining and investing in
capital: vehicles, facilities
• Importance of continual efforts to improve
efficiencies and contain costs
Thank You
Protecting Public Safety, Public
Health, Public Assets and a Special
Quality of Life