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CFO Elaine Kramer told the board the draft budget (as of March 14) included multiple updates and a variance between draft revenues and expenses of about $3.1 million; she called attention to specific adjustments including vehicle replacements and savings from partial non-borrowed financing for exempt financing. Kramer said the solid-waste subsidy was returned to $1,000,000 in the draft because projections that trimmed the subsidy to $900,000 would likely require restoring the higher subsidy in subsequent years when vehicle replacements and other costs recurred.

On Recreation and Parks staff discussed program-by-program changes in a self-supporting enterprise fund. Department staff said the Paralympics program is expected to be largely grant-funded. Brian Lowey (Recreation & Parks staff) replied to commissioner questions that the Paralympics section’s revenues are “typically...grant majority of grant funded.” The Recreation Activity Fund was described as largely self-supporting, with adjustments to program offerings driven by enrollment and fee changes.

Solid waste and recycling

Staff explained the increase in replacement-vehicle lease payments and monitoring costs tied to a solid-waste and recycling plan. The bottom-line expenditures for solid waste rose in the 2014 request to reflect replacement-vehicle realignment.

Emergency services support fund and SAFER grant

The emergency services support fund package showed a $60,000 general-fund subsidy line included in revenues, and staff explained that the federal SAFER grant continues into FY2014 but not FY2015. Commissioners discussed a proposal to convert a SAFER-funded recruitment position into a county-funded full-time recruitment officer and to leverage the near-term grant funding for programmatic recruiting work; staff said non-position program costs of about $82,000 were proposed if the board accepted the approach and that any program expenditures would return to the board for approval before being spent.

Fire and rescue allocations were presented at levels similar to FY2013, with a length-of-service actuarial valuation item of $15,000 proposed to set trust contributions for that program on an actuarial basis. Staff noted one-time and revolving fund uses and explained that some smaller revolving funds use prior-year fund balances to cover expected 2014 expenses.

Quotes and attribution

CFO Elaine Kramer summarized the solid-waste change and budget variance: “You can see that the revenues, including fund balance, totaled 211,502,869. And as we just indicated, the expenses are 214,646...so a variance of about $3,100,000 at this time.”

Brian Lowey (Recreation & Parks) on Paralympics revenue: “Typically, that section is grant majority of grant funded.”

Context and what happens next

Commissioners asked staff to return with firm numbers for vehicle replacements, positions’ treatment (SAFER-funded roles), and to incorporate the board’s directions into the recommended budget for the next work session. Staff said some smaller nonrecurring furniture and equipment items could be realigned from FY2013 funds rather than funded in FY2014.

Ending

Finance staff will incorporate the board’s enterprise-fund direction into the recommended budget and return with updated schedules and any required legal/administrative clarifications at the next meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","3/18/2013 CSMC Budget Work Session","oneSentenceSummary","County staff detailed enterprise and revolving funds during the March 18 budget work session and restored the solid-waste subsidy to $1,000,000 in the FY2014 draft; they also discussed the SAFER grant and a proposed recruitment officer conversion.","taxTitle","St. Mary's County, Maryland","taxId",51086,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6377537,"St. Mary's commissioners keep nonprofit funding level, approve CIP unchanged and reject constant-yield tax move",2543,503000,3046000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2138949-7f5a91974352523b5502bc07782f7e3e&start=503&end=3046","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2138949-7f5a91974352523b5502bc07782f7e3e/thumbnail_503000.jpg","/articles/6377537/St-Marys-County/Maryland/St-Marys-commissioners-keep-nonprofit-funding-level-approve-CIP-unchanged-and-reject-constant-yield-tax-move","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6377537-8c8789d376b3daeaac9687b40ba3df9c/orig.mp4?Expires=1775999963&Signature=aQrpZMM6QQTvYe3N8nrZaUYUVZkpBwIHJolZlxhNZlzq~7iY7rtS0wPaNwq-P3dCGG4GZOusHAdxMC2bPfDTqCa95HHoyUGU1182104thKwpAg5~wdLk~kzhu7FDS1ocUe5lnOtN7nnyH7Snb6CKtVsLd7Oqae8c6K3DLTEaCHCz7pd8qwW9pQpj507hmhdn1bmV7jSQ-HTAmXGAwDHSbvkgS7FlqIuWz8vg9RRG17q7UlMC3eVyQsZRrTjq4~1dGA7P~whMFHzgZpGJUPPbAP2AyxStpbbnbXRP4GSPojyfdYiYDrO55O5bJxNXbj-LzdUkscxYD2AsOva30o74dA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","St. Mary's County Commissioners on March 18 voted to keep county-funded nonprofit grants at last year’s levels while making participation in the College of Southern Maryland’s nonprofit institute a condition of receiving mini-grants. The board also approved the recommended Capital Improvement Program with no changes and defeated a motion to set the property tax rate at a constant-yield level.

The nonprofit motion carried after a roll call-style outcome was announced as a 3-2 result: the board’s tally was recorded as three in favor and two opposed. The motion’s text, introduced and moved during the work session, read in part, “I’d like to make a motion that we keep the nonprofits that have been categorized to the book funded at the same level they were funded at in 2013.” Commissioners then asked that recipients of the mini-grant funding “shall utilize the nonprofit institute” at the College of Southern Maryland as a condition of funding, the board recorded.

The vote on the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) came after discussion of a $7 million discrepancy in the draft and questions about ownership of a property tied to the planned jail project. A motion to make no changes to the CIP “as it currently exists” passed by the same 3-2 margin after members debated timing and contingencies tied to state involvement and property transfer. One commissioner said the board should “make the plan contingent on ownership of the property” before proceeding with a jail project.

Separately, a motion to adopt a constant-yield real property tax rate was moved and seconded but failed on a 3-2 vote. County staff had estimated the fiscal impact of holding a constant-yield rate at about $527,000 in reduced revenue in the draft budget; during discussion several commissioners said they preferred to wait for more information on sequestration, furloughs and other state-level tax changes before locking in the tax-rate decision.

The meeting produced additional budget directions that staff will use in the next work session and in preparing the recommended budget for public hearing. The commissioners asked staff to:

- Keep nonprofit operating levels at 2013 funding amounts and condition mini-grant awards on nonprofits’ participation in the College of Southern Maryland nonprofit institute.
- Maintain the CIP as recommended by the Planning Commission unless offsets are identified, with any significant changes likely requiring bond funds.
- Not adopt the constant-yield real property tax rate at this time; staff was instructed to return with more information at the next session.

Quotes and attribution

Commissioner Cynthia L. Jones moved the nonprofit motion: “I’d like to make a motion that we keep the nonprofits that have been categorized to the book funded at the same level they were funded at in 2013.”

Commissioner Todd B. Morgan cited budget uncertainties tied to federal actions when opposing the constant-yield move: “I’m concerned right now with keeping and decreasing, $527,000 out of our budget based upon, you know, a $215,000,000 budget only because the long the prognosis I’m looking at now is the sequestration. The furloughs, I believe, are about 90% sure to happen over the next month or 2.”

Context and what happens next

County staff (CFO Elaine Kramer and deputy CFO Cudmore) said the draft budget as of March 14 included total revenues and expenditures that produced a variance of roughly $3.1 million and circulated supporting schedules. Commissioners instructed staff to incorporate the board’s decisions and return with a recommended budget for approval to go to public hearing; the next formal budget action is scheduled in late March so staff asked the board to confirm directives within 24–48 hours to meet the public-notice calendar.

Ending

Staff said they will return with updated numbers at the next work session to reflect the board’s direction on nonprofits, the CIP and tax-rate options and to incorporate other operational guidance given during the session.

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Commissioners review enterprise funds: recreation, solid waste, emergency services and SAFER grant plans

St. Mary's commissioners keep nonprofit funding level, approve CIP unchanged and reject constant-yield tax move