The budget team is looking at all options at this point in time. Here
are the broad areas that are being investigated. As time progresses more
details and specific examples will become available.
There is also a specific list
containing 2010/2011 Budget Reduction Options: Employee Compensation and
Benefits
Revenues
- Increase Property Tax Revenues
- Program Revenue Generation
- Maximize Outside Funding
Efficiencies
- Streamline Operations
- Collaborations Between Departments
- Vendor Contract Renegotiation
- Technology Automation
Infrastructure Reductions
- Renting or Selling Buildings (Zeeb Road; Platt Road)
- Selling Non-Essential County Assets
- Revise Standards for Technology and Equipment
- Delay Replacement of Existing Capital
Outside Agency Funding
- Reduce Allocation
- Align Funding with Other Agencies
General Fund Support to Non General Fund Programs
- No Automatic Increases for Personnel Cost Increases
- Maximize Outside Funding
- Service Level Reduction and/or Elimination
Service Level Reduction
- Review of Required Serviceability Level for Mandated Services
- Reduce Number of Customers Served
- Reduce Customer Service Levels
Service/Program Elimination or Transfer
- Prioritization of Services
- Eliminate Service
- Identify if Other Community Solutions
Changes in Organization Structure
- Management to Staff Ratios
- Realign Programs between Departments
- Combine Departments
Reduced Employee
Compensation and Benefits
(for review with Labor Management Team)
- Salary Reductions
- Work Hour Reductions
- Medical Benefits
- Retirement Benefits
- Other Benefits
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