This is the only chance to have public comment in front of the full board now that the County Executive Budget is out. It’s hard to tell what we’re commenting on, some committees have amendments out, some don’t, but if you have opinions, now is the time!
Here’s the agenda:
– Pledge of Allegiance
– Announcements
– Public Hearings: Public hearing on proposed 2017 Dane County budget (no links)
Here’s the County Budget Website links:
2017 Budget Files
- 2017 Detailed Budget Requests by Department
- 2017 Compilation of Departmental Budget Requests
- 2017 Budget as recommended by the Executive
I don’t know how to find a comprehensive list of budget amendments without going through a couple weeks of agendas. One would think they would somehow all be in one place . . .
I do know that these are the operating budget amendments for Health and Human Needs and there are several of interest in there. These will be talked about at 5:30 tonight before the county board public hearing, but there will be no public input.
HHN-O-1 – Levin
Eliminate Housing Locator RFP line ($80,000), expand YWCA’s .75 FTE Locat or to full time $20,000; eliminate funding for one of two additional housing resource line staff ($45,000)
; eliminate Homeless Resource Consulting ($55,000) and reallocate savings to create 2.0 FTE Independent Living Social Workers ($152,900).
The intent of this amendment is to take the existing YWCA Housing Locator up from .75 to 1.0FTE at a cost of $20,000; the remaining $60,000 in Housing Locator to be RFP’d is eliminated, $45,000 for 1.0 FTE Housing Case Manager and $55,000 for a Homeless Resource cons
ultant is eliminated to fund 2.0 FTE Social Workers to begin the implement ation of an Independent Living unit.
HHN-O-2 – Dye
Add an additional 2.3% POS contract COLA to various contract line items to bring the total COLA adjustment to 3.0% when added to the Executive’s .7% COLA .
DETAILED LINE ITEM LIST TO FOLLOW
$2,484,000
HHN-O-3 – Kilmer
Adds $11,500 to the Volunteer Guardianship/Rep Payee Program operated by the South Madison Coalition of the Elderly (SMCE).
This program helps recruit and train volunteers who focus on the safety and wellbeing of our seniors who have been deemed incompetent by the courts. These most vulnerable seniors receive assistance with personal finances, Social Security, housing and health care expenses.
Guardians and payees manage finances, health care participation and service involvement, helping to avoid evictions and maintain health and personal well being.
HHN-O-4 – Rusk
Expenditures be increased by $75,000 in the Department of Human Services Department for an RFP to develop a Community Service Program for adult criminal defendants.
This program will add community service as an option for judges to use at sentencing in lieu of jail days or fines and will add to the continuum of diversion services in the County. The only similar option for adults currently is a community service program in the jail that reduces the number of jail days served, but offenders are still serving their sentence in jail. The head of the following organizations will appoint one member to a steering committee: Judiciary; County Board; District Attorney’s Office; Public Defender’s Office; Human Services; Dane County Sheriff’s Department; and Clerk of Courts. The committee will provide guidance to the program that will be delivered through a community-based agency. It is anticipated that 100-150 offenders will be served and the target group will be primarily
young adults
HHN-O-5 – Young
Restores $22,500 to Juvenile Restorative Justice Initiative.
Restores 15% of lost Juvenile Justice Program funding to Timebank and Briarpatch.
HHN-O-6 – Wegleitner
Add the following language to 2016 RES-269: “Request that Briarpatch appear before a joint meeting of the Health and Human Needs Committee and City-County Homeless Issues Committee in the first quarter of 2017 to answer questions regarding its very low average daily populations in the youth shelter (just over 1 youth) and discuss potential policy changes and strategies to increase the daily population and meet the intended objective of accessible shelter for unaccompanied youth.”
HHN-O-7 – Wegleitner
Neither expenditures nor revenues be changed and the following provision be added to the 2017 operating budget,”The Dane County Development Group shall serve as the operator of the Comprehensive Day Resource Center.”
The amendment specifies the vendor for the Comprehensive Day Resource Center.
HHN-O-8 – Wegleitner
Increase expenditures by $12,500 to establish a scholarship program for homeless youth for assistance in funding after school programs sponsored by non-profits, MMSD School-based programs and other activities.
HHN-O-9 – Wegleitner
Expenditures in Human Services be reduced by $3,000 to delete the addition of funding for the Wisconsin Coalition for Homelessness membership fee.
The proposed budget provides additional funding for a membership fee for the WI Coalition for Homelessness. This amendment removes the additional amount.
HHN-O-10 – Wegleitner
Decrease expenditures for the Pathways to Prosperity Partnership by $12,500.
HHN-O-11 – Wegleitner
Expenditures be decreased in the Department of Human Services – Division of Economic Assistance and Work Services – Housing and Homeless Support by $55,000.
This amendment removes $55,000 for Homeless Resource Consulting.
HHN-O-12 – Wegleitner
Expenditures be decreased in the Department of Human Services – Division of Economic Assistance and Work Services – Housing and Homeless Support by $90,000 for Housing Resource and Referraal Expansion.
The proposed budget provides increased funding for Housing Resource and Referral. This amendment reduces that funding by $90,000. These reductions will cover most of the cost of a Housing Strategy
Coordinator in the Department of Administration.
HHN-O-13 – Wegleitner
Expenditures be increased in the Department of Human Services – Division of Economic Assistance and Work Services – Housing and Homeless Support by $3,000 to ensure access to laundry for single women and families at the Salvation Army.
This amendment increases funding by $3,000 for laundry services for women and families.
HHN-O-14 – Wegleitner
Expenditures be increased in the Department of Human Services – Division of Economic Assistance and Work Services – Housing and Homeless Support by $55,000 for tenant counseling services, with the provider to be determined by RFP.
This amendment increases funding by $55,000 for tenant counseling services
HHN-O-15 – Wegleitner
Neither Revenues nor expenditures be changed but the following language be added to the Operating Budget Resolution: “At the end of fiscal year 2017, any surplus or deficit of general purpose revenue in the Human Services Fund, net of any deficit or surplus in the Badger Prairie Fund, shall be retained in the Human Services Fund. Any surplus will be applied in fiscal year 2018 to support programs of the Human Services Department. Only by a 2/3 vote of the County Board may surplus funds from the Human Services Reserve Fund be appropriated for other purposes.”
The only other opportunity to speak to these budget amendments will be Wednesday October 26th at the Heath and Human Needs meeting and maybe at the Personnel and Finance meetings starting November 1st.
Ooops, almost forgot, here’s the one Capital Budget Amendment they have:
HHN-C-1 – Weglietner
Neither revenues nor expenditures be changed, but add the following language to 2016 RES-270: “The county will designate the three parcels of property it owns at and near 1326 East Washington to be developed for permanent affordable rental housing. The county will seek to partner with the City of Madison and potentially employ funding from the Affordable Housing Development Fund. The county will issue an RFP to select a devleopment partner for the project. The RFP shall be drafted in consultation with the Tenney Lapham Neighborhood Association (TLNA) and the RFP evaluation team shall include a representative from TLNA. The project will include a significant proportion of units dedicated to individuals and families earning at or below 30% of area median income.”
