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Adopted Operating and Community Improvement Budgets For the Fiscal Year July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 2010 Fiscal Year Adopted Budget i Wake County, North Carolina Annual Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2010 Board of County Commissioners Lindy Brown Tony Gurley Vice Chair Joe Bryan Harold Webb Stan Norwalk Chairman Paul Coble Betty Lou Ward County Administration County Attorney: Scott W. Warren County Manager: David C. Cooke Deputy County Manager: Joseph K. Durham Clerk to the Board: Susan Banks Deputy County Manager: Johnna L. Rogers ii 2010 Fiscal Year Adopted Budget Table of Contents Table of Contents . iii Board Of Elections . .104 Budget And Management Services. .107 GFOA DISTINGUISHED BUDGET Facilities Design & Construction . .109 PRESENTATION AWARD . 1 Finance Department. .115 GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award . 1 Human Resources . .120 Information Services. .125 BUDGET MESSAGE. 3 Register Of Deeds . .133 Ordinances . .13 Revenue Department. .136 PROCESS AND POLICIES. .35 COMMUNITY SERVICES . 139 Reader’s Guide to the Budget . .35 Community Services Management And Budget Process . .36 Budget Office . .140 Budget Calendar for Fiscal Year 2010 . .39 Parks, Recreation and Open Space. .141 Fund Structure. .40 Planning and Development Services . .146 Fund Structure Charts. .42 Veterans Services . .152 Wake County Government FY 2010 Organizational Geographic Information . .154 Chart. .43 Libraries. .160 Basis of Budgeting and Basis of Accounting. .44 Financial Policies. .45 ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES . 165 Financial Models. .50 Environmental Services Administration. .167 Long-Range Planning . .51 Environmental Health & Safety . .168 Water Quality. .172 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS . .57 Cooperative Extension. .175 Total Revenues By Fund . .57 Total Revenues By Source . .58 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. 177 Expenditures By Use . .59 Administration / Support . .179 Expenditures By Type . .60 Physical Plant. .183 Summary of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes In Central Services . .185 Fund Balance . .61 Fleet Operations. .188 Overview of Changes in Fund Balance . .67 Security and Safety . .191 Revenue Highlights . .69 Criminal Justice/General Government . .194 Expenditure Highlights . .75 Field Services. .195 Requests Not Funded . .79 Utilities/Life Safety/Environmental . .198 Personnel Summary . .81 County Building Agreements . .200 User Fee Change Summary. .83 Schedule of Inter-Fund Transfers . .87 HUMAN SERVICES. 201 GENERAL FUND . .89 MEDICAL EXAMINER . 209 General Fund Revenue Summary. .89 General Fund Expenditure Summary . .92 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES . 211 GENERAL GOVERNMENT . .95 FIRE-EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT . 215 General Government Budget Summary. .95 Fire Services . .216 Board Of Commissioners . .96 Emergency Management . .222 County Manager. .99 County Attorney . 103 Table of Contents iii Table of Contents PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS. 225 CIP - COUNTY CAPITAL. 301 CCBI . 227 CIP - EDUCATION . 367 SHERIFF. 231 CIP - FIRE RESCUE . 383 Law Enforcement . 232 Detention. 236 CIP - MAJOR FACILITIES . 391 NON-DEPARTMENTAL . 239 CIP - SOLID WASTE . .399 EDUCATION . 243 FINANCIAL PLANNING MODEL . 407 Wake County Public School System . 243 Wake Technical College . 245 SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION . 415 Wake County Facts. 415 DEBT SERVICE . 247 Demographic Statistics. 417 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS . 253 GLOSSARY OF BUDGET TERMS . 419 Capital Area Workforce Development . 253 Emergency 911 . 255 INDEX . 427 Fire Tax District. 256 Grants and Donations . 260 Housing and Community Revitalization. 264 Major Facilities . 266 Revaluation Reserve. 269 ENTERPRISE FUNDS . 271 Solid Waste Management . 271 South Wake Landfill . 273 COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN . 275 Introduction and Highlights . 275 Capital Budget Process . 279 How to Read the Community Improvement Plan . 282 FY 2010 Appropriations and Funding Sources . 284 DETAILED SEVEN-YEAR SUMMARY OF SOURCES AND USES . 285 Detailed Seven-Year Summary of Sources and Uses . 285 Operating Budget Impact . 293 Horizon Issues . 294 Community Improvement Plan Projects . 295 iv Table of Contents 2010 Fiscal Year Adopted Budget S I D AOFGGFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award 1 This page intentionally left blank. 2 GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award 2010 Fiscal Year Adopted Budget EM TEGDUBBudget Message Memorandum FY 2010 Recommended Budget May 18, 2009 Wake County Board of Commissioners, It is my pleasure, privilege and responsibility to present to you, the Wake County Board of Commissioners and citizens, a balanced, recommended budget for Fiscal Year 2010. Each year presents new opportunities and challenges as we engage in the next year’s budget development. If you’ll remember back to last year at this time, I reported that Wake County was beginning to see a slowing in the local economy. Now, that statement has taken on unexpected form as we face an economic recession that has affected every American in some way and Wake County’s residents have not been spared. This year’s budget development process has been like no other in recent memory as we have had to react to and anticipate financial challenges not experienced in this country in a long, long time. Nationally, the economic downturn is primarily a result of the real estate and financial markets. The stock market is down; foreclosures and unemployment are up; and industries like banking and auto manufacturing are going through a severe transformation. Like many other counties and businesses Building Permits across the U.S., Wake County is not immune to the.