FOR YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2020 Village of 2020 Howard, Budget Wisconsin
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VILLAGE OF HOWARD 2020 BUDGET FOR YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2020 Village of 2020 Howard, Budget Wisconsin Dear Residents & Business Owners, I hope you know that our Village Board and I always keep in mind our residents and businesses as we make difficult decisions. We work hard to balance the sometime competing interests of quality of life, safety, and tax burden with every action we take. And we look at ways to build partnerships with other communities to benefit Howard. For example, a year ago, the Villages of Howard and Hobart, with the assistance of Brown County applied for a federal grant to fund a full interchange at U.S. Highway 29 and County Highway VV. I was thrilled to learn in the spring that our grant application was the only one of its type in the entire state of Wisconsin to be awarded. Over $18 million in federal funding has been secured for the project through this grant application to fix this dangerous highway access point. In addition, we will be partnering with Brown County for a reconstruction of Marley Road. Both of these major improvements will be completed in 2022. The Village Center also saw increased activity with a successful music and food truck rally we called “Rock the Commons.” Our first run with this event was very well received and will return in 2020. In the same area, the 123-unit Howard Commons apartments reached occupancy rates over 95%. A small dog park was added west of the New Perspectives Senior Living facility and a new apartment project called Howard Lofts is under construction in the Village Center. Planning for a permanent pavilion and public space in this area is ongoing. This area is really taking shape. Looking forward and planning our future is critical in order to maintain a growing and vibrant community. Members of the Village Board and staff spent many hours adopting a new Strategic Plan 2020-2025 as a road map to guide our decisions and clearly state our vision, mission, and values. The strategies and objectives laid out in the Strategic Plan served well our budgeting for 2020 and included our long standing goal of cash funding road, infrastructure, and public safety vehicles. I feel that the careful planning by past Boards is a big reason that, for the third year in a row, over $44 million in new construction value was invested in our community. As always, please contact me if you have any ideas we can work on together that will benefit Howard and improve our community. Burt R. McIntyre, Village President Howard Commons apartment complex owned by the village with the picture on the left of the inside common areas and the picture on the right an outside view. Buildings A & B of the complex have experienced all units rented at several different times since July 2019. Building C is currently under construction and is expected to begin rentals in April 2020. How to Read This Document The following pages contain the village of Howard, Wisconsin budget for the year beginning January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2020. This document has been specifically prepared to help you learn how funds are collected and spent in the village of Howard. Many people believe a budget is only a financial plan; while you can learn much of the village’s finances, the 2020 budget document has been designed to serve other functions as well. For example, it is a policy document that presents the major policies which guide how the village of Howard is managed. It is an operations guide which gives the public, elected officials and village staff information pertaining to the production and performance of individual village operations. The document is also designed as a communication device in which information is conveyed graphically, in tables and charts and with narrative explanations. Budget Format The document is divided into different fund types - General Fund, Special Revenue Fund, Debt Service Fund, Capital Project Funds and Enterprise Funds. Each fund statement begins with the actual audited amounts from the last year, or for this document, the year ending December 31, 2018. The estimated or current year budget column reflects the estimated or budget amounts for 2019. The final column indicates the amount budgeted for the year 2020 or the budget year. Accompanying the statements are narratives and graphs which describe the major features of that fund. Within each fund there may be one or more departments which further describe a component of the village’s organization. Each department is presented with its mission statement, a listing of the department’s goals and accomplishments for previous years, performance measurements (when available) and financial objectives for year beginning January 1, 2020. Table of Contents Village of Howard Annual Budget for All Appropriated Funds Year Beginning January 1, 2020 Introductory Section 1-9 Transmittal Letter 47-54 Detailed Revenues by Source 10-13 About the Village Taxes, Intergovernmental, Licenses & Location, Population, Property Valuation Permits, Fines & Forfeitures, Charges for Service, Miscellaneous Revenues 14 GFOA Distinguished Budget Award 55-58 Expenditures by Function 15 Village Officials and Consultants Summary, Detail, Trend 16-18 Village Personnel Expenditure Detail Organizational Chart and F‐T/P‐T position General Administration data 59-60 Village Board 61-62 Municipal Court/Attorney 19-31 Budget Policy 63-64 Administrator Guide, Adoption, Calendar, Policies, TIF, 65-66 Elections Funds, Planning 67-68 Administrative Services 69-70 Assessment of Property 32-33 Strategic Planning Analysis 71-72 Buildings and Plant 73 Board of Appeals 34 Budget‐ At a Glance 74 Property & Liability Insurance Summary Budget 75 Contingencies & Collectible Accounts 35 Long‐Range Financial Planning Public Safety 5‐Year Forecast 76 Health & Human Services 77-78 Police Tax Information 79-80 Fire 36 Tax Levy and Billing Explanations 81 Rescue 37 Property Tax Calculation 38 Ten Years of Property Tax Rates Public Works 82 Administration 39 Budget Summary 83-84 Streets & Street Lights All Funds 85 Mechanics 86 Snow and Ice Removal 40-42 Summary of Revenue, Expenditure and 87 Building Operations Fund Balance (Net Asset) Changes 88-89 Sanitation 2019 Budget Compared to 2018 Budget 90 Recycling 91-92 Park Maintenance 43 Combining Budget All Funds Community Development 93-94 Planning and Development 95-96 Leisure Services General Fund 97-98 Code Administration 44 Budget Summary – 5 years 45 Budget Revenue Summary 46 Budget Revenue Trends i Special Revenue Funds Enterprise Funds 99 - 101 Revolving Loan Fund 139-142 Explanations Enterprise Fund and Rates 143 Combining Budget Debt Service Fund Water Utility 102 Summary 144 Three Year 145-146 Revenue 103 Summary of Combined Debt Service 147-150 Expenses Funds 151 Cash Flow 104 Debt Obligations and Legal Limit Sewer Utility 152 Three Year 105 Effect of Existing Debt on Current 153-154 Revenue Operations 155-157 Expenses 158 Cash Flow 106 Effect of Existing Debt on Future Operations Storm Water 159 Three Year Capital Projects Funds 160 Revenue 161-162 Expenses 107 Capital Projects Summary 163 Cash Flow Capital Projects by Fund and Project 164-165 5‐Year Capital Budgeting Water, 108 Tax Increment District 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Sewer, Storm Sewer 109 Park Impact Fee Development 110 Capital Outlay 166-167 Water and Sewer Debt Service 111-112 Capital Improvements 168-170 Golf Course 113-114 Combining Budget Summary Current Year For All Capital Funds 171-172 Howard Commons Apartments 115 Combined Budget Summary Last Three Years Statistical Section 116-129 Tax Increment Districts (3‐9) 173 Assessed & Equalized Values 130 Park Impact Fee Village Statistics 174 Demographic Trends Capital Outlay Funds 175 Largest Taxpayers & Employers 131 General Government 131 Public Safety - Police 176 Building Permits Issued 132 Public Safety - Fire 132 Public Works 177-178 Other Statistical Data 133 Engineering 134 Capital Improvements ‐ Roads Detail Line Item 135 Roads Accomplishments 179-190 136 Explanation of Transportation Aids 137-138 Engineering Department Glossary 191-202 ii November 26, 2018 To Honorable President McIntyre, Village Board of Trustees & Village Residents: We respectfully present the 2020 budget given the final approval November 25, 2019. This budget is designed to meet the existing and emerging needs of the village. The budget reflects board adoptions and staff recommendations on how to best accomplish the village’s new mission statement: Provide our residents with a safe, friendly, attractive and active community by aggressively pursuing innovative ways to deliver valuable services. The 2020 budget provides funding to continue all our current services and programs from 2019. The budget maintains funding levels of personnel in all departments and provides fully funding for one new for code enforcement/building inspector position filled in July 2019. Funding will continue to provide services for police, fire, rescue, public works and general government services along with additional funding for capital equipment and road resurfacing projects. The annual property tax bill issued each December includes taxes not only from the village of Howard, but also from three overlying taxing jurisdictions. The chart below reports the percentage breakdown of the December 2019 property tax bill by jurisdiction. Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go? Brown County 23.8% Howard‐Suamico Schools 50.7% Northeast Wisconsin Tech 4.5% Village of Howard 21.3% 1 The chart on the previous page shows how the total property tax bill is distributed among the overlying taxing jurisdictions in Howard. Another way to see Howard’s portion of the bill is to look at an average Howard net property tax bill issued in December 2019. Average Assessed Value on Howard Homes: $225,070 Estimated Net Property Tax Bill on Average Home $3,463 Howard Portion of Total Tax Bill $863 Budget Formulation This budget document reflects the Budget Policies (annually reviewed by the village board), strategic plan (last updated in 2019), departmental operating plans and village board modifications.