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Approved F Current Expense Budget I S and Budget Message C A L Y E A R 2 0 1 9 Steven R. Schuh County Executive Cover 2 Approved Current Expense Budget and Budget Message Steven R. Schuh County Executive Mark Hartzell John R. Hammond Chief Administrative Officer Budget Officer Anne Arundel County Council Michael A. Peroutka Chairperson Peter Smith Derek Fink Andrew C. Pruski Chris Trumbauer Jerry Walker John J. Grasso Cover 3 Prepared By The Office of the Budget Anne Arundel County, Maryland Assistant Budget Officers Jessica Leys Hujia Hasim Budget and Management Analysts Tomi Adebo Naomi Carrigan Kurt Svendsen Steven Theroux Administrative Support Michele Kirby Cover 4 Cover 5 Table of Contents FY2019 Approved Budget BUDGET MESSAGE County Executive’s Budget Address ........................................... i Long Term Goals .................................................................... 1 Land Use and Environment Core Group Budget Overview .................................................................... 4 Office of Planning and Zoning ................................... 190 Financial Policies .................................................................... 20 Department of Inspections and Permits ..................... 197 Financial Summaries .............................................................. 22 Department of Public Works ..................................... 208 Position Summary .................................................................. 32 Human Services Core Group Operating Budget Highlights ................................................... 35 Department of Aging ............................................... 228 Capital Budget Highlights ........................................................ 36 Department of Recreation and Parks ......................... 239 Health Department .................................................. 250 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET Department of Social Services .................................. 261 Revenue Section Public Safety Core Group Revenue Summary – General Fund .................................... 38 Police Department ................................................... 268 Revenue Summary – Other Funds ..................................... 56 Fire Department ...................................................... 278 Revenue Detail – General Fund ......................................... 63 Department of Detention Facilities ............................ 285 Revenue Detail – Other Funds ........................................... 73 Office of Emergency Management ............................. 294 Expenditure Section State Agencies (County funded but not assigned to Executive Branch) Legislative Branch Circuit Court .................................................................. 300 County Council (County Auditor & Board of Appeals) ........... 83 Orphans’ Court .............................................................. 303 Executive Branch Office of the State’s Attorney .......................................... 306 County Executive ......................................................... ….90 Office of the Sheriff ....................................................... 310 Office of Law .................................................................. .97 Board of License Commissioners ..................................... 317 Office of Administrative Hearings ................................. ….103 Board of Supervisors of Elections .................................... 320 Administrative Core Group Cooperative Extension Service ........................................ 323 Chief Administrative Officer ....................................... 106 Other Office of Central Services .......................................... 116 Ethics Commission ......................................................... 325 Office of Finance ...................................................... 131 Partnership for Children, Youth & Families ....................... 328 Office of Finance (Non-Departmental) ........................ 138 Office of Budget ....................................................... 156 Glossary ................................................................................. 330 Office of Personnel ................................................... 162 Office of Information Technology .............................. 169 APPENDIX Office of Transportation ............................................ 175 Annual Report, Water and Wastewater Operating Fund .......... 333 State Agencies (treated as part of Executive Branch for Listing of Long Term Contracts ............................................. 334 funding and service coordination) Grants Listing ...................................................................... 342 Board of Education ................................................... 181 5 Year Forecast (Revenue & Expenditure) ............................. 390 Community College .................................................. 185 Capital Budget & Program .................................................... 391 Public Libraries ........................................................ 187 ABAO and Amendments ....................................................... 446 Cover 6 Budget Message FY2019 Approved Budget But like any good business plan, this one has reached the end of its useful life and will be retired at the end of this calendar year. You will be relieved to know that this is the last time I will discuss our five point plan with you…but rest assured I will have a new plan for my second term if the voters choose to send us back. That being said, let’s talk about the near future. Our proposed budget includes a property tax cut, substantial pay and staffing increases for educators, improvements in school security and police compensation, and record levels of road maintenance. HISTORY I celebrated my 50th year in Anne Arundel County just a few months ago. Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Message Remarks as prepared for delivery When I was growing up, Anne Arundel County was still a rural backwater with a small May 1, 2018 population, a small economy, and very little going on of Statewide or National importance other INTRODUCTION than our wonderful Naval Academy and historic State House. Good morning. Before I begin my presentation, I would like to acknowledge some the dignitaries All that has now changed. here today. Anne Arundel County now has a 42 billion dollar economy and a population that will soon I also want to acknowledge a man who has given two and half decades to this County as our surpass that of the City of Baltimore. Budget Officer. John Hammond has served County Executives of both parties, with dedication, and always with a sense of humor. The budget I am about to present to you is his last, and I Our median household income of $92,000 is now the fourth highest in the Maryland, up from would ask everyone here to join me in giving John a round of applause. We will miss Santa fifth in 2014, and now ranks 23rd out of 3,000 counties in the United States, up from 26th in Claus and his fire engine! 2014. And there is now a lot going on of Statewide and National importance: Mr. Chairman, Mr. Vice Chairman, members of the Council, thank you for giving me this Fort George G. Meade has emerged as the third-largest Army base in the United States. opportunity to present our 2019 budget proposal and to update you on the current condition of The National Security Agency has assumed a position of immense importance to Anne Arundel County. America's national security. We are home to one of the largest gaming floors in the United States at Live! Casino and This is my fourth budget address and the final budget message of our first term. Now seems an Hotel. appropriate time to reflect on what we have accomplished together, and what priorities are The City of Annapolis has awoken from 150 years of slumber to become one of the most included in our Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal. popular tourist destinations on the East Coast. As you know our Administration has been guided by our five-point plan designed to help our Anne Arundel Community College is now regarded as one of the finest institutions of its County become the best place to live, work and start a business in the State of Maryland. That kind in the United States. plan has served us well and, as you will hear in a moment, has largely been accomplished. And the small, municipal airport that I knew as Friendship has been transformed into BWI Thurgood Marshall International Airport, Maryland's only international airport. We have brought 67 million dollars in tax and fee relief to our citizens and businesses. We now have, not one, not two, but three new high schools in development. We have broken ground on critical public safety infrastructure projects. We made County government more efficient and customer friendly. And we are in the midst of the largest waterway clean-up effort in County history. 1 2 M 1 Budget Message FY2019 Approved Budget VISION We committed to the citizens of Anne Arundel County that we would address head on the problem of overly large schools in the County, especially our high schools, which continue to Obviously, Anne Arundel County has incredible positive momentum. I have believed for some have the highest average enrollment per school of any jurisdiction in the entire State and among time that, with the right combination of policies and programs, our County could become the the highest in the Nation. policy and economic leader of the State of Maryland.