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Fiscal 2018 Budget Overview Fiscal 2018 Summary of the Adopted Budget CATHERINE E. PUGH MAYOR Board of Estimates: Bernard C. “Jack” Young, President Catherine E. Pugh, Mayor Joan M. Pratt, Comptroller David Ralph, Acting Solicitor Rudy Chow, Director of Public Works City Council: President: Bernard C. “Jack” Young Vice President: Sharon Green Middleton First District: Zeke Cohen Second District: Brandon M. Scott Third District: Ryan Dorsey Fourth District: Bill Henry Fifth District: Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer Sixth District: Sharon Green Middleton Seventh District: Leon F. Pinkett, III Eighth District: Kristerfer Burnett Ninth District: John T. Bullock Tenth District: Edward L. Reisinger Eleventh District: Eric T. Costello Twelfth District: Robert Stokes, Sr. CATHERINE E. PUGH Thirteenth District: MAYOR Shannon Sneed Fourteenth District: Mary Pat Clarke Department of Finance: Henry J. Raymond, Director Artwork Credit: Jessie Unterhalter This mural, titled New Day, was sponsored by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts during its Open Walls Project. The mural is located at 1137 Harford Road. Fiscal 2018 Table of Contents Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget Award ......................................... v The Mayor’s Letter .......................................................................................................................... vii Fiscal 2018 Community Guide to the Budget ...................................................................................ix Introduction Fiscal 2018 Budget Overview ............................................................................................................ 3 About Baltimore ............................................................................................................................... 8 Economic and Demographic Overview ............................................................................................. 9 Municipal Organization Chart ......................................................................................................... 11 Fiscal Environment Explaining the Gap Infographic ............................................................................................................. 15 Economic Outlook ................................................................................................................................. 17 Fixed Costs ...................................................................................................................................... 23 Ten-Year Financial Plan ................................................................................................................... 31 Revenue Major Revenues Forecast ..................................................................................................................... 41 Summary of Real Property Tax Credit Programs ................................................................................. 51 Property Tax One-Cent Yield ................................................................................................................. 52 Energy Tax Rate Calculation .................................................................................................................. 53 Budgetary Funds and Projected Revenues .......................................................................................... 54 Revenue Detail by Fund General Fund (Operating and Capital) ................................................................................................. 69 Parking Management Fund (Operating and Capital) ........................................................................... 75 Parking Enterprise Fund (Operating and Capital) ............................................................................... 76 Convention Center Bond Fund (Operating and Capital) ..................................................................... 77 Water Utility Fund (Operating and Capital) ........................................................................................ 78 Waste Water Utility Fund (Operating and Capital) .............................................................................. 79 Storm Water Utility Fund (Operating and Capital) .............................................................................. 80 Conduit Enterprise Fund (Operating and Capital) ............................................................................... 81 Loan and Guarantee Enterprise Fund (Operating and Capital) ........................................................... 82 Federal Fund (Operating) ...................................................................................................................... 83 State Fund (Operating) .......................................................................................................................... 85 Special Fund (Operating) ....................................................................................................................... 87 Fiscal 2018 Budget Plan The Budget Process ........................................................................................................................ 91 Budget Appropriation Levels .......................................................................................................... 93 Description of Operating and Capital Funds .................................................................................. 95 Budget Appropriation by Expense Type ......................................................................................... 97 Pie Charts: Where the Money Comes From and How the Money is Used ..................................... 98 Trends in Operating and Capital Budgets by Fund ....................................................................... 100 Trends in Total Operating and Capital Budgets by Fund .............................................................. 101 Total and Net Appropriations by Fund ......................................................................................... 102 i Fiscal 2018 Table of Contents Summary of General Fund Budgetary Trends .............................................................................. 105 Trends in Full-Time Positions ........................................................................................................ 107 Past and Projected Budgetary Fund Balances .............................................................................. 109 Expenditure Detail Operating Budget by Agency, Service, Fund ....................................................................................... 113 Operating Budget compared with Prior Year Budget by Agency, Service, Fund ............................... 117 Operating Budget Changes to Funded Positions by Agency, Service, Fund ...................................... 133 Highway User Revenue by Agency ...................................................................................................... 138 Outcome Budgeting Outcome Budgeting ...................................................................................................................... 141 Annotated One-Pager ......................................................................................................................... 143 Thriving Youth and Families ................................................................................................................ 145 Thriving Youth and Families Operating Budget Compared to Prior Year Budget ............................. 153 Safe Neighborhoods ............................................................................................................................ 155 Safe Neighborhoods Operating Budget Compared to Prior Year Budget ......................................... 164 Healthy Communities .......................................................................................................................... 167 Healthy Communities Operating Budget Compared to Prior Year Budget ....................................... 176 Vibrant Economy ................................................................................................................................. 179 Vibrant Economy Operating Budget Compared to Prior Year Budget .............................................. 186 Sustainable Infrastructure .................................................................................................................. 189 Sustainable Infrastructure Operating Budget Compared to Prior Year Budget ............................... 198 High Performing Government ............................................................................................................ 201 High Performing Government Operating Budget Compared to Prior Year Budget ......................... 206 Other Operating Budget Compared to Prior Year Budget ................................................................. 208 Capital Budget Capital Budget Appropriations ........................................................................................................... 211 Capital Budget Distribution by Agency .............................................................................................. 215 Capital Projects Impact on Operating Budget .................................................................................... 217 Pie Charts: Six-Year Capital Improvement Program .......................................................................... 218 Debt Service Overview .............................................................................................................................................
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