TABLE OF CONTENTS Mayor’s Budget Address to Metro Council............................................................................................................ i Title Page................................................................................................................................................................ vi Mayor's Letter......................................................................................................................................................... vii Louisville Metro Organization Chart...................................................................................................................... viii Revenue Estimates and Receipts Summary............................................................................................................ ix Revenue Estimates and Receipts Table .................................................................................................................. x Louisville Metro Revenue Descriptions ................................................................................................................. xii Revenue Pie Chart: General Fund – Municipal Aid/County Road Aid – Community Development Fund........... xvii Summary of Appropriations – General Fund – Municipal Aid/County Road Aid – Community Development Fund......................................................................................................................... xviii Summary of Appropriations – All Funds ............................................................................................................... xx Percent Change by Function................................................................................................................................... xxii Expenditure Pie Chart: General Fund – Municipal Aid/County Road Aid – Community Development Fund ...... xxiii Summary of Fund Balances.................................................................................................................................... xxiv Personnel Summary................................................................................................................................................ xxv Metro Government Operations............................................................................................................................... 1 LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT Mayor’s Office ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 Policy & Management............................................................................................................................................ 7 Metro Council......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Public Protection .................................................................................................................................................... 12 Louisville Fire.................................................................................................................................................... 15 Louisville Metro Emergency Medical Services................................................................................................. 21 Emergency Management Agency/MetroSafe .................................................................................................... 25 Metro Corrections.............................................................................................................................................. 31 Youth Detention Services .................................................................................................................................. 38 Criminal Justice Commission ............................................................................................................................ 43 Metro Animal Services ...................................................................................................................................... 49 Louisville Metro Police .......................................................................................................................................... 59 Economic Development ......................................................................................................................................... 69 Codes & Regulations.............................................................................................................................................. 79 Parks & Recreation................................................................................................................................................. 87 Housing & Family Services.................................................................................................................................... 95 Public Health & Wellness....................................................................................................................................... 103 Neighborhoods ....................................................................................................................................................... 110 Public Works & Assets........................................................................................................................................... 116 Technology Services............................................................................................................................................... 127 Office of Management & Budget .......................................................................................................................... 133 Human Resources................................................................................................................................................... 139 RELATED AGENCIES Louisville Free Public Library................................................................................................................................ 146 Waterfront Development Corporation ................................................................................................................... 152 KentuckianaWorks ................................................................................................................................................. 156 Human Relations Commission ............................................................................................................................... 157 Office of Internal Audit .......................................................................................................................................... 162 Louisville Zoo ........................................................................................................................................................ 167 ELECTED OFFICIALS Other Elected Officials .......................................................................................................................................... 174 Jefferson County Attorney...................................................................................................................................... 175 County Clerk / Board of Elections.......................................................................................................................... 179 Commonwealth Attorney........................................................................................................................................ 182 Other Statutory Obligations.................................................................................................................................... 185 Coroner................................................................................................................................................................... 189 Sheriff..................................................................................................................................................................... 192 EXTERNAL AGENCIES External Agencies Summary .................................................................................................................................. 193 CAPITAL BUDGET ............................................................................................................................................ 199 Budget speech to Metro Council Fiscal Year 2009-10 4 p.m. May 28, 2009 Metro Council Chambers As always, I appreciate the opportunity to join all of you on the Metro Council here today to talk about the year ahead. This time last year, I told you I saw clouds on the horizon – rising costs…soaring gas prices…and economic uncertainties. The weather was worse than expected: Who could have predicted windstorms…and ice storms…Wall Street’s collapse…and a hurricane-force downturn in the national economy? Never in all my years in this community have I seen more families, business people, nonprofit agencies and educational institutions struggle -- facing some of the toughest financial times in this nation since the Great Depression. Our city’s unemployment rate hit a 25-year record, double-digits. And of course, we’ve faced our own financial challenges in city government as a result of the national economic downturn. We have seen tax revenue slide, made adjustments, faced new challenges, made more adjustments with all of us working together. That’s the key: We’ve kept working together