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Total expenses increased by$80.2 million,which represented a 14 percent change from the prior <br /> year. There were retroactive pay raises resulting from bargaining unit negotiations, as well as the <br /> typical increases in salaries and wages and related employment benefit costs across all functions <br /> in the current fiscal year. The County also incurred approximately $77.1 million of expenditures <br /> while responding to the additional needs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These expenditures <br /> were funded by just one of the many federal grants received by the County to assist in dealing <br /> with the financial burden resulting from the pandemic. <br /> The charts below illustrate the County's governmental expenses and revenues by function, and its <br /> revenues by source. As shown,public safety is the largest function in expense (53 percent), <br /> followed by general government(13 percent) and highways and streets(I I percent). General <br /> revenues such as property and other taxes are not shown by program,but are effectively used to <br /> support program activities countywide. For governmental activities overall,without regard to <br /> programs,property taxes are the largest single source of funds(52 percent), followed by <br /> operating grants and contributions (24 percent)and other taxes(12 percent). <br /> Expenses and Program Revenues—Governmental Activities <br /> Year Ended June 30,2021 <br /> $400,000,000 <br /> $350,000,000 <br /> $300,000,000 iii Expenses ■Program revenues <br /> $250,000,000 <br /> $200,000,000 <br /> $150,000,000 <br /> $100,000,000 <br /> $50,000,000 MEN <br /> $0 oil <br /> �� cJ <br /> em I <br /> eta\oo Q �aa� ti°aa ¢aca \0 <br /> 5�°c <br /> e Llce <br /> e <br /> - 21 - <br />