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Honorable Members of the Hawai`i County Council <br /> February 28, 2013 <br /> Page 2 <br /> Collecting Less Taxes <br /> For the fifth straight year, the County of Hawaii will collect less in property taxes than it <br /> did when this administration began in 2008. Tax collections in FY 2008-09 were $225.9 <br /> million and are expected to total $200.6 million during FY 2013-2014. This continuing lag in tax <br /> collections has been coupled with years of cost increases in areas such as employee health care <br /> and retirement costs and unpredictable fluctuations in utilities and fuel. In short, it will cost us <br /> more to deliver the same services next year, and there will be approximately the same amount of <br /> money available to provide these services. <br /> Real Property Tax Revenue <br /> $230,000,000 <br /> $220,000,000 <br /> $210,000,000 <br /> $200,000,000 <br /> $190,000,000 <br /> $180,000,000 <br /> 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 <br /> Actual Actual Actual Actual Budget Budget <br /> Limiting the Size and Cost of Government <br /> This budget represents the fifth year of our continuing effort to control and reduce <br /> spending wherever possible. Overtime spending has been reduced by 36 percent during this <br /> period, for a reduction of$5.1 million since FY 2007-2008. <br /> Overtime Total <br /> $15,000,000 <br /> $10,000,000 <br /> $5,000,000 <br /> 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 <br /> Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Budget Budget <br />