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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 (11 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 <br />$250,000,000 <br />$200,000,000 <br />$150,000,000 <br />$100,000,000 <br />$50,000,000 <br />$0 <br />caec <br />a``e� ceew5 \date a�\oc <br />a�\oc ae`p� <br />oetc <br />J'P��`y acay� cafe te`te <br />5a�`� �e�� <br />Q <br />eta\4o <br />�aay w�°ca ¢aca <br />�°�$ <br />e C. <br />to <br />�e <br />-21- <br />