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The Honorable Chairman J Yoshimoto and Members of the County Council Page 7 February 27,2009 EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION The following table presents a summary of projected FY 2009-10 expenditures from various sources and the changes from the current budget: EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION (Amounts in thousands) Increase (Decrease) Percent From Percent Of FY 2008-09 Increase Expenditures Amount Total Amount (Decrease) General Government $ 48,289 12.5% ($3,870) (8.0%) Public Safety 113,990 29.6% 2,412 2.1% Highways&Streets 17,878 4.6% 268 1.5% Health, Education, &Welfare 23,185 6.0% (1,751) (7.6%) Culture and Recreation 19,200 5.0% (1,318) (6.9%) Sanitation &Waste Removal 42,115 10.9% (2,569) (6.1%) Debt Service 40,611 10.5% (2,768) (6.8%) Pension&Retirement 32,301 8.4% 1,658 5.1% Health Fund 37,851 9.8% 2,152 5.7% Miscellaneous 10,860 2.7% (11,139) (102.6%) $386,280 100.0% ($16,925) (4.4%) CONCLUSION The budget being submitted is $16.9 million less than the current year's budget. The projected reduction in revenues from real property tax, transient accommodations tax, interest earnings and fund balance from prior year has presented us with a challenge and an opportunity to review our business operations and core functions. The decision to propose selling County land in Hamakua came only after making significant cuts throughout the County departments, unfunding many vacant positions and deferring transfers to reserve and provision accounts. Because the property was given to the County in settlement of real property tax debts, it is appropriate that it provide a source of revenue to the County in these difficult times. Additionally,we are proposing to transfer $2 million dollars from the budget stabilization fund and to have a two-year moratorium on dedicating 2% of real property tax to the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resource Preservation fund. All of these options combined have allowed us to present a balanced budget. In preparing the budget submitted today we have been able to avoid property tax rate adjustments as a balancing measure. However, this budget contains estimates that may