2015-COH - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

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million in public safety expenses of which $8.1 million was due to increases in salaries and wages and $0.4 million was due to increases in related employee benefits including post employment benefits and the impact of the implementation of GASB 68. The $11.4 million increase in general government was mostly due to a $1.7 million increase in salaries and wages and $4.7 million increase in expenditures relating to the capital outlay grants that were awarded by the County. The charts below illustrate the County's governmental expenses and revenues by function, and its revenues by source. As shown, public safety is the largest function in expense (43 percent), followed by general government (17 percent) and highways and streets (11 percent). General revenues such as property and other taxes are not shown by program, but are effectively used to support program activities countywide. For governmental activities overall, without regard to programs, property taxes are the largest single source of funds (57 percent), followed by operating grants and contributions (11 percent) and charges for services (11 percent). Expenses and Program Revenues — Governmental Activities Year Ended June 30, 2015 $200,000,000 $180,000,000 $160,000,000 $140,000,000 $120,000,000 $100,000,000 $80,000,000 $60,000,000 $40,000,000 $20,000,000 so .,. Expenses 11111 Program revenues 111111111111111 - 19 -