HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0140.022 2000-2002 HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
BUDGET MESSAGE - FY 2001-2002
The Hawaii County Police Departrnent is submitting a proposed budget for Fiscal Year
2001 - 2002 of $32,700,750. The amount Is $2,392,259 (7.9%) more than the
$30,308,491 budgeted for our current fiscal year 2000 -2001. The Increase rs due
primarily to:
Salary and wage Increases for.
• creation of 5 new Police Officer positions.
creation of a Personnel Speaalist positlon.
• funding of 5 recently created Police Radio Dispatcher positions that
were initlally unfunded.
• absorbing 14 current Community Police Officer federal grant funded
positions for which 5 grant funded positions expire on 3-31-01 and
tt?e remaining 9 grant funded positions expire on 10-31-O1.
Overtime:
• Our overtime budget has remained tfie same for the past two years.
During this time employees were granted pay increases and step
movements of nearly 5%. For example we have expended well over $2
million in overtime during the fast fiscal year as compared to our budget
of 1.6 million. We were able to use monies allocated for vapnt positions
to pay for these overages. However as we rnntinue to fill all of our
vacant positions, funds previously used to supplement overtime payments
will no longer be available.
• Since 1994 our staff has mcreased by 50 positrons, 30 community policing
and 20 cell block positions, resulting from Konno vs County of Hawaii.
More importantly at least 27 of these positions have directly affected our
budget during the last year or so. The affect being increased overtime
cost resulting from holiday, investigative, court appearance and other
overtime pay.
• Other Curt+ent Expenses:
. _ increase in fuel cost.
• increase in utilities cost, electricity and telephone.
• increase In insurance cost.
• addition of Byrne Memorial Grant required match ($178,710).
Of the $32,700,750 Dotal $2,710,879 (8.3%) is from federal and state grants and the
remaining $29,989,871 (91.7%) is from the County's General Fund. Of this total
$23,426,908 (78.1%) Is earmarked for salaries and wages accounts, $6,443,088
(21.5%) for other current expense accounts and $119,875 (0.4%) for equipment
accounts.
The salary and wages accounts are further broken down this way:
Regular Salaries and Wages $21,396,558 (91.3%).
• Overtime Wages $1,695,200 (7.2%}.
• Miscellaneous Salaries and Wages $335,150 (1.5°~). Na '~{0,2Z-
File No. 6bID
Ref. To:
n.,, MAR 2 9 200
tJf the $2,392,259 increase in the proposed budget, discounting Increase in state and
federal grants of $531,748, the Increase in the general fund portion is $1,860,511. Of
this inQease, $1,663,349 (89.49'0) Is earmarked for salaries and wages accounts and the
remaining $197,162 (10.6%), for other current expense accounts, which includes the
inaease for the Byrne grant match.
Due to the County's economic forecast and the resulting limited revenues, we are unable
to budget for Increased funding In certain areas, which may become critical dunng the
fiscal year. _
• CID-]AB-VICE - Miscellaneous Contract Services account for forensic
evaluations
• Cwertime accounts -for reasons as mentioned above.
• Administration -Equipment Repair/Maintenance account for Records
Management System maintenance and recurring costs.
• Administration -Telephone account -for cellular phone fleet plan and wide-
area-network (WAN) recurring costs.
• Miscellaneous -Training account -for in-service training and re-training.
• Administration -Equipment account -for base repeater station and cnme lab.
Our DepartrnenYs summary which included our organizational structure and how we
function, our DepartrnenYs goals, our program description, objectives, highlights and
measures and our Progress Update report were submitted to you previously.