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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0184.021 1996-1998 COUNTY OF HAWAII - HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL ~ PROGRAM AND BUDGET REVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE Fiscal Year 1997-98(FY98) A. PROGRAMS r_, 1. Identify new goals and objectives reflected in your FY98 budget and the rationale and authority for implementation. A new goal for FY98 will be the establishment of a Violence Against Children Project funded by [he Attorney General through the Byrne Memorial Fund. This project will pilot an effort to concentrate on incidents of child physical and sexual abuse in East Hawaii. Community Prosecution continues to be a goal. 2. Identify goals and objectives that are to be discontinued in FY98 and the rationale for termination. No programs or goals have been discontinued. 3. Identify programs or divisions (if appropriate) with significant 10%) budget increases or decreases from the current year and the rationale for change in FY98. What impact do you expect these changes to have on services provided. a. Career Criminal Program -This is astate-funded program. Though not slated to receive a large decrease over the amount appropriated last year, as of this writing, the amount being appropriated is $274,021.92 short of what is needed to fully fund this program. Last year's shortfall is picked up by carry-over funds from the previous fiscal that is now completely depleted. With this shortfall, the services provided by this unit will be drastically cut and employee positions terminated unless the State or County is able to absorb this program's positions. A grant-in-aid request is pending in the legislature. b. County Operating Budget -FY97 we reduced our County operating budget to what we felt was a bare bones budget. For FY98 we are actually reducing our operating budget by an additional 2%. To accomplish this we've canceled most maintenance contracts and are not purchasing any equipment for FY97 and the same for FY98. It's questionable whether or not we will be able to pad FY97's electricity bill! Our department is on a bare bones budget. ~m~ >ua. _ Iby. ~1 _ ~i@ no. ~U~tc) Presented ~ Ref. Tn: REf. Bate lggj, 4. Breakdown your department budget by division (if appropriate) and funding source (federal, state, county, other). List programs or services provided under each. Projected for FY98: a. Federal $646,527 Victims of Crime Act $110,000 *Violence Against Children & Youth$295,027 Domestic Violence Program 241 00 $646,527 b. State $781,928 Career Criminal Program $582,443 Victim/Witness Assistance Program 199 485 $781,928 c. Public Record Fees $12,000 $12,000 d. Forfeitures $100,000 $100,000 e. County $2,698,905 $2,698,905 * A grant-in-aid request is pending in the State legislature (HB965/SB1037) Federal & State Grant funding do not coincide with the County's fiscal year. 5. Provide a copy of Form #B-202 for major equipment requests $25,000) budgeted for in FY98 by division (if appropriate) and the rationale for each major contract. a. -0- We have not budgeted a single equipment purchase for FY98. FY97, our total County budget for equipment purchases was $600. 6. List major professional service contracts $25,000) budgeted for in FY98 by division (if appropriate) and the rationale for each major contract. a. Wang Global Computer Maintenance Contract - $26,000. This contract has been pending since FY95. 7. What programs or services would you like to provide but are unable to do so? If any, describe. We would like to develop aGang/Violent Crime Unit and will be pursuing Federal Funds under President Clinton's new initiative. There is a need for more clerical & investigative support for the attorneys due to an increasing trial calendar. 8. Are there other funding sources (e.g. grants, entitlements, etc.) other than those already in place that could supplement or enhance programs or services currently provided? If any, describe the source and why you have not been able to access the funding. a. None, at this time. B. EMPLOYEES 1. List the funding source and rationale for new positions reflect in your FY98 budget. a. We are asking that the County fund our office's domestic violence unit which will run out of funds in March of 1997. See information concerning this unit in the accompanying packet. Without this unit, critical services being provided by our office will be discontinued. 2. List the funding source and rationale for positions to be deleted in FY98. a. Though not deleted, our office has " 3" state-funded positions that remain unfilled due to the budget restraints. b. Violence Against Children & Youth Grant -funding of unit's positions. 3. List position reallocations that are planned for in FY98 and the rationale for reallocation. a. Victim Witness Coordinator - We are planning to reallocate this position to an EM1 because of the increased responsibility assigned to this position. b. We are continuing to look at reorganizing the clerical series to the legal clerk series. This series is more appropriate to a law office. 4. What positions would you like to add, fill or fund that are not in your F98 budget and why? a. We would like to add the following positions: Hilo -Investigator V, Legal Clerk III, and a Paralegal for forfeitures. Kona -Legal Clerk III. b. We would like to fill/fund the following vacant positions: Hilo -Victim Witness Counselor I and a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. Kona -Investigator V. c. These actions are necessary due to the tremendous about of cases being handled by our office. 5. 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