The county board budget process is much harder to follow than the city’s, but here’s what I can figure out at the moment . . . it seems to be constantly changing, so stay tuned. Tonight they consider removing the jail from the budget, tomorrow night they consider planning for a restoration center and Thursday they consider videotaping their committee meetings! Several amendments have already been voted on.
This is the page where you could attempt to follow along, I think, but the best way is always to show up because they may hand out more amendments at the meeting. (Note, they have the capital and operating budget amendments backwards at the moment)
COMMITTEE MEETINGS & PROCESS
Remember that they have that crazy rule that if you speak to an amendment at one meeting and they discuss it at the next, you can’t speak again. But you can speak again in front of a different committee, so if you spoke at Public Protection and Judiciary you and speak at Personnel and Finance. However, I believe they won’t take testimony at the final board meeting because they already held their public hearing – yeah, they don’t want to know what you think about their amendments apparently.
Meetings we’ve already missed:
10/10 – Zoning and Land Regulation
10/17 – Public Works and Transportation & Public Protection & Judiciary (says it was a public hearing)
10/18 – Health and Human Needs (overview of the budget)
10/23 – Environment, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Meetings Coming Up:
10/24 (today) – Zoning and Land Regulation & Public Protection and Judiciary
10/25 – Health and Human Needs
10/26 – Executive Committee
10/30 – Public Works and Transportation
11/1 – Health and Human Needs
Then it all goes to Finance Committee. They don’t have the dates listed for that. There is this document that simply says:
November 6-10 – Personnel and Finance Committee consideration of Standing Committee recommendations on Operating and Capital Budgets and supervisor amendments
November 9 – Regular County Board meeting
November 13-17 – Personnel and Finance Committee consideration of Standing Committee recommendations on Operating and Capital Budgets and supervisor amendments – Final Recommendation to Board
November 20 – County Board budget deliberations begin 7:00PM, assuming Personnel and Finance completes action and amendment packet and substitute resolutions are completed
November 21 – Continue budget deliberations, if necessary
November 30 – Regular County Board meeting; consideration of possible County Executive vetoes
AMENDMENTS
ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES – DONE (?)
We missed these last night
EANR-C-01 Supervisor Ritt
Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds in the capital budget by $17,000 to purchase a rainfall simulator
EANR-C-02 Supervisor Wegleitner
Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds in the capital budget by $24,000 to fund the installation of feminine hygiene product dispensors in all county park restroom facilities.
No number – Supv. Corrigan
Expenditures be increased by $25,000 in the 2018 operating budget for the Office of the County Board, policy and program evaluation-POS line to provide one time funds to the University of Wisconsin – Madison for the UniverCity partnership.
No number – Supv. Corrigan
Expenditures be increased by $5,000 in the 2018 operating budget for the Office of the County Board, Legislative Services for public engagement.
No number – Young
Expenditures be increased by $21,600 in the 2018 operating budget and for future years for the Office of the County Board software maintenance line to provide funds for the Boards and Commissions module in Legistar.
PUBLIC PROTECTION AND JUDICIARY AKA PP&J- TONIGHT at 5:15 in Room 357 of the City-County Building
PP&J-C-01 – Supervisor Rusk
Neither increase nor decrease revenues or expenditures but add the following language to 2017 RES-253: “The County Board recommends that during the upcoming planning process for the jail consolidation project, that the Sheriff continue to review of all aspects of Option 3 Phase 1 to ensure in-person visitation for all inmates is included in Phase 1.”
PP&J-C-02 Supervisor Rusk
Neither increase nor decrease revenues or expenditures but add the following language to 2017 RES-253: “The Sheriff and the Chair of the Public Protectin and Judiciary Committee will appoint a five to seven person committee review planning for the jail consolidation project. The committee will be briefed by the architecture and engineering consultant and provide input at up to three meetings at the schematic design stage and up to two meetings at the design development stage of the planning process.”
PP&J-C-03 Supervisor Wegleitner
Reduce expenditures and borrowing proceeds by $76 million to remove the jail consolidation project from the capital budget.
PP&J-O-01 Supervisor Rusk
Neither revenues nor expenditures be changed and the following language be added to 2017 RES-252: “The 2018 Budget Proposal contains $100,000 for a comprehensive review of the existing mental health services system in Dane County. This is in response to concerns expressed regarding the lack of adequate and appropriate services to address the needs of those struggling with issues of mental illness. This lack of services is often identified as the cause of incarceration and/or hospitalization or other unnecessary restrictive forms of treatment. The goal is to review the current mental health services system provided by both public and private funders and identify the needs, gaps, and possible solutions to address the issues identified. The feasibility of a Mental Health Crisis Restoration Facility or other needed crisis responses will be included in the context of this more thorough examination of the (it just ends there . . . . . )
PPJ-O-02 Supervisor Bayrd
Eliminate 2.0 FTE Project Paralegals (DA office Budget, Criminal and Traffic $161,200)
PPJ-O-03 Supervisor Bayrd
(Alternatives to Incarceration) increase expenditures $80,600 and create a 1.0 FTE Paralegal.
PPJ-O-04 Supervisor Bayrd
increase expenditures and create a 1.0 FTE Paralegal (Human Services)
PP&J-O-05 Supervisor Rusk
Neither revenuses nor expenditures be changed, but the fhourly rate for the staff attorneys on line 51 be changed from $17.53 to $20.45. (clerk of courts, funds 6 instead of 7 positions)
PPJ-O-06 Supervisor Willett
in order to reduce overtime in the 911 center, add 1.0 FTE Communicator position effective 7/1/18. This will increase expenditures $37,700.
ZONING AND LAND REGULATION – TONIGHT 6:30 Room 354 in the City-County Building
No capital budget amendments
ZLR-O-1 Supv. Corrigan
Expenditures be increased by $20,000 in the 2018 operating budget for the Department of Planning and Development, Planning Division for a one time allocation to the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau for area wide planning for the area surrounding the Alliant Energy Center.
HEALTH AND HUMAN NEEDS – TOMORROW NIGHT 5:30 Room 354 in the City County Building
HHN-C-01 Supv. Wegleitner
Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds by $8,000,000 for planning and development of one or more 24/7 community-based crisis, assessment, and resource centers focused on supporting persons in the community, and diverting persons with mental health, substance abuse, or developmental disability issues who have contact with law enforcement from being arrested and/or admitted to the County jail.
HHN-O-01 Supervisor Levin
Increase expenditures by $30,000 to expand HUD coordinated entry to areas outside the City of Madison.
HHN-O-02 Supervisor Levin
Provide an increase of $50,000 to fund additional case management services at the Focal Points
HHN-O-03 Supervisor Levin
Neither revenues nor expenditures be changed and the following language be added to 2017 RES-252: “The 2018 Budget Proposal contains $100,000 for a comprehensive review of the existing mental health services system in Dane County. This is in response to concerns expressed regarding the lack of adequate and appropriate services to address the needs of those struggling with issues of mental illness. This lack of services is often identified as the cause of incarceration and/or hospitalization or other unnecessary restrictive forms of treatment. The goal is to review the current mental health services system provided by both public and private funders and identify the needs, gaps, and possible solutions to address the issues identified. The feasibility of a Mental Health Crisis Restoration Facility or other needed crisis responses will be included in the context of this more thorough examination of the available mental health resources in Dane County.”
HHN-O-04 Supervisor Young
Provide a budget increase of $1,200 to the LTE line item along with related $100 fringe to allow the Commission on Sensitive Crimes to go back up to 2015 levels of funding.
HHN0O-05 Supervisor Young
A Sexual Assault Prevention RFP be funded for $35,000
HHN-O-06 Supervisor Dye
Provide an increase of $107,000 to fund the Leopold Early Childhood Zone
HHN-O-07 Supvervisor Wegleitner
Increase operating expenditures by $300,000 to provide one buss passes for some of the 22,227 SNAP case units.
HHN-O-08 Supv. Wegleitner
At the end of fiscal year 2018, any surplus of deficit of general purpose revenue in the Human Services Fund, net of any deficit or surplus in the Badger Prairie Fund, shall be retained in the Human Services Fund. Any surplus will be applied in fiscal year 2019 to support programs of the Human Services Department. Only by a 2/3 vote of the County Board may surplus funds from the Human Services Reserve Fund be appropriated for other purposes.
HHN-O-09 Supvervisor Wegleitner
Increase operating expenditures by $780,000 to fund supportive services for affordable housing admissions and continued occupancy for persons on the Homeless Services Consortium of Dane County’s Priority List, including homeless veterans (42), chronically homeless (268), and homeless youth (71).
HHN-O-10 Supervisors Downing, Clausius
Increase funding by a total of $15,500 to meet the increased need for programming in the African American elder population. $10,000 for transportation and $5,500 for translation of brochures and other materials into Spanish.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – THURSDAY NIGHT
No capital amendments
I don’t think these are complete yet . . . I think the deadline is noon today . . .
No number – Supv. Corrigan
Expenditures be increased by $25,000 in the 2018 operating budget for the Office of the County Board, policy and program evaluation-POS line to provide one time funds to the University of Wisconsin – Madison for the UniverCity partnership.
No number – Supv. Corrigan
Expenditures be increased by $5,000 in the 2018 operating budget for the Office of the County Board, Legislative Services for public engagement.
No number – Young
Expenditures be increased by $21,600 in the 2018 operating budget and for future years for the Office of the County Board software maintenance line to provide funds for the Boards and Commissions module in Legistar.
PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION – meets on the 30th to consider budget items
These were already voted on . . .
PWT-C-1 Supervisor Schmidt
Public Works and Transportation, approved 5-0, YGP 2-0
Reduce expenditures and borrowing by $480,000 to eliminate the LED lighting upgrade project at the Dane County Courthouse.
PWT-C-2 Supervisor Schmidt
Public Works and Transportation, approved 5-0, YGP 2-0
Reduce expenditures and borrowing by $200,000to eliminate the LED lighting upgrade project at the Badger Prairie Healthcare Center.
PWT-C-3 Supervisor Schmidt
Public Works and Transportation, approved 5-0, YGP 2-0
Increase expenditures and borrowing revenue by $680,000 to increase the appropriation for the SMART Fund in 2018.
PWT-C-04 Supvervisor Corrigan
Public Works and Transportation, approved 5-0, YGP 2-0
Neither expenditures nor revenues be changed and the following language be added to 2017 RES-253, “Prior to investment in the biogas offloading station for the CNG pipeline, agreements between Dane County and each digester owner interested in using the pipeline be in place and reviewed by the Public Works and Transportation Committee and the Personnel and Finance Committee in order to insure that the pipeline capacity is sized appropriately for the demonstrated digester demand. ”
This one hasn’t been voted on yet . . .
PWT-O-01 Supervisor Schmidt
Increase expenditures by $10,000 in the Department of Public Works, Highway, and Transportation – Transit and Environmental program to provide a state trail pass to Dane County residents who drive hybrid or electric vehicles and are now subject to the increase state fee.
