Last Chance for Public Input on County Budget Amendments

Tonight, tomorrow night and Wednesday night!

TONIGHT – MONDAY

5:30 PM Personnel & Finance Committee City-County Building Room 351 **BUDGET**

– AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE DANE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, REGARDING COMPENSATION OF THE COUNTY BOARD

The committee will be taking public comment and discussing only the departmental budgets listed below at this meeting. This will be the final meeting that public comment will be taken on the department budgets listed below. Please see 10/29/19 and 10/30/19 Personnel & Finance agendas for other department budgets.

• Personnel & Finance Oversight
• County Treasurer (pages 116-119
• Department of Administration (pages 78-115)
• Library (pages 384-388)
• Land Information Office (pages 357-360)
• Debt Service (pages 509-512)
• Miscellaneous Appropriation (pages 135-139)
• General County (pages 45-49)

– – PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 OPERATING BUDGET

There is only one amendment in the link – P&F-O-01

Sharon Corrigan is asking for $85,275 for a Department of Administration – Information Managements – “Expenditures be increased by $85,275 and position authority increased by 1.0 FTE to create a new Information Management Specialist II position effective 4/1/20 in the Department of Administration-Information Management to develop applications as needed, with a particular focus on criminal justice and cross- system applications.”

– – PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 CAPITAL BUDGET

There is only one amendment in the link – P&F-C-01

Supervisor Danner is asking for $500,000 for Dane County Housing Authority – “Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds by $500,000 to fund efforts by the Dane County Housing Authority to develop new rental housing units in Dane County and add the following provision to 2019 RES-285: “The Dane County Housing Authority is an extension of Dane County. The DCHA is poised to engage in the development of new affordable housing units. The $500,000 in funding will become available to the DCHA for one or more development projects once the DCHA has secured tax credit or other financing sources to complete the project(s).””

TOMORROW NIGHT – TUESDAY

5:30 PM Personnel & Finance Committee City-County Building Room 351 **BUDGET**
The committee will be taking public comment and discussing only the departmental budgets listed below at this meeting. This will be the final meeting that public comment will be taken on the department budgets listed below. Please see 10/30/2018 Personnel & Finance agenda for other department budgets.

Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources oversight
•Land & Water Resources (pages 423-442)
•Extension (pages 443-447)

Public Works & Transportation oversight
•Waste & Renewables (Solid Waste) (pages 361-383)
•Alliant Energy Center (pages 389-417)
•Zoo (pages 418-422)
•Public Works, Highway and Transportation (pages 451-481)
•Airport (pages 484-508

Zoning & Land Regulation oversight
•Register of Deeds (pages 131-134)
•Planning and Development (pages 345-356)

Executive Committee oversight
•County Board Office (pages 50-53)
•County Executive (pages 54-67 and 330-333)
•Tamara Grigsby Office of Equity & Inclusion (pages 68-71)
•County Clerk (pages 72-77)

Health and Human Needs oversight
•Veterans Services (pages 342-345)
•Badger Prairie Health Care Center (pages 229-234)
•Human Services Department (pages 235-337)

– OPERATING BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THE PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 29TH
– CAPITAL BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THE PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 29TH
– AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE DANE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, REGARDING PARKING RAMP FEES
– AMENDING CHAPTER 41 OF THE DANE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, MODIFYING LANDFILL DISPOSAL FEES
– AMENDING CHAPTER 67 OF THE DANE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES ADDRESSING AIRPORT TERMINAL RENT AND LANDING FEES
– AMENDING CHAPTER 54 OF THE DANE COUNTY ORDINANCES, REVISING ALLIANT ENERGY CENTER PARKING FEES

NOTE:  The agenda says “AMENDMENT PACKETS WILL BE UPDATED BY 4:00 PM ONE BUSINESS DAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR THE UPDATED PACKETS AFTER 4:00 PM ON OCTOBER 28TH.” so we won’t know what they are discussing until later today.

At the moment (approx 1pm on Monday) they have the following as attachments

WEDNESDAY NIGHT

5:30 PM Personnel & Finance Committee City-County Building Room 351 **BUDGET**
– AMENDMENT PACKETS WILL BE UPDATED BY 4:00 PM ONE BUSINESS DAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR THE UPDATED PACKETS AFTER 4:00 PM ON OCTOBER 29TH.
– The committee will be taking public comment and discussing only the departmental budgets listed below at this meeting. This will be the final meeting that public comment will be taken on the department budgets listed below.

Public Protection & Judiciary oversight
•Corporation Counsel (pages 120-130)
•Clerk of Courts (pages 140-156)
•Criminal Justice- Law Clerks (pages 152-153)
•Family Court Services (pages 157-160)
•Medical Examiner (pages 161-165)
•District Attorney (pages 166-179)
•Sheriff (pages 180-200)
•Public Safety Communications (pages 201-209)
•Emergency Management (pages 210-217)
•Juvenile Court (pages 218-228)

– OPERATING BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THE PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 30TH
– CAPITAL BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THE PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 30TH
– AMENDING CHAPTER 62 OF THE DANE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, REGARDING MEDICAL EXAMINER FEES
– AMENDING CHAPTER 62 OF THE DANE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, RESCINDING JUVENILE HOME DETENTION FEE

NOTE:  The agenda says “AMENDMENT PACKETS WILL BE UPDATED BY 4:00 PM ONE BUSINESS DAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR THE UPDATED PACKETS AFTER 4:00 PM ON OCTOBER 28TH.” so we won’t know what they are discussing until tomorrow at 4:00.

At the moment (approx 1pm on Monday) they have the following as attachments

OPERATING

CAPITAL

If they do it like past years they have one more meeting where they come back with one big “uber amendment” that magically results in a balanced budget.  There is no public discussion, it’s all done behind closed doors.  The public is no longer allowed to speak at that point.  Then it goes to the county board, and I don’t believe the public can speak at that meeting either.  All you can do it email, call or try to talk to them in person but the board meeting is essentially a rubber stamping of the “uber amendment”.