This year they have to get the amendments in by 10am the day before the meeting they are considered so the public has a fighting chance of knowing what is going on. Be careful tho, often the consider amendments at two meetings and some committees won’t let you speak twice – so check that out before you speak and find out if they are doing a two meeting process or getting it done in one and done. The committees vary. Here’s the official word on the budget process for this year.
Health and Human Needs
HHN O1 – $50,000 – Transfer funding to Boys and Girls Club Basketball and Recreation Services line item from Madison School Coommunity Recreation Basketball and Recreation Services line.
HHN 02 – $55,000 – Expenditures be increased by $55,000 in the Department of Human Services – Adult Community Services Division – Area Agency on Aging to provide an increase for Area Agency on Aging case management services. Funds would be allocated to 15 different accounts if approved.
HHN 03 – Expenditures be increased by $22,014 in the Department of Human Services – Adult Community Services Division – Area Agency on Aging to provide an increase for Area Agency on Aging for the caregiver support program, with $10,500 allocated for individual grants and $11,514 allocated to increase a coordinator position from .8 to 1.0 FTE. Staffing provided by the Alzheimer and Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin, Inc.
HHN 04 – Increase day resource center operations line by $30,000.
HHN 05 – Expenditures be increased by $93,475 in the Department of Human Services – Administration Division to restore the Ombudsman position.
HHN 06 – Neither revenues nor expenditures be change and the following provision be added to the Operating Budget Resolution: “At the end of fiscal year 2015, 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 2016 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 07 – Increase expenses $93,700 to fund 1.0 FTE Dane County Housing Development Specialist Position effective 1/1/2016.
Expect amendments coming for Bethel, Tenant Resource Center (will be sent our for bid) and Salvation Army at the next meeting – hopefully! A little support for these tonight would be welcome.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
PW 01? – $92,000 Increase operating expenditures and position authority to restore the vacant Contract & Administrative Services Supervisor position in the Public Works Engineering program of the Public Works, Highway & Transportation Department.
PW 02? – $145,200 Increase operating expenditures and position authority to create two additional snowplow driver positions in the Public Works, Highway & Transportation Department.
PW 03? – Increase operating expenditures by $20,000 to implement the following provision, to be added to 2015 RES 254, 2016 Dane County Operating Budget Appropriations: “Dane County Highway Department will purchase and operate roadside mowing equipment on a schedule at least 3 weeks earlier than it currently does in order to mow county roadsides prior to mowing state roadsides and earlier in the season to control spread of invasive plants.
PW 04? – Decrease revenue to remove projected revenue from the sale of real estate currently owned by Solid Waste.
Increase revenue from tipping fees and reduce depreciation expenses by an amount equal to the originally budgeted revenue from the sale of real estate.
Results in no net effect on the Solid Waste budget
PW 05? – Expenditures increased by $7,500 to purchase tampons and napkins for dispensers in Dane County facilities to provide at no cost at those facilities
ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
EANR 01 – Increase operating expenditures by $7,000 to provide the following: per the recommendations of the Dane County Pollinator Protection Task Force:
1) Educational materials – brochures
2) Wildflower seeds for demo pollinator gardens (2 acre total coverage)
3) Nectar forage seeds for County highway right-of -way demo
4) Annual pollinator meeting & workshop
EANR 02 – Expenditures be increased by $3,000 to create an organic conversion program pilot in UW-Extension to provide $250 per year for three years for farms that start and complete the conversion to certified organic farming practices in accordance with the USDA National Organic Standards and Regulations.
EANR 03 – Neither expenditures nor revenues be changed and a provision be added to the 2016 operating budget as follows: “A subcommittee of the Dane County Food Council will review all applications for the organic conversion grant program and
make recommendations to the Dane County Food Council for funding. The subcommittee will consist of two members of the Dane County Food Council and up to four members of the Dane County farm or agribusiness community, all appointed by the Chair of the Environment, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Committee.
