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Northampton County Community College

April 12, 2016

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  ccountability 

 Sustainability 

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Expenses exceed Revenues Tax Revenue is flat

Use of General Fund tax dollars to balance

budget Infrastructure repair/maintenance

State budget impasse

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Expense growth exceed revenue increase Personnel Cost Increase: Average/10 years =$3.9

million/year

Benefit Cost increases at 4x rate of Tax Revenue

Pension Results 2008 $ 0.6 million or 8.4 % of tax revenue

2015 $ 13.3 million or 22.38% of tax revenue

Flat revenues for the past several years◦

2008-2014 : Tax revenue flat; increases avg lessthan $ 1.0 million

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General Fund reserves needed to balance budget Average $ 15.7 million/year

◦ Equivalent to 2.1 mils of taxes

2012 $ 18.0

2013 $ 14.0

2014 $ 17.5 (returned $ 17.0 to GF rev neutral)

2015 $ 19.7 (returned $ 19.7 to GF (rev neutral)

2016 $ 9.7 ( require-do not expect to need it)

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◦ 2008 $ 68.3◦ 2012 $ 42.6

◦ 2013 $ 34.1 ($ 28.6 + $ 5.5 accounting adj)

◦ 2014 $ 33.5

◦ 2015 $ 42.8 (Net $ 30.2 )   $ 2.5 million moved to Stabilization fund

  $ 10.0 million moved to DHS capital fund

Reverses 7 year downward trend

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◦ Double digit growth in health care/benefits costs $ 1.2-$ 1.7 million/year

same # of members

◦ 2007 = $ 17.5

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2014 = $ 26.3◦ 2015 = $ 23.0

$ 3.3 savings

$ 1.5 annual increase avoided

NET savings $4.5 million or (17% reduction)

◦ Only 1/3 of workforce on new plan in 2015

◦ 87% will be on plan in 2016

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◦ 11 unions ~ 75% of workforce◦ 9 contracts have been settled

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◦ 73% reduction in operating loss◦ $ 2.1 million vs $ 7.7 million

◦ DOH zero deficiencies 2 years in row

◦ Electronic Health Records (NTT)

“returned” 320 nursing hours ~ ½ hour per resident

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◦ Central Booking upgrade 2-4 hrs reduced to 15 minutes

Putting officers back on street/Public Safety

$ 0.5 million Department of Labor Grant

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◦ Community Investment Partnership Program (CIPP) ~ $ 834K grants

Investing in our local communitites

Funding source is local table game proceeds

◦ Ag Connect Support for local agriculture businesses

Recognition of importance of agriculture to our localeconomy

◦ Medical Waste/Drug Collection Boxes

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Program Update

Environmentally Sensitive $ 4.4 million

Farmland Preservation $ 10.8 million

County Parks $ 4.9 millionMunicipal Parks $ 6.9 million

Total $ 27.0 million

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◦ Gracedale Electronic Health Records, Kronos, Pharmacy

◦ Row Offices

Orphan and Wills

Criminal

Prothonotary/Sheriff

◦ VOIP phone system upgrades

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◦ $ 24 million county tax dollars required to coverstate funding shortfall

◦ $ 45 million loan established

◦ Came with 24 hours of needing to tap loan

◦ Going forward Anticipate delays again

Investments remain short term/liquid

Re-establish loan program

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Public Private Partnership (P3)◦ PennDOT endorsed

◦ 1st for any county in PA

◦ Thirty-three (33) of the county’s bridges

 (County owns 119).

◦ Cost estimate $ 40-$ 50 million

◦ Four year project

◦ Reducing the repair and maintenance costs by an

estimated 20%-40%.