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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20032685.tiff BUDGET UNIT REQUEST SUMMARY AGENCY/DEPARTMENT NAME: GENERAL SERVICES AGENCY BUDGET UNIT TITLE AND NUMBER: PBX Phone Services -- 6400-17400 DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION: Provide phone services to Weld County and the Court system. ACTUAL BUDGETED : REQUESTED RECOMMEND RESOURCES LAST FY CURRENT FY ` NEXT FY NEXT FY Personnel Services $ 101,625 $ 109,127 $ 119,343 $ 119,343 Supplies 7,236 5,500 8,000 8,000 Purchased Services 568,466 661,891 622,505 622,505 Fixed Charges 131,988 83,482 110,152 110,152 Capital 108,021 0 0 0 Gross County Cost $ 917,336 $ 860,000 $ 860,000 $ 860,000 Revenue 949,293 860,000 860,000 860,000 Net County Cost $ - 31,957 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Budget Positions 2 2 2 2 SUMMARY OF CHANGES: Budget reflects a three percent salary increase, plus the addition of employees using health insurance benefits. Phone costs for local and long distance charges are down$8,676,due to competition in the telecom industry,even with additional buildings and phones. Depreciation is up $8,441 for 2004 with the added phone systems for the Law Administration Building and new jail addition. Phone maintenance is down $13,948. Overhead is up $15,759. Contract services are down,even with the charge back of$40,669 for the PBX Operator from Clerk to the Board,and a contingency for the new building costs. All other line items are stable and reflect historical expenditure patterns. Total budget is unchanged. This budget is a beneficiary of all the competition in the telecom industry, as the over capacity continues to drive prices downward. Expenses are fully recovered from revenues from users of the phone system. OBJECTIVES: To operate and maintain all county phone systems, including research for replacement, improved productivity, and other service requests. 425 g 2003-2685 PBX PHONE SERVICES (CONTINUED) 6400-17400 PERFORMANCE MEASURES ACTUAL ESTIMATED PROJECTED Work Outputs Incoming calls 3,300,000 3,400,000 3,500,000 Efficiency Measures FTE'S per 10,000/capita .1026 .0993 .0959 Per capita cost (county support) -$0.1638 0 0 Annual cost per call .2780 .2529 .2457 Effectiveness Measures (desired results) Process requests for service within 7 days 100% 100% 100% FINANCE/ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION: Recommend approval. BOARD ACTION: 426 FINANCE CORPORATION IGS FUND SUMMARY OF REVENUE 2004 ACCOUNT NUMBER 2003 2004 2004 FUND ORGN ACCT ACCOUNT TITLE BUDGET REQUEST RECOMMEND MISCELLANEOUS 6500 17700 4624 RENTS FROM BUILDINGS 737,233.00 740,133.00 740,133.00 TOTAL FINANCE CORPORATION IGS FUND 737,233.00 740,133.00 740,133.00 F N V FINANCE CORPORATION IGS FUND SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES 2004 ACCOUNT# 2003 2004 2004 FUND ORGN EXPENDITURE FUNCTION BUDGET REQUEST RECOMMEND 6500 17700 FINANCE CORPORATION 737,233.00 740,133.00 740,133.00 TOTAL FINANCE CORPORATION IGS FUND 737,233.00 740,133.00 740,133.00 r N 00 BUDGET UNIT REQUEST SUMMARY AGENCY/DEPARTMENT NAME: WELD COUNTY FINANCE AUTHORITY BUDGET UNIT TITLE AND NUMBER: Weld County Finance Authority-- 6500-17700 DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION: Provides funds to cover the lease/purchase of county buildings. ACTUAL BUDGETED REQUESTED RECOMMEND RESOURCES LAST FY CURRENT FY NEXT FY NEXT FY Personnel Services $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Supplies 0 0 0 0 Purchased Services 0 0 0 0 Fixed Charges 705,056 737,233 740,133 740,133 Capital 0 0 0 0 Gross County Cost $ 705,056 $ 737,233 $ 740,133 $ 740,133 Revenue 742,328 737,233 740,133 740,133 Net County Cost $ - 37,272 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Budget Positions -- -- -- -- SUMMARY OF CHANGES: Budget reflects the following county lease/purchase contract: RENT INTEREST TOTAL Correctional Facility $ 380.000 $ 360,133 $ 740,133 Total $ 380.000 $ 360.133 $ 740,133 OBJECTIVES: n/a FINANCE/ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION: Recommend approval. BOARD ACTION: 429 lURe. GLOSSARY GLOSSARY ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES All processes which discover, record,classify,and summarize financial information to produce financial reports and to provide internal control. ACCRUAL BASIS The basis of accounting under which transactions are recognized when they occur,regardless of the timing of related cash flows. ACCRUED EXPENSES Expenses incurred but not due until a later date. ACTIVITY A specific and distinguishable line of work performed by one or more organizational components of a government for the purpose of accomplishing a function for which the government is responsible. For example, "food inspection" is an activity performed in the discharge of the "health" function. ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION Expenditure classification according to the specific lines of work performed by organization units. For example, "sewage treatment and disposal", "garbage collection", "garbage disposal", and "street cleaning" are activities performed in carrying out the function of"sanitation". The segregation of the expenditures made for each of these activities constitutes an activity classification. ALLOCATE To divide a lump-sum appropriation into parts which are designated for expenditure by specific organizational units and/or for specific purposes, activities, or objects. ALLOCATED COSTS Indirect costs distributed to programs or departments via a cost allocation plan. ALLOCATION A part of a lump-sum appropriation which is designated for expenditure by specific organizational units and/or for special purposes, activities, or objects. ALLOT To divide an appropriation into amounts which may be encumbered or expended during an allotment period. 431 ALLOTMENT A part of an appropriation which may be encumbered or expended during an allotment period. ALLOTMENT PERIOD A period of time less than one fiscal year in length during which an allotment is effective. Bi-monthly and quarterly allotment periods are most common. ANNUAL BUDGET A budget applicable to a single fiscal year. APPROPRIATION A legal authorization granted by a legislative body to make expenditures and to incur obligations for specific purposes. An appropriation is usually limited in amount and as to the time when it may be expended. APPROPRIATION BILL, ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, or ORDER A bill, ordinance, resolution, or order by means of which appropriations are given legal effect. It is the method by which the expenditure side of the annual operating budget is enacted into law by the legislative body. In many governmental jurisdictions, appropriations cannot be enacted into law by resolution but only by a bill, ordinance, or order. APPROPRIATION EXPENDITURE An expenditure chargeable to an appropriation. Since virtually all expenditures of governments are chargeable to appropriations, the term expenditures by itself is widely and properly used. ASSESSED VALUATION A valuation set upon real estate or other property by a government as a basis for levying taxes. AUTHORITY A government or public agency created to perform a single function ora restricted group of related activities. Usually such units are financed from service charges, fees, and tolls, but in some instances they also have taxing powers. An authority may be completely independent of other governments or partially dependent upon other governments for its creation,its financing, or the exercise of certain powers. AUTHORIZED POSITION A position (job) authorized by the Board of County Commissioners as part of the annual adopted budget. 432 BOND An interest bearing promise to pay with a specific maturity. BUDGET A plan of financial operation embodying an estimate of proposed expenditures for a given period and the proposed means of financing them. Used without any modifier, the term usually indicates a financial plan for a single fiscal year. The term "budget" is used in two senses in practice. Sometimes it designates the financial plan presented to the appropriating body for adoption and sometimes the plan finally approved by that body. It is usually necessary to specify whether the budget under consideration is preliminary and tentative or whether it has been approved by the appropriating body. BUDGET DOCUMENT The instrument used by the budget-making authority to present a comprehensive financial program to the appropriating body. The budget document usually consists of three parts. The first part contains a message from the budget-making authority, together with a summary of the proposed expenditures and the means of financing them. The second consists of schedules supporting the summary. These schedules show in detail the information as to past years'actual revenues,expenditures,and other data used in making the estimates. The third part is composed of drafts of the appropriation,revenue,and borrowing measures necessary to put the budget into effect. BUDGET MESSAGE A general discussion of the proposed budget as presented in writing by the budget-making authority to the legislative body. The budget message should contain an explanation of the principal budget items, an outline of the government's experience during the past period and its financial status at the time of the message, and recommendations regarding the financial policy for the coming period. BUDGETARY ACCOUNTS Accounts used to enter the formally adopted annual operating budget into the general ledger as part of the management control technique of formal budgetary integration. BUDGETARY COMPARISONS Governmental GAAP financial reports must include comparisons of approved budgeted amounts with actual results of operations. Such reports should be subjected to an independent audit, so that all parties involved in the annual operating budget/legal appropriation process are provided with assurances that government monies are spent in accordance with the mutually agreed-upon budgetary plan. 433 BUDGETARY CONTROL The control or management of a government or enterprise in accordance with an approved budget for the purpose of keeping expenditures within the limitations of available appropriations and available revenues. BUDGETARY EXPENDITURES Decreases in net current assets. In contrast to conventional expenditures, budgetary expenditures are limited in amount to exclude amounts represented by noncurrent liabilities. Due to their spending measurement focus, governmental fund types are concerned with the measurement of budgetary expenditures. BUDGETED FUNDS Funds that are planned for certain uses but have not been formally or legally appropriated by the legislative body. The budget document that is submitted for Board approval is composed of budgeted funds. CALLABLE BONDS Bonds which are redeemable by the issuer prior to the maturity date at a specified price at or above par. CAPITAL BUDGET A plan of proposed capital outlays and the means of financing them. CAPITAL OUTLAY Expenditures for equipment,vehicles,or machinery that results in the acquisition or addition to fixed assets. CAPITAL PROGRAM A plan for capital expenditures to be incurred each year over a fixed period of years to meet capital needs arising from the long- term work program or otherwise. It sets forth each project or other contemplated expenditure in which the government is to have a part and specifies the full resources estimated to be available to finance the projected expenditures. CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND A fund created to account for financial resources to be used for the acquisition or construction of major capital facilities (other than those financed by proprietary funds, Special Assessment Funds, and Trust Funds). CAPITAL RESOURCES Resources of a fixed or permanent character,such as land and buildings, which cannot ordinarily be used to meet current expenditures. 434 CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION(COP) Form of financial instrument similar to a bond to facilitate lease/ purchase agreements. Not a debt of the County. CONSERVATION TRUST State of Colorado lottery funds remitted to the County for parks and recreation use. CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT A budgetary reserve set aside for emergencies or unforeseen expenditures not otherwise included in the budget. CONTINUING APPROPRIATION An appropriation which, once established, is automatically renewed without further legislative action, period after period, until altered or revoked. The term should not be confused with INDETERMINATE APPROPRIATION. COPS UHS Federal community oriented policing grant. COST ALLOCATION PLAN Identification,accumulation and distribution of costs relative to the provision of those services, along with the methods used. CRS Colorado Revised Statutes DA District Attorney DEFAULT Failure to pay principal or interest when due. Defaults can also occur for failure to meet nonpayment obligations, such as reporting requirements,or when a material problem occurs for the issuer, such as a bankruptcy. DEFICIT (1) The excess of the liabilities of a fund over its assets. (2) The excess of expenditures over revenues during an accounting period; or, in the case of proprietary funds, the excess of expense over income during an accounting period. DEPRECIATION (1) Expiration in the service life of fixed assets, other than wasting assets attributable to wear and tear, deterioration, action of the physical elements,inadequacy,and obsolescence. (2)The portion of the cost of a fixed asset other than a wasting asset which is charged as an expense during a particular period. In accounting for depreciation,the costofa fixed asset, 435 less any salvage value, is prorated over the estimated service life of such an asset,and each period is charged with a portion of such cost. Through this process,the entire cost of the asset is ultimately charged off as an expense. DIRECT COSTS Costs that have a clearly identifiable beneficial or causal relationship to the services performed. DURATION The weighted maturity of a fixed-income investment's cash flows, used in the estimation of the price sensitivity of fixed-income securities for a given change in interest rates. EDAP Economic Development Action Partnership. ENCUMBRANCES Obligations in the form of purchase orders, contracts or salary commitments which are chargeable to an appropriation and for which a part of the appropriation is reserved. They cease to be encumbrances when paid or when an actual liability is set up. ENTERPRISE FUND A fund established to finance and account for the acquisition, operation and maintenance of governmental facilities and services which are entirely or predominantly self-supporting by user charges. The Paramedic Services operates as an Enterprise Fund. ESTIMATED REVENUE The amount of projected revenue to be collected during the fiscal year. The amount of revenue appropriated is the amount approved by the Board. EXPENDITURES Decreases in net financial resources. Expenditures include current operating expenses which require the current or future use of net current assets,debt service,and capital outlays. The unmodified use of the term expenditures in this text is intended to mean budgetary expenditures. FISCAL PERIOD Any period at the end of which a government determines its financial position and the results of its operations. FISCAL YEAR A 12-month period to which the annual operating budget applies and at the end of which a government determines its financial position and the results of its operations. 436 FIXED ASSETS Assets of a long-term character which are intended to continue to be held or used,such as land,buildings,improvements other than buildings, machinery and equipment. FTE(FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT) Numeric equivalent of one person occupying one employment position for one year(equivalent of 2,080 hours or 52 forty-hour weeks). FUNCTION A group of related activities aimed at accomplishing a major service or regulatory program for which a government is responsible. For example, public health is a function. FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION Expenditure classification according to the principal purposes for which expenditures are made. Examples are public safety, public health, public welfare, etc. FUND A fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts recording cash and other financial resources,together with all related liabilities and residual equities or balances,and changes therein, which are segregated for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or attaining certain objectives in accordance with special regulations,restrictions,or limitations. FUND BALANCE Fund balance is the excess of assets over liabilities and is therefore also known as surplus funds. GAAP(GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES) Standards for financial accounting and reporting. GENERAL FUND The fund used to account for all financial resources except those required to be accounted for in another fund. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND A municipal bond secured by the pledge of the issuer's full faith, credit and taxing power. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM(GIS) A computerized data base of all land attributes within the County. The"base map"contains the least amount of common data which is supplemented by attribute overlays. 437 GRANT A contribution by a government or other organization to support a particular function. Grants may be classified as either categorical or block depending upon the amount of discretion allowed the grantee. HIGHWAY USER TAX(HUTF) Revenue that is derived from the state gasoline tax, and restricted for Road and Bridge activities. INDETERMINATE APPROPRIATION An appropriation which is not limited either to anydefinite period of time or to any definite amount. A distinction must be made between an indeterminate appropriation and a continuing appropriation. In the first place, whereas a continuing appropriation is indefinite only as to time, an indeterminate appropriation is indefinite as to both time and amount. In the second place, even indeterminate appropriations which are indefinite only as to time are to be distinguished from continuing appropriations in that such indeterminate appropriations may eventually lapse. For example,an appropriation to construct a building may be made to continue in effect until the building is constructed. Once the building is completed, however, the unexpended balance of the appropriation lapses. A continuing appropriation, on the other hand, may continue forever; it can only be abolished by specific action of the legislative body. INDIRECT COSTS Costs associated with, but not directly attributable to, the providing of a product or service. These costs are usually incurred by other departments in the support of operating departments. INTERFUND TRANSFER Amounts transferred from one fund to another. INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE Revenue received from another government for a specified purpose. In Weld County,these are funds from municipalities, the State of Colorado, and the Federal Government. INTERNAL SERVICE FUND Funds used to account for the financing of goods or services provided by one department to another department on a cost reimbursement basis, for example, the Printing and Supply Fund and the Computer Services Fund. LINE-ITEM BUDGET A budget that lists each expenditure category(salary, materials, telephone service,travel,etc.)separately,along with the dollar amount budgeted for each specified category. 438 MANDATE Any responsibility, action or procedure that is imposed by one sphere of government on another through constitutional, legislative,administrative,executive,or judicial action as a direct order or that is required as a condition of aid. MATURITY The date when the principal amount of a security is payable. MILL LEVY(TAX RATE) Rate applied to assessed valuation to determine property taxes. A mill is 1/10th of a penny, or$1.00 of tax for each $1,000 of assessed valuation. MODIFIED ACCRUAL BASIS The accrual basis of accounting adapted to the governmental fund type Spending Measurement Focus. Under it, revenues are recognized when they become both "measurable" and "available to finance expenditures of the current period". Expenditures are recognized when the related fund liability is incurred except for: (1) inventories of materials and supplies which may be considered expenditures either when purchased or when used; (2) prepaid insurance and similar items which need not be reported; (3) accumulated unpaid vacation,sick pay,and other employee benefit amounts which need not be recognized in the current period,butforwhich larger-than-normal accumulations must be disclosed in the notes to the financial statements; (4) interest on special assessment indebtedness which may be recorded when due rather than accrued,if approximately offset by interest earnings on special assessment levies; and (5) principal and interest on long-term debt which are generally recognized when due. All governmental funds and Expendable Trust Funds are accounted for using the modified accrual basis of accounting. NET BUDGET The net budget eliminates double-counting in the budget, such as fund transfers, and thus represents the true level of programmed spending in the budget. NON-DEPARTMENTAL A category established to account for expenses not associated with any specific department, but all departments or many, within a fund. 439 OBJECT As used in expenditure classification, this term applies to the article purchased or the service obtained(as distinguished from the results obtained from expenditures). Examples are personal services, contractual services, materials, and supplies. OPERATING BUDGET Plans of current expenditures and the proposed means of financing them. The annual operating budget(or,in the case of some state governments,the biennial operating budget)is the primary means by which most of the financing acquisition, spending, and service delivery activities of a government are controlled. The use of annual operating budgets is usually required by law. Even where not required by law, however, annual operating budgets are essential to sound financial management and should be adopted by every government. OPERATING EXPENSES Proprietary fund expenses which are directly related to the fund's primary service activities. OPERATING GRANTS Grants which are restricted by the grantor to operating purposes or which may be used for either capital or operating purposes at the discretion of the grantee. OPERATING INCOME The excess of proprietary fund operating revenues over operating expenses. OPERATING TRANSFER Routine and/or recurring transfers of assets between funds. ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT A responsibility center within a government. ORGANIZATION UNIT CLASSIFICATION Expenditure classification according to responsibility centers within a government's organization structure. Classification of expenditures by organization unit is essential to fixing stewardship responsibility for individual government resources. OVERHEAD Those elements of cost necessary in the production of an article or the performance of a service which are of such a nature that the amount applicable to the product or service cannot be determined accurately or readily. Usually they relate to those objects of expenditure which do not become an integral part of the finished product or service such as rent, heat, light, supplies, management, supervision, etc. 440 PROGRAM An organized set of related work activities which are directed toward a common purpose or goal and represent a well defined expenditure of county resources. PROGRAM BUDGET A budget wherein expenditures are based primarily on programs of work and secondarily on character and object class. A program budget is a transitional type of budget between the traditional character and object class budget,on the one hand, and the performance budget, on the other. PROPRIETARY FUND A fund used to account for business-type activities in government. The activities are usually financed with user fees that are directly related to the services received. There are two types of proprietary funds - enterprise and internal service funds. RATINGS Designations used by credit rating agencies to give relative indications of credit quality. RECIDIVISM A relapse into criminal habits after punishment. REGISTERED BOND A bond whose owner is registered with the issuer or its agent. Transfer of ownership can only be accomplished when the securities are properly endorsed by the registered owner. REIMBURSEMENTS (1) Repayments of amounts remitted on behalf of another party. (2) Interfund transactions which constitute reimbursements of a fund for expenditures or expenses initially made from it which are properly applicable to another fund --e.g., an expenditure properly chargeable to a Special Revenue Fund was initially made from the General Fund, which is subsequently reimbursed. They are recorded as expenditures or expenses (as appropriate)in the reimbursing fund and as reductions of the expenditure or expense in the fund that is reimbursed. RESERVE (1) An account used to earmark a portion of fund balance to indicate that it is not appropriate for expenditure. (2) An account used to earmark a portion of fund equity as legally segregated for a specific future use. RESIDUAL EQUITY TRANSFER Non-recurring or non-routine transfers of assets between funds. 441 REVENUE (1) Increases in governmental fund type net current assets from other than expenditure refunds and residual equity transfers. Under NCGA Statement 1, general long-term debt proceeds and operating transfers-in are classified as "other financing sources" rather than revenues. (2) Increases in proprietary fund type net total assets from other than expense refunds,capital contributions,and residual equity transfers. Under NCGA Statement 1,operating transfers-in are classified separately from revenues. REVENUE BOND A municipal bond payable from revenues derived from tolls, charges or rents paid by users of the facility constructed with the proceeds of the bond issue. SOURCE OF REVENUE Revenues are classified according to their source or point of origin. SPECIAL REVENUE FUND A fund used to account for revenues legally earmarked for a particular purpose. SUBACTIVITY A specific line of work performed in carrying out a governmental activity. For example, "cleaning luminaries" and "replacing defective street lamps"would be subactivities under the activity of"street light maintenance". SUBFUNCTION A grouping of related activities within a particular governmental function. For example, "police"is a subfunction of the function "public safety". SURPLUS The use of the term "surplus" in governmental accounting is generally discouraged because it creates a potential for misleading inference. TABOR(TAXPAYERS BILL OF RIGHTS) An amendment to the Colorado Constitution approved by the voters in November 1992. The Taxpayers Bill of Rights has been incorporated in the State Constitution as Section 20 of Article X. The amendment limits growth in both state and local government revenue and expenditures, makes provision for annual elections,and requires voter approval fortax increases. 442 TABOR RESERVE Term applied to a reserve which is required by the TABOR Amendment. Starting in 1995 this reserve is 3%of"Fiscal Year Spending"excluding bonded debt service. This reserve is for use in declared emergencies only. TANF Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. TAXES Compulsory charges levied by a government for the purpose of financing services performed for the common benefit. This term does not include specific charges made against particular persons or property for current or permanent benefits such as special assessments. Neither does the term include charges for services rendered only to those paying such charges as,for example, sewer service charges. TAX LEVY The total amount to be raised by general property taxes. TAX RATE The amount of tax stated in terms of a unit of the tax base; for example, 25 mills per dollar of assessed valuation of taxable property. TAX RATE LIMIT The maximum rate at which a government may levy a tax. The limit may apply to taxes raised for a particular purpose, or to taxes imposed for all purposes, and may apply to a single government, to a class of governments, or to all governments operating in a particular area. Overall tax rate limits usually restrict levies for all purposes and of all governments,state and local, having jurisdiction in a given area. TAX ROLL The official list showing the amount of taxes levied against each taxpayer or property. Frequently, the tax roll and the assessment roll are combined,but even in these cases the two can be distinguished. TRADITIONAL BUDGET A term sometimes applied to the budget of a government wherein expenditures are based entirely or primarily on objects of expenditure. UNC University of Northern Colorado 443 UNINCORPORATED COUNTY Those portions of the county that are not part of a legal entity such as a city or some towns. WELL PROGRAM Wellness health program provided as a fringe benefit to employees. WORKLOAD MEASURES Specific quantitative and qualitative measures of work performed as an objective of the department. WORK PROGRAM A plan of work proposed to be done during a particular period by the administrative agency in carrying out its assigned activities. WORK UNIT A fixed quantity which will consistently measure work effort expended in the performance of an activity or the production of a commodity. YIELD The annual percentage rate of return earned on a security. Yield is a function of a security's purchase price and coupon interest rate. NOTE: Most of the above definitions were taken from Governmental Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting, GFOA, Chicago, 1980, Appendix B. pp. 53-77. 444 Hello