ADOPTED - JANUARY 22, 2002

Agenda Item No. 29

Introduced by the Law & Courts, Human Services, Administrative Services/Personnel and Finance Committees of the:

RESOLUTION #02-028

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has been advised of unanticipated decreases in revenues supporting the 2002 Ingham County Budget; and

WHEREAS, Resolution #01-375 requested the development of short term strategies to reduce expenditures or increase revenues in the 2002 Adopted Budget; and

WHEREAS, the County Controller has worked with offices, departments, courts, and others receiving county appropriations as necessary to attempt to identify short term expenditure reductions and/or revenue increases for the 2002 general fund budget totaling $1,997,000; and

WHEREAS, short term reductions totaling $1,977,203 have been identified through the exemplary cooperation from offices, departments and courts; and

WHEREAS, this amount is $19,797 less than the identified target, and in order to achieve this target, the 2002 contingency fund could be further reduced, which is not recommended at this time.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Controller is authorized to amend the budget to implement the general fund reductions totaling $1,977,203 as detailed in the following attachment.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that these reductions are comprised of salary attrition, reductions to operating expenses, deferment of capital improvement items, fee increases and increased revenue projections.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that these reductions do not include reductions to current services or any employee layoffs, and that these reductions will not alter the base used for comparison purposes in the development of future years' budgets.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that should revenue enhancements or expenditure reductions later be identified as unattainable, the Controller is authorized to work with departments to identify alternative plans that will achieve the same net savings.

ADOPTED - JANUARY 22, 2002

Agenda Item No. 29

RESOLUTION #02-028

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller, working with departments, is authorized to make budget adjustments to implement alternative plans if warranted by changes in circumstances.

LAW & COURTS: Yeas: Krause, De Leon, Dedden, Stid, Grebner, Minter, Schafer

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 1/10/02

HUMAN SERVICES: Yeas: Hertel, Dedden, Lynch, Celentino, Severino

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 1/14/02

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL: Yeas: Swope, Lynch, De Leon, Celentino, Severino Nays: None Absent: None Approved 1/15/02

FINANCE: Yeas: Grebner, Stid, Swope, Hertel

Nays: None Absent: Krause, Schafer, Minter Approved 1/16/02

PROPOSED 2002 BUDGET AMENDMENTS