5a. 2007 year end budget adj - Laserfiche WebLink

Sheriff Asset Forfeiture Fund: Revenues $41,000 Sheriff Asset Forfeiture Fund: Expenditures $110,000 The Cass County Sheriffs Office manages a number offederallaw enforcement grants which cover periods of more than one year. These grants involve agencies other than Cass County and not all are drawing down their assigned funds at the same rate. This adjustment is to address those requests for funds as well as the distribution of additional seized assets required under statute. 911 Service Fund - Transfer In $65,000 911 Service Fund - Expenditures $16,145 Integra had been paying the entire 911 fee for the three separate 911 levies to the County; this adjustment reflects the 2007 fees that should have been paid to the City of Fargo and the City of West Fargo. This is a continual problem with the phone companies not knowing that there are three distinct 911 entities in Cass County. States Attorney Asset Forfeiture Fund: Expenditures $1,500 We budgeted $12,000 for the county portion of the Drug Attorney Grant; the additional funds were spent on promotional items. The fund has a balance of over $33,000. Vector Control Fund: Expenditures Budget $80.000 The spring of 2007 brought high amounts of precipitation, leading to high treatment costs for standing water due to more product use and increased labor. The AS400 inventory system was utilized to track chemical costs, which altered the manner in which chemical expenses are projected in the budget. $41,000 in chemicals purchased in 2006 and carried over into 2007 were expensed when used in 2007 as opposed to previous years when the chemicals were expenses at the time of purchase. These factors accounted in the chemical and field work supply items going approximately $65,000 over budget. The budget revenues are prepared using an estimated $410,000 from cities within Cass County for adult mosquito spraying. The low number of adult mosquitoes due to successfullarviciding efforts led to a reduced need to spray, and therefore a reduction in the amount of revenue collected. This accounted for a shortfall of $33,000 in the budgeted versus the actual revenues collected from cities. The new facility needed additional work such as storage and plumbing that were expensed under the newly added line item Shop and Building Supplies. Nine seasonal employees that were previously paid by the City of Fargo are now paid by Cass County, resulting in about $4,700 overrun in this the equipment and facility maintenance costs line item. The net result of the above and several other smaller changes is projected to result in approximately an $80,000 budget overrun. Action taken for next year includes reprioritizing treatment areas so that less expensive but equally effective products can be used. Contracts with Cass County cities will be adjusted for 2008 in order to stabilize revenues.