1 Pasco County Strategic Plan and Budget Overview

Pasco is Growing 2  12 th Largest County in the State (464,697)  6 th Largest Unincorporated Jurisdiction (424,912)  Hillsborough (2 nd )  Polk (8 th)  Pinellas (11 th )  51 st in Per Capita County Government Property Tax Levies (Florida TaxWatch, September 2011)

We are changing… 3  Projected to reach ¾ of a million residents by 2025!  Increase in Average Household Size from 2.3 to 2.42  28.3 % increase in the number of families  Average age decreased from 44.9 to  Educational attainment of a Bachelor’s Degree or higher increased from 13.1% to 21.1%

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Create a Thriving Community Promote Redevelopment Maintain Public Infrastructure Multi Modal Transportation Network Develop Pasco’s identity 5

Enhance Quality of Life Deliver Essential Services Safe and Secure Community Cultural, Social and Recreational Natural Resources 6

Stimulate Economic Growth Attract & Develop Workforce Increase Pasco Employers A Great Place for Business Healthy Financial Environment 7

Improve Organizational Performance Performance Improvement Culture Fact based decision making Deliver Services Quality Workforce 8

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10 Property Values Declining 32%

 Property Values Declined 32% ($9,405,702,644)  General Fund Property Tax Down 20% ($32,132,164)  Implemented LEAP (Lean, Efficient, Accountable Pasco)  Cut 234 Positions  Laid off 180 Employees 11 Four Years of Budget Cutting

Impact on County Departments 12

13 Board has the Reduced Tax Rate

 Total Budget of $ 1,155,431,672.  2 of the 79 funds are Ad valorem (property tax) funded and comprise 15% of the budget.  Most of the remainder are funded through special revenue or user fees. 14

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17 55% of Property Taxes Go To Sheriff

Increase in millage covers:  4 Business Plan initiatives  Mandated increase to the retirement rate contributions (for all BCC and Constitutionals)  Wage adjustment (3% for all BCC and Constitutionals except Fire which is budgeted at 1.5%)  Additional Constitutional Officer requests  Reductions in excess fees returned  Investments in public safety  Consolidated communications center (911)  Opening of the third floor of the Land O' Lakes Jail  Miscellaneous Sheriff expenditures 18

Millage Calculation  Assumptions:  Assessed taxable value: $100,000  Exemptions of $50,000  Proposed Millage Effects  Operating millage - increase of ~$24/year  Municipal Fire Service millage – increase of ~$9/year  Combined effect – increase of ~$33/year

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21 How Do We Compare?

Questions? Michele Baker