1. Hillsborough County’s FY 16 & 17 Recommended Budget
Supporting Community Prosperity

2. Fiscally Responsible Trends
Hillsborough County, Recommended FY 16 & 17 Budget
Millage rates: no increase over 23 years
Cost of service: 11% lower since 2007
Funded positions: 22% less than in 2008
BOCC job rating: 70% positive
Fiscally Responsible Trends

3. What’s going up? What’s going down? Sales tax and property tax revenue
Hillsborough County, Recommended FY 16 & 17 Budget
What’s going up?
Sales tax and property tax revenue
Area job gain: 31,000
Home sales
What’s going down?
Unemployment rate
Foreclosure rates
30% Decrease in Street Homelessness

4. More community service . . . . . . Lower cost, Better outcomes
Hillsborough County, Recommended FY 16 & 17 Budget
More community service Lower cost, Better outcomes
Pet Adoptions: 76% success rate
Fire/Rescue: 62% response in 7 minutes
Code Enforcement: 17,500 cases resolved
Economic Development: over 4,000 jobs; $240 million in capital investment
Consumer Protection: 469 complaints resolved; $400,000 in value recovered I

5. Anatomy of the Budget $376 million Budget Gears Drive Service
Hillsborough County, Recommended FY 16 & 17 Budget
What does the Administrator’s General Fund Budget Buy?
Total Budget $4.72 Billion
Citizen Services $1.83 Billion
Administrator’s General Fund Budget $376 million
$376 million
Public Safety 5%
Fire/Rescue 45%
Financial Capital 7%
Social Capital 26%
Physical Capital 18%
Anatomy of the Budget
Budget Gears Drive Service

6. Key Budget Facts 6.2% increased taxable values
Hillsborough County, Recommended FY 16 & 17 Budget
Key Budget Facts
6.2% increased taxable values
$2.9 million increased fees: fire rescue, ambulance transports and fire inspections.
General Fund reserves held constant
15% increase in health insurance costs
Total FY 16 budget increase less than 2% over FY 15 (excl. accounting adjustments)

7. Dedicating New Revenues
Hillsborough County, Recommended FY 16 & 17 Budget
Dedicating New Revenues
Maintain Infrastructure, Enhance Public Safety, Intensify Economic Development, Parks, Cultural Assets, Customer Services
Fees, Efficiencies, Financing
Ad Valorem &
Sales Taxes
One-Time $

8. FY 16 Recommended Uses of $98.8 million in New Revenue
Hillsborough County, Recommended FY 16 & 17 Budget
FY 16 Recommended Uses of $98.8 million in New Revenue
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Modest 5% increase in cash budget