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Agenda Item Number: <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br />Meeting Date: February 22, 2017 <br /> <br />Agenda Item Subject: FY 2017-18 Budget Request <br /> <br />Attachment(s): Budget Request & Summary <br /> <br />Staff/Board Member Reporting: Dr. Colleen Bridger <br /> <br />Purpose/Recommended Action: ___ Action/Approve <br /> _X_ Action/Approve & forward to Board of Commissioners <br /> ___ Information with possible action <br /> ___ Accept as information <br /> ___ Revise & schedule for future action <br /> <br /> <br />Summary Information: <br /> <br />The proposed FY 2017-2018 budget for the Health Department shows an increase in <br />expenditures of $1,037,687 from the FY 2017-2018 Base Budget; $228,173 of which are <br />expenditure increases related to the FY 16-17 wage increase and county-initiated increases to <br />the staff salaries for compression adjustments, market rate changes, FLSA wage increases, <br />and a temporary position made permanent, which are outside of the control of the department. <br />The remaining $809,514 of the total increase is the amount the Health Department requests <br />from the county, which is made up of increases in staffing and service levels increases such as <br />for the Family Success Alliance and enhanced medical services. This also includes budget <br />increases approved during the FY 16-17 budget process for the FY 15-16 wage increases, a <br />Public Health Educator, a men’s Primary Care program, and FSA-related programming among <br />others. Staff projects a $525,116 increase in revenues for FY 17-18, which will offset much of <br />the $809,514 requested expenditure increase. The total FY 17-18 Health Department request <br />for County General Funds is $512,571. <br /> <br />The proposed total budget is $10,101,460 which includes $32,168 in grant funding for the <br />Susan G. Komen program. <br /> <br /> <br />New Staff Requests <br /> <br />The Health Department requests a total of 4.5 FTE; a new 1.0 FTE Data Systems Manager to <br />provide ongoing data analysis for FSA and Personal Health Services, a 1.0 FTE Senior Public <br />Health Educator to assist FSA, and a 1.0 FTE Public Health Program Manager to Coordinate <br />Behavioral Health Services for the county. In addition, the Health Department requests to