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4 <br /> General Fund Expenditures <br /> General Fund expenditures are 41.6% of budgeted expenditures as compared to 51.7% the prior fiscal year. <br /> The lower percentage this year reflects debt service now being accounted for in the Debt Service fund. <br /> Personnel expenses within the Public Safety Function is being monitored further and as described below. <br /> • General government represented 45.5% of total general government as compared to 49.8% the prior <br /> fiscal year. The percent decline is due to Insurance premiums now being accounted for in the Support <br /> Services function. <br /> • Support Services represented 50.9% of total support services as compared to 83.8%. This is not a <br /> performance variance but represents shifting of the budget from the wage related expenses being <br /> shifted non-departmental account to departments' accounts. <br /> • Public Safety percentage spend rate at the function level remains the same at 47% of budget for this <br /> fiscal year and the prior year. Staff is reviewing spending and reimbursable funding for overtime/off- <br /> duty shifts in the Sheriff's Office as spending has exceeded the allotted budget by nearly $1 million. <br /> • Human Services function is $2.7 million higher than the prior fiscal year. This higher expense includes 9 <br /> additional Department of Social Service positions for Medicaid Expansion and other Economic Support <br /> expenses. <br /> • The remaining Functional Leadership teams are consistent with historical spending rates. <br /> • Education appropriations are 52.9% of its budget as compared with 48.3% the prior fiscal year. School <br /> appropriations are paid to both School systems by the 151h of each month. However, the higher <br /> percentage for this fiscal year reflects the County advancing current expenses to the Chapel-Hill City <br /> Schools to support their cashflow as the district awaited an inflow of the CHCCS special district property <br /> tax revenue. The remaining Education budget includes School Health and Safety Contracts, Deferred <br /> Maintenance, Durham Tech Current Expense and Recurring Capital. <br /> 4 <br />