Item Description:
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2024 Proposed Operating and Capital Budgets
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Resolution:
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WHEREAS, the Administration, Operations and Budget Committee of the Hennepin County Board
of Commissioners has conducted a series of public meetings for the purpose of hearing public
testimony and reviewing the County Administrator's proposed 2024 budget for the departments of
the county;
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners adopt a final net tax levy of $991,309,287 and budget of $2,675,634,365 for 2024; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the 2024 Operating and Capital Budgets as proposed by the
County Administrator on September 12, 2023 be amended as follows:
1. That the Human Services and Public Health Department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $330,000 and 3.0 FTE for the SAHMSA Early Diversion Grant;
2. That the Human Services and Public Health Department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $392,000 for expedition of community residential setting licensure for settings impacted by the foster care moratorium;
3. That the Human Services and Public Health Department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $997,037 and 1.0 LTD for the Community Living Infrastructure grant;
4. That the Public Health Protection Department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $87,500 for the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource Pilot Site Project Grant;
5. That the Public Health Protection Department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $375,000 and 2.0 FTE for the Ryan White Minority HIV/AIDS Status Neutral Grant;
6. That the Human Services and Public Health Department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $847,500 and 4 Full Time Equivalent for the HCH Targeted Opioid grant;
7. That the Public Health revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $93,750 for grant for a comprehensive action plan for social determinants of health in Black/African American communities;
8. That that Agreement MDAA2311984 with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) for Minnesota Local Food Purchase Assistance Health Promotion Program, from November 01, 2023 through September 15, 2025, with the amount not to exceed $77,374.40, be approved; and
That the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the agreement on behalf of the county; that the Controller be authorized to accept and disburse funds as directed; and that sponsorship and acceptance of grant funding for this program by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners does not imply a continued funding commitment by Hennepin County for this program when grant funds are no longer available; and
That the Public Health department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by
$77,374;
9. That the Public Health Strategic Initiative Admin Grants Department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $105,000 and 1.0 FTE for the Suicide Prevention Grant;
10. That the Human Services and Public Health Department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $1,750,000 for expedition of family emergency overflow shelter operations and support services;
11. That the Human Services and Public Health Department 2024 budget be increased by 4 Full Time Equivalent for the Naloxone Training & Kit Distribution grant;
12. That the Sheriff’s Office 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $180,000 and 2.0 Full-Time Equivalents in the Sheriff’s Office Forensic Sciences Laboratory Division for the 2023 DNA Backlog Reduction Program grant;
13. That the Sheriff’s Office 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $217,000 and 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent in the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Intelligence Division and
$206,000 in the Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Division for the Auto Theft Grants;
14. That the Sheriff’s Office 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $120,000 and 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent in the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Intelligence Division for the 2023 HIDTA Grant;
15. That the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office 2024 jail per diem fee be increased to $208.32 per day, effective January 1, 2024;
16. That the Sheriff’s Office 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $300,000 in the Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Division for the Next Generation 911 Transition funding;
17. That the Sheriff’s Office 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by
$2,292,000;
18. That the Public Health department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by
$1,000,000 for vascular and diabetes health;
19. That the Human Services and Public Health Department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $599,322 and 5.0 FTEs;
20. That the Safe Communities Department 2024 expenditure budget and use of fund balance be increased by $258,727 and 3.0 Permanent Full Time Equivalent positions for Joint Community Police Partnership capacity;
21. That the Human Services and Public Health Department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $274,402 and 3.0 LTDs for SUD’s work performed at Hennepin Healthcare;
22. That the Human Services and Public Health Department proposed 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $88,413 and 1.0 LTD for health care
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renewal/enrollment work performed for Hennepin Health members who are experiencing homelessness;
23. That the Glen Lake Golf Course department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $55,307;
24. That the that the Office of Budget and Finance create Fund 24 as a Special Revenue Fund for Local Affordable Housing Aid, for the receipt and expenditure of Local Affordable Housing Aid (funded by the metro area sales and use tax for housing revenues) and Statewide Local Housing Aid revenues; and
That the Local Affordable Housing Aid Fund (Fund 24) 2024 revenue budget be established as $400,000; that the 2024 expenditure budget be established as $150,000 for administrative fees; and that an interfund revenue transfer of $250,000 be authorized to the Housing and Economic Development department (Fund 10); and
That the Housing and Economic Development department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $250,000 and 2.0 FTE for programming of the Local Affordable Housing Aid revenue;
25. That the Office of Budget and Finance create Fund 23 as a Special Revenue Fund for the receipt and expenditure of state Transportation Advancement Account revenue; and
That the Metro Area Transportation Sales Tax Fund (Fund 23) 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be established as $500,000 for administrative fees; and
That the Transportation Project Delivery department 2024 revenue budget for Miscellaneous Other Revenue (Fund 10) be decreased by $4,668,790, and that the revenue budget for Metro Area Transportation Sales Tax Revenue (Fund 23) be established as $4,668,790;
26. That the 2024 Hennepin County Transportation Sales and Use Tax Implementation Plan be amended to remove the eligibility designation for capital costs for the following transportation projects: University Avenue and 4th Street - E Line (CP #2167301); Hennepin Avenue and 1st Avenue - E Line (CP #2182100); Lake Street and Lagoon Avenue - B Line (CP #2193300); Lowry Avenue Reconstruction Phase 1 - F Line (CP #2140900); and City of Plymouth Station 73 Project - TH 55 Line (CP #2850700); and that the amended plan be adopted as attached; and that the projects identified in the Plan be eligible to be funded with the proceeds of the Hennepin County 0.5% transportation sales and use tax and $20 motor vehicle excise tax;
27. That the that the Metro Area Transportation Sales Tax Fund (Fund 23) 2024 revenue budget be increased by $6,650,000; and
That $6,650,000 is transferred from the Metro Area Transportation Sales Tax Fund (Fund 23) to the Capital Budget Fund (Fund 51); and
That the 2024 Capital Budget and 2024-2028 Capital Improvement Program be amended such that Hennepin County Transportation Sales and Use Tax (Fund 26) revenues be substituted with Metro Area Transportation Sales Tax (Fund 23) revenues in the amount of
$6,650,000 for the 2024 capital budget and $2,500,000 in the 2025 capital plan and that the following project budgets be adjusted accordingly: 2167301 CSAH 36 &37 University Ave
Multimodal E Line from I-35 to Oak St, 2182100 CSAH 52 Hennepin &1st Multimodal E Line from Main St to 8th, 2850700 CSAH 73 County Rd 73 Participate in Plymouth Station 73, and 2140900 CSAH 153 Reconstruct Lowry Ave from Washington St NE to Johnson;
28. That the 2024 Capital Budget be reduced by a net of $3,315,000 in general obligation bonding, and that the 2024-2028 Capital Improvement Program be adjusted as follows: adjust 1000935 MBC Exterior Improvements: decrease 2024 by $3,150,000, increase 2025 by $665,000 and increase 2026 by $3,300,000, increasing the project total by $815,000; and adjust 1008703 MBC Elevator 12 Modernization as follows: decrease 2024 by $165,000 and the project total by the same amount;
29. That the 2024 budget for capital project Lake Street at Hiawatha Avenue be increased by and additional $1,805,000 in State Aid Flex Excess Sum funds and reduced by $1,655,000 in City of Minneapolis funds;
30. That the budget authority for the France Avenue (CSAH 17) multimodal safety project increase by $1,750,000 as part of CP 2173000, including an increase of $1,200,000 in county State Aid Regular funds, $175,000 from the City of Bloomington, and $375,000 from the City of Edina;
31. That the 2024 budget for capital project Metro Transit E Line Additional Scope (CP 2202300) be increased by an additional $1,050,000, funded with $950,000 in State Aid Regular, $50,000 by the City of Edina, and $50,000 by the City of Minneapolis;
32. That consistent with the requirements of the Minnesota Opioids State-Subdivision Memorandum of Agreement (“State-Subdivision Agreement”), the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners authorizes the expenditure of $8,401,522 of Opioid Settlement Funds for the following strategies, as delineated in the State-Subdivision Agreement, for December 31, 2022, through December 31, 2024:
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Cat. |
Category Description |
Authorized |
FTEs |
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A |
Treat Opioid Use Disorder |
$2,118,772 |
12.0 |
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B |
Support People in Treatment and Recovery |
$845,000 |
5.0 |
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C |
Connections to Care |
$292,000 |
1.0 |
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D |
Address the Needs of Criminal Justice-Involved Persons |
$702,000 |
4.0 |
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E |
Address the Needs of Perinatal Population, Caregivers, and Families |
$884,000 |
5.0 |
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G |
Prevent Misuse of Opioids |
$710,000 |
2.0 |
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H |
Harm Reduction |
$925,000 |
1.0 |
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I |
First Responders |
$115,000 |
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J |
Leadership, Planning and Coordination |
$175,000 |
1.0 |
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K |
Training |
$165,000 |
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L |
Research |
$165,750 |
1.0 |
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M |
Post-mortem |
$1,260,000 |
3.0 |
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Administrative Costs NTE 10% |
$550,000 |
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Total: |
$8,907,522 |
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That the proposed 2024 revenue and expenditure budget for Fund 27 be increased by
$748,750, and
1) 3.0 FTEs - Medical Examiner; Forensic Pathologist and support staff
2) 15.0 FTEs - Human Services; 5.0 Children and Family Services; 5.0 Behavioral Health; 3.0 Behavioral Health (County Attorney Adult Diversion Social Workers); 2.0 Behavioral Health (Sheriff ADC MOUD Team)
3) 8.0 FTEs - Public Health; 4.0 Mental Health Center, 1.0 MOUD NP, 1.0 Healthcare for the Homeless Peer Recovery, 1.0 Countywide Naloxone Coordinator and 1.0 Data Analyst
4) 4.0 FTEs - NorthPoint for a substance use disorder manager, a counselor, chemical health worker and peer recovery specialist
5) 2.0 FTEs - Office of Outreach and Community Support; Community Engagement Specialist
6) 1.0 FTE - Sheriff; Opioid Response Coordinator
7) 1.0 FTE - DOCCR; RN at the Juvenile Detention Center/Workhouse
8) 1.0 FTE - County Attorney; Adult Diversion Attorney; and
33. That the proposed 2024 budget and property tax for County Administration be reduced by
$494,170 and 3.0 FTEs; and
That the department of Grants Management and Administration be established with a proposed 2024 budget and property tax of $494,170 and 3.0 FTEs; and
That consistent with the BAR 23-0370 Hennepin County Board of Commissioners delegation of authority to the County Administrator to accept grants up to $1,000,000 on behalf of the County, the Board also delegates authority to the County Controller to establish supplemental appropriations for these grants;
34. That Adult Representation Services enters into an agreement with Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance to provide immigration legal defense to Hennepin County residents who qualify and are facing deportation proceedings in Immigration Court, during the period January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 in an amount not to exceed $187,800, and
The proposed 2024 budget and property tax for Adult Representation Services be increased by $187,800 and that the proposed budget and property tax for Contingency be decreased by $187,800;
35. That the Business Information Office in the Operations Line of Business proposed 2024 budget and property tax be increased by $175,000 and 1.0 FTE and that the proposed 2024 budget and property tax for Contingency be reduced by $175,000;
36. That the 2024 proposed budget and property tax for Strategic Planning and Initiatives be increased by $155,000 and 1.0 FTE and that the proposed 2024 Contingency budget and property tax be reduced by $155,000;
37. That consistent with the provisions of GASB 54, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners commits the fund balance related to unexpended 2023 revenues as follows:
Unexpended Human Services Fund property tax, charges for services, and license and permits revenues are committed to the Human Services Fund for the provision of human services and public health programs and services, and
Unexpended Capital Projects Fund property taxes, rentals and building and land sales revenues are committed to the Capital Projects Fund for capital projects; and
That consistent with the provisions of GASB 87 and 96, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners delegates authority to the County Controller to establish supplemental appropriations for certain lease contracts and Subscription-based IT Arrangements where non-cash amounts related to the entire term of the agreement must be reported as revenues and expenditures; and
That in addition to the $55,000 countywide petty cash fund limit that was established by board resolution 07-04-154R1 in 2007, a $200,000 countywide prepaid debit card fund limit is established with authority delegated to the Controller to set individual department limits in the future;
38. That the attached schedule of adjustments to current and newly identified ARPA allocations be adopted beginning in 2024, and
That the County Administrator be authorized to make further adjustments to these allocations throughout 2024 to ensure these funds are fully expended prior to their expiration, and
That the County Administrator is delegated authority to alter the allocations on the attached schedule for purposes of transferring allocations between departments; and to establish supplemental appropriations equal to those amounts; and that the controller be authorized to disburse amounts as directed;
39. That the NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center 2024 proposed budget be increased by
$3,000,000 and 18.0 FTEs, and that an interfund transfer of $3,000,000 from Hennepin Health (Fund 30) to NorthPoint (Fund 10) be authorized in 2024;
40. That the 2024 DOCCR Field Services Client Programming (FSCP) property tax and expenditure budget be increased by $525,000 and the 2024 Contingency property tax and expenditure budget be decreased by $525,000 to address the influx of transitional housing and client programming; and the overall market increases for these services;
41. That the 2024 proposed budget for Community Healthcare be increased by $8,000,000;
42. That the Human Services and Public Health Department 2024 budget be increased by 2.0 FTEs, for Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program; and
That the Human Services and Public Health Department 2024 budget be increased by 1.0 FTE for Local Homeless Prevention;
43. That the HCAO 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $360,391 and the 2024 FTE complement be increased by 1.0 Administrative Assistant FTE and 0.5 Attorney FTE for the OJJDP grant;
44. That the Local Affordable Housing Aid Fund (Fund 24) 2024 revenue budget be increased by $5,000,000, and that an interfund revenue transfer in the amount of $5,000,000 to the Human Services and Public Health department (Fund 20) be authorized; and
That the Human Services and Public Health department 2024 revenue and expenditure budget be increased by $5,000,000 and 6.0 new FTE positions for emergency rental assistance for households at risk of eviction.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to M.S. 373.40, the 2024 Capital Budget and the 2024-2028 Capital Improvement Program, as recommended by the County Administrator and the Capital Budgeting Task Force, as amended herein; including adjustments related to the Administrator's 2024 budget and those relating to transfers as herein authorized, including those shown in Schedule V, be approved; that the Board declares its official intent to use proceeds of tax-exempt bonds to reimburse itself for expenditures made for capital improvement projects, in an amount up to the principal amounts set forth in the Capital Improvement Program for the projects described herein; and
That this declaration is made solely for purposes of establishing compliance with the requirements of Section 1.150-2 of the Treasury Regulations and does not bind the County to make any expenditure, incur any indebtedness, or proceed with the capital improvement projects; provided that bonding amounts and other revenues may be adjusted pending availability of federal, state and other funding for certain projects, including adjustment of prior year appropriations as appropriate; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners hereby adopts the 2024 Proposed Operating and Capital Budget as amended for Hennepin County with Schedules I through VIII incorporated and on file with the Clerk to the Board, as follows:
I. Appropriates to the funds and departments the amounts and position complements;
II. Approves and appropriates the 2024 capital improvement project budgets and approves the 2024-2028 Capital Improvement Program;
III. Adopts the budget and estimated revenues by fund;
IV. Certifies the amounts to be derived from current property taxes;
V. Approves the interfund transfers;
VI. Approves fee schedule changes for Departmental Fees;
VII. Authorizes continuation of county policy specifying a county contribution toward health plan premium for eligible “early” retirees and limits participation as described in the Schedule;
VIII. Approves the 2024 contingency budget
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Background:
Staff requests this board action be referred to the first budget hearing on October 2, 2023 as listed on the budget hearing schedule.
The County Administrator presented the proposed 2024 budget to the County Board on September 12, 2023. The 2024 Proposed Operating and Capital budgets will be considered at the Administration, Operations and Budget Committee hearings, according to the schedule approved Tuesday, September 19, 2023 (BAR 23-0347), and is scheduled for adoption at the December 12, 2023 board meeting.
recommendation
Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval