ORDER h10. ~55+~6
SCHEDULE FOR BUDGET WORIiSHOF~S
On this the '4th day of June 1959, upon motion made b;l
Commissioner- Lets, seconded by Cammissioner Griffin, the Co~_~rt
~_~nanima~_isly approved by a vote of 4-4~-~, to sched~_~le workshops
far- the afternoon of J~_~ly 13 and 14th, the morning of July
16th, all day on J~_~ly 19th, afternoon of July ~~th, and all
day on July :1st.
COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND NINE COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE
REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Fred Henneke OFFICE: County Judge
MEETING DATE: June 24, 1999 TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC)
Consider and discuss preluninary budget figures and schedule.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT:
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION:
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
County Jude
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title 5, Chapter
551 and 552, Government Code, is as follows:
Meeting scheduled for Mondays:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON:

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Adopted by Commissioners' Court.
5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday.
D EP ORANDUM
TO: ALL COMMISSIONERS
FROM: FRED HENNEKE, COUNTY JUD
DATE: NNE 21,1999
SUBJECT: BUDGET
Your copies of the initial budget requests are available from Then. I am pleased to
report that, for the best part, the budget requests adhered to the guidelines adopted by the
Court and came in at this year's figure.
I am also enclosing preliminary figures from David Oehler at KCAD indicating that
county tax revenues using last year's rate will be about $500,000 above last year's figure.
However, the County Auditor tells me that non-tax revenues maybe $100,000 less than
last year, additionally, Keith Longnecker predicts a $100,000 cost overrun on the Annex
renovation.
If we take these two projected shortfai)s/overruns from the projected tax revenue
increase, that leaves $300,000. Since we held the line for budget requests at this year's
figures, I propose to allocate $100,000 back to the departments (based proportionally on
each department's share of the general fund) for their use in formulating a final budget-for
that department.
The remaining $200,000 could be the base for funding other critical needs such as
radios for the Sheriffs Department, major capital improvements to any county facilities, or
salary raises for county employees and/or elected officials. If a~ department has critical
needs they are not able to fund in their revised budget, these needs would compete for
funding with these other critical county needs.
My tentative schedule is to provide the departments with their additional funding
figures by June 25`h, ask the department heads to return their revised budget requests by
July 8`~, and schedule workshops during the weeks of July 12`~ and 19`x.
Any comments on the above would be greatly appreciated.
cc: County Auditor