DEPT: COUNTY BOARD
OVERALL IMSD INITIATIVE
• As described earlier, a Courthouse Data Processing Support Unit is created by combining existing IMSD network staff with existing staff from the Courts, the Department of Public Works and the Department of Administration. This consolidation is an initiative to evaluate the effectiveness of centralizing all data processing support and to achieve efficiency by allowing staff to expand their expertise and to work in areas where most needed.
• The Data Processing Coordinating Committee is abolished. All future major projects will be overseen by specifically created oversight management teams similar to that created to oversee the FIRMS ReplacementlYear 2000 project. Prior to action being taken by the 'oversight management teams', specifics of such teams are to be provided to all County Board Supervisors and referred to the appropriate County Board policy committee(s) for review and any actions deemed appropriate.
Furthermore, it is understood that any project costing over $1 million will have an oversight management team,
• The Management Committee overseeing the FIRMS Replacement Project is proceeding with a recommendation that the County retain consultants to develop an overall technology plan for the County. As now planned, it is anticipated that this plan could be approved by early 1997. Once developed, the IMSD Manager shall develop County-wide equipment and software standards consistent with the plan's recommendations (assuming endorsement of the plan's recommendations by the County Board and County Executive). Once these standards are in place, all minor equipment and software purchases and proposed application development will follow the normal review process that now occurs for equipment and other purchases, i.e., budget, fund transfer process or regular County Board review and approval. Once policy approval is given, all new and replacement equipment acquisitions shall require approval by the IMSD Manager to assure conformance with the County's established standards. Because of the rapidly changing nature of technology, the IMSD Manager shall be responsible for maintaining and updating the County-wide Standards.
• The IMSD Manager shall be required to develop standards for Internet access and web site
ADOPTED 1997 BUDGET
DEPT: DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
-INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES UNIT NO. 1160
• A Management Committee is created and $10,000 is provided to develop an overall Internet strategy to create a Civic Network. The Management Committee will include at least two representatives of the County Executive to be appointed by the County Executive, two representatives of the County Board to be appointed by the County Board Chairman, and one representative of the Department of Administration Information Management Services Division to be appointed by the Director -Department of Administration to develop an overall Internet strategy to create a Civic Network. This Civic Network will be used to disseminate information on Milwaukee County to County residents as well as other interested parties on the Internet. The Civic Network will also provide the ability to communicate via e-mail and share data with other government entities and users of the Internet. Once the Internet strategy is completed, the implementation of said strategy will be undertaken with a progress report to the Finance and Audit Committee no later than its June, 1997, meeting. .
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DEPT: DEPARTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATION-INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES UNIT NO.1160
DEPT: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS
OPERATING AUTHORITY & PURPOSE
UNIT NO. 1190
Pursuant to Chapter 79 of the Milwaukee County Ordinances, this department has the general responsibility for the negotiation and administration of all collective bargaining agreements, to establish labor relations training programs for supervisory staff, and to conduct on behalf of Milwaukee County all procedures ordered by the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, or the Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations. All matters relating to labor relations introduced to the County Board are referred to the Department of Labor Relations for its recommendation.
In addition to the foregoing, this department shall, under the direction of the Personnel Committee, carry out those procedural responsibilities delegated to that committee by Chapter 80 of the Milwaukee County Ordinances, and shall annually, in conjunction with the Department of Human Resources, review the wages, hours and conditions of employment of all employees not represented for purposes of collective bargaining, and submit recommendations to the County Board of Supervisors each year for the following year.
OBJECTIVES
1. To successfully achieve new collective bargaining agreements between Milwaukee County and its labor organizations which will meet the budget parameters established by the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors and the County Executive.
2. To train managers and supervisors in the use of new technology tools which assist them in the labor relations arena.
3. To continue to assist user departments in modifying and refining personnel policies which will increase productiVity and efficiency of operations.
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BUDGET SUMMARYI
1995 1996 1997' 1996/1997
Account Summary Actual Budget BUdget Change
Personnel $ 269,002 $ 289,951 $ 286,488 $ -3,463
Fringe Benefits' 73,438 99,218 0 -99,218
Services 24,334 40,634 50,716 10,082
Commodities 3,807 2,965 2,965 0
Capital Outlay 2,234 0 0 0
Contractual Crosscharges' 31,235 40,309 4,785 -35,524
Abatements' -24.003 -27.172 0 ?7172
Total Expenditures $ 380,047 $ 445,905 $ 344,954 $ -100,951 Prooertv Tax Levv $ 380047 $ 445905 $ 344 954 $ -100951
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Inclusion of Fringe Benefits, Space Rental Charge and Abatement, and IMSD crosscharges in this budget would increase tax levy $87,444 to $432,398, for a tax levy reduction of $13,507.ADOPTED 1997 BUDGET
DEPT: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS UNIT NO. 1190
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PERSONNEL SUMMARYI
1995 1996 1997 1996/1997
Actual Budget Budget Change
Position Equivalent 5.0 4.7 4.8 0.1
Direct Labor Hours 8,416 7,911 8,079 168
Overtime Hours 44 0 0 0
Overtime Dollars $0 $0 $0 $0
BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
• A major expenditure reduction of $87,444 is due to a change in budgeting policy eliminating the allocation of the fringe benefit charge, the central service allocation and the Courthouse Complex space rental charge and abatement as these costs are reflected in other budgets in 1997. Related revenues are included in departmental budgets.
• The Department of Human Resources and Labor Relations will work with the departments to assure that the Job Protection provision, if included in the labor agreement with AFSCME-DC48, is complied with.
ACTIVITY & STATISTICAL SUMMARY 1995 Actual
Labor Contracts Expiring 0
Labor Negotiations (inclUding wage reopeners,fact
finding, arbitration, mediation) 0
Hearinqs - Permanent Umpire 52
Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission and Court Cases 10 Labor Relations Orientation and Training Sessions 2 Meetings· Personnel Matters with County Officials,
Depart-ment Heads, County Board Committees, Boards, Employees 303 Meetings - Personnel Matters with Unions, Others 135
Available Days for Union Grievances 44
1190-2
1996 1997
Budget Budget
10 0
24 24
48 32
30 30
25 40
320 320
340 340
75 75
DEPT: INTEREST ON DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES
OPERATING AUTHORITY& PURPOSE
UNIT NO. 1900-1133
Pursuant to Section 74.47 (3)(d) of the Wisconsin Statutes, all interest collected by the County Treasurer on other taxes and special assessments, both prior and sUbsequent to the tax sale, shall be retained by the County Treasurer for the use of the County.
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BUDGET SUMMARYI
1995 1996 1997
Actual BUdget Budget
Interest and Penalty on Delinquent
Property Taxes $ 1,171,648 $ 1,475,000 $ 1,475,000
Based on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), revenue in this account includes accrued interest and penalty earned and received. This revenue fluctuates from year to year, and is dependent on the amount of delinquent tax balances turned over to the Treasurer and how quickly those balances are paid. Interest and penalty decrease when balances are paid more quickly.
Prior years' actual revenue received from this source over the last ten years has been as follows:
Year Amount
1986 $2,330,519
1987 2,231,835
1988 1,975,401
1989 1,531,653
1990 1,740,595
1991 2,002,413
1992 2,417,290
1993 1,408,352
1994 1,368,716
1995 1,171,648
The 1997 bUdget is based on the projection that delinquent tax levies will remain the same as 1996 budgeted levels.
ADOPTED 1997 BUDGET
DEPT: PROPERTY TAX REFUNDS
OPERATING AUTHORITY& PURPOSE
UNIT NO. 1900-8006
Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 74.25 and 74.305 of the Wisconsin Statutes, a taxation district is required to settle in full with its taxing units for collected and uncollected personal property taxes.
Pursuant to Sections 70.511 (2)(b), 74.33 and 74.35 of the Wisconsin Statutes, a taxpayer may file a claim for refund of property taxes paid ifthe reviewing authority reduces the value of the propertY in question.
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BUDGET SUMMARYI
1995 1996 1997
Actual BUdget Budget
Property Tax Refunds $ 101,644 $ 192,500 $ 125,000
The chargeback of uncollected personal property taxes and refundedlrescinded property taxes have been combined into a single account for 1997.
Personal property tax chargebacks for the last five years have been as follows:
Year
The County is required to pay taxing jurisdictions for their share of refunded/rescinded claims no later than February 15 of the year succeeding the State's November 15th determination. Prior years' actual expenditures are:
Based on actual property tax refunds experienced to date for 1996, an appropriation of $125,000 is included for 1997.
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OPERATING AUTHORITY& PURPOSE
UNIT NO. 1900-8256
Pursuant to provisions of Section 66.433 of the Wisconsin Statutes and Chapter 77 of the General Ordinances of Milwaukee County, the County Board may appropriate money to defray the cost of operation of the Community Relations - Social Development Commission. The purpose of this commission is to study, analyze, and recommend solutions for the major social, economic, and cultural problems which affect people residing or working within the County, including without restriction because of enumeration, problems of the family, youth, education, the aging, juvenile delinquency, health and zoning standardS, and discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations and facilities on the basis of sex, class, race, religion, sexual orientation or ethnic or minority status.
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BUDGET SUMMARYI
1995 1996 1997
Actual Budget Budget
Building Security for the Elderly $ 11,875 $ 11,875 $ 0
Other Programs 156903 156903 0
Milwaukee County Share (Tax Levy) $ 168,778 $ 168,778 $ 0
The Adopted Budget does not include funding for Social Development Commission administrative costs in 1997. Funds of $11,875 previously included in this budget for Building Security for the Elderly have been transferred to the Department on Aging's budget.
ADOPTED 1997 BUDGET
DEPT: MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL FEES
OPERATING AUTHORITY&PURPOSE
UNIT NO.1900-8405
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 59.07(5) of the Wisconsin Statutes, the County Board shall represent the County and have the management of the business and concems of the County in all cases where no other provision is made.