Northampton County Community College

April 12, 2016

Accountability
Sustainability

Expenses exceed Revenues

Tax Revenue is flat
Use of General Fund tax dollars to balance
budget
Infrastructure repair/maintenance
State budget impasse

Expense growth exceed revenue increase

Personnel Cost Increase: Average/10 years =$3.9
million/year
Benefit Cost increases at 4x rate of Tax Revenue
Pension Results
2008 $ 0.6 million or 8.4 % of tax revenue
2015 $ 13.3 million or 22.38% of tax revenue

Flat revenues for the past several years

2008-2014 : Tax revenue flat; increases avg less

than $ 1.0 million

General Fund reserves needed to balance budget

Average $ 15.7 million/year
Equivalent to 2.1 mils of taxes

2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

$
$
$
$
$

18.0
14.0
17.5 (returned $ 17.0 to GF rev neutral)
19.7 (returned $ 19.7 to GF (rev neutral)
9.7 ( require-do not expect to need it)

2008
2012
2013
2014
2015

$
$
$
$
$

68.3
42.6
34.1 ($ 28.6 + $ 5.5 accounting adj)
33.5
42.8 (Net $ 30.2 )

$ 2.5 million moved to Stabilization fund

$ 10.0 million moved to DHS capital fund

Reverses 7 year downward trend

2013
2014
2015
2016

=
=
=
=

$ 319
$ 286 ($ 33 million lower-10.3% reduction)
$ 286 (flat vs 2014)
Budget flat vs 2015

 Double digit growth in health care/benefits costs

$ 1.2-$ 1.7 million/year
same # of members

2007 = $ 17.5
2014 = $ 26.3
2015 = $ 23.0

$ 3.3 savings
$ 1.5 annual increase avoided
NET savings $4.5 million or (17% reduction)

Only 1/3 of workforce on new plan in 2015

87% will be on plan in 2016

 11 unions ~ 75% of workforce

9 contracts have been settled

73% reduction in operating loss

$ 2.1 million vs $ 7.7 million
DOH zero deficiencies 2 years in row
Electronic Health Records (NTT)
returned 320 nursing hours
~ hour per resident

 Central Booking upgrade

2-4 hrs reduced to 15 minutes

Putting officers back on street/Public Safety
$ 0.5 million Department of Labor Grant

 Community Investment Partnership Program (CIPP)

~ $ 834K grants
Investing in our local communitites
Funding source is local table game proceeds

Ag Connect

Support for local agriculture businesses

Recognition of importance of agriculture to our local
economy

Medical Waste/Drug Collection Boxes

Program Update
Environmentally Sensitive
Farmland Preservation
County Parks
Municipal Parks
Total

$ 4.4 million
$ 10.8 million
$ 4.9 million
$ 6.9 million
$ 27.0 million

 Gracedale

Electronic Health Records, Kronos, Pharmacy

Row Offices

Orphan and Wills

Criminal
Prothonotary/Sheriff

VOIP phone system upgrades

 $ 24 million county tax dollars required to cover

state funding shortfall
$ 45 million loan established
Came with 24 hours of needing to tap loan
Going forward
Anticipate delays again
Investments remain short term/liquid
Re-establish loan program

Public Private Partnership (P3)

PennDOT endorsed
1st for any county in PA
Thirty-three (33) of the countys bridges
(County owns 119).

Cost estimate $ 40-$ 50 million

Four year project
Reducing the repair and maintenance costs by an
estimated 20%-40%.