Information Meeting With Standard

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MEETING AGENDA

• Review and approval of minutes
• Update on County financial situation
• Update on subcommittees issues identified
• Task force strategic discussion What kind of New
  Castle County? What are the service priorities?
  
• Agenda for next meeting information and
  discussion

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USE AND ALIGNMENT OF COUNTY ASSETS

• County asset inventory
• Parkland, facilities under management scope and
  type
• Prioritization of ideas for potential
  savings/further analysis
• Capital budget review debt service and project
  authorizations
• Current debt service spike driven by projects
  already completed
• Projected debt service reflects projects
  substantially underway (Public Safety, Glasgow
  Park, Libraries)
• Need to review authorizations to revenue limits
• Parks maintenance and operating costs use of
  bidding to assess market for public/private
  partnerships

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COMPENSATING COUNTY EMPLOYEES

• Employee Compensation Consulting Status
• Elements of Employee Compensation Growth
• Headcount
• Salary
• Premium Pay/Severance (Overtime, Comp, Sick, Work
  Hours)
• Pension
• Health Care

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FAIRNESS AND ADEQUACY OF REVENUE SYSTEM

Reassessment Cost, Timing, Effect on Growth Rate
of Revenues Structure of Current Property
Tax/Revenue Generation Land vs.
Improvements Distribution of Tax Burden Fee
Analysis/Cost of Service/Cost Recovery Privatizati
on of Regulation/Service Public
Benefit/Underwriting Full Cost Recovery/Fee for
Service Approach
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• Task Force Discussion
• What kind of County?
• What approach to restoring fiscal balance?
• Revenue Fees for Service vs. Tax,
  Increase/Restructure Existing Sources, Diversify
• Expenditure Service level cuts (What, where),
  Demand for new services, Cost/efficiencies in
  delivering services (people costs), Transferring
  responsibility for regulation/service provision

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Schedule of Meetings for Task Force

• All meetings from 3-5p.m.
• Government Center, Executive Conference (except
  where noted)
• November 9 (Thursday), 21 (Tuesday)
• December 5 (Tuesday), 15 (Friday)