Oregons StateCounty Interconnected Systems

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Oregons State-County Interconnected Systems

• Presented by the
• Association of Oregon Counties

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Did You Know?

• That counties
• serve all 3.5 million Oregonians
• cover all 97,000 square miles
• maintain four times more road miles than ODOT
• manage 2.4 billion in combined revenue

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Did you Know?

• That counties
• collected over 6 billion in property taxes in
  01-03, but only 20 of that went to counties
• can impose a variety of taxes, including those on
  lodging, business, income, car rental, and others
• deliver many services through our interconnected
  systems

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Interconnected State-County Services and
SystemsAll Serving the Same Oregonians
05-25-04
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Interdependent Systems
Public Safety
Community Development
Health
Transportation
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Healthy Systems Must be in Balance
Prosecution (9.3 million)
Public Safety Prosecution Indigent
Defense Community Corrections County Jail Trial
Court Parole Probation Sheriff Juvenile
Services Court Security Homeland Security 911
Emergency Comm. Emergency Management
Indigent Defense (160 million)
2003-05 legislatively approved budget, LFO,
January 2005
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One Size Does Not Fit All

• The diversity of counties requires a flexible
  approach to statewide policymaking

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Consider These Six Counties...
Multnomah
Lincoln
Wheeler
Lane
Jackson
Harney
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Population
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Square Miles
Harney is larger than Massachusetts
1,558 people per square mile in Multnomah, 0.74
people per square mile in Harney
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Relationship Between
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Shared Revenue - Another Piece of the System

• Historic agreements between the State and
  counties regarding shared revenues must be
  honored
• In the past, counties relinquished taxing
  authority in exchange for a share of the revenue

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Shared Revenue - Another Piece of the System

• Shared revenue comes from a variety of sources,
  including
• Cigarette tax
• Beer and wine tax
• Video lottery revenue
• County Forest Trust Land revenue
• Gas tax
• Regulatory fees

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Opportunities for Improvement

• Joint planning to avoid unintended consequences
• Flexibility of funding
• Balanced systems are healthy systems
• Line-item budgeting
• Align demands of ORSs and OARs with funding level
• Honor historic agreements protect
• local revenue

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Conclusion

• Diversity of counties requires a flexible
  approach to ensure long- and short-term system
  stability
• Balanced systems can provide service stability
  needed for a good quality of life and healthy
  communities
• Interconnected, interdependent state-county
  systems requires that we work
• together to serve all Oregonians.