2016
FISCAL YEAR
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
BUDGET In Brief
www.mecklenburgcountync.gov
Mecklenburg County
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Mecklenburg County’s Fiscal Year 2016 Adopted Budget totals $1.57 billion; a $42.4 million (2.8
percent) increase from the FY2015 Adopted Budget. The FY2016 Adopted Budget supports 5,561
full-time equivalent (FTE) staff, while the tax rate remains stable at 81.57 cents per $100 of valuation.
The Adopted Budget leverages the results of our fiscal discipline and economic growth, while not
harming our long-term financial future by making financial decisions that may prove unsustainable.
Important themes in the development of the FY2016 Adopted Budget:
1. Health and Human Services – The Adopted Budget includes several investments to improve
service levels for the most needy in our community.
2. Investing in the County’s Assets – The County is investing in our most important asset, employees; as well as new and existing facilities.
3. Public Safety – The investments in jail diversion programs have generated savings within
detention services.
4. Arts, Literacy, Education – The Adopted Budget provides funding for 28 Community Service Grantees, Read Charlotte, and the Public Library.
Mecklenburg County
REVENUE
Mecklenburg County Revenue by Source
Federal
$112,755,299
State
124,910,095
Other
169,832,360
County
TotaL
1,164,344,522
$1,571,842,776
Fund Balance allocation is included in Other Revenue.
Investment Income
Local ABC $4,015,000
Fire District Tax
.26%
Profit
$4,363,660 Other Revenue Law Enforcement
$3,580,000
.28%
Service District
.23%
$68,525,446
$14,838,995
4.36%
Licenses & Permits
.94%
$23,939,837
1.52%
State Sources
$40,092,095
2.55%
Federal Sources
$112,755,799
7.17%
Charges for
Services
$89,039,080
5.66%
Sales Tax
$247,441,786
15.74%
Property Tax
$963,251,078
61.28%
The ad valorem property tax is
Mecklenburg County’s largest
source of revenue. The FY2016
adopted tax rate remained the same
as FY2015 at 81.57 cents per $100
of valuation.
Mecklenburg County uses the
Law Enforcement Service District
(LESD) to finance and provide
law enforcement services to the
unincorporated areas of the County.
The tax rate for FY2016 is 21.14
cents, an increase of 1.77 cents from
FY2015.
A fire protection service district tax
is used to pay for fire services in the
towns and unincorporated areas.
The tax rate throughout the County
ranges from 5 to 7 cents. All tax
rates will remain flat in FY2016.
Mecklenburg County
EXPENSES
Total expenditures amount to $1.57
billion in the FY2016 Adopted Budget,
of which $1.16 billion is County cost.
The County services are categorized into
four Focus Areas.
Debt service is the annual budget
appropriation for repayment of the
County’s outstanding debt for capital
building projects such as government
buildings, schools, parks and libraries.
Debt Service Fund*
$234,958,880
20.18%
Education
Services
$438,736,301
37.68%
Social, Education
and Economic
Opportunity
$75,428,858
6.48%
General Debt
Service
$31,859,860
2.74%
Education services include operational
funding for Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools (CMS) and Central Piedmont
Community College (CPCC). CMS
and
will receive $404 million. This amount Effective
Efficient Government
$170,823,314
includes $4 million in one-time funding 14.67%
from unallocated fund balance for
technology, maintenance and capital
Community Health
replacement needs. CPCC will receive
and Safety
$169,258,418
$35 million in operational funding. This
14.54%
includes CPCC-WTVI Merger funding
in the amount of $200,000 and one-time
funding from unallocated fund balance
in the amount $1,555,134 for technology
and maintenance needs.
Sustainable
Community
$43,278,891
3.72%
*Includes debt service for CMS and CPCC
Mecklenburg County
TOTAL EXPENDITURE COMPARISON
Expenditures
Asset and Facility Management
Behavioral Health Division
Business Support Services Agency
Child Support Enforcement
Commissioners
Community Service Grants
Community Support Services
County Assessor's Office
Criminal Justice Services
Economic Development
Education Services
Elections
Emergency Medical Services
Finance
General Debt
Geospatial Information Services
Historic Land Commission
Hospitals
Human Resources
Information Technology
Internal Audit
Joint City County
Land Use and Environmental Services
Law Enforcement
Public Library
Managed Care Organization
Manager's Office
Medical Examiner
Non-Departmental
Park & Recreation
Provided Services Organization
Public Health
Public Information Department
Register of Deeds
Sheriff
Social Services
Tax Collector
Transit Sales
Total Appropriations
Adopted FY2014
Adopted FY2015
Adopted FY2016
1,688,044,201
1,529,476,402
1,571,842,776
50,514,596
7,797,803
411,602
3,903,616
9,394,956
10,023,735
8,595,256
10,067,226
545,177,205
4,334,872
12,430,000
9,965,468
167,319,087
4,467,797
230,465
225,000
1,043,333
6,908,472
60,443,434
13,799,422
26,495,331
241,769,455
5,859,002
1,572,304
70,578,276
29,477,335
16,100,945
41,921,549
3,127,644
114,492,287
167,393,669
7,103,059
35,100,000
8,846,650
53,339,356
8,530,466
418,801
3,795,919
11,060,421
12,600,798
9,370,249
11,971,762
592,949,658
3,920,797
12,430,000
10,214,672
161,787,589
1,245,665
1,500,000
4,936,857
1,230,220
7,168,630
59,308,371
14,497,899
30,608,277
6,226,268
1,744,163
56,994,778
33,822,590
16,751,661
51,129,922
2,440,956
3,191,994
118,232,028
172,889,705
6,319,280
38,000,000
26,279,439
11,506,604
8,878,126
418,827
4,064,919
14,160,068
12,063,649
9,544,705
10,274,680
628,494,461
5,219,953
12,430,000
13,111,420
153,019,383
256,724
1,500,000
5,519,634
19,194,072
1,258,668
7,619,917
69,444,746
15,668,995
31,419,942
8,993,218
2,087,915
49,158,083
37,949,417
715,352
65,704,831
2,365,409
3,213,962
113,663,314
183,667,324
4,975,019
38,000,000
Mecklenburg County
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP)
Mecklenburg County’s
FY2014-FY2018 Capital
Improvement Plan (CIP)
allows the County to
complete prioritized
projects and authorize new
projects. The total cost for
the FY2014-FY2018 CIP is
approximately $1.08 billion.
The CIP effectively
coordinates the addition,
renovation or replacement
of County-owned facilities,
infrastructure, equipment,
and land acquisition.
Additionally, the County
has the responsibility of
funding capital projects for
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools (CMS), Central
Piedmont Community
College (CPCC) and the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Library.
CIP
Planned
Projects
CMS - 26 Projects
CPCC - 10 Projects
Government Facility - 10 Projects
Library - 4 Projects
Parks and Recreation - 66 Projects
Mecklenburg County
CIP FUNDING
Mecklenburg
County Library
$30,604,000
3%
The FY2014-FY2016
Capital Improvement
Projects have been approved
and funded in the amount of
$687.20 million.
Central Piedmont
Community College
$280,004,500
26%
The FY2017 and FY2018
projects totaling $393.92
million have been approved.
Funding will be appropriated
when the County Manager
presents the capital project
ordinances at the beginning
of the appropriate
fiscal year.
Parks and Recreation
$189,931,065
17%
Government Facility
$184,176,237
17%
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools
$396,398,674
37%
The FY2014-FY2018 CIP
calls for the issuance of $100
million in bonds per fiscal
year. The costs to implement
all approved projects
are expected to extend
beyond FY2018.
budget in brief
MECKLENBURG COUNTY VISION
To be the best local government service provider
MECKLENBURG COUNTY MISSION
To serve Mecklenburg County residents by helping
them improve their lives and community
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Mecklenburg County North Carolina • Office of Management and Budget
600 East Fourth Street, 11th Floor • Charlotte, NC 28202-2842
Phone: 704-336-2776 • BudgetBook@MecklenburgCountyNC.gov
www.mecklenburgcountync.gov