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SUFFOLK COUNTY FISCAL ANALYSIS TASK FORCE
F INAL REPORT
P RESENTED TO SUFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE STEVE BELLONE
P REPARED FOR THE SUFFOLK COUNTY LEGISLATURE’S BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE
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TASK FORCE MEMBERS
The seven-member Task Force is comprised of thefollowing independent individuals:• Richard Halverson ~ Former Assistant Deputy Director NYC Financial
Control Board, Deputy Comptroller for Budget – Hampton Bays
• Stuart Klein ~ Former First Deputy Director NYC’s Office of Budget &
Management – Rockville Centre• Nathan Leventhal ~ Director, Dreyfus Mutual Funds & Former Deputy
Mayor NYC - Westhampton
• Edward W. Moneypenny ~ Former Chief Financial Officer at 7-Eleven, Inc. and at Two Former Fortune 500 Companies - Village of Southampton
• Steven Newman ~ Chief Operating Officer Public Health Solutions, Former First Deputy NYC Comptroller – Douglaston
• Michael Solomon ~ Managing Director, Ramirez & Co. – Originally fromOceanside
• Charles K. Stein ~ Former Deputy County Executive for Finance, SuffolkCounty - Coram
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DEFICIT PROJECTIONS
Y EAR
COUNTY CONSENSUS
FORECAST DEFICIT
FISCAL A NALYSIS T ASK
FORCE PROJECTED DEFICIT
ESTIMATES
DIFFERENCE
FISCAL A NALYSIS T ASK
FORCE M INUS
CONSENSUS FORECAST
2011 -($33) -($33) $0
2012 -($86) -($148) -($61)
2013 -($286) -($349) -$(63)
TOTALS -($406) -($530) -$(124)
The Task Force’s deficit projections are larger than the general consensus of the sizeof the shortfall of the County Executive Budget Office & Legislative Budget Review Office due to additional revenue shortfalls and expense increases that the Task Force believes could occur over the next two years.
Deficit projections are summarized as follows, in Millions of Dollars:
Note: Numbers in table may not total due to rounding
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DEFICIT
PROJECTIONS DETAIL
COUNTY
E XECUTIVE &
LEGISLATIVE
DEFICIT
P ROJECTIONS
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DEFICIT PROJECTIONS DETAIL – TASK FORCE
COMPARISON PROJECTIONS
2011 2012 2013
Executive & Legislative Consensus
Deficit Projections ($33) ($87) ($286)
As % of Total Revenues -1% -3% -11%
Task Force Recommended AdjustmentsSales Tax Revenues (2.6% Annual Growth) $0 ($12) ($35)
Overtime Pay Increases $0 ($10) ($10)
Layoff Savings Reduction $0 ($3) ($5)
Contingency for Less Sales Tax/Higher Energy
Costs and Delay of Land Sales $0 ($36) ($13)
Final Task Force Projected Deficits ($33) ($148) ($349)
As % of Total Revenues -1% -6% -14%
Suffolk County Revenue and Expenses
Consolidated General Fund and Police District
($ in millions)
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EXPENDITURE-REVENUE STRUCTURAL BUDGET
IMBALANCE • Expenditure growth has outpaced revenue growth.
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MAJOR REVENUE DRIVER ~ SALES TAX
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MAJOR REVENUE DRIVER ~ SALES TAX CONTINUED
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USE OF RESERVES & BUDGETARY ONE-SHOTS
• Together with the use of available reserves, the County has utilized atotal of $424 million in budgetary one-shot events to help balance itsoperations since 2008. These one-shots include property sales, use of the
Assessment Stabilization Reserve Fund, Pension Amortization andTobacco Securitization.
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MAJOR EXPENDITURE COST DRIVERS
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MAJOR EXPENDITURE COST DRIVERS – EMPLOYEE
RELATED COSTS
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OTHER MAJOR EXPENDITURE DRIVERS
• Social services growth over the next two years isestimated at 6% resulting in $86 million inadditional costs.
• The County's General Obligation debt servicecosts are expected to increase by approximately $32 million in FY 2013.
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ESTIMATED DEFICIT COMPOSITION
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BORROWING TO MEET CASH NEEDS
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SUMMARY
• Task Force members estimate budgetary shortfalls beginning in Fiscal Year2011 at $33 million, increasing in FY 2012 to $148 million and sharply rising in FY 2013 to $349 million.
• These estimates have been reached by using assumptions the Task Forcedeems reasonable given the prevailing environment. These figures could be
negatively impacted by potential Wall Street job losses and continueduncertainty in the Eurozone.
• While the scope of this report was projecting deficits through 2013, the Task Force believes Fiscal Years beyond 2013 will be challenging as well.
• The Task Force was not charged with finding specific solutions.
• Difficult decisions are on the horizon to bring the County’s budget intostructural balance, where at the minimum annual revenues equal annualexpenditures.
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DEFICIT PROJECTIONS
Y EAR
COUNTY CONSENSUS
FORECAST DEFICIT
FISCAL A NALYSIS T ASK
FORCE PROJECTED DEFICIT
ESTIMATES
DIFFERENCE
FISCAL A NALYSIS T ASK
FORCE M INUS
CONSENSUS FORECAST
2011 -($33) -($33) $0
2012 -($86) -($148) -($61)
2013 -($286) -($349) -$(63)
TOTALS -($406) -($530) -$(124)
The Task Force’s deficit projections are larger than the general consensus of the sizeof the shortfall of the County Executive Budget Office & Legislative Budget Review Office due to additional revenue shortfalls and expense increases that the Task Force believes could occur over the next two years.
Deficit projections are summarized as follows, in Millions of Dollars:
Note: Numbers in table may not total due to rounding
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