030607 Budget Execution2006-2007 Budget Execution Briefings
City Council Meeting
March 6, 2007
Fire Department:
Revised FY 2006-2007 Budget
Contractual
Comparison of Current Rate of Expenditures with Projection
Services
Personnel
2%
88%
100%
90%
Other Charges
10%
80%
70%
60%
50.20%
Percent
50%
42.10%
Key Services –To provide proactive education, prevention, planning,
34.60%
40%
management, mitigation and recovery for any fire or life safety hazard
27.70%
30%
impacting the citizens and visitors of the City of Virginia Beach.
20.40%
20%
Results –
10%
·Nationally recognized Fire/Life Safety Education and Arson Programs
11.00%
0%
·100% Life Safety Code compliance achievement
JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFeb MarAprMayJun
·World-class Emergency Response capability in a variety of disciplines
Fixed Monthly RateFY 07 Rate
·Emergency Management presence at Regional/State/Federal levels
·CFAI Nationally Accredited Agency –recertified in 2006
Current Projects –
Strategic Planning and Development of Standards of Response Coverage
Fire facility planning and construction –new and replacement
EOC/Emergency Management –local and regional programs
Service Delivery Objectives
Staffing RevisedExp to Date FTE's
Program Group FY 2006-07 FY 2006-07 FY 2006-07
Apparatus
Fire Marshall’s Office $3,718,474$2,009,48341.96
Facilities
Fire Operations & Training36,493,85718,012,062426.70
Emergency Management
Fire Program647,361 129,7711.00
Fire Grants992,832856,7983.25
Total$41,852,524$21,008114472.91
Virginia Beach Fire Department
Emergency Service Delivery
Fire Department Incident Responses
Type of Incident200420052006
Fire Incidents - Structural473415455
Fire Incidents - All Others795712967
EMS149831495015757
Non-Fire Incidents870790729405
Totals249582514926584
5.7% INCREASE in total call volume 2005-2006
Virginia Beach Fire Department
Emergency Service Delivery
“FIRST-IN”TRAVEL TIME FOR ALL CALLS (90%): 7:17
2006 ICMA: Calls with a Travel Time of 5 minutes or less:
National Average: 55.2%
Virginia Beach: 36%
2006 ICMA: Calls with a Total Response Time of 8 min. or less:
National Average: 77.6%
Virginia Beach Average: 45%
Virginia Beach Total Response Time First-In (90%): 12:53
VBFD TOTAL RESPONSE TIME FOR 1-2 FAMILY DWELLING
FIRST ALARM ASSIGNMENT(90%) REMAINS AT 20 MINUTES
Goal of 15 Minutes TRT: 46.5% Achievement
Goal of 10 Minutes TRT: 10.4% Achievement
Virginia Beach Fire Department
CHANGE AGENTS RELATED TO DECREASING
RESPONSE TIMES
•INCREASED STAFFING
•INCREASED RESOURCES
•IMPROVED DISTRIBUTION
OF RESOURCES
Virginia Beach Fire Department
Human Resources
•Emergency Operations Staffing
•Currently VBFD has 438 authorized uniformed positions
•Minimum staffing of 99 members in stations each day
•7 companies staffed at 4 person minimum
•21 companies staffed at 3 person minimum
•Priorities for additional staffing
•Single piece companies
•Specialty companies
Drivers
•
: Member Safety -Increased Effectiveness of Service
Delivery tied to Improved response times/response reliability –
ALS provider support for ERS w/o decreasing Fire Capability
Virginia Beach Fire Department
Human Resources
•Non-Uniform Staffing currently at 35
•Emergency Management
•Fire/Life Safety Education and Code Enforcement
•Human and Physical Resource Management
•Grants, Budget and Finance
•Administrative Support
Priorities
•
•Emergency Management/Homeland Security
•Resource Management
•Technology/Business Application Management
Drivers
•
: Technology -Complexity of processes -New service/support
demands -Grants management -Effective asset management -Strategic
business and budget planning
Virginia Beach Fire Department
Capital Improvement Projects
FIRE APPARATUS
•CIP FY02-07:
•$10,580,300 Budgeted
NFPA Replacement
•Replaced 14 Engines/Squirts
Schedule
6 Ladders
Recommends:
1 Specialty Unit
Engines: 15/5
Ladders 12/5
•CIP FY07-12
•Projected Replacements:
During FY07-12
11 Engines
VBFD will replace
1 Ladders
8 Units 20-25 yrs.
1 Squirts
5 Units 15-20 yrs.
4 Specialty Unit
Virginia Beach Fire Department
Capital Improvement Projects
Facilities
•Rehabilitation and Renovation
•Plaza Fire and Rescue Station
•New/Replacement Facilities
•Replacement -First Landing Fire and Rescue Station
•Replacement -Thalia
•Replacement –Blackwater
•Replacement –Chesapeake Beach
•Needed –Diamond Springs/Northampton Blvd.
•Needed –Landstown Rd/Salem Road
•Needed –Princess Anne Road/Pleasant Ridge Road
•Needed –Centerville/Kempsville Rd.
Virginia Beach Fire Department
THANK YOU!
QUESTIONS?
TotalNeighborhood Services
Housing and Neighborhood
FY 2006-07 Revised Budget
Preservation:
Transfers &
Reserves
Internal Services
Personnel
Comparison of Current Rate of Expenditures with Projection
100%
90%
Other Charges
Contractual Services
80%
Supplies
70%
57.30%
60%
48.10%
Percent Key Services –Code Enforcement, housing vouchers, housing
50%
rehabilitation, neighborhood institute, fair housing promotion, housing
39.00%
40%
condition surveys.
26.20%
30%
Results –
18.30%
20%
·Over 35,000 annual code enforcement inspections
10%
·1,800 households under lease via housing vouchers
10.90%
0%
·100 annual housing units rehabilitated for homeowners
JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFeb MarAprMayJun
·Over $1,000,000 directly to non-profits to serve the homeless
Fixed Monthly RateFY 07 Rate
Current Projects –Cloverleaf Apartments; sale of spot blight properties;
Biznet Village and other VBCDC housing developments
RevisedExp to DateFTE's
Declining CDBG Funding –down
Program Group FY 2006-07 FY 2006-07 FY 2006-07
over $1 million in ten years
Administration $ 1,310,622 $ 894,386 10.00
Regional Cooperation on
Code Enforcement 2,372,671 1,097,721 31.00
Homelessness
Section 8 Housing 11,185,744 6,917,792 12.00
Graffiti abatement
Continuing/enhancing code
Housing Development 2,623,667 1,423,702 9.00
enforcement
Neighborhood Services 480,298 195,286 7.00
Retirements and workforce
Total*
$18,973,002 $10,528,887 69.00
development
*Of the total FY2006-07 budget, 88.9% is supported by revenue generated from fees andnon-General Fund sources.
Community Development Block Grant Revenue Has
Formed the Core Support of DHNP for 30+ Years
CDBG Grant vs. 2.5% Inflation
$5,000,000
$4,500,000
$4,000,000
$3,500,000
$3,000,000 grant inflated
@2.5%
$2,500,000
actual grant
$2,000,000
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
$500,000
$0
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Real Estate Assessor:
Revised FY 2006 -2007 Budget
Contractual
Comparison of Current Rate of Expenditures with Projection
Services
0.22%
Personnel
Other Charges
92.29%
7.49%
100.00%
90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
Key Services –
60.00%
Percent
50.00%
47.40%
•Reappraisal of Real Estate
40.00%
39.60%
31.80%•Senior Citizen Tax Exemption
30.00%
24.40%
20.00%
•Land Use Taxation
16.60%
10.00%
8.10%
0.00% Results –
JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFeb MarAprMayJun
•FY 2008 Assessment -$55,058,244,271
Fixed Monthly RateFY 07 Rate
•Senior Citizen Exemptions –
5,420 recipients @ $9,651,395
•Land Use Taxation -35,395 acres
·
Current Projects–
•RACS/ProVal
ProVal/Sketch Project $225,000
RevisedExp to Date FTE's
Program Group FY 2006-07 FY 2006-07 FY 2006-07
Business Application
City Real Estate Assessor$ 19,206 $3,6040.35
Specialist $79,000
City Real Estate Assessor2,765,672 1,319,38135.00
Total
$ 2,784,878 $1,322,98535.35