STATE OF THE COUNTY PRESENTATION COUNTY GOVERNMENT 101

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1 STATE OF THE COUNTY PRESENTATION COUNTY GOVERNMENT 101 Craig Honeycutt County Manager April 5, 2016

2 Census Information 2016 Population 158, US Census Population 151, US Census Population - 130,800 Growth Rate of 15.5% over past 10 years Alamance County 17 th most populated County in North Carolina

3 Basic Demographic Information Land Area square miles Persons in Poverty 17.9% (NC 14.6%) Persons Per Square Mile (NC 165.2) Median Household income - $45,592 Housing Units 68,102

4 Largest County Employers ABSS 3,329 LabCorp 2,500 ARMC 2,240 Elon University 1,403 Wal-Mart 1,000 Alamance County Government 956 City of Burlington 806 GKN 806 ACC - 652

5 Tax Rate Past Eleven Years 2015/16 - $.58 per $100 evaluation 2014/15 - $ /14 - $ /13 - $ /12 - $ /11 $ /10 $.52 first year of revaluation 2008/09 - $ /08 - $ /07 - $ /06 - $.5625

6 Basic Tax Rate Information $.548 per $100 evaluation (average over last 11 years) $.01 = $1.2 million

7 Largest Property Tax Payers (valuation) LabCorp - $176.8 million ($1.025 million in taxes paid) Duke Energy - $151.1 GKN Automotive - $101.3 Honda Power Equipment - $85.8 Buckner CP Steele - $72.2 Alamance Crossing - $67.7

8 Basic County Info and Comparisons Average Tax Rate for ALL Counties For piedmont counties, the average Tax Rate is , ranging from to Average rates by county tier designation: Tier 1 Counties: Tier 2 Counties: (Alamance County is Tier 2) Tier 3 Counties:

9 Organizational Chart for Alamance County

10 County Management Responsible for day-to-day operations of the County Board of County Commissioners make policy/ County Management implements policy RECOMMEND budget to the Board of County Commissioners Work with multiple agencies (Federal/ State/ County/municipal/non-profits) on broad range of issues Serve as liaison on economic development

11 Like Herding Cats.....

12 Recreation 450 visitors per year at County Parks 1,476 youth sports participants playing in 889 games 1,197 Special Olympic athletes participated in all sports with the help of 1,300 volunteers $1.2 million in new grant funds awarded in past five years

13 Recreation We operate acres of property. Those include parks the we own, properties that we lease, and trail easements. We maintain 104,380 linear feet of trails and have conserved over 86,000 linear feet of river/stream bank.

14 Library 534,201 citizens visited Alamance County Public Libraries. 786,094 items were checked out from ACPL 127,964 people used the computers we make available for the public We offered 1,403 programs that were attended by 37,723 people. Partnered with over 100 different agencies within the community

15 Economic Development Alamance County Chamber of Commerce serves as lead agency Chamber receives support to conduct economic development activities entities including: City of Burlington, City of Mebane, City of Graham, Town of Elon, and Village of Alamance. Since 2012, over 25 new and expanding industry projects totaling nearly 1800 new jobs and over $400 million dollars in capital investment. Site Selection magazine, a national economic development trade publication, cited Alamance County as 9 th nationally for the number of economic development projects in 2015 for metro areas under 200,000 population.

16 Economic Incentives General way we offer incentives % of total investment based upon total investment and jobs created For an average company with $8 million in new taxable capital investment and 30 jobs n $8 million x 1.5% of new taxable capital = $120,000 total incentive (max we will pay) n Usually paid over five years - $24,000 annually (as long as job numbers and taxable investment remains same) n TAXES PAID FOR $8 million investment - $46,400 n COUNTY RECEVIES POSITIVE CASH FLOW OF $22,400 FOR FIVE YEARS, $46,600 AT YEAR SIX

17 Veteran Services Veterans - Alamance County has a population of 12,000 veterans. Number of claims filed: 1771 (339 new claims for pension or compensation) Veterans in Alamance County receives total distribution from claims in the amount $42,116 million. Total number of visits 1,033 Total number of calls 2,350

18 Department of Social Services Number of households receiving Food Stamps 12,186 Number of Medicaid recipients 23,469 Number of children receiving day-care 1,219 Number of children in foster care 113 Number of adult protective service reports 126 Number of Family Justice Center clients served 178

19 EMS ALL CALLS trucks 20,123 calls trucks 27,772 calls trucks 28,513 calls trucks 31,379 calls trucks 31,702 calls trucks 33,777 calls 18% increase over 7 year period March 28, ,537calls for service n (34,148 annualized)

20 Fire Marshall s Office/Emergency Management The Emergency Management Office is responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive emergency program for the county. The work involves considerable liaison with local, state and federal agencies, with organizations and volunteer groups and with business and industry in the development and administration of the program. Liaison between County and Volunteer Fire Departments Coordinating fire service training, fire investigations and enforcing the State Fire Code. The SARA Management/ Planner is responsible for chemical inventories, chemical planning and reporting for facilities in the county.

21 Fire Marshall s Office/Emergency Management Responsible for upkeep of County NIXEL program Responsible for Fire inspections Responsible for Haz/Emergency Management responses - 22 Inspections 701 Incident Responses 75 County recently hired a new Emergency Management Position

22 NIXEL

23 Inspections Electronic Plan review for residential and commercial has begun. Also lap top computer program for our field inspectors Major commercial projects within the county included: Park Place at Elon a mixed use facility in Saxapahaw; Elon University s new Communications buildings and major additions to the Honda plant in Sweepsonville.

24 Inspections Numbers New residential permits up 31% (259) Total number of permits issued up 17% (2,941) Revenue collected up 55% ($512,929) Construction costs up 86% ($109,821,154)

25 Planning Strategic Planning process Code Enforcement/ordinance enforcement Alamance County Abandoned, Junked, and Nuisance Motor Vehicle Ordinance Adult Establishment Ordinance Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance Heavy Industrial Development Ordinance Sexually-Oriented Businesses (in conjunction with the Sheriff s Department) Manufactured Home Parks Ordinance Subdivision Ordinance Watershed Protection Ordinance Wireless Communications Facilities Ordinance Abandoned Mobile Homes Removal Grant Program

26 Planning Historic Properties Commission Review HPC Ordinance & Bylaws Integrate HPC into Development Review process Review properties for possible nominations to Local or National Register Public outreach projects Identify opportunities for funding Identify local training opportunities

27 MIS Management of Information Systems 892 PCs, 279 Laptops, 110 tablets, and 350 cell phones, we support, service, and secure Handling the explosion of new systems and smart devices that most county agencies are now using that have to be set up, networked, secured and/or have access to the internet and/or the cloud. Upgrading countywide internet system and managing increased broadband usage with redundancy and security for both north and south county campuses. Finalizing completion of disaster avoidance system and data redundancy for both north and south county campuses.

28 MIS Management Information Services Restructuring and unfitting county systems to industry standards to combat increased security threats and to be in compliance with HIPAA, CJIS, PCI, State, and Federal requirements.

29 Maintenance In charge of over 38 buildings/580,000 square feet of heated floor space Deal with ever changing needs of public/private/and State office requirements and maintenance issues County statutorily responsible for courts/jails/probation Primary County functions utilize approximately 54%, Sheriff s Dept. utilizes 23%, NC Courts 17% and Nonprofits 6%. Includes oversight of janitorial services Also, provides ice removal services in front of bldgs.

30 Human Resources 968+ Full time equivalent employees part time workers (Library/EMS/DSS/ Recreation/Board of Elections/etc.) Responsible for administration of County employee benefits Responsible for administration of employee personnel policy Responsible for facilitating the filling of 140 open positions as they occur 2943 applications received

31 Legal Deals with all contract review/ employment/ litigation/ potential litigation/ foreclosures for unpaid taxes Staff for all Departments (except DSS but still consults with DSS) Responsible for any potential lawsuits/litigation against County (either will handle internally or work with outside attorneys)

32 Cooperative Extension In 2015 we provided 15,648 people with educational information through meetings, one-onone consultations and demonstrations. In 2015 we provided educational information to 36,510 people through non face-to-face methods. In 2015 our Master Gardeners provided 3610 volunteer hours to the citizens of Alamance County.

33 Central Communications (C-Com) Provide dispatch and communications for fire/ rescue/police/ems/sheriff Responsible for all County agencies and municipalities (except City of Burlington) 12,000 18,000 calls per month (average about 14,000) 911emergency and administrative calls about 50/50

34 Sheriff s Department ,638 calls for service ,326 Civil Papers/Warrants/Citations served (or attempted to serve) 2010/11 $4.371 million for jail revenue (thru February) 2008 current - $543,174 spent on vehicles through seized assets ( drug monies )

35 Board of Elections Responsible for all local/state/federal/ballot initiative votes Three early voting sights before primaries and general election Responsible for opening of precincts (37)/voter machines/ voter registration Voter/Photo ID Absentee Ballot Request Form Voter Registration Form Military-Overseas Laws & Regulations Precinct Worker Application Campaign finance reporting

36 Board of Election How Candidates are Registered In Alamance County Democrat 38,132 Republican 30,753 Libertarian 311 Reform 0 Unaffiliated 23,401

37 Soil and Water Conservation Allocated $58,825 in 2015 by the North Carolina Division of Soil and Water to assist landowners with natural resources concerns on their property. Advisor to the Alamance County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program. Currently there are 16,414 Acres enrolled in the Voluntary Program. As of October 2015 there are 317 Acres of farmland that have been permanently protected in Alamance County.

38 Landfill The compaction rate for land filled materials now exceeds by 25% the average rate for the preceding 10 years with the life of the landfill now extended by 75 years. The landfill continues to operate efficiently with overall revenues exceeding expenditures enabling the county landfill tipping fee to remain unchanged at $36.00 per ton since Revenues consistently exceed expenditures approximately $855,000 annually over past five years. By implementing the recycling of electronics and televisions 18 months prior to the state mandate (July,2011) the landfill has successfully diverted more than 300 tons of e-waste from the lined landfill.

39 Questions??? Visit our website at Performance Management info Job openings Meeting information/minutes ALSO, WE HAVE OVER 60 COMMITTEES WITHIN ALMANACE COUNTY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING PLEASE SEE OUR COUNTY CLERK!!!