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XNTashington
<br />County
<br />Washington Count] is both an admin-
<br />istrative agency of the state pr rvid-
<br />mandated services, and a local
<br />gm.nernment The county only; has
<br />the po%ver and authority given to it
<br />by the state legislature. Washington
<br />County provides an array of services,
<br />including health and human service s
<br />road constauctien and maintenance;
<br />public safety and probation, election
<br />administration, uater qu t r, pazk-S
<br />libraries, solid %-dste management,
<br />prosecution, property* %-atuatien and
<br />laxation, and recording public proper-
<br />ty records.
<br />rayper-
<br />tyrecords.
<br />Cbuntyprograms are fumed through
<br />a combination of state and feller
<br />al aid, local properh taxes,, a local
<br />sales tax, and fees for sen res. As the
<br />cost ci pro%iding mandated sMiDES
<br />increases, if state and federal funding
<br />does not increase proportionally, the
<br />pressure on the local property- tax
<br />increases.
<br />In 201T, the county spent more than
<br />$115 million on senioer that it is re-
<br />quired by the state or federal gm-ern-
<br />ment to provide:
<br />Source. 2o17 Mandates and C.or+e
<br />Functions report
<br />MOST
<br />Out -of -home place-
<br />PERCENT
<br />COSTLY
<br />AMOUNT
<br />COUNTY
<br />MANDATES
<br />creases
<br />FUNDED
<br />Jail I
<br />detmfian
<br />S'�A00
<br />9796
<br />ShesiffPatwl
<br />4,02-hooa
<br />93%
<br />suvicros
<br />S87,50c
<br />radi0upgrade
<br />,w Fmugm7
<br />S&&t,600
<br />88%
<br />cyte
<br />vermes
<br />Subtotal
<br />Ptdm ico
<br />S,%37376w
<br />61%
<br />supe rvid=
<br />Net increased costs
<br />Ctld crit-
<br />$2,815,5oo
<br />806
<br />et -home
<br />placed
<br />A tomes -SSA02:000 53'*
<br />OfEce yra
<br />co5cn
<br />FUNDING MANDATED SERVICES
<br />SUGGESTED MANDATES FOR
<br />REPEAL OR REFORM
<br />Pressure on the local property tax
<br />from state mandated senzces can be
<br />reduced through the repeal or reform
<br />of certain mandates, or pa}ing the
<br />costs of mandated services from state
<br />-sources, rather than the properly
<br />taxa Examples of costs that could be
<br />reduced, eliminated, orfunded by the
<br />state are:
<br />OEM
<br />f Providing facffites
<br />and security for state
<br />courts
<br />County costs for state
<br />court, including
<br />representation of indi-
<br />gent adults
<br />Eliminate charge to
<br />county for state -
<br />operated treatmimt
<br />facilities
<br />COST
<br />$3,000,000
<br />S575,000
<br />Flim inate require- 51oo,000
<br />ment for county share
<br />for child foster care
<br />transition senices for
<br />38-21 y olds
<br />Flingnate county S2 0,000
<br />charge for Medical A -
<br />sistar" costs for stays
<br />longer than go days
<br />3'n tatal. the county has ideal-
<br />fified snare than $8 naillion in
<br />costa or maintenance of amort
<br />requirements that could he
<br />changed to reduce the reliance
<br />on the comity property toxfor
<br />nuandated sensices.
<br />EXAMPLES OF REGENT
<br />UNFUNDED MANDATE COSTS
<br />More than 51.1 million m new count,
<br />costs for 2018 are the result of recent
<br />legislathm changes related to child
<br />protection, out -of home placement of
<br />children, regional treatment center,
<br />and chemical dependency treatment
<br />costs, an upgrade to the statewide
<br />public safety radio *stem, and &m s-
<br />ments for the elderly and decelopmen
<br />tally dtSabled OluChmcesj. Just the
<br />cost increases in these f %. a programs
<br />exceeds the neve• county program aid
<br />rived Erom the state for 2018.7he
<br />teal county program aid estimated
<br />for 2018 for Washington County is
<br />510,104,300.
<br />SIGNIFICANT 2018 MANDATE}
<br />COST INCREASE COMPARED TO
<br />AN INCREASE
<br />Out -of -home place-
<br />$284,900
<br />meats of children
<br />MRC hOioes cost in
<br />S26o,,504
<br />creases
<br />Child protection costs
<br />S231,1co
<br />Ronal Treatment
<br />S2o&Soo
<br />Center cost share
<br />State public safety
<br />S87,50c
<br />radi0upgrade
<br />Chemical Dependency
<br />SB&loo
<br />Treatment cost share
<br />Subtotal
<br />S1.154,6W
<br />Less neer state old
<br />1($990,900)
<br />(CPA) in 2018
<br />Net increased costs
<br />I $163,700 i
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