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The Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority hired The PFM Group to provide financial suggestions to the County Executive and Legislature. Their completed report was delivered to the Legislature in mid-October 2005. Here's what's referred to as the "Initiative Matrix"; we'll also be linking each initiative to it's relative budget line in the near future.
Initiatives 1-13 Initiatives 14-25 Initiatives 26-37 Initiatives 38-42 Initiatives 43-50
Initiatives 51-57 Initiatives 58-68 Initiatives 69-75 Initiatives 76-86 Initiatives 87-89
Initiatives 90-93 Initiatives 94-98 Initiatives 99-105 Initiatives 106-110 Initiatives 111-115
Initiatives 116-123 Initiatives 124-130 Initiatives 131-134 Initiatives 135-141 Initiatives 142-147
Initiatives 148-152 Initiatives 155-159 Initiatives 160-162 Initiatives 164-167 Summary
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# Name of Initiative Summary Description Department Page Revenue Savings or Productivity Strategy FY2005 Impact FY2006 Impact FY2007 Impact FY2008 Impact FY2009 Impact Total Impact Approval Authority
1 Increase Green Fees for County Golf Courses Increase County green fees toward matching fees of comparable muni golf courses in region Parks V-137 Revenue Cost Recovery $0 $329,000 $336,000 $343,000 $350,000 $1,358,000 C
2 Secure Wendt Mansion Concessionaire Continue Parks initiative to contract operation of Wendt Mansion for use as a catering facitility Parks V-143 Revenue Cost Recovery $0 $0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $120,000 C
3 Pursue Competitive Practises for Golf Course Operation Pursue Competitive Practises for golf course operation, potentially to include private management Parks V-140 Savings Productivity $0 $0 $233,000 $281,000 $288,000 $802,000 U
4 Institute Active Forest Management Program Develop forest management program similar to statewide program. Parks V-150 Revenue Cost Recovery $0 $120,000 $239,000 $244,000 $250,000 $853,000 C
5 Increase Camping Fees Raise camping fees towards matching comparable sites in region. Parks V-148 Revenue Cost Recovery $0 $13,000 $13,000 $13,000 $14,000 $53,000 C
6 Institute Boat Launch Fee Establish boat launch fee to match $6 fee of neighboring Tonawanda. Parks V-146 Revenue Cost Recovery $0 $25,000 $26,000 $26,000 $27,000 $104,000 C
7 Support Creation of Regional Parks Conservacy to, in Time Assume Responsibility for Managing the County's Park System There is already precedent for an non-profit organization, the Olmstead Conservacy, to manage on a day-to-day basis a component of the County park system. Beginning in FY2006. The County will undertake a process to support the development of a Regional Parks Conservacy, to take on increasing levels of responsibility for managing the County's parks by 2008 Parks V-134 Revenue Cost Recovery $0 $0 $0 $550,000 $825,000 $1.375,000 C
8 Restore Park Staffing to Sustainable Levels until Transferred to Regional Parks Conservancy Partially reinvest into current park staffing, with consolidated district management to provide a moderate but sustainable levels of parks services Parks V-136 Savings Realign Services Levels $0 $269,000 $280,000 $294,000 $309,000 $1,152,000 C
9 Establish Parks and Recreation Management Information System Implement park management information system to improve revenue management, asset management and inventory, and customer activity measurement Parks V-149 Productivity Process Improvement $0 $0 ($48,000) ($60,000) ($60,000) ($168,000) C
10 Review City of Buffalo Parks Fees for Potential Adjustments Monitor City fees and concessions agreements to assure they are keeping with regional norms in order to maximize revenues received by county Parks V-148 Productivity Cost Recovery 0 $4,000 $8,000 $8,000 $9,000 $29,000 C
11 Review Probation Caseloads and Adjust Staffing to Meet Supervision/Investigation responsibilities and Reduce Unnecessary and Costly Incarceration Review backlog of court cases pending pre-sentence Investigation and evaluation of alternatives to Incarveration-determine wheather resultant Incarveration costs exceed savings achieved from staff reductions (Savings a[[ears om Cprrections initiatives, 16 Probation Officers (previously 14), 2 Probation Supervisors, 1RPT Investigative Aide and 2 part-time Investigative Aides are included in this initiative Probation/Youth Detention V-78 Savings Realign Services $0 $1,275,000 $1,320,000 $1,389,000 $1,454,000 $5,438,000 C
12 Establish Supervision Fee for Probationers Establish supervision fees to match comparable counties Probation/Youth Detention V-80 Revenue Cost Recovery $0 $252,000 $257,000 $262,000 $268,000 $1,039,000 S
13 Institute Fee for Probationer Testing Establish fees for drug offenders/ testing in keeping with regional comparables Probation/Youth Detention V-81 Revenue Cost Recovery $0 $31,000 $32,000 $32,000 $33,000 $128,000 S