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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
14 Establish Pre-Sentence Investigation Fee Establish pre-sentence investigation fee in keeping with regional comparables Probation/Youth Detention V-83 Revenue Cost Recovery $0 $150,000 $306,000 $312,000 $319,000 $1,087,000 S
15 Implement an Electronic Monitoring Fee Implement an electronic monitoring fee to help offset the costs of this program Probation/Youth Detention V-84 Revenue Cost Recovery $0 $29,000 $29,000 $30,000 $31,000 $119,000 S
16 Increase DWI Supervision Fee Increase the DWI supervision fee to better offset the costs of this program Probation/Youth Detention V-85 Revenue Cost Recovery $0 $70,000 $72,000 $73,000 $75,000 $290,000 C
17 Evauate Youth Detention Food Services Contract Evaluate foos services contract in preparation for upcoming bid cycle, scale to residential population Probation/Youth Detention V-85 Savings Process Improvement $0 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD C
18 Reduce Medical Expenditures for Youth Detention Services Evaluate cost of medical services for youth detention to determine more cost efficient service provision, including potential Rx savings through Personnel purchasing initiative Probation/Youth Detention V-86 Savings Process Improvement TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD C
19 Maximize Revenue Potential of Secure Youth Detention Facility Increase the DWI supervision fee to better offset the costs of this program Probation/Youth Detention V-87 Revenue Cost Recovery $0 $341,000 $395,000 $393,000 $392,000 $1,521,000 C
20 Implement Custody and Visitation Investigations Fees Implement the Custody and investigations Fee to reduce demand and recover costs Probation/Youth Detention V-82 Revenue Cost Recovery $0 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $16,000 S
21 Encourage Use of Juvenile Alternative Home Service Increase use of Alternative Home Services to offset the costs of secure, non-secure, and group juvenile programs (requires caseload review and likely increased staffing). Present ratio of staff to youth is over 50 to 1--an unsustainable level Probation/Youth V-88 Savings Realign Services $0 $117,000 $121,000 $126,000 $130,000 $494,000 C
22 Reduces Inmate Medical Expenditures through Various Cost Containment Initiatives Develop ECMC contract to reduce inmate medical costs; reduce Rx expenditures through acquisition of 340b pharmaceutical pricing; adopt stop-loss insurance for protection against catastrophic care; review potential cost savings achievable from increased in-house provision of specialty care Corrections V-94 Savings Process Improvement $0 $230,000 $236,000 $242,000 $248,000 $956,000 C
23 Realign Workforces in Corrections Facility and Holding Center to Maximize Cost-Effective Services Delivery Develop target staffing levels to maximize cost-effective service delievery and limit overtime expenditures Corrections V-108 Savings Process Improvement $0 $271,000 $538,000 $447,000 $450,000 $1,706,000 C
24 Reduce Inmate Population through Alternative Sentencing 1) Increase the use of electronic monitoring for "Release Under Supervision(RUS)" and "house arrest" for offenders who pose a low-risk to the community. 2) Acquire Global Positioning system (GPS) fpr RUS and "house arrest" offenders who pose a higher risk to the community, 3) Expand Pre-trial and RUS byh hiring additonal probabtion officiers 4) Adjust probation department schedule to provide for weekend supervision, 5) Use Video Arraignment equipment to increase the time during which arrestees can be arraigned Corrections V-89 Productivity Process Improvement $0 $1,095,700 $4,567,000 $5,312,000 $5,555,000 $17,391,000 C
25 Purchase GPS and Electronic Monitoring Equipment for the Probation Department Purchase GPS and Electronic Monitoring Equipment for the Probation Department Probation/Youth Detention Productivity Process Improvement $0 $320,000 $112,000 $115,000 $118,000 $665,000 C