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- BUDGETS: JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON
- Outline
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- I. JOSEPHIINE COUNTY
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
- II. ADOPTED BUDGETS
- III. ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS
- IV. CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO THE BUDGET
- V. BUDGET PROCESS
- VI. MANDATED & ELECTED PUBLIC SAFETY
SERVICES
- VII. NEWS ARTICLES & CITIZEN'S COMMENTS ON
THE BUDGET
- VIII. OTHER
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- I. JOSEPHIINE COUNTY FINANCE DEPARTMENT
- http://www.co.josephine.or.us/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=152
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- Josephine County Oregon
- http://www.co.josephine.or.us/index.asp
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- The Josephine County Finance Department is responsible for
the financial management and planning of the County. County management and planning
includes:
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- Establishing and maintaining effective
controls over the County's fiscal activities.
- Coordinating the annual budget and
monitoring compliance after adoption.
- Analyzing the financial condition of the
County through interim and annual reports.
- Recommending fiscal policies to the
Board of County Commissioners.
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- In addition, the Finance Department provides accurate
financial information to all county departments on a monthly or as needed basis and to the
general public upon request. The department is also responsible for the Accounts Payable
and Payroll functions.
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- Arthur OHare, Finance Director
- Josephine County Finance Department
- 500 NW 6th Street
- Grants Pass, OR 97526
- 541-474-5255
- Email: aohare@co.josephine.or.us
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- The following are the official communications to the Oregon
Department of Revenue and Arthur OHare, Finance Director, or copies to him on budget
matters from the Exploratory Committee starting with a request to meet with him on January
20, 2016. As of November 21, 2016 he has been too busy and/or not allowed to meet
with the Committee by the Josephine County Board of County Commissioners.
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- January 20, 2016
Letter/Email to Arthur OHare, Finance Director, JO CO Finance Department, From
Committee. Subject: Share Information About JO COs JS&PSS Problem/Issue. O'Hare
responded, but never had time for a meeting.
- May 26, 2016 Letter to Josephine County
Board of County Commissioners from Exploratory Committee on Citizens Guides To
The Budget. O'Hare copied. The BCC has not responded as of September 23, 2016.
- June 4, 2016 Letter to
Josephine County Budget Committee from Exploratory Committee on Citizens Guides
To The Budget & Participating in FY 2017-18 Budget Process. Author O'Hare,
Finance Director, has not responded as of September 23, 2016.
- June 10, 2016 Letter to
Oregon Department of Revenue from Exploratory Committee on Clarifying Oregon Local
Budget Law. O'Hare copied. Neither ODR or O'Hare has not responed as of September
23, 2016.
- September 23, 2016
Letter to Arthur O'Hare, Josephine County Budget Officer, and Josephine County Budget
Committee from Exploratory Committee on Requesting a Meeting to Clarify the JO CO
Budget Process.
- September 23, 2016 Email From
Arthur O'Hare, Josephine County Budget Officer, to Exploratory Committee on
Exploratory Committee's Request for Meeting to Clarify the JO CO Budget Process. O'Hare's
response to the meeting request follows -- "Mike you are requesting a
meeting with me and with the Budget Committee in order to discuss various aspects of the
budget process. That is really a decision of the Board of Commissioners for both me
individually and for calling together the Budget Committee. I will need to check with them
regarding your request and will get back to you when I have more information. Thanks.
Arthur OHare, Finance Director, Josephine County, Oregon."
- November 22, 2016 Letter/Email to
Josephine County Board of County Commissioners from Exploratory Committee on JO CO
Budget Process Sharing and Study of County Citizens Budget Preferences And
Priorities.
- November 26, 2016 Letter/Email to
Oregon Department of Revenue from Exploratory Committee on Clarifying Oregon Local
Budget Law.
- November 28, 2016 Email from
Oregon Department of Revenue to Exploratory Committee on Clarifying Oregon
Local Budget Law.
- December 12, 2016 Letter/Email to
Oregon Department of Revenue from Exploratory Committee on Clarifying Oregon Local
Budget Law.
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- II. ADOPTED BUDGETS
- Josephine County, Oregon
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- Budget 2016 - 2017
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- Shaun Hall. April 20, 2016. Status quo' budget
proposed for coming year. Front Page News. of The Grants Pass Daily Courier.
Grants Pass, OR.
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- Proposed
Budget 2016-17
- Proposed Budget 2016-17
(Introduction, but no identified "Budget Message")
- Proposed Budget
2016-17 (Budget Import Documents)
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- Budget
2015 - 2016
- Appendices
- Budget 2015 - 2016 - Budget Message
- Josephine County
Sheriffs Office: Budget Proposal 2015-2016 Fiscal Year
- Budget
2014 - 2015
- Budget
2013 - 2014
- Budget
2012 - 2013
- Budget
2011 - 2012
- Budget 2010 - 2011
- Budget 2009 - 2010
- Budget 2008 - 2009
- Budget 2007 - 2008
- Budget 2006 - 2007 - Budget Message
- Budget 2005 - 2006 - Budget Message not available.
- Budget 2005 - 2006 - Readers's Guide
- Budget 2004 - 2005 - Budget Message
- Budget 2004 - 2005 - Readers's Guide
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- Budgeting For Outcomes (BFO)
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- Issue
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- Margaret
Goodwin. May 29, 2016. LTTE, TGPDC. Budgeting Policy Affects Accountability
- Shaun Hall. May 26,
2016. TGPDC. Budget Committee Member Bashes Budgeting Process
- Margaret Goodwon. May
23, 2016. Guest Opinion Submitted to the TGPDC. Budgeting for Outcomes vs.
Budgeting for Fiefdoms
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- BFO Opinion Statements In Budget
Message (*)
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- Budget 2016 - 2017.
Budget Message - Status Quo Budget (see above budget)
- Budget 2015 - 2016.
Budget Message - BFO Claimed, but Budget Directives is Status Quo Budget (see above
budget)
- Budget 2014 - 2015.
Budget Message - BFO Claimed, but Budget Directives is Status Quo Budget (see above
budget)
- Budget 2013 - 2014.
Budget Message - BFO Claimed, but Budget Directives is Status Quo Budget (see above
budget)
- Budget 2012 - 2013.
* Budget Message (see above budget)
- Budget 2011 - 2012.
* Budget Message (see above budget)
- Budget 2010 - 2011.
* Budget Message,
Including four top level budget goals.
- Budget 2009 - 2010.
* Budget Message
- Budget 2008 - 2009.
* Budget Message
- Budget 2007 - 2008.
* Budget Message:
Incorporated levels of service citizens were willing to fund?
- Budget 2006 - 2007.
* Budget Message:
First took steps toward implementing BFO.
- Budget 2005 - 2006 -
Budget Message not available.
- Budget 2005 - 2006 - Readers's Guide
- Budget 2004 - 2005 - Budget Message
- Budget 2004 - 2005 - Readers's Guide
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- BFO Analysis (Seeking
analysis documents)
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- Budget 2012 - 2013.
May 26, 2016 news article?
- Budget 2007 - 2008.
Budget Message: Incorporated levels of service citizens were willing to fund?
- Budget 2006 - 2007.
Budget Message: First took steps toward implementing BFO?
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- Public Safety Fund
- Josephine County, Oregon
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- PSF Budget 2015 - 2016
- PSF Budget 2014 - 2015
- PSF Budget 2013 - 2014
- PSF Budget 2012 - 2013
- PSF Budget 2011 - 2012
- PSF Budget 2010 - 2011
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- Special Revenue Funds
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- Special Revenue
Funds Adopted Budget 2010 - 2011
- Special Revenue
Funds Adopted Budget 2015 - 2016
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- Supplemental Budgets
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- Supplemental Budgets: R16-030
Resolution Adopting Supplemental Budget FY 15-16
- Supplemental Budgets: 2015-16
Supplemental Budget Packet - April 2016
- Supplemental Budgets: 2013-14
- Supplemental Budgets: 2012-13
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- III. ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS
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- Adopted Resolution 2015-2016
- Adopted Resolution 2014-2015
- Adopted Resolution 2013-2014
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- IV. CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO THE BUDGET
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- One important but relatively neglected aspect of fiscal
transparency is the need for the local government to explain its budget proposals and the
public finances in one simple, plain language document often referred to as a
"citizens guide to the budget." Because the annual budget is the key
instrument by which a [local] government translates its policies into action, presenting
the budget in a way that makes sense to the general public is central to government
accountability.
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May 26, 2016 Letter to Josephine
County Board of County Commissioners from Exploratory Committee on Citizens
Guides To The Budget.
- June 4, 2016 Letter to Josephine County Budget Committee from Exploratory Committee on
Citizens Guides To The Budget & Participating in FY 2017-18 Budget Process.
Why should governments publish a citizens
guide to the budget?
Publication of a citizens guide allows a
government to explain in plain language the objectives of its budget and to supplement and
complement other supporting material such as the budget speech, press releases, web pages,
media appearances, etc. A guide provides a single place where the public can learn about
the main features of the budget and gain access to more detailed reference sources. It
also helps citizens to assess the impact on their own circumstances and on specific groups
in society, including the effects on the burden of taxation, service provision and
employment prospects.
Governments need to pro-actively help the
general public make sense of the budget. Non-expert audiences can easily be intimidated by
technical language and by the volume of budget information presented to legislatures.
Broadening understanding of the [counties] public finances can help to frame more
realistic citizen expectations and to build support for difficult policy choices. It can
also help to offset the influence of narrow special interest groups and to avoid public
debates being conducted in jargon by those "in the know."
"For in the end, a budget is more than simply
numbers on a page. It is a measure of how well we are living up to our obligations to
ourselves and one another."
Examples and references to citizens guides to budgets
follow. Except for Producing a Citizens Guide to the Budget: Why, What and
How?, they are not in any order of preference, nor judgement of utility. They
are arranged in the categories of federal, state, and local.
Producing
a Citizens Guide to the Budget: Why, What and How?
Petrie, Murray and Shields, Jon. 2010.
OECD Journal on Budgeting, Volume 2010/2.
https://www.oecd.org/gov/budgeting/48170438.pdf
Citizens Guide to the Fiscal Year 2014
Financial Report of the United States Government
http://www.nmvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/citizen-budget-guide-2014-update-web.pdf
A Citizens Guide to the Washington State Budget 2015
Senate Ways and Means Committee
http://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/WM/Documents/2015CGTB.pdf
A Citizens Guide to the Washington State Budget 2016
Senate Ways and Means Committee
http://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/WM/Documents/Publications/2016/2016%20CGTB_Final_website.pdf
Citizens
Guide to the New Mexico State Budget: How the State Spends Money and Why it Matters, 20144
http://www.nmvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/citizen-budget-guide-2014-update-web.pdf
Citizens Guide to Local Budgets
Office of the New York State Comptroller
Division of Local Government and School Accountability
https://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/pubs/releases/LocalBudgetGuide2010.pdf
A local government budget can be difficult to understand
for the average citizen who may not have a background in accounting or a familiarity with
budgeting. However, with some basic knowledge about what budgets contain, why they are
important, and how they are presented, every citizen of every local community in New York
State should be able to decipher the budget document.
Citizens Guide to the Adopted FY16 Budget
Sarasota County
https://www.scgov.net/Finance/Budgets/2016%20Citizens%20Guide%20to%20the%20Budget.pdf
City of Lewiston, Idaho
http://www.cityoflewiston.org/index.aspx?NID=357
A Guide to Understanding Denver Public Schools Budget
http://financialservices.dpsk12.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/DPS_CitizensGuide_final_web.pdf
A Citizens Guide to the Citys Budget Process
City of PalmBay, Florida
http://www.palmbayflorida.org/home/showdocument?id=8646
A Guide to Understanding the Budget: 2014 -15
Hamilton County Department of Education
http://www.pefchattanooga.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/HCDE_budget-guide_051515.pdf
A Citizens' Guide to the Clallam County Budget
http://www.clallam.net/taxes/documents/Guide2002.pdf
Readers
Guide to the Budget
Leon County Government, Fiscal Year 2007 Budget
http://www.leoncountyfl.gov/omb/budget06-07/budget/01-Readers_Guide/00-Readers_Guide.pdf
Budget User's Guide
Charleston County
http://www.charlestoncounty.org/departments/budget/files/Budget%20Overview.pdf
V. BUDGET PROCESS
Local Budget Law
Oregon Department of Revenue
https://www.oregon.gov/DOR/programs/property/Pages/local-budget.aspx
Finance, Taxation and Exemptions Unit
Oregon Department of Revenue (ODR)
P.O. Box 14380
Salem OR 97309-5075
Email: finance.taxation@oregon.gov
June 10, 2016 Letter to
Oregon Department of Revenue from Exploratory Committee on Clarifying Oregon
Local Budget Law. ODR has not responded as of September 23, 2016.
OCTOBER 2016. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE
JOSEPHINE COUNTY BUDGET PROCESS
October 2016 Citizen Participation In The
Josephine County Budget Process
Walker, Mike; Whalen, Jon, Members of Hugo Justice System & Public Safety
Services Exploratory Committee, HNA&HS. October 2016. Citizen Participation
In The Josephine County Budget Process. Hugo, OR.
October 2016 Chapter V: Elements And
Components Of Citizen Participation In Budgeting Process
Walker, Mike & Jon Whalen. October 2016. Chapter V: Elements And
Components Of Citizen Participation In Budgeting Process, Citizen Participation In The
Josephine County Budget Process. For Hugo Justice System & Public Safety Services
Exploratory Committee, Hugo Neighborhood Association & Historical Society. Hugo, OR.
October 2016 Appendices For
Citizen Participation In The Josephine County Budget Process
Walker, Mike; Whalen, Jon, Members of Hugo Justice System & Public Safety
Services Exploratory Committee, HNA&HS. October 2016. Appendices For Citizen
Participation In The Josephine County Budget Process. Hugo, OR.
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- NOVEMBER 2016. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE
JOSEPHINE COUNTY BUDGET PROCESS
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- Walker, Mike; Whalen, Jon, Members of
Hugo Justice System & Public Safety Services Exploratory Committee, HNA&HS. Draft
November 2016. Citizen Participation In The Josephine County Budget Process. Hugo,
OR.
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- There are nine chapters to the draft evolving Citizen
Participation In The Josephine County Budget Process (i.e., I - IX, including
acronyms/abbreviations, appendices (including a bibliography), and a glossary.
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- November 2016. Citizen Participation In The
Josephine County Budget Process
- I. Introduction/Purpose, including
Acronyms/Abbreviations
- II. Oregon Local Budget Law
Excerpts
- III. Excerpts from Josephine
County Budgets: FY 2006-07 to FY 2016-17
- IV. Budget Process Brainstorming
Questions
- V. Analysis: Elements and Components
of Citizen Participation in Budgeting Process
- VI. Josephine County Budget Process
Issues
- VII. Citizen
Involvement/Citizen Participation Program & Budget Process Recommendations
- VIII. Budget Process Conclusions
- IX. Summary & Conclusions
- Appendices
- Glossary
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- June 2016 Oregon Revised Statutes:
294.305 to 294.565 (Oregon Local Budget Law) - Full Text
- Walker, Mike; Whalen, Jon, Members of Hugo Justice
System & Public Safety Services Exploratory Committee, HNA&HS. June 21, 2016. Oregon
Revised Statutes: 294.305 to 294.565. Hugo, OR.
June 2016 Oregon Administrative
Rules: 150-294.175 to 150-294.920 (Oregon Local Budget ) - Full Text
- Walker, Mike; Whalen, Jon, Members of Hugo Justice
System & Public Safety Services Exploratory Committee, HNA&HS. June 21, 2016. Oregon Administrative Rules: 150-294.175 to 150-294.920. Hugo,
OR.
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- Local budget law training handouts (TH)
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- TH1. Training
PowerPoint.
- TH2. Sample budget (Office document - go to ODR web
page).
- TH3. Statutory
references.
- TH4. Budget committee
and pre-meetings.
- TH5.
Changes after adoption.
- TH6. Glossary.
- TH7. Property tax worksheet (Office document - go to
ODR web page).
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- Other resources (OR)
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- OR1. The Local Budgeting
Manual, 150-504-420.
- OR2 . Local Budgeting in Oregon, 150-504-400
- OR3. Administrative rules, see chapters 294 and
310.
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- Oregon Administrative Rules
(OAR): Division 294, Local Budget
- (http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/rules/oars_100/oar_150/150_294.html).
- Oregon Administrative Rules
(OAR): Division 310, Levy of Property Tax; Tax Reduction Programs
(http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/rules/oars_100/oar_150/150_310.html).
- Oregon Revised Statues
(ORS) 294, Chapter 294. County and Municipal Financial Administration (http://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/chapter/294).
- Oregon Revised Statues (ORS)
310, Chapter 310. Property Tax Rates and Amounts; Tax Limitations; Tax Reduction Programs
(http://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/chapter/310).
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- Brainstorming
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- This section just started (see Chapter
VII, Budget Committee Member Bashes Budgeting Process). Suggestions from
public encouraged.
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- Josephine County Finance
Department Accounting Practices
- Josephine County Budget
Committee
- Josephine County Finance
Department Policy To Offices & Departments On Budget Submissions
- Budgeting For Outcomes
focuses on funding top priorities first: FY 2012 -
2013(?). In the four years since the method was used, the county's priorities
have not changed so there is no need to reset them.
- You fund the 'must-haves'
first, then the 'should haves' and, if there's any money left over, you fund the 'nice to
haves'. In county budgeting, the 'must haves' are the mandated services.
- The non-mandated funded level
of services is just as important, perhaps more.
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- VI. MANDATED & ELECTED PUBLIC
SAFETY SERVICES
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Josephine County Budget Committee
- http://www.co.josephine.or.us/page.asp?navid=1730
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- Budget Committee. This committee is composed
of three members of the public and the Board of Commissioners. The Budget Committee meets
three or four times in a public setting each spring to review and approve proposed budget
documents by the Budget Officer for the County. Budget Committee members should have an
interest in County operations and an understanding of governmental budget processes.
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- Josephine County Management Team Recommends
Mandated & Elective Services Be Identified: August 19, 2016
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- JO CO Management Team. August 19, 2014.
Exhibit A. Managers Recommendation on Strengthening County Services. September 3,
2014 Approved Minutes of August 19, 2014 JO CO BCCs Weekly Business Session.
Grants Pass, OR.http://www.hugoneighborhood.org/JSPSS_Studies.htm
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- Identify what county services are mandated by
state law and what level of those services is optimal. Determine what it would cost to
provide these mandated services at an appropriate and sustainable level. Identify what
other county services may be desired by the citizens of the county. Determine what it
would cost to provide these elective services at an appropriate and sustainable level
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- Josephine County Management Team Meeting With
Exploratory Committee: March 7, 2016
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- January 20,
2016 Invitation to JO CO Management Team Members
- Example Invitation Letters
- Authur O'Hare, Finance
Director, JO CO Finance Department
- Rob Brandes, Director,
JO CO Public Works Department
- Minutes of March 7, 2016 Meeting
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- MALPASS - Minimally Acceptable Level Of Pubic
Safety Services
- Justice System Exploratory Committee
- Hugo Neighborhood Association & Historical Society
- http://www.hugoneighborhood.org/malpss.htm
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- Appendix 4B. Josephine Countys Minimally Adequate
Level of Public Safety Services Standards
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- Walker, Mike; Whalen, Jon, Members
JS&PSS Exploratory Committee, Hugo Neighborhood Association & Historical Society.
Very Draft December 15, 2015. Appendix 4B. JO COs Minimally Adequate Level of Public
Safety Services (MALPSS) Standards, Including Law Enforcement Staffing & Deployment.
Supporting Justice System & Public Safety Services Study Design: 2015. Hugo, OR.
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Standards For Public Safety Services
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- Walker, Mike; Whalen, Jon, Members
JS&PSS Exploratory Committee, Hugo Neighborhood Association & Historical Society.
Very Draft February 1, 2015. Standards For Public Safety Services. Element of
Appendix D2. Conditions, Indicators & Standards. Supporting Justice System &
Public Safety Services Study Design: 2015. Hugo, OR.
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- What is the difference between emergency, adequate, normal,
and optimal levels of PSS? How far will people go to get the best available outcomes. What
will one sacrifice for the best? Many things in life are relative, and to achieve the best
in one thing, usually means giving something else up (Chapter I, Purpose).
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- A normative level of PSS might be considered to be the
normal or correct way of doing something (i.e., perhaps a compromise between adequate and
optimal?). However, defining normal is difficult . . . normal today, or normal
yesterday? Normal prior to 2012 or normal in 2015? Knowing what is correct is even more
difficult. Correct according to whom? Whose professional experience opinion, and/or facts,
determine the definition of "correct."
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- Professional opinion strategies on public safety
standards are common, and they are usually not requirement standards. They usually serve
as guides or goals. After extensive research, the Committee, except for certifications and
training, does not yet understand the standards for the countys public safety
program.
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- What is a MALPSS Analysis Compared To A Professional
Opinion? A professional opinion from an experienced practitioner is usually very good, but
it is also normally without documented, and publically available comprehensive facts,
inventories, or analysis. It is more about trusting the practitioner, rather than
understanding the facts (Chapter I, Purpose).\
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- VII. NEWS ARTICLES & CITIZEN'S
COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET
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- This section is preliminary and not comprehensive. Recommendations from public of news articles, letters-to-the-editor,
corrections, etc. encouraged.
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- Margaret
Goodwin. May 29, 2016. LTTE, TGPDC. Budgeting Policy Affects Accountability
- Shaun Hall. May 26,
2016. TGPDC. Budget Committee Member Bashes Budgeting Process
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- But county officials are pushing back,
saying many services already have been cut to the bone and that priorities often are
mandated by the state.
- Now Goodwin is hoping to influence next
year's budget process. "The public needs to know about this," she said. "If
the public understands the issue, then if the public cares enough maybe some people will
express an opinion."
- "The problem is a general disagreement
with what funds are available," he continued. "People, I think, want to say the
money is available and they don't believe only the most essential services are being
funded. I think it's really that kind of idea that Margaret's expressing."
- Ironically, Goodwin is suggesting a return
to a budget approach the county has used in the past, called "budgeting for
outcomes," which focuses on funding top priorities first. Heck, Commissioner Simon
Hare and Finance Director Arthur O'Hare said that, in the four years since the method was
used, the county's priorities have not changed so there is no need to reset them.
- "We're not doing it (budgeting for
outcomes) because we don't need to reinvent the wheel," he said. "We went
through the process. Our priorities are the same."
- "The whole theory that we should
reassess our priorities this year is Margaret's personal opinion," O'Hare said.
"The Board (of Commissioners) already knows we are putting our money in the most
important places."
- O'Hare added that he took as "pretty
offensive" Goodwin's comments during deliberations that she believed the county was
not following generally accepted accounting practices.
- "You fund the 'must-haves' first, then
the 'should haves' and, if there's any money left over, you fund the 'nice to
haves,'" she said. "In county budgeting, the 'must haves' are the mandated
services, but the level at which you fund them is also important.
- "Simply asking the department heads
how much it costs to fund a mandated service is the easiest way to decide how much it
costs, but there are always savings that can be realized by requiring justification for
each expense."
- In preparing the budget for the coming
fiscal year, commissioners directed managers to budget for service levels similar to this
year, and directed that those services only be those that are mandated or self-supporting.
- Goodwin, in her statement, said status quo
budgeting insulated departments from cuts. "Status quo budgeting looks at each
department as its own fiefdom, with its own inviolate budget, which is protected from
being drawn upon to meet higher priority requirements in other areas of government,"
she said.
- In an interview with the Daily Courier,
Goodwin also faulted the committee's schedule, saying not enough time was allowed to
review the budget.
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- Shaun Hall. May 26,
2016. TGPDC, Budget Commissioners OK budget that ups projected spending by 5
percent
- Margaret Goodwon. May
23, 2016. Guest Opinion Submitted to the TGPDC. Budgeting for Outcomes vs.
Budgeting for Fiefdoms
- Shaun Hall.
April 20, 2016. TGPDC, Status quo budget proposed for coming year
- Shaun
Hall. April 7, 2016. TGPDC. Road $$$ Wont be going to Sheriffs Office -
Yet
- Sandi
Cassanelli. April 29, 2016. LTTE, TGPDC. County doesn't allow enough time to see
budget.
- Jim
Moore. June 18, 2015. TGPDC, County approves budget; road funds won't go to sheriff
- Jim Moore.
June 16, 2015. TGPDC, Commissioners to consider total county budget
- Jim
Moore. June 6, 2015. TGPDC. County could transfer road money to the sheriff, but
the issue is complicated
- Jim Moore.
May 8, 2015. TGPDC. Justice officials outline fiscal cuts
- Jim Moore.
March 27, 2015. TGPDC. Bill containing county payments sits in Senate
- Melissa McRobbie.
March 15, 2015. TGPDC. Budget cuts hurting domestic violence victims
- Melissa
McRobbie. January 7, 2015. TGPDC. Countys new finance director braces for
challenges.
- Jim Moore. June 19, 2014.
TGPDC. Commissioners discuss budget
- Jim Moore. June 15,
2014. TGPDC. Animal levy adds $500,000 to county budget
- Melissa McRobbie.
May 23, 2014. TGPDC. Local funding request to boost rural patrols turned down
- Jim Moore. May 16,
2014. TGPDC. Public safety maintains budget
- Jim
Moore. May 9, 2014. TGPDC. Countys proposed budget looks to maintain status
quo
- Stacy D. Stumbo. June 20, 2013.
TGPDC. JoCo budget is $68 million for 2013-14
- Stacy
D. Stumbo. June 13, 2013. TGPDC. County budget likely to include more cuts
- Stacy D.
Stumbo. May 29, 2013. TGPDC. JoCo Budget Committee OKs 2013-14 spending plan
- Stacy D. Stumbo. May
26, 2013. TGPDC. Glaring Fiscal Woes for Josephine County
- Stacy D. Stumbo. May 15, 2013. TGPDC.
Criminal Justice Officials Tell Budget Committee Services Are Threatened
- Stacy D. Stumbo. May
8, 2013. TGPDC. Deeper Cuts in county service projected
- Stacy D. Stumbo. July 7, 2012. TGPDC.
Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilbertson has had enough of friction with Grants Pass
police officials.
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- In 2012 the City of Grants Pass Public Safety Chief, Joe
Henner, sent a memorandum to City Manager Aaron Cubic. The memo related discussions about
consolidating law enforcement services in the city and the county after the failure of a
property tax levy to support the criminal justice system. "Consolidation of law
enforcement services under the umbrella of the Josephine County Sheriff's Office is a bad
idea," Henner wrote.
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- "For elected Sheriffs in Oregon, very few
minimum standards exist," Henner wrote. "This is not meant to reflect
negatively on any current or former sheriff but you really never know who will be
providing leadership at the sheriff's office. That is because elected sheriffs can come
and go with every election. At a recent meeting, the current Sheriff stated he 'answers to
no one,' with respect to decision making about law enforcement in the county."
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- May 16, 2012. TGPDC.
Budget-building, layoffs, jail releases ahead
- November 5, 2008.
TGPDC. Voters reject public safety measures
VIII OTHER
- Gilbertson, Gil, Josephine County Sheriff
Candidate. March 2006. JoCo Jail "Cap" Figures That Dont Add Up (Chapter
III, References on Public Safety Services Standards: Highlights). http://www.hugoneighborhood.org/JSPSS_Studies.htm
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- There is no magic formula because every jail is different.
National Sheriff Association Executive Board.
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- In 2003, a recommendation to the JO CO Board of County
Commissioners (BCC) proposed a limit on the number of inmates incarcerated in the county
jail (i.e. ratio of 1 deputy to 5 inmates). The BCC adopted the recommendations made by
the Sheriff, agreed upon by the District Attorney, and Legal Counsel in compliance with
Oregon law. See Oregon Revised Statute 169.042 thru 046, and JO CO Court ORDER No.
2003-023.
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- Yamhill County (Oregon) is a classic example of
what an efficient and professionally managed jail can do. Although this county is 55%
smaller in area than Josephine, with a population of approximately 10,000 more citizens,
and has a budget comparable to ours, Sheriff Crabtree has two fewer corrections deputies,
yet continually fills his older, less efficient 250-bed jail to full capacity. Why can we
not do better with our state-of-the-art facility?
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