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In addition to managing an $80,847,175 budget successfully in FY 2019, the Fiscal Unit achieved considerable cost avoidance on day-to-day purchases made by the Fiscal Unit through efficient buying, bulk ordering, bidding and negotiation allowing for additional savings.
The County of El Dorado continued to expand both the Kronos and Fenix projects. The Sheriff’s Office Fiscal Unit has worked in collaboration on these products to ensure information is accurate and accessible to staff. The upgrades have allowed for easier monitoring of expenditures and accurate financial reporting.
The Fiscal Unit maintained a substantial workload managing the payroll, accounts payable, procurement and contracts, accounting, grant development and administration, and the accounts receivable functions for the Sheriff’s Office with precision and accuracy.
The Fiscal Unit has continued to build professional relationships with outside agencies that have been beneficial to both the Sheriff’s Office and the County.
Currently, the Fiscal Unit is working with the County to implement a credit card processing system to be utilized by the public when paying fees for services such as LiveScan Printing, Civil Fees and Public Records Requests.
REVENUE - The Sheriff's Office Revenue in FY 2019 reached $17,172,581. This was a 9.6% increase compared to FY 2018. Increases in State Public Safety 1/2 Cent Sales Tax, Other State Revenue mainly due to disaster relief payments, Charges for Services and Alarm permit fees.
EXPENDITURES - The Sheriff's Office was 13% under budget in expenditure appropriations in FY 2019. Our salaries and benefits, services and supplies and capital goods appropriation categories all came in over $2M under budget respectively. Savings in salaries and benefits can be contributed to position vacancies where the industry standard in law enforcement can range between 5% to 6%.
Savings in services and supplies were observed mainly due to information technology costs of moving to the new public safety facility not being as expensive as anticipated, lower costs of pathology services and delays in the building of vehicles due to manufacturer vehicle inventory constraints. Much of the savings in fixed assets were due to projects not being completed in FY 2019 and the savings will be moved forward to the FY 2020 budget.