Harford County, Maryland FY 24 Proposed Operating Budget

DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES

FINANCIAL NOTES: FY 23

FY 24 CHANGE EXPLANATION OF INCREASE/DECREASE PERSONAL SERVICES increase $10,919,589

8,218,318 8,141,894 (76,424) Full-time salaries

154,244 Salary adjustments (209,782) Staff Turnover (1.96)% (20,886) Salary offset (EMPG and Exelon grants) (76,424)

1,250,000 1,250,000 FY24 Public Safety Recruitment & Retention Pay Enhancements

161,614 161,614 One (1) new Deputy Director position created in 221000 93,026 93,026 One (1) Public Safety Support Specialist I position created in 221000 1,258,325 1,258,325 Seventeen (17) Public Safety Dispatcher I positions created in 222100 112,544 112,544 One (1) EMS Shift Manager position created in 224000 861,980 861,980 Eight (8) EMS Shift Supervisor positions created in 224000 2,989,931 2,989,931 F ifty-nine ( 59 ) EMT positions created in 224000 3,370,477 3,370,477 Forty (40) Paramedic positions created in 224000 83,766 83,766 One (1) Logistics Officer EMT position created in 224000 107,748 107,748 One (1) Quality Assurance Paramedic position created in 224000 107,350 107,350 One (1) Training Officer position created in 224000

(23,101)

(23,101) Net result of four (4) positions transferred between divisions of Emergency Services

645,515 442,607 (202,908) Temporary salaries

941,940 969,962 28,022 Pension adjustments 70,811

40,594 (30,217) Workers' Compensation adjustments 1,292,879 1,292,879 Volunteer Fire Pension expenses moved from Benefits account and adjusted per actuarial 2,592,257 2,256,306 (335,951) Health Benefit calculations adjusted for consistency in position budgeting 209,309 237,345 28,036 Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) 402,080 602,719 200,639 Retirement Health Savings (RHS) 1,285,000 1,335,000 50,000 Overtime adjusted based on actual and expected expenses

140,000 190,000 50,000 Shift Differential 798,177 680,444 (117,733) FICA adjustments 340,271 0 (340,271) 27th Pay

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