Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

Date:	11/1/2007
To:	David Corliss, City Manager; Jonathan Douglass, Assistant to the City Manager; Toni Wheeler, Legal Services Director;  Ed Mullins, Finance Director; Scott Wagner, Management Analyst
From:	Casey Liebst, Budget Manager
RE:	City County Funding Relationships Outline

Below is a hyperlinked outline of the materials we have gathered related to the discussion of the current city and county funding relationships.  More information will be added to the outline as it becomes available. 

A. Current agreements

i. Health Department

ii. Emergency Communications (Dispatch)

iii. Fire Medical

iv. Planning

v. Judicial Law Enforcement Building

B. Fiscal data

i. Fire Medical

ii. Planning,

iii. Health Department and Dispatch

iv. Accounting history of jail costs and other expenditures related to the judicial law enforcement center. 

C. Other data

i. User information

1. Dispatch - % of calls in the City vs. County

2. Fire Medical – % of fire resources devoted to ambulance

3. Health Department - % of user City vs. County

4. Planning

a. Does 1/6 accurately cover the resources and workload devoted to county planning issues? 

b. Population history and projections for cities in Douglas County

ii. Examples from other communities

iii. 911 Surcharge