September 5, 2006
The Baumbach Campaign
for Collin County Commissioner
Precinct 2
Contact: Bill Baumbach 972-979-6449

Statement by Bill Baumbach on Collin County budget process -

As of today, there have been three public budget meetings of the Commissioners Court - two of them were public hearings.
The next (and final) meeting is set for September 12. At that meeting, the Court is to vote on final adoption of the fiscal 2007 budget.

So far discussion and voting in all three meetings have been dominated by issues of Commissioners' and elected officials raises.

While the Court did set the budget for employee and Law Enforcement salary increases, there has been -

No consideration given to the report of the Healthcare Task Force.

No move to cut the tax rate.

No discussion on infrastructure needs.

No discussion on the continuing drain of resources to PeopleSoft ($4 million and counting).

Once again, the elected County Commissioners have skimmed the cream off the top of the tax revenue for themselves.
The rest of the County's needs will have to wait for a last minute public hearing and vote.