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Home My WebLink AboutFY 2021 Budget Presentation (Housing Agency)\i\1 \.VVv.kauai.gov KAU A'I COUNTY HOUSING AGENCY TH E COUNTY OF KAUA'! DEREKS. K Ko\WAKAt\<fl , MAYOR M IC HAEL A. DAHILI G , ~I ANAG I NG DIRECTOR ADAM P. ROVERS! HOUSING DIRECTOR HOUSING AGENCY'S FY 2021 BUDGET AND OPERATIONS SYNOPSIS Fund: GENERAL FUND FY 2020 to FY 2021 ComRarison FY 2020 FY 2021 $+I -0/o +I - Salary and Wages 722,417 852,047 129,630 17.9% Benefits 418,463 474,032 55,569 13.3% Utilities 0 0 0 0.0% Vehicle/Equip, Lease 0 0 0 0.0% Operations 203.408 201,544 -1,864 -0.9% 1,344,288 1,527,623 183,335 13.6% FY 2020 Operating Budget FY 2021 Operating Budget 800,000 700,000 600,0 00 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 •Salary and Wa ges • Benefits • Utilities •Vehicle/Equip, Lease • Operations FY 2020 and FY 2021 Salary and Wages Benefits ti) EOUAL HOUSING OPPC RTUNITY Utilities Vehic le /Equ ip , Le ase Operations 4444 Ric e Street Suite 330 • Li:hu 'e, Hawai'i 96766 • (808) 241 -4444 (b) • (808) 241-511 8 (f) An Equal Opportunity Employer •Salary and Wage s •Benefits •Utilities •Vehicle/Equip, Lease •Operations ~ ~ """vw.kauai.gov KAUA 'I COUNTY HOUSING AGENCY TH E COUNTY Of KAUA'! DEREK 5 . K KAWAKAMI, MAYO R MICHAEL A. DAHIUG, /\IA AG ING DIRECTO R Fund; HOUSING REVO LVING RJND Sala1y and Wages Benefits utilities Vehide/E<J.Iip·, Lease Operatioos fY20ZO 0 0 0 0 :1.J:i!l.2!:11 4;350,001 FY 2021 $ + /- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .2..22Q,IJQ1 ~ 5,290,001 940,000 %+/- 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% .2l&'la 21.6% FY 2020 Operating Budget FY 2021 Operating Budget ~ •salary and wages •lleneiits •Utilities • Vellide/Equip, lease •Operations adK> FY 2020 and FY 2021 Comparison salary and wages Utilities ~ EQUAL HOUSING OPPCRTUNITY Vehide/E<1Jip, Lease • salill\f an d wages .,Benefits •Uti lities •Ve.hide/Equip, Lease •Operations Operations llFY 20.20 liilFY 2021 4444 Rice Street Su it e 330 • Uhu'e, H awai'i 96766 • (808) 241-4444 (b) • (808) 241-511 8 (f) An Equal Opportunity Employer ADAM P. ROVERS! HOUS I NG DIRE CTOR K A U A'I C OU N T Y HO U SI N G A G ENCY THE COUNTY OF KAUA'! DEREK S. K Ko\WAK·\M I, M AYOR MICHAEL A. DAHI U G, MANAG ING DIR ECTOR MAJOR CHANGES AND/OR VARIANCES IN OPERATIONS BUDGET AD AM P. RO V ER S! HOUSI NG D I RE CTO R The "Operations" portion of the Housing Agency 's General Fund Budget is effectively unchanged from FY 2020 . Personnel expenses have increased by 17 .9%, or $129 ,630 . 77%, or $95 ,022 , of the increased personnel expense is the result of negotiated HGEA salary adjustments approved by Council. Beyond this negotiated salary increase , the remaining personnel expense increase is due to the funding of a previously vacant and $1 funded Clerk Position within our Section 8 Division in the amount of $34 ,608. OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES We have two operational goals for FY2021 that are directly tied to our budget asks . First , our current housing development model is almost entirely dependent on federal grants and tax credits for project financing . Our dependency on these funding sources imposes a requirement that any housing units developed can only serve very-low income individuals and households . While we intend to continue serving this low income segment of our community , we also have a significant housing crisis among the "gap" group of families that earn too much to qualify for federally subsidized housing bu t still cannot access market rate homes . Accordingly , we are requesting a significant increase in funding for the County Housing Development Fund , which will allow us to begin to creatively develop housing without the strings and red tape attached to federal funded projects . Second , we have a relatively short lived opportunity to take advantage of $1.5 million in additional federal funding for our rental assistance program . If we are unable to ramp up our rental assistance program within the next year to utilize this additional funding we risk losing it. Accordingly , we have asked for general fund dollars to hire an additional clerk for our rental assistance division to help increase our ability to process and issue additional rental assistance to be underwritten by this newly available federal funding . TOP 3 OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM FY 2020 First , our housing development milestones in FY2020 include : 1) breaking ground on the 53-unit Pua Loke Street affordable rental project and the neighboring 22-unit Kealaula at Pua Loke supportive housing project in Lihue , which will provide both low cost housing and supportive social services to families transitioning out of homelessness ; 2) breaking ground on the 35-unit Waimea Huakai affordable rental project ; and 3) completing the 134-unit Koa 'e Workforce Housing Project in Koloa . Together these projects amount to 244 new affordable housing units for Kaua 'i. Second , after more than 5 years of task forces and studies , the Housing Agency , Housing Chair Kuali 'i, and Council Chair Kaneshiro , proposed substantive amendments to Ordinance 860 , the County Housing Policy , which we believe will help kick start the development of higher density infill development in our town core areas , helping to meet our island 's need for affordable workforce housing while achieving the development goals of the 2020 General Plan . Lastly, after more than a decade of planning , we opened the doors of the Adolescent Treatment and Healing Center, finally providing an on-island resource for the treatment of adolescents with substance abuse and mental health disorders through both residential and outpatient treatment options . www.kauai.gov (!) EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY 4444 Rice Street Suite 330 • Llhu'e, H awai'i 96766 • (808) 241 -4444 (b) • (80 8) 241-5 11 8 (t) An Equal Opportunity Employer