Budget & Strategic Management
Budget at a Glance
Fiscal Year 2007-2008 - Budget Brief
The Budget Brief includes the City's mission & vision, where the general fund dollars come from and how
they are spent, as well as brief facts outlining the value that Henderson tax-payers receive for their dollars.
Henderson is the second largest city in the State of Nevada and continues to be one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. As thousands of residents and businesses make Henderson their home each year, we will continue to maintain our focus on providing the quality service our citizens have come to expect while striving to preserve one of the lowest city property tax levels in the valley.
Budget Highlights
Value driven City initiatives which contributed to the development of the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget.
- Maintain the City of Henderson's property tax at the same low rate for 18 years.
- Provide efficient public services while maintaining one of the lowest employee to citizen ratios in the Las Vegas Valley.
- Improve police response time by adding 20 police officers funded by the voter approved Sales Tax Override, as well as staffing for the North Patrol Sub-Station.
- Expedite crime solving processes through the hiring of three Crime Scene Analysts and two Crime Analysts.
- Improve emergency response time by implementing the second phase of the City's second fire ladder truck company.
- Implement a monitoring program for first-time offenders via the new Alternative Sentencing/District Supervision Program.
- Creation of a Parks and Recreation Master Plan.
- Increase capacity and operating efficiency of the office of the Domestic Violence Advocate.
- Continued development, and enhancement of the citywide asset management program.
- Maintain service standards by adding maintenance positions for the 23 new park acres donated to the City by developers.
- Establish a Police Academy in cooperation with CSN and training facility in cooperation with Boulder City.
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2007-2008 Budget Brief |
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