Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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FISCAL YEAR 2018-19 BUDGET WORKSHOP #3 (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The draft FY18-19 General Fund budget is a deficit of $2.2 million. The City Council is asked to consider additional proposals tonight totaling $0.6 million, which may bring the budget deficit to $2.8 million. This is prior to any personnel changes or contributions for special events to be considered at the Budget Workshop of May 29th, as well as any wage increases that may be negotiated with the employee bargaining groups.
The Measure C Citizens Oversight Committee has provided recommendations to the City Council for the draft FY18-19 budget, which are included in this report.
The purpose of tonight's workshop is to consider the Sheriff contract, the Animal Control contract, other expenditure proposals, and prioritize capital improvement projects.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. RECEIVE General Fund budget recommendations from the Measure C Citizens Oversight Committee.
2. PROVIDE additional direction to staff regarding the draft FY18-19 budget.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action deemed appropriate by City Council.
IV. BACKGROUND
The draft General Fund expenditure budget of $87 million is reported in 2,000+ line items spread over 150+ programs. The City Council does not review every line item, and relies upon its professional staff to vet the draft budget and make recommendations. The City Council makes budget decisions based upon requests initiated by City Council, outside factors such as rate increases from outside agencies that provide service, and recommendations from staff regarding service level and delivery.
The City has a finite amount of revenue available to fund expenditures. Therefore, the increasing cost for one service reduces the revenue available for other services; and the City Council is asked to re-balance the budget. For example, increasing costs of employee ...
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