Purpose: To adopt a preliminary 2017 General Fund Budget that outlines the funding sources (taxes, building permits, etc) that support the General Operations of the City as outlined under the expenditure section of the budget and to adopt a preliminary 2017 Economic Development Authority (EDA) Budget. Both the General Fund and EDA Fund are supported by the property tax levy.
The budgets as presented reflects the consensus of the City Council at the final preliminary budget work session on September 13, 2016.
The 2017 Proposed General Fund and EDA Budgets, are strictly “proposed” budgets and will be amended in the following months before final adoption in December, 2016. The General Fund budget, as presented, represents a balanced budget of $11,134,759 or a $209,632 or 1.924% increase over the adopted 2016 General Fund Budget of $10,925,127. The 2017 EDA budget, as presented, totals $113,981 or a $30,363 increase over the adopted 2016 EDA budget of $83,618. The increase in the EDA budget for 2017 is mostly attributed to the line item of marketing: Concept is to allow for flexibility and improvements to the City's economic development strategies especially around marketing, advertising and business recruitment.
The proposed General Fund budget includes the following initiatives and increases, comprising the majority of the $209,632 increase:
*Part-Time Administrative Assistant: Administer support on various economic development and city management projects:
Approximately $24,000
*Full-Time Drug Task Force Officer: Allocate staff to task force to be proactive on drug enforcement: Approximately $76,000
*Part-Time Building Maintenance Worker: Increased demand for maintenance with new Fire #2 & other public facilities:
Approximately $22,000
Other Personnel Services:
*Increase Hours Fire Technician 20 to 28 hours week
*Cost of Living, Step and reclassifications
Other Charges:
*Website Redesign -Approximately $29,500
*E-Plan Review Software - Approximately $32,000
*Park & Recreation programming offerings: $25,000
The revenue sources are made up of: Taxes: 78.0% (75.9%-2016); Permits: 4.6% (4.1%-2016); Intergovernmental: 3.2% (4.0%-2016); Charges for Services: 5.6% (5.6%-2016); Fines/Interest Earnings: 1.8% (2.2%-2016); and Transfer from other Funds: 6.8% (8.2%-2016).
In total, Public Safety [police, fire, inspections, civil defense] is now 43.5% (41.8%-2016) of the budget. General Government [administration, finance, elections, planning and legal] is 28.0% (26.6%-2016) of the budget. Public Works and Parks represent 26.6% (30.2%-2016) and miscellaneous and transfers make-up 1.9% (1.4%-2016) of the budget.
The 2017 “Proposed” General Fund Budget must be adopted by September 30, 2016 and submitted to the County Auditor along with the certified proposed property tax levy. Therefore, the 2017 Proposed Levy and “Proposed” General Fund Budget are presented for adoption at tonight's Council meeting. |
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