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2.3.

Special City Council Meeting

Meeting Date:

09/07/2021

Agenda Item

Ordinance 1st Reading - Finance: Consider an Ordinance approving and adopting a budget for Fiscal Year 2021-22; approving summary of estimated and forecasted revenues, appropriations, and use of excess reserves for all funds of the city; providing for necessary transfers of funds between accounts and departments, if required; authorizing reduction of spending by City Manager if necessary; re-appropriation of balances which support authorized obligations or encumbered; providing for filing of Adopted Budget; establishing civil service classifications and positions; appropriating funds for the Fiscal Year 2021-22 Operating Budget and Capital Program of the City of Lubbock; approving all permit, license, fees, and charges for service recommended to be adjusted; approving the pay plan and positions; approving personnel; amending Section 22.03.084 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock by revising the water base rate fees as contained therein; amending Section 22.03.085 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock by establishing an industrial volume rate class as contained therein; amending Section 22.03.090(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock by revising the water service (water tap) connection fees as contained therein; amending Section 22.04.041(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock by revising the wastewater base rate fees as contained therein; amending Section 22.04.045(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock by revising the sewer service connection fees as contained therein; amending Section 22.04.174 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock by revising language on septic tank emptying as contained therein; amending Section 22.06.051 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock by revising the solid waste landfill service fees as contained therein; amending Section 22.06.185(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock by revising the solid waste collections service fees as contained therein; accepting the budgets for Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, Market Lubbock, Inc., Civic Lubbock, Inc., and Vintage Township Public Facilities Corporation; finding that proper notice of meeting provided by law and ratifying such; providing for publication; and providing for a savings clause.

Item Summary

This is the first reading of the ordinance adopting the City’s FY 2021-22 Operating Budget and Capital Program. The budget ordinance must be considered prior to consideration of the tax rate. This ordinance incorporates the operating and capital budgets that have been proposed by the City Manager. The property tax rate proposed by the City Council is $0.523230 per $100 valuation. The following changes that impact the FY 2021-22 Proposed Operating Budget and Capital Program have occurred since the proposed budget was filed on August 12, 2021:

Water/Wastewater Fund
Increase Water/Wastewater use of Excess Reserves (Revenue) by $42,019 and increase the Transfer to LP&L for Citizens Tower Debt (Expenses) by $42,019. This change is to correct the amount of the transfer.

Storm Water Fund
Increase Storm Water Professional Services (Expenses) by $4,200 and increase the Storm Water Use of Excess Reserves (Revenue) by $4,200. Another drainage basin was added to the areas that Storm Water maintains after the Proposed Budget was filed so an increase in the budget is necessary to cover the additional cost.

Telecommunication
Increase Telecommunication Use of Excess Reserves (Revenue) by $9,961. This change is to correct the amount of excess reserves that will be used in FY 2021-22 due to an error in the original calculation.

GIS and Data Services
Increase GIS and Data Services Use of Excess Reserves (Revenue) by $36,511. This change is to correct the amount of excess reserves that will be used in FY 2021-22 due to an error in the original calculation.

Risk Management
Increase Risk Management Use of Excess Reserves (Revenue) by $444,523 and increase Property Premiums (Expenses) by $335,523.37 and Liability Premiums (Expenses) by $109,000. The final amounts on property and liability premiums are higher than the projection included in the budget.

General Fund
Due to the approval of a budget amendment after the Proposed Budget was filed, the following changes need to be made to position control in the FY 2021-22 Operating Budget and Capital Program.
Delete one full time Deputy Police Chief/Police Captain (5735)
Add one full time Police Sergeant (5735)
Add two full time Environmental Specialist II in Environmental Health (5413)
Add three full time Public Health Program Liaisons in Public Health (5415)
Add two full time Disease Intervention Specialists in Public Health (5415)
Add one full time Epidemiologist in Public Health (5415)
Add one full time Administrative Assistant in Public Health (5415)
Add one full time Financial Analyst in Public Health (5415)
Add one full time Behavioral Health Manager in Public Health (5415)
Add one full time Nurse Practitioner in Public Health (5415)

Included as Exhibit G in the proposed Budget Ordinance are the changes that have occurred since the FY 2021-22 Operating Budget and Capital Program was filed with the City Secretary on August 12, 2021, and all changes to the FY 2020-21 Adopted Budget and Capital Program that have been approved since the presentation of the FY 2021-22 Budget.

Fiscal Impact

Included in Item Summary

Staff/Board Recommending

D. Blu Kostelich, Chief Financial Officer

Attachments

Budget Ordinance

Exhibits