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<br />The FY 2017-18 Recommended Budget includes the following: <br />· Full funding for each department based upon currently anticipated services and <br />actual expenses over the last few years. <br /> <br />· Reclassification of 7.9 FTEs from the Capital Improvement Fund to the General <br />Fund and other funds in order to more accurately reflect the work that is <br />performed on capital projects rather than on operational programs. In an effort to <br />ensure that UUT funds were dedicated to capital/infrastructure needs, all <br />positions budgeted to the CIP were reviewed. This reclassification will result in <br />employee cost savings of $1.5 million within the Capital Improvement Fund. In <br />order to offset cost reductions in the Capital Improvement Fund, there will be an <br />expenditure increase of $1.3 million to the General Fund and $0.2 million to other <br />funds. <br /> <br />· One-time expenditures for: a pilot Park Ranger Program at Stulsaft Park <br />($60,000); firefighter Spanish-language training program ($19,000) and contract <br />staff to assist with Fire Department projects ($96,000); funding for Community <br />Development interns ($18,700); and library materials ($59,000). <br /> <br />· Ongoing expenditures for: true-ups related to actual costs for facilities <br />maintenance ($180,000), and general liability and property insurance ($182,000); <br />property tax consultant and financial software ($60,000); and traffic analysis and <br />patrol scheduling software for Police ($19,300). <br /> <br />· Limited number of new regular FTEs (net increase of 2.09 FTE primarily due to <br />conversion of contract employees to regular employees). <br /> <br />The recommended FY 2017-18 General Fund expenditure budget is $117.8 million. <br />Salaries, wages, and benefits are $87.0 million, or 73.8 percent, of the proposed <br />General Fund expenditure budget. <br /> <br />Police and Fire Department salaries and benefits, as in most California cities, are a <br />significant portion of the budget, amounting to approximately $57.1 million, or 65.6 <br />percent, of all salaries, wages, and benefits in the General Fund. <br /> <br />General Fund revenues (including transfers in) are expected to increase to $132.6 <br />million in FY 2017-18, which is approximately 3.1 percent above the FY 2016-17 <br />adjusted budget of $128.6 million. Most of the City’s General Fund revenues continue to <br />derive from property, sales, Utility Users’ Tax (UUT), and transient occupancy taxes <br />(TOT). <br /> <br />FY 2017-18 General Fund revenues by category are shown the chart below. <br />8.D. - Page 4