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6.G. - Page 3 of 187 <br />Expenditures <br />Total General Fund expenditures for FY 2017-18 were $125.9 million. This was $13.7 million, or 12.2 <br />percent more than the amount expended in FY 2016-17, and $4.6 million, or 3.5 percent less than the <br />final adjusted budget. <br />Expenditures were less than budgeted due to savings in almost all programs citywide. The Police <br />Department had the largest budget savings of $2.2 million, or 5.2 percent of the total department budget, <br />primarily due to department vacancies. <br />Expenditures in FY 2017-18 were $13.7 million greater than FY 2016-17, primarily due to an $8.8 million <br />contribution to the Section 115 Pension Trust account in January 2018. In addition, increased expenditures <br />in building regulation, fire operations, and three parks and recreation programs (human services, <br />administration, and landscape maintenance) occurred in FY 2017-18 when compared to the prior fiscal <br />year. These increases were primarily due to the increased use of resources related to building activity in <br />the City and planning -related projects, as well as fire services, community programs, and increased <br />pension costs. <br />Employee costs continue to represent the highest single source of expenditures, accounting for 72.8 <br />percent of all General Fund expenditures in FY 2017-18 (not including the $8.8 million contribution to the <br />Section 115 Pension Trust). This is down from 73.7 percent for FY 2016-17. <br />Utility Users' Tax (UUT)/Communication Users' Tax Revenues <br />Pursuant to section 32.621 of the City's municipal code, the following information must be conveyed to <br />the City Council: <br />Of the total $9.7 million utility users' tax revenue, $4.3 million was from the communication users' tax. By <br />City Council direction, utility users' tax is used to pay debt service ($0.7 million) on the Public Financing <br />Authority lease, with the remaining balance transferred to the Capital Outlay Fund for the City's Capital <br />Improvement Program. <br />Trancfarc <br />Transfers in to the General Fund totaled $0.7 million and transfers out of the General Fund totaled $20.3 <br />million in FY 2017-18. Details of the transfers in/out are described below. <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore <br />182 <br />