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6.A. - Page 26 of 114 <br />million will be assigned to the Economic Stability Reserve, $2 million to the Catastrophic <br />Reserve, $0.5 million to the Contingency Reserve, $13.5 million to the Section 115 pension <br />trust and $11.92 million will be unassigned. The City's FY 2023-24 general fund balance <br />will represent 67.8 percent of its projected $72.16 million of general fund expenditures for <br />the year. 155 <br />Long -Term Financial Forecast — Burlingame <br />Burlingame publishes a long-term general fund operating budget forecast with a period of 5 <br />years. 156 The City did not present this forecast in its FY 2018-19 Adopted Budget. 157 In <br />order to find the forecast online, the Grand Jury used the "Search Archives" feature on the <br />City Council Meeting Documents and Minutes page 158 and searched for "five-year <br />forecast." This yielded a reference to the March 13, 2019 council meeting agenda package, <br />159 which includes the forecast in a staff report for the meeting. 160 <br />Colma <br />Pension Contribution Costs - Colma <br />Colma's pension contribution costs in FY 2017-18 were $1.26 million, up $0.216 million <br />(20.6 percent) from $1.05 million in FY 2016-17.161 The Town's FY 2017-18 pension <br />contribution costs represented 29.1 percent of that year's covered payroll (up from 26 <br />percent the preceding year) and 8.6 percent of its total general fund spending (up from 7.9 <br />percent the preceding year). 162 <br />The Town projects its pension contribution costs will increase from FY 2017-18 by $0.46 <br />million (36.1 percent) to $1.72 million by FY 2023-24 and by an additional $0.106 million <br />(6.2 percent) to $1.83 million by FY 2027-28.163 The Town notes that "rising pension cost <br />continues to be the Town's largest challenge." 164 <br />The Town's projected pension contribution costs were not included in its FY 2017-18 <br />CAFR, or in its FY 2018-19 budget. 16' However, in a change from prior budgets, Colma's <br />"I Five-year general fund forecast received from Burlingame via email dated May 3, 2019. <br />156 Burlingame, Staff Report for City Council Meeting on March 13, 2019 re: Adoption of Resolution Amending the <br />FY 2018-10 Operating and Capital Budgets to Reflect the Recommended Mid -Year Adjustments, p. 52. <br />157 Burlingame, Fiscal Year 2018-19 Adopted Budget. <br />151 htt2s://www.burlingame.org/government/ciky council/ci1y council_ meeting documents_ and_minutes.phn (Last <br />accessed May 9, 2019.) <br />159 burlingameca.legistarl.com/burlingameca/meetings/2019/3/1452_A City Council _19-03-13_Meeting Agenda.pdf <br />(Last accessed May 9, 2019.) <br />"I Burlingame, Staff Report for City Council Meeting on March 13, 2019 re: Adoption of Resolution Amending the <br />FY 2018-10 Operating and Capital Budgets to Reflect the Recommended Mid -Year Adjustments, p. 52. <br />161 Appendix A. <br />162 mid. <br />163 Colma, Staff Report for City Council Meeting on September 26, 2018 re: Unfunded Liabilities Study, Attachment <br />B. This report contains pension cost projections through FY 2043-44. <br />161 Colma, Fiscal Year 2019-20 Operating and Capital Budget, p. 11. <br />165 Colma, FY 2018-19 Adopted Budget. <br />2018-2019 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury 19 <br />