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6.A. - Page 30 of 114 <br />(d) a $0.1 million insurance loss reserve, and (e) a $0.75 million disaster response / <br />recovery reserve. All other general fund reserves are classified as "unassigned. 99191 <br />Colma projects that its general fund reserves will drop from $23.78 million in FY 2017- <br />18192 to $12.67 million in FY 2023-24, and to zero during FY 2027-28.193,194 In addition, <br />"as a result of increasing expenditure [sic] budget"195 unassigned reserves will be <br />completely drawn down during this period (dropping from $7.96 million in FY 2017-18196 <br />to zero in FY 2023-24.197 <br />Long -Term Financial Forecast - Colma <br />Colma published a long-term general fund operating budget forecast with a period of 5 <br />years, which was incorporated into its readily -accessible FY 2018-19 budget.198 In its FY <br />2019-20 budget, the Town has extended the forecast period to ten years. 199 <br />Daly City <br />Pension Contribution Costs - Daly City <br />Daly City's pension contribution costs in FY 2017-18 were $13.13 million, up $1.5 million <br />(12.9 percent) from $11.63 million in FY 2016-17.200 The City's FY 2017-18 pension <br />contribution costs represented 30.4 percent of that year's covered payroll (up from 26.8 <br />percent the preceding year) and 16.9 percent of its total general fund spending (up from <br />15.1 percent the preceding year).201 In addition to its contribution payments made to <br />Ca1PERS, the City also makes annual, installment payments of over $3.5M on its pension <br />obligation bonds. 202 Taking these bond payments into account, the City's total payments on <br />account of its pensions (Ca1PERS and bond payments combined) were $16.8 million in FY <br />2017-18 (representing 38.9 percent of that year's covered payroll and 22.6 percent of total <br />general fund spending), up $1.63 million (10.8 percent) from $15.17 million in FY 2017.203 <br />191 Colma, FY 2018-19 Adopted Budget, pp. 151 & 155. <br />192 Ibid., p. 155. <br />193 Colma, FY 2019-20 Operating and Capital Budget, pp. 180 & 181. <br />19' Colma notes that its general fund reserves were dramatically reduced in FY 2015-16 and FY 2016-17 by the <br />transfer of approximately $12.9 million from the reserves to fund the renovation of its Town Hall. (Colma, FY 2019- <br />20 Operating and Capital Budget, p. 178.) <br />"I Colma, FY 2018-19 Adopted Budget, p. 151. <br />196 Colma, Basic Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018, p. 13. <br />197 Colma, FY 2018-19 Adopted Budget, p. 151. <br />19a Ibid., pp. 149-155. <br />199 Colma, Fiscal Year 2019-20 Operating and Capital Budget, pp. 179-181. <br />zoo Appendix A. <br />201 Appendix A. <br />202 Daly City's payments on the pension obligation bonds were $3.54 million, $3.67 million and $3.81 million in fiscal <br />years 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19, respectively. The City's bond repayment obligations continue through FY 2023- <br />24. Daly City, City Council Meeting presentation slides re: FYs 2019/2020 Comprehensive Biennial Operating and <br />Capital Budget, April 12, 2018, p. 11. <br />203 Bartel Associates, LLC report to City of Daly City, March 27, 2017, pp. 24 & 44. Daly City POB payments in FY <br />2016-17 were $3.54 million and in FY 2017-18 were $3.67 million. (Daly City, City Council Meeting presentation <br />slides re: FYs 2019/2020 Comprehensive Biennial Operating and Capital Budget, April 12, 2018, p. 11) <br />2018-2019 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury 23 <br />34 <br />