7B, 2013 Proposed CIP, Final Budget and Tax Levy

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Memo - City Council 2013 Proposed Final Budget and Tax Levy 6 Expenditures In 2008, EDA expenditures were moved from the EDA Fund to the General Fund under the Planning & Zoning department as there was a negative fund balance, and transfers to replenish the fund were budgeted from the General Fund. In 2012 the EDA expenditures were moved from the General Fund back to the EDA Fund and the conduit debt fees from the Presbyterian Homes project were transferred to this fund as seed money. The expenditures in this fund consist of primarily salary and benefit costs, however auditing, accounting, IT, and insurance have also been allocated. There is no transfer from the General Fund to the EDA Fund in the 2013 budget. General Fund Expenditures Public Safety is increased by $57,228 for Salary&Benefits $ 37,178 increases in the Fire Contract ($21,672, 5.52%), Public Safety Contract Incr. 57,228 Sheriff's Contract which includes animal Council training&tablets 4,640 control except for Hillcrest Animal Hospital National League of Cities Dues 710 charges ($32,708, 3.34%), and 911 Dispatch Auditing&Actuarial services 1,006 Services ($2,848, 5.79%). Application Support 3,814 PC Network Support 2,526 The $15,000 in park maintenance materials was Maintenance and Supplies-Streets 4,404 mistakenly omitted in the 2012 budget, but has Park maintenance materials 15,000 always been an ongoing expense. Professional Services (30,000) Training and Conferences (1,172) Increases to the Council budget include training, Other Misc Adjustments 11,401 tablets and National League of Cities dues. $106,735 Finance and Administrative Services and Protective Inspections have increases due to technology related items such as, Springbrook support and maintenance; IT related services, Permit Works, and software licensing. Auditing and Actuarial services are also an increase to the Finance and Administrative budget. There is a Reserve/Contingency budgeted in the 2013 budget for negotiations, but not for any other purposes. Per Council direction in September, reductions have been made to Professional Services in Administration, Planning & Zoning, and the TCAAP departments totaling $30,000. $1,172 has been removed from various departments for training, benefit were reduced as the City contribution will not be changing, and revenues were increased according to the changes in the Fee Schedule previously discussed with the Council. Other Funds We have previously noted the changes to the EDA Fund. Staff recommends that a funding source be found for this fund in the future as the current funding source from the TIF District and the conduit debt fees will not be ongoing. There were no significant changes to the other Special Revenue Funds except that there is no transfer from the PIR Fund to the EDA fund budgeted in 2013. There are no significant changes to the Debt Service Fund.