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<br />AGENDA ITEM – 1A <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> DATE: November 19, 2018 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br />FROM: Gayle Bauman, Finance Director <br />SUBJECT: 2019 Proposed Budget and CIP <br />Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br />N/A N/A N/A <br /> <br />Council Should Consider <br />Staff is requesting City Council to review and provide feedback to the attached proposed 2019 <br />Budget and CIP. The Truth-in-Taxation meeting is scheduled for December 10, 2018, where a <br />final budget and tax levy will be adopted. <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br />A budget workshop was held with the Council on August 20, 2018. Staff was not directed to make <br />any changes to the proposed 2019 General Fund Budget and Council adopted a maximum tax levy <br />increase of 5% on September 10, 2018. The final levy and budget adoption meeting is scheduled <br />for December 10, 2018. <br /> <br />Discussion <br />Wages and Benefits <br />The 2019 proposed budget is currently being prepared assuming a 2.5% wage adjustment for all <br />staff. This is what was approved for the I.O.U.E. union members. Benefit amounts have been <br />adjusted to reflect council action taken on November 13, 2018. Two new positions have been <br />included in the proposed budget. They are the Senior Engineering Tech and the Recreation <br />Programmer. A majority of the cost for the Sr. Eng. Tech should be offset by a decrease in contracted <br />services from WSB. Other changes to personnel costs include an increase to council pay, an increase <br />in hours for the part-time Communications Coordinator because the 2018 budget only had it listed <br />at 20 hours per week and the position was hired at 25 hours per week, and a change in the allocation <br />between departments and funds for the Community Development Director and the City Planner. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />