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32 Recommended Adjustments to the 2013 Property Tax-Supported Program Budgets Preliminary Adjusted Program Item Description Budget Budget Difference Administration HR Information Software System(a) * $- $4000 $4000 Fire Relief Additional for Unfunded Liability 25500 30000 4500 Police Patrol Police&Fire Dispatch(b) 28000 346,720 66,720 Contingency Implement Compensation Stud - 5000 5000 Total $201,720 3 35 Each of the items contained in the table above is explained in greater detail below. 36 37 Comments 38 a) A presentation on the merits of acquiring a Human Resources information system was presented to 39 the Council earlier this year. ** Only $20,000 is needed for on-going costs to be funded by 0 additional tax levy in 2013. The remainder would come from General Fund reserves. ** 1 b) The amount of increase is higher than expected due to the decision by Ramsey County to begin Aga funding the replacement of the Dispatch CAD/Mobile system, as well as higher call volumes. 3 As indicated in the table, the total adjustments to the 2013 Property Tax-Supported Program Budget are 5 $201,720. This would be in addition to the $375,921 that is budgeted to cover inflationary-type costs, 6 bringing the combined total to$557,641. This represents an increase of 4.6%over the 2012 Budget for the 7 Property Tax Programs,and would require a corresponding increase in the tax levy less$20,000 to be taken 8 out of reserves. !'°ro The following table depicts the recommended adjustments for the 2013 Non Property Tax-Supported 5,� Budgets. 53 Recommended Adjustments to the 2013 Non Property Tax-Supported Program Budgets Preliminary Adjusted Program Item Description Budget Budget Difference License Center Fill 0.75 FTE vacant position(a) $- $4000 $4000 Information Technology Add 1.0 FTE position(b) - 9000 9000 Total $ 130,000 55 56 As indicated in the table above, the total adjustments to the 2013 Non Property Tax-Supported Budget is 57 $130,000. This would require a corresponding increase in fees or other revenues to support the increase. 58 59 Each of the items contained in the table above is explained in greater detail below. 60 6 1 Comments 62 c) This position has been vacant since 2008 due to the downturn in the economy. Transaction 63 volumes have improved significantly in the past year. The additional costs will be more than offset 64 by added revenues. 65 d) This position is funded by new JPA's with the Cities of Anoka and St. Francis. The revenue from 66 the JPA's more than offset the costs of the added position. 6 Page 2 of 4