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<br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: 08/19/13 <br /> Item No.: 12.a <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br /> <br />Item Description: Receive the 2014 City Manager Recommended Budget <br /> <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />B ACKGROUND 1 <br />Over the past 7 months, the City ha s held a series of discussions as part of the 2014 Budget Process. 2 <br />Key discussions in the process included: 3 <br /> 4 <br /> Review of the 2013 City Council Budget Directives (March 11, 2013) 5 <br /> Review of the 2014-2017 Strategic Plan (March 18, 2013) 6 <br /> Preliminary discussion on City Council Budget Program Priorities (April 15 and 22, 2013) 7 <br /> Public Hearing to Solicit Co mments on the Budget and Taxes (May 13, 2013) 8 <br /> Review the Reports and Recommenda tions from the CIP/Budget Committee (May 20, 2013) 9 <br /> Overview of Departmental Budget Priorities, Issues, & Challenges (July 15 & 18, 2013) 10 <br /> Supplemental discussion on the 2014 City Council Budget Priorities (July 22, 2013) 11 <br /> 12 <br />The discussion on the City Council Budget Directives encapsulated a 4-month span that included a 13 <br />review of Imagine Roseville 2025, results from the most recent Citizen Survey, and the short and long-14 <br />term goals identified by individual Councilmembers a nd Staff. It also incl uded the development of a 15 <br />new mission statement and eight community aspirations. 16 <br /> 17 <br />These Directives were used to formulate the 2014-2017 Strategic Plan wh ich in turn drove the 18 <br />preparation of the departmental cap ital and operating budgets. These st eps, along with revised analysis 19 <br />of financial trends and service-le vel requirements have been incorpor ated into the 2014 City Manager 20 <br />Recommended Budget included herein. A summary of the Recommended Budget is presented below. 21 <br /> 22 <br />2014 City Manager Recommended Budget 23 <br />The 2014 City Manager Recommended Budget is presen ted in two distinct groupings. The first group 24 <br />includes the tax-supported programs which are supported in part or in full by property taxes. The 25 <br />second group includes the non-tax supported pr ograms which are primarily fee-based. 26 <br /> 27 <br />A summary of the tax-supported programs is included in Attachment B, while the non-tax supported 28 <br />programs is shown in Attachment C . Attachment A includes a citywide tota l. Because the City is 29 <br />required to adopt a preliminary, not-to-exceed tax levy by September 15 th , the focus of this report will 30 <br />be on the tax-supported programs w ith the understanding that the fee-based programs will receive 31 <br />broader discussion and review later this year. 32 <br /> 33 <br /> 34