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23 <br />24 <br />Highlights of the Recommended Budget - continued <br />: <br />25 <br />26 <br />Additional funding for the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) in accordance with the <br />27 <br />Recommendations set forth by the City Council and CIP/Budget Committee. <br />28 <br />29 <br />Monies to meet all new obligations including; debt service, police and fire dispatch, <br />30 <br />police and fire pension contributions, and others. <br />31 <br />32 <br />Implementing proposed organizational changes in the Administration and Public <br />33 <br />Works departments. <br />34 <br />Establishment of a new full-time Park Maintenance Operator position. <br />35 <br />36 <br />Establishment of a new full-time Desktop Support Supervisor position to be funded by <br />37 <br />other cities. <br />38 <br />39 <br />Additional appropriations in the Police Department for overtime and New American <br />40 <br />outreach materials. <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />The City Manager Recommended Budget for the non tax-supported programs is $27,682,665, an <br />44 <br />increase of $4,028,697 or 17.0%. The increase is due to higher planned capital outlays ($1.5 million), <br />45 <br />tax increment financing activities ($1.7 million), and added costs associated with the purchase of water <br />46 <br />from the City of St. Paul and wastewater treatment charges from the Met Council. <br />47 <br />48 <br />A broader discussion on these non tax-supported programs is planned for later this year. <br />49 <br />50 <br />2014 Recommended Budget Funding Sources <br />51 <br />In the General Fund, non-tax revenues are expected to remain stagnant overall for 2014. Increases in <br />52 <br />business licenses, permit fees, and court fines will be offset by a decline in interest earnings. The Parks <br />53 <br />& Recreation Fund is expected to fare slightly better with program fees increasing by approximately <br />54 <br />$41,000. The additional program fees will offset higher employee and other operating costs. As noted <br />55 <br />above, the City also expects to receive $225,000 in local government aid which will be earmarked for <br />56 <br />capital replacements. <br />57 <br />58 <br />The Recommended Budget also relies on approximately $400,000 of General Fund cash reserves – <br />59 <br />slightly less than the $430,000 figure referenced earlier in the budget process. The decline is somewhat <br />60 <br />due to refined estimates of personnel-related costs that factors in recent employee turnover. It also <br />61 <br />includes revised estimates of the amount of savings being derived from the newly-imposed sales tax <br />62 <br />exemption and the extent it will offset inflationary effects on general operating costs. <br />63 <br />64 <br />The use of cash reserves is summarized in the table below. <br />65 <br />66 <br />Page 2 of 10 <br /> <br />