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Department Approval <br />�. �: ,� <br />Item Description: <br />�J� <br />� <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 07/14/14 <br />Item No.: 12.a <br />City Manager Approval <br />��...���.�.�..- <br />Receive the 2015 City Manager Recommended Budget <br />BACKGROUND <br />Over the past 6 months, the City has held a series of discussions as part of the 2015 Budget Process. <br />Key discussions in the process included: <br />❖ Receive preliminary report on the 2015 Budget and Tax Levy impact items (�1ay 12, 2014) <br />❖ Overview of Departmental Budget Priorities, Issues, & Challenges (�1ay 22, 2014) <br />❖ Discussion on the 2015 City Council Budget Goals & Priorities (.Iune 16, 2014) <br />These discussions, along with revised analysis of financial trends and service-level requirements have <br />been incorporated into the 2015 City Manager Recommended Budget included herein. A summary of <br />the Recommended Budget is presented below. <br />2015 City Manager Recommended Budget <br />The 2015 City Manager Recommended Budget is presented in two distinct groupings. The first group <br />includes the tax-supported programs which are supported in part or in full by property taxes. The <br />second group includes the non-tax supported programs which are primarily fee-based. <br />The Recommended 2015 Budget is $52,380,290, an increase of $1,685,730 or 33%. A citywide <br />budget summary is included in Attachment A. Highlights of the Budget include: <br />❖ Additional personnel to support the Fire Department Reorganization Plan, infarmation <br />technology, right-of-way management, and forestry program. <br />':• A 2% cost-of-living adjustment for employees (** Note ** three of the City's collective bargaining units <br />have already settled contracts for 2015). <br />❖ An appropriation for employee wage-step increases and healthcare costs. <br />❖ Additional funding for new mandates, contractual obligations, capital improvements, and <br />inflationary costs. <br />❖ Funding plan to eliminate the use of General Fund and Recreation Fund cash reserves to provide <br />for day-to-day operations. <br />❖ Reduced funding for debt service, and contribution to the Fire Relief Associations. <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />