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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 14,2014 Page 24 a. Receive the 2015 City Manager Recommended Budget As a bench handout, City Manager Patrick Trudgeon provided a copy of his presentation slides dated July 14, 2014, and entitled, "City of Roseville — 2015 Budget." Mr. Trudgeon's presentation included an overview and highlights, pro- posed new positions and use of reserves, projected tax levy impact on Roseville homeowners, and how the budget related to meeting community aspirations and goals. Discussion points were detailed in the RCA dated July 14, 2014 and refer- ences: Attachment A entitled "Recommended 2014 Budget — Total;" Attachment B entitled, "Recommended 2014 Budget for the Property Tax-Supported Pro- grams;" Attachment C entitled, "Recommended 2014 Budget for the Non Proper- ty Tax-Supported Programs;" Attachment D entitled, "Recommended 2014 Budget Expenditure Detail for the Property Tax-Supported Programs;" and At- tachment E entitled, "Recommended 2014 Budget Expenditure Detail for the Non Property Tax-Supported Programs." Mr. Trudgeon reviewed his memorandum outlining alternative budget scenarios (Attachment F), indicating that the 5% budget increase scenario was encapsulated in the City Manager Recommended Budget; and the zero percent levy removing $450,000 from the proposed budget and 5% reduction in levy removing $1,350,000 from the City budget. Mr. Trudgeon cautioned that reduction assump- tions would not hit every department equally since cuts affected some depart- ments more than others based on the dependence on the levy versus fees or other revenue sources, and did not indicate a flat levy base. As part of those potential impacts for each scenario, Mr. Trudgeon reviewed projected personnel reductions, customer service and response time impacts, and discretionary service and pro- gram impacts. Mr. Trudgeon noted that there would also be an impact to the allo- cation of levy funds toward capital replacement funds, and require a greater use of reserves as well, as outlined in the memorandum. In conclusion, Mr. Trudgeon advised that he was recommending a levy increase of 5% for 2015, actually a 4.9% increase, representing an addition of$1,350,000 to the City's 2015 budget. Mr. Trudgeon noted that there would be several oppor- tunities in the near future for City Council and public response to this recom- mended budget prior to City Council adoption of the Preliminary Levy by Sep- tember 15, 2014 (August 11, 2014 Public Hearing and August 25, 2014 City Council meeting). At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Finance Director Miller clarified that the current full-time employee equivalent (FTE) in 2014 was 174 and proposed FTE in 2014 was an increase of 8.5 for a total of 182.5. At the request of Coun- cilmember Willmus, Mr. Miller further clarified that the proposed cost of living adjustment (COLA) for 2015 (page 2 of the RCA) for tax supported programs in the amount of $252,000 was based on the projected 182.5 FTE, with numbers pending finalization as additional information comes forward. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Miller clarified that this COLA adjustment was