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City of Roseville Community Development Department 2016 Bud�et Overview June, 2015 The Community Development Department has 13.45 FTE budgeted for 2015, but will be operating at 13.0 FTE for the budget year. The department is the primary staff for the City's Planning, Building Inspections, Nuisance Enforcement, Economic Development and GIS functions. The department also provides staff for the Roseville Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) via a services contract between the City and the HRA. The department has a shared services agreement with the City of North St. Paul which provides 20% of the cost of the department's GIS Technician. The 2015 Department Budget is $1,452,490 with 11.2% of the budget supported by the City general levy for nuisance enforcement. 10.1% of the budget is supported by the HRA services contract and the remaining 78.8% of the department budget is funded with fees from a variety of permits and licenses. Both fee revenues and HRA levy revenues are limited to funding only certain activities by state statutes. Budget Priorities • SE Roseville Council Initiative • Twin Lakes • Move-up Housing Council Initiative • Begin preparation for required 2040 Comprehensive Plan update period (1/1/16 — 12/31/18) • Combatting blight • Economic Development • Update land development and nuisance codes • Permit software upgrade Budget Challenges • Inflexibility of funding sources • Community engagement, long range planning, economic development • Succession planning, particularly in Code Enforcement Division • Increased potential for catastrophic failure of permit software • Maintaining sustainable workload as new initiatives are added