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Letter of Transmittal <br />BUDGET INITIATIVES <br />Page 2 <br />The following is a brief explanation of several proposals <br />included in the 1990 Budget, designed to move the City further <br />toward implementation of the fiscal policies. The proposals are <br />targeted toward strengthening the financial support of the <br />general fund budget. <br />The proposals include the allocation of general government and <br />administrative costs to all departments and funds, the matching <br />of sources and uses of revenue, the identification of additional <br />non-property tax financial support for current and new programs, <br />the maintenance and development of budget reserves, and creation <br />of a telecommunications technology fund. <br />These proposals will provide a consistent, well managed method of <br />maintaining the City's physical plant, enable the City to take <br />advantage of new technology to improve service delivery, and <br />provide for program expansion or contraction based on the avail- <br />ability of non-property tax revenues to support the programs. <br />Allocation of General Government and Administrative Costs <br />The departments of Administration and Finance provide significant <br />services to other operations, both general fund and non-general <br />fund. Also, the other departments in the general fund provide <br />significant services to the non-general fund operations. For <br />example, Administration provides personnel services to all opera- <br />tions, Finance provides accounting and financial management for <br />all funds and departments, and Public Works Administration <br />provides overall management support for streets and utilities. <br />The costs of these services should be reflected in the budgets of <br />the benefiting departments and funds in order to accurately <br />reflect the actual cost of the various City services, and to <br />ensure that these costs are paid from the most equitable sources; <br />for example, user fees versus property taxes. The 1990 Budget <br />does allocate general government and administrative costs to all <br />revenue generating departments and funds based on budget size of <br />the individual departments and funds. <br />Matchina Sources and Uses of Revenues <br />The general fund budget is supported by a number of different <br />sources of revenue. These include the property tax, intergovern- <br />mental revenue--which is mostly local government aid--licenses <br />and fees, user charges, and transfers from other funds. These <br />sources of revenue have varying degrees of stability or <br />consistency. <br />A2 <br />� <br />� <br />