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Attachment D-9212020 Administration Department Memo To: Roseville City Council cc: Roseville Department Heads From: Patrick Trudgeon, City Manager Date: August 10, 2020 Re: City Manager 2021 Proposed Budget 2 I am pleased to present my proposed 2021 City of Roseville budget. I have approached the 3 creation of the 2021 budget mindful of financial challenges that both the city and taxpayers face 4 due to the COVID-19 pandemic while making sure the city maintains our existing assets and 5 services and invest in new import initiatives. 6 7 As I mentioned in the 2020 budget message, Roseville is a complex city that serves a larger 8 population than its actual residents. As a regional commercial and retail destination that has 9 35,000 persons journey to Roseville daily for their work and up to 80,000 people traveling through 10 Roseville daily on Hwy 36, I 35W, and our numerous County Roads, Roseville is a busy place. 11 12 These visitors use RosevilleÓs roads, parks, and city services. We need to respond to medical and 13 law enforcement issues regardless of whether they are Roseville residents or not. All this activity 14 requires the city to allocate additional resources above what is needed for a community of 15 RosevilleÓs size. 16 17 The disruption that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused for local government, schools, 18 businesses, and residents reinforces the importance of local government to continue serving 19 the needs of the community, its residents, and businesses. The murder of George Floyd in 20 Minneapolis is an opportunity for self-reflection by local government about its role in systemic 21 racism. Both unique moments in time have been factored into the 2021 budget. 22 23 The 2021 budget continues past budget proposals in addressing the increasing demands on city 24 services and continues investment into our existing assets in a responsible and sustainable manner. 25 As part of the 2020 budget, we eliminated the use of the General Fund Reserves to balance the 26 budget and pay for city operations. 27 28 In the last decade, the City of Roseville has stabilized our funding for capital needs. We now have 29 sufficient resources in place for the next 20 years for most of our infrastructure and equipment 30 funds. We will need to continue to work on several capital funds in the near term, namely the 31 Water Fund, the General Facilities Fund, and the Park Improvement Fund, to ensure sufficient Page 1 of 20