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'~~4F:?~I:£ <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 8!09!2010 <br />Item No.: 13.b <br />De~part~m1ent Approval <br />~~~~~ ~' ~ <br />Acting City Manager Approval <br />(~Z .c'. ~ <br />Item Description: Continue Discussion on the 2011 Priority-Based Budgeting Process <br />BACKGROUND <br />Cver the past couple of months, the City Council has held a number of discussions on the 2011 Priority- <br />BasedBudgeting Process. This included a discussion on July 26, 2010 during whichthe Council reviewed <br />both their individual program rankings as well as the Council's composite score. <br />The Council is now asked to review a revised list of program rankings that includes preliminary program <br />costs. The revised list also segregates `mandatory' programs and services from those programs that are <br />considered more discretionary. The revised list is included in Auachrr~ntA. Forbackground purposes, a <br />copy of the previ ously agreed upon ranking m ethodol ogy is included in Attachment B, along with program <br />descriptions in Auachrr~nt C. <br />The program costs depicted in Auachrr~nt A total $18,931,869. This represents the preliminary tax- <br />supported program costs necessary to maintain current service levels. This represents anet increase of <br />$513,355 from 2010. Detailed information is presented below. <br />s <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />zo <br />21 <br />zz <br />23 <br />za <br />zfi <br />zs <br />z7 <br />za <br />2s <br />30 <br />,1 <br />2011 BudQetReductions <br />For 2011, the City can expect budget reductions in the following areas: <br />1) $490,000 in reduced debt service <br />2) $78,000 in reduced Fire Relief Pension obligation <br />These spending reductions total $568,000 <br />2011 BudQetIncreases <br />For 2011, preliminary budgetprojectionscall for an increase of $1,081,355. This increase can be generally <br />categorized as follows: <br />•: $100,000-New program: Emerald Ash Borer <br />•: $165,000 -New program: Code Enforcement (previously funded with building permits) <br />•: $62,000 -Contractual obligations <br />•: $236,375 -capital improvements and equipment purchases <br />•: $195,910 - 1% employee COLA and step increases <br />•: $213,200-PERAand Healthcare increases <br />Page 1 of 13 <br />