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• All requests for City Council action which have a fiscal impact, where appropriate, on <br />the City and/or its various funds shall be reviewed by the Executive Director of Finance <br />and Management Services before such requests can be included within the City Council <br />agenda. <br />• Departments will provide performance measurements, service levels and productivity <br />indicators in the City's published budget document. <br />• The City of Santa Ana utilizes a modified and accrual basis for Accounting & Budgetary <br />financial purposes. <br />Purchasing Guidelines <br />• Purchases will be made in accordance with all federal, state, and municipal <br />requirements. If there are no specific requirements, purchases will be made in the <br />best interest of the City. Purchasing Division will also amend the existing to policy to <br />comply with existing Federal Uniform Guidance rules and regulations. <br />• Purchases will be made in an impartial, economic, competitive, and efficient manner. <br />• Purchases will be made from the lowest priced and most responsible vendor. <br />Qualitative factors such as vendor reputation and financial condition will be <br />considered, as well as price. <br />• Preference will be given to purchases of like quality to vendors who maintain a place <br />of business within the City. <br />Revenue Guidelines <br />• Staff will estimate City annual revenues by an objective, conservative and analytical <br />process. <br />• Staff will annually prepare a forecast and revenue projections as part its long-term <br />financial planning. <br />• The City will strive to establish user charges and fees in order to recover the cost of <br />providing the services and annually recalculate the full cost of activities supported by <br />user fees to identify the impact of inflation and other cost increases. <br />