Item 34 - Resolution establishing the Appropriations Limit for FY 2021-22

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Finance and Management Services https://www.santa-ana.org/finance Item # 34 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report June 15, 2021 TOPIC: Resolution establishing the Appropriations Limit for FY 2021-22 AGENDA TITLE: Adopt a Resolution Establishing the Appropriations Limit of the City of Santa Ana for Fiscal Year 2021-22 RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt a resolution establishing the appropriations limit of the City of Santa Ana for FY 2021-22, as required by state law. DISCUSSION The State of California Constitution imposes a limit (“the GANN Limit”) on tax proceeds to be appropriated for expenditures by a local government in any given fiscal year and requires the cities establish this limit by resolution. Adoption of the subject resolution is necessary for compliance with the California constitution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. Furthermore, Section 13-90 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code requires the creation of a Reserve Fund for Excess Proceeds of Taxes (Reserve Fund), as a separate accounting of taxes received in a fiscal year prior to the period of expenditure. The City appropriates the expenditure of tax revenue in the same fiscal year of receipt, and therefore creation of the Reserve Fund is not necessary for the fiscal year 2021-22. In fiscal year 2019-20, the Proceeds of Taxes were $251,901,274 and the actual General Fund expenditures were $310,856,434. Using the formula provided by the state, staff calculated the spending limitation from “Proceeds of Taxes” as $1,231,615,395 (Exhibit 1) for fiscal year 2021-22, which is the FY20-21 limit increased by 4.84%. The funds constrained by the appropriations limit include the General Fund, the Capital Outlay Fund, and Special Revenue Funds. Exhibit 1 identifies the factors used to determine the allowable inflationary increase from the prior year. Exhibit 2 categorizes FY 2021-22 anticipated revenues from “Proceeds of Taxes” and “Non-Proceeds of Taxes”. Exhibit 3 computes the FY 2021-22 appropriations subject to this limitation, and identifies the difference between the limit and the budgeted appropriation. As demonstrated in Exhibit 3, the City’s anticipated fiscal year 2021-22