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Early Direction for the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget
<br />April 2, 2024
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<br />Public Safety support for these events; which to date, has been absorbed by the Public
<br />Safety budgets using staff vacancy savings.
<br />Event Approximate
<br />Current Year
<br />Allocations
<br />Current Year
<br />One-Time
<br />Allocation
<br />Proposed FY24-25
<br />Allocations
<br />Easter $35,000 $45,000
<br />Juneteenth $55,000 $41,000
<br />Movie Series $65,000 $70,000
<br />Fourth of July $105,000 $100,000
<br />Concert Series $60,000 $70,000
<br />Birch Series $18,640 $0
<br />Indigenous Peoples’
<br />Day
<br />$30,000 $31,000
<br />Chicano Heritage $145,000 $125,000
<br />Fiestas Patrias $530,000 $475,000
<br />Santa Ana Holidays $290,000 $900,000 $240,000
<br />Mid-Autumn Festival $60,000 $75,000
<br />Recreation Section
<br />Events
<br />$3,000 $117,700
<br />Tet Festival $95,000 $75,000
<br />Zoo Events $10,000 $36,000
<br />Shakespeare $10,000 $10,000
<br />Santa Ana Fun Run $70,000 $85,000
<br />Pacific Symphony $0 $10,000
<br />Totals $1,581,640 $900,000 $1,605,700
<br />Staff welcomes City Council direction regarding the City Events budget.
<br />INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS
<br />During the 2023 budget process, staff shared concerns with the City Council regarding
<br />the fiscal health of internal service funds. These funds provide a centralized service and
<br />charge departments for use of the services (e.g. Building Maintenance). Over the last
<br />several years, the City has taken steps to solve long-term issues for each fund. Most
<br />recently on December 19, City Council approved a one-time $2.9 million subsidy for the
<br />Engineering Division. There are four potential forthcoming requests for internal service
<br />funds, discussed below.
<br />Central Stores
<br />Due to just-in-time availability from resource vendors, the use of Central Stores has
<br />decreased over the years. With decreased usage, the City has lost economies of scale
<br />and there is no longer a cost benefit of maintaining a Central Stores. At this point, there
<br />is only a need to keep specialized water operations equipment on hand. Therefore, staff
<br />is preparing to close the Central Stores internal service fund by the end of the current
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