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Finance and Management Services <br />www.santa-ana.org/finance <br />Item # 30 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />May 7, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Discuss and provide direction to staff. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br /> No <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City Council provided Early Direction on April 2 and staff has updated the proposed <br />budget accordingly. The City conducted internal budget meetings with departments from <br />March 25 to April 11 to receive supplemental budget requests and staff priorities. After <br />comparing the requests to City Council priorities received during Early Direction and <br />community priorities received during the budget outreach, Finance worked with the City <br />Manager’s Office to build a proposed budget for City Council consideration. Through <br />April 29, the City has received nearly 1,900 budget survey responses. Staff will continue <br />community engagement and will present results during the presentation for this agenda <br />item. <br />At a minimum, the staff presentation is expected to include the following: <br /> <br />•A summary of community outreach and priorities <br />•Notable additions to the General Fund Budget <br />•Summary spending plans to serve the Unhoused Community and Youth <br />populations <br />•A summary of the proposed Cannabis Public Benefit Fund spending plan <br />Miscellaneous Fees Benchmarking <br />As requested by the City Council, staff has compiled a sampling of comparative <br />Miscellaneous Fees with other cities (Exhibit 1). In addition, the Parks, Recreation, and <br />Community Services Agency has been studying their fees and how they compare to <br />other cities and may return to City Council with recommendations at a later date. In the