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<br />WORK STUDY SESSION <br /> <br />WSA <br /> <br />FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006 CITY BUDGET OVERVIEW - Presented by the City <br />Manager's Office <br /> <br />Debra Kurita, Assistant City Manager, Robert Cortez, Budget Analyst, Jim <br />Ross, Executive Director, Public Works Agency and Souri Amirani, Deputy <br />City Engineer, presented the 2005-06 budget overview including a financial <br />overview, a detailed explanation of General Fund Revenue Sources and <br />General Fund Appropriations, proposed miscellaneous fees and fee <br />adjustments, budget balancing strategies, budget highlights, and an overview <br />of the Capital Improvement Program. Highlights from this presentation are as <br />follows: <br /> <br />. The 15 year cumulative impact of State budget cuts is $113,075,610 <br />. The 2005-06 General Fund initial projected operating deficit was <br />$23,695,885 <br />. The budget balancing strategies included revenue enhancements <br />($2,336,970), Department Reductions ($4,108,340), Department <br />Reductions: one-time ($2,446,775) and one-time revenues ($14,803.800) <br />. Revenue enhancement examples include increasing city-wide parking <br />revenues, increasing residential permit parking enforcement and expanding <br />contract activity in City jail <br />. Proposed personnel changes include the elimination of one full-time <br />management position, maintaining 96 positions as unfunded, funding one <br />previously unfunded Code Enforcement Officer, and funding three <br />previously unfunded Police Department positions as Parking Control <br />Officers <br />. Number of full time employees for 2005-06 is 1712 <br />. Future concerns include state budget impacts and reductions in grant <br />funding <br />. Major revenue sources include: Sales Tax (21.9%), Property Tax (20.0 %), <br />Utility Users Tax (13.7%) and Public Safety (11.6%) <br />. There are six proposed modified miscellaneous fees; Other damaged <br />materials - fabric bag and materials recovery surcharge (Library); Youth <br />Field Usage Fees - synthetic fields (Parks, Recreation and Community <br />Services); Firearms Examination Service Fee - outside agency (Police); <br />and, metered water rates and Sanitary Sewer service charge (Public <br />Works) <br />. New proposed miscellaneous fees: Sewer Grease cleaning fee and <br />Residential Parking Permit fee <br />. Twenty five Permit Parking districts have been established since 1987 <br />. For the 2003-04 renewal period, approximately 6000 permits have been <br />issued citywide <br />. Fifty six new blocks and three new permit parking districts have been <br />added to the permit parking program <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES <br /> <br />186 <br /> <br />MAY 16, 2005 <br />