Laserfiche WebLink
Public Hearing <br />Fiscal Year 2009-10 City Budget <br />June 1, 2009 <br />The declining economy and its impact on revenues, combined with <br />increasing costs, have radically accelerated the need to resolve the <br />City's structural deficit. In an effort to protect critical front-line <br />services provided to the public, the proposed budget integrates various <br />revenue raising and expenditure reduction strategies which include <br />restructuring certain fees to achieve full cost recovery, use of one-time <br />revenue transfers into the General Fund, elimination of vacant funded <br />positions, continuation of the hiring freeze, merging of Library Services <br />into the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency, negotiating <br />concessions from the various bargaining units, and continued evaluation <br />of all business practices to reduce organizational redundancies and <br />improve efficiency. Departmental budget reductions for 2009-20010 range <br />from under 10~ for public Safety departments to over 20% for non-safety <br />departments resulting in a 10.2% reduction in the City's overall General <br />Fund budget. <br />With regard to workforce changes, a net total of 153 positions, most of <br />which are currently vacant, will be deleted from the budget. The <br />elimination of these positions is part of the City's budget reduction <br />strategy. Included in the workforce changes are the addition of one (1) <br />Senior Office Specialist in Workers Compensation to prevent a layoff <br />elsewhere in the Personnel Services Agency, and the transfer of an <br />Accounting Assistant position from the Library to the Community <br />Development Agency, also to avoid a layoff. <br />The proposed resolution amends prior resolutions by adding classification <br />titles and 6-step and 15-step salary rate ranges, and the designation of <br />several new classification titles, most of which also result from <br />departmental reorganizations and have no fiscal impact. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />With approval of the proposed budget, $566,969,295 will be appropriated <br />to the City's various funds, departments, programs and enterprise <br />activities. Of that amount $219,659,982 will be appropriated to the <br />various general fund operating departments, including redevelopment <br />agency pass-throughs of $2,963,310. <br />APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: <br />T \ ~l 1 ~ 0' ~~ ~~~~ ~7 s :emu e <br />Francisco Gutierrez <br />Executive Director <br />Finance & Management Services Agency <br />75B-2 <br />