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Public Hearing — Fiscal Year 2015-16 City Budget June 16, 2015 Page 2 volunteer/internship program, and additional resources to increase the useful life of existing City infrastructure. Recommendations resulting from Council feedback and the Community Outreach meetings include but are not limited to the following: • Additional recreational programs ($165,000) • Joint -use deferred maintenance ($75,000) • Community Emergency Response Team program ($65,000) • Youth commission ($25,000) • Staffing needs for the implementation of the body camera program ($200,000); On June 2, 2015, the City Manager proposed the fiscal year 2015-16 budget, which resulted in additional recommendations from the City Council and constituents and have been included in the revised proposed budget included herein. The additional recommendations are as follows: • Downtown Wayfinding ($150,000) • Economic Development activities ($150,000) • Additional funding for City Clerk contractors ($50,000) • Proposed cost of living adjustment for City employees (up to $2,550,000). • Addition of Principal Planner ($164,000) and Senior Planner ($134,000) positions. • Adjustment of Personnel Services' workforce changes to exclude the addition of a Labor Relations Manager (-$220,000) and deletion of a Personnel Services Specialist ($72,500). Accordingly, workforce changes included in the City's fiscal year 2015-16 budget total an additional thirty six (36) positions and deletion of fifteen (15) positions for a net addition of twenty- one (21) positions. The workforce changes are also included in the fiscal year 2015-16 Budget Summary. Some of the major highlights include the addition of seven police officers, fulltime staff support for a Body Camera Program, two planner positions to facilitate the development process, addition of thirteen (13) positions in the Public Works Agency including three project managers for program and operational efficiency, and the addition of a Supervising Accountant for the development of an Internal Audit Program. As a result, the total annual City proposed budget for fiscal year 2015-16 is $476,515,630. The proposed budget incorporates all funded appropriations related to the following City funds: General Fund, Internal Service, Enterprise, Special Revenue, Community Development, and Capital Funds. The proposed 2015-16 General Fund budget is $225,813,258 and equates to approximately 47% of the total City proposed budget. The General Fund supports those functions most commonly associated with city government such as police, fire, recreation, library, planning and building, street maintenance and general city administration. Capital Improvement Program The proposed City's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for fiscal year 2015-16 totals $68,074,534. The CIP program includes the following initiatives: continued development of the Streetcar Project, traffic improvements including the Safe Mobility Santa Ana program, 75A-1-2