Agenda Packet 2011-03-24 SPCity Council
Tony Ferrara, Mayor /Chair
Caren Ray, Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair
Joe Costello, Council /Board Member
Jim Guthrie, Council /Board Member
Tim Brown, Council /Board Member
Agenda
Steven Adams City Manager
Timothy J. Carmel City Attorney
Kelly Wetmore City Clerk
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
FISCAL YEAR 2071 -12 & 2012 -13 BUDGET
CITY COUNCIL /REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AGENDA SUMMARY
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011
6:00 P.M.
City of Arroyo Grande Woman's Club & Community Center
211 Vernon Street, Arroyo Grande
1. CALL TO ORDER: 6:00 P.M.
2. ROLL CALL: COUNCIL /RDA
3. FLAG SALUTE: MAYOR FERRARA
4. CITIZENS' INPUT, COMMENTS, AND SUGGESTIONS on Special Meeting Agenda
Items. Members of the public wishing to address the Council /RDA on any item
described in this Notice may do so when recognized by the Presiding Officer.
5. CONSIDERATION OF FY 2011 -12 AND FY 2012 -13 BUDGET STRATEGIES
[CC /RDA] (ADAMS)
Recommended Action: Review and approve the following proposed strategies to
address the projected budget shortfall in the FY 2011 -12 and FY 2012 -13 Biennial
Budget: 1) pursue labor concessions to address increases in salary and benefit costs;
and 2) utilize reserves in excess of the minimum 15% reserve policy.
6. ADJOURNMENT to the Regular City Council /Redevelopment Agency Meeting of
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 215 East Branch Street.
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JULY 10, 1911
MEMORANDUM
TO: CITY COUNCIU EDE IEL PI TENT AGENCY BOARD
FROM: STEVEN ADAMS, CITY MANAGER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF FY 2011 -12 AND FY 2012-13 BUDGET
STRATEGIES
DATE: MARCH 24, 2011
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Council/RDA Board approve the following proposed primary
strategies to add the projected budget shortfall in the FY 2011-12 and FY 2012-
1 3 Biennial budget: 1 pursue lab concessions to address increases in salary and
benefit costs; and 2 utilize reserves in excess of the minimum 15% reserve policy.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Staff has not fret developed detailed revenue and expenditure projections.
Preliminary General Fund revenue estimates for FY 2011 -12 are in the range of
$13,050,000 to 1 3,150,000 in FY 2011 -12 and $13,250,000 to 1 3,350,000 in FY
2012 -13. This has been derived by simpler assuming actual revenue amounts from
FY 2009-1 g, subtracting one -time revenue sources, subtracting revenue sources
transferred to the Fire Cities Fire Authority, adding projected increases in sales to
revenues, and adding projected increases in transient occupancy tax (TOT)
revenues.
Preliminary expenditure projections are in the range of 13,850 .,000 to 13,950,000
in FY 2011 -12 and $14,100,000 to $14,200,000 in FY 2012 -13. Therefore, the
preliminary projected budget shortfall is $700,000 t 900,000 in FY 2011 -12 and
$750,000 t $950,000 in FY 2012 -13.
BACKGROUND:
City staff is preparing recommendations for the FY 2011 -12 and FY 2012 -13 Biennial
Budget. At the request of the Council /FDA Beard, a series of budget workshops
have been scheduled this year to assist in increasing public participation and input
into the budget process. As the first step in the budget process,, the Council /FDA
Board approved budget goals at the (larch Stn meeting, which were based on
discussion and feedback at a public workshop on February 17
The purpose of the second workshop is to develop general budget strategies t o
address the budget goals and projected shortfall. The final workshop will be what is
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traditionally held to present the recommended budget, which is scheduled on May
2 th at 6:00 p.m. in the city council Chambers.
The economic recession has created major financial challenges for the city. During
the past four years, shortfalls of 1 to 2 million have been add ressed. The city's
approach to budget challenges has been to place the highest priority on maintaining
its services to the community. A comprehensive restructuring of the organization has
been implemented, which was designed to cut costs while minimizing the impacts to
service levels through consolidation of operations. A total of 12 full-time and 6 part-
time positions have been eliminated during these budget cycles, several through
layoffs. O ver the past 10 years, full -time positions have been eliminated by over
20%.
Despite these challenges, FY 2009-10 revenues ce d d expenditures and
reserves were increased well above the 15% minimum. services have been
maintained and enhanced in some areas through a very dedicated staff, who have
been required to assume an increasing workload in order to make these changes
successful.
ANALYSIS OF ISSUES:
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Preliminary General Fund revenue estimates assume most revenue sources to
remain the same as actual revenues in FY 2009 -10. sales tax revenues assume a
3% annual increase annual. TOT revenues conservatively assume an additional '12-
month delay in opening of the Hampton Inn, which would increase revenues by
approximately $75,000 in FY 2011 -12 and an additional $125,000 in FY 2012 -13.
Brea kdown of shortfall
Before developing strategies to add the City's budget challenges for the
upcoming biennial budget and future, it is important to analyze the basis and reasons
for the shortfall. There are a number of factors, but the primary causes of the
shortfall can be summarized as follows:
Structural Deficit
$200,000
PERS Fate Increases
$300,000
Salary Increases
$250,000
Liability costs
$50,00
Total
$800,000
Structural Deficit
Due largely to the ongoing severe economic problems at the Federal and state levels
of government, "structural deficit" is a term that is now frequently heard. structural
deficit is simply the reoccurring part of the deficit. Therefore, that part of a shortfall
than is addressed through one -time revenues or cost reductions constitutes the
structural deficit.
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During the prior budget deliberations, the majority of the shortfall w addressed
through a comprehensive restructuring of the organization. This addressed 5% to
80% of the deficit on an ongoing basis. The remainder of the shortfall was funded
through one -time revenues than were generated primarily through the sale of City
property, the revenue of which was programmed (but not all used) over a 2 -year
period. The objective was to reduce the structural portion of the deficit through
consolidation of City functions to an amount that could be eliminated in the future
through increased revenue if costs were held constant. As ar result, when
considering revenue increases and increased savings from past staffing adjustments,
about $200,000 of the $800,000 can be viewed as a carryover from the prior budget.
Salary Increases
In 2008, the City negotiated changes to retiree medical benefits with all labor groups.
These changes were ar monumental effort to manage future retiree medical costs and
were urgent to freeze benefits prior to increases than would have been illegal to
eliminate once in place. All labor groups other than management received pay
increases as part of the negotiated agreement. Since then, delays in the increases
have been negotiated for several years to address budget shortfalls. The preliminar
budget projections assume costs for these increases occurring as now scheduled on
June 23, 2011. Costs for c omparable management increases have also been
assumed in order to ensure any concessions are applied fairly amongst the different
labor groups. As a result, the salary increases due to -take effect result in an
increased cost of approximately $250,000.
PERS Pension Program
Costs for the Public Employee Pension System PETS for the employees} pension
are based upon to rates, the employer share and the employee shame, which are a
percentage of each employee's salary. The employer shame is determined b
actuarial actuarials prepared by PERS. The employee shame is ar constant rate.
The City's existing e mployer shame is 15.850% for miscellaneous employees and
35.911 % for police. The employee share is 8% for miscellaneous employees and 9%
for police employees. However, it has become typical for organizations to pay a
portion or all of the employee shame. The City of Arroyo Grande pays 5.5% of the 8%
for miscellaneous employees and 6.5% of the 9% for police employees. Therefore,
the total cost paid for each employee for pension benefits is 21.350% of salary for
miscellaneous employees and 42.411 % of salary for police employees.
As throughout the country, pension costs have become a significant cost issue for the
City. From FY 1998 -99 through FY 2002 -03,, the employer share w as 0 %. The plans
that cities participate in were largely put into place several years ago when existing
and future rates projected by PETS w ere very lour. Since PETS projections have
historically been fairly accurate, these decisions were not made to provide
unreasonable benefit levels to public employees, but instead provided ar very cost
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effective way in which to compensate employees. However, rates have increased
much more than expected and PERS provides very little flexibility to adjust benefits
for existing employees.
If no adjustments in the allocation of the employee share are negotiated, the total
amount paid by the City will rise to 25.009% for miscellaneous and 48.855% for
police in FY 2011 -12. This represents an increased cost of approximately $300,000
to the General Fund. Fates are then projected to continue to increase to $25.600%
for miscellaneous and 50.100% for police in FY 2012 -13.
Options available for negotiation that marry jurisdictions are now pursuing include
requesting employees to pay a larger portion of the employee share and instituting a
two- tiered retirement plan. PERS and the State constitution preclude the City from
modifying the benefit plans for existing employees. Ho wever, less costly plans can
be implemented for all future employees. This would not impact the projected
shortfall for the upcoming budget, but would reduce future costs.
Liability Program
The City receives liability coverage through membership in the California Joint
Powers Insurance Authority C JPIA , a statewide insurance pool of public agencies.
Due to major claims recently experienced by the C JPIA and an adjustment to their
formula, members were recently notified of unfunded liabilities. The City of Arroyo
Grande's is $700,000. The CJPIA would life these amounts paid by July 2013, but
will alloy the payment period to be extended with interest beyond that date. Staff is
recommending $50,000 be budgeted annually for the payment and at least the first
$1 00 of any funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year be committed for this
purpose. The goal will be to pay off the unfunded liability within a -year period.
Retiree Medical oP EB
A goal was discussed at the Budget Goals Workshop to begin efforts to pre -fund
Other Post Employment Benefit Costs PEB, which consist of retiree medical
expenses. The City's future OPEB liabilities ies gill be reduced significantly from
projections from the last actuarial in 2007 due to negotiated modifications to these
benefits mentioned above. However, OPEB costs will still increase in order to pre -
fund the benefits. Up to this point, they have been funded on a "pary as you go"
basis. They should instead be pre- funded to avoid significant unfunded liabilities in
the future. It is also anticipated that this may become a requirement dine to proposed
statewide reforms of public retirement benefit programs. Staff is recommending
funding for an updated actuarial in FY 2011 -12. Therefore, it is recommended
funding be allocated in FY 2012 -13 to begin pre - funding these costs based upon the
results of the actuarial. It is projected that this will increase annual costs by as much
as $200,000.
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FY 2011-1 AND FY 2012-13 BUDGET STRATEGIES
MARCH 24, 2011
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Redevelopment Agency
The City's Redevelopment Agency remains balanced at this time with all funding
appropriated. The Governor's current budget proposal includes elimination of
redevelopment. The League of California Cities and the California Redevelopment
Association (CRA) have taken the position that this would violate Proposition 22 and
the State Constitution. The Redevelopment Agency has already provided funding to
the CRA to be used toward litigation if necessary. In the meantime, both
organizations have proposed negotiations with the State to develop an alternate
means of voluntarily assisting school funding without elimination of redevelopment.
However,, in addition to funding projects, the Agency funds a variety of staffing and
operational costs that are involved in providing economic development activities.
Since these staff and activities are not dedicated fuller to these functions, elimination
of the funding would directly increase costs to the General Fund. It is estimated that
the impact on costs would be as much as 0,000. However, some revenue
currently received by the Agency would then be transferred to the City. Therefore,
the net impact is not fret known. Staff has requested the City's redevelopment
consultants prepare an analysis on the cost impact so contingence plans can be
developed as part of the budget process.
Water Fun d
Due to decreased water usage, revenues have dropped below anticipated level
despite rate increases that have taken effect. Revenue projections have not fret
been prepared. However, it is anticipated that reserves may fall below minimum
policy amounts. ^rhe existing rate s tudy and approved rate increases run through F
2013-14. Therefore, staff is proposing as a strategy to delay capital projects and
reduce operational costs as necessary to maintain an appropriate fund balance until
the net rate s tudy is prepared.
Rwr Fund
Since sewer charges are largely based on water usage amou sewer revenue
have also dropped below anticipated levels. Therefore, staff is also proposing as a
s trategy to delay capital projects and reduce operational costs as necessary to
maintain an appropriate fund balance until the net rate s tudy is prepared.
Local Sales Tax Fund
The Local Sales Tax Fund is technically park of the General Fund, but is accounted
for separately in order to earmark and track the revenues for the purposes intended
when the Local Sales Tax measure was proposed and approved. The Local Sales
Tax Fund is anticipated to maintain the minimum policy reserve amount of 15%. It is
likely that few changes to the current -gear project cost projections will be
recommended. As a result of the budget goals workshop, staff is working on some
increase to sidewalk funding and changes to the pavement management schedule.
If South Counter is unsuccessful in achieving urban area status due to the Census
results, anticipated street improvement funds will also be negatively impacted.
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Facility Funds
The City maintains funds for development impact fees, which are used for capital
improvements to mitigate the impacts of new development. These include
improvements to facilities for transportation, traffic signals, recreation, parks, police,
fire., water and sewer. The reduction in construction activity over the past fever years
has caused this fee revenue to be largely depleted. As a result, other funds have
had to assume an increased burden of funding capital projects. This has especially
been an impact on the Water and Sewer Funds.
School Resource officer Program
Information regarding the School Resource a officer (SRO) program was requested at
the budget goals workshop to consider whether it should continue to be funded in the
future. The total cost of this position is approximately $122,000. Half is paid by the
Lucia Mar Unified School District. Therefore, the net cost is approximately $6'1,000.
Staff believes this program is extremely important to the City's public safety services
and should be maintained. Given the City's demographics, a substantial portion of
public safety issues are youth related. If the position were not dedicated to the
schools, it would require other Police Department personnel to respond to a large
volume of school related calls for service. Therefore, the overall staffing level needs
would not necessarily be reduced. In 2010, the position responded to 210 calls for
service. While the position is housed at and primarily assigned to, Arroyo Grande
High School, the SRO is responsible for responding to requests from Paulding Middle
School and ocean View and Harloe Elementary schools. It is also critical in
providing activities to proactively reduce youth related incidents and to be readily
accessible given the sensitive nature of teen crime and violence issues.
A request was made for resident data for Arroyo Grande High School students, which
is as follows:
City of Arroyo Grande
City of Grover Beach
City of Pismo Beach
oeano
Unincorporated Arroyo Grande
fiporno
Other
Total
840 (38.67%)
13 (23.61%)
171 (7.87%)
318 14.64%
280 12.89%
39
10(.46%
2
While students reside in different South County jurisdictions, public safety calls for
service are the primary responsibility of the jurisdiction in which the incident occurs.
Therefore it would be difficult to obtain funding participation from other agencies
since the high school is located within the Arroyo Grande incorporated area.
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Below is a comparison to how similar programs are implemented and funded
throughout the County:
Arroyo Grande (1 SRO)
Paso Robles (1 SRO)
Atascadero
San Luis Obispo
Morro Bay
San Luis Obispo County (4 SROs)
0% of costs paid by School District
0% of costs paid by School District
No SRO prog
City funds 100%
No SRO p rg ra inn
County funds 1 % in North County;
School District funds approximately 25% of
costs in South County
Recreation Services
The Recreation Division has two full time s upervisors and one full time coordinator
who organize and supervise all of the City's recreation programs and schedule all of
the City's recreation facilities. One of the s upervisors oversees the City's sports
programs, special interest classes and recreation facilities. The other supervisor
oversees the City's child care programs, pre - school, playgrounds programs and
special events. The coordinator splits time between the two supervisors, as well as
assists in providing office coverage.
The entire subsidy of these programs is estimated to be approximately $73,080
annually when reducing costs this year for the Facilities Coordinator position that was
eliminated. A summary of staffing, costs and programs is provided below.
w.
0 Sports, Facilities and Classes
Staffing Summary:
1 Full -time Recreation Su pervis r
1 Half - time Recreation Coordinator
3 Pant -time Building Supervis
25 seasonal scorekeepers, umpires and basketball referees
Programs and Services:
Youth Basketball for children grades one through eight.
(approximately 1,000 children, 200 volunteer coaches and
volunteer referees)
- Adult Basketball, spring, summer and fall
participants)
- Adult softball, spring and summer, with
divisions. teams, 1 ,330 participants)
- Contract /special interest classes (15-2
months)
seasons. (75 teams, 675
wren's, womeWs and coed
classes offered every
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Recreation Facilities, 7 sports fields, 4 parks, 7 group barbeque
areas, 5 tennis courts and 2 community centers. Approximately
25,000 people per year use the community centers.
Estimated total (Includes 100% of the Recreation Supervi r. Does not include
$88,000 for 50% o f a Recreation Coordinator nor revenues for community center
rentals)
Revenue $
Expenditures $203,600
Subsidy $ 25
• Childcare, Pre - school and Special Events
Staffing Summary:
1 Full -time Recreation Supervi r
1 Half -time Recreation Coordinator
15 Part -time Child Care Staff
Programs and Services:
Before and after school child care at three sites, including Ocean
View, Elm Street Community Center and Branch School with
approximately 150 children per day
Full day child care and seasonal playground programs during school
breaks, including; summer (80 children), printer (50 children), spring
(40 children, Thanksgiving 85 children, teacher in service training
days (30 children.
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Enrichment classes at Ocean View Elementary School, including 2
sessions of robotics with a total of 44 children, 8 sessions of music
with 85 children, holiday crafts with 10 children, and currently the first
o three Spanish classes with 15 children.
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Year round pre - school for children 8 — 5 years of age with 70 — 8
children per 4 creek session
- Eight special events per year, including Summer Carnival with 800
participants, Harvest Festival activities, Halloween Carnival and
Haunted (laze with approximately 1,000+ participants, Turkey Trot
Fun Faun with 800 attendees, Volunteers Banquet, Egg bunt and
Family Festival with appr 8,000 participants, Father
Daughter Date Night with 200+ participants, 8 Parents Night Out
activities with and average of 18 children per event.
- Five fundraising events. The first two fundraiser have netted $2,500.
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Estimated Total (includes1 of a
Coordinator from July — December, and
June)
Recreation reation Su pervi or, 100% of the
500 of the Coordinator from ,January -
Revenue $318,871
Expenditures $366,651
Subsidy $47
In addition to all the programs listed above, the Recreation Division provides
community service opportunities for Carl Poly, Cuetar College, Hancock College,
Arroyo Grande High School, Grizzly Academy, Camp Fire, Boy Scouts, International
Forester's and the Lions Club.
ALTERNATIVES:
The following altdrnatives are provided for the Council/RDA Board's on iderartion :
Larbor Concessions
Since the majority of the shortfall is due to in in s alary and benefit costs, it is
recommended the primary strategy for addressing the shortfall be through
concessions from labor groups to assume a larger portion of these costs. These
could include payment of pension and health benefit costs, salary reductions, and
other measures to redu labor costs.
Existing labor agreements, (Memorandums of Understanding or OUs) with Service
Employees International Union SEI and the Police Officers' Association AGPOA
are due to e on June 3, 2011. Negotiations are scheduled to begin in April
2011. Changes to salaries and benefits would be negotiated through this "meet and
confer" process, as well as through discussions with management employees.
Rim- P. rvP
Reserves erve currently exceed the 15% minimum policy goal and will likely increase at
year -end barred upon current FY 2010 -11 revenue and ependiture levels. The
purpose of a minimum reserve level is to ensure sufficient funds are available to
address emergencies, unanticipated a penditure , and unanticipated decreases t o
revenue sources. Funds accumulated above the minimum are then available for
one -time expenditures and to help maintain service levels during periods of declining
revenues. The objective is to increase revenues above the minimum during positive
economic periods and then utilize reserves during negative economic periods to
maintain an ongoing consistency in service levels despite fluctuations in the
economy.
Therefore, it is recommended that some level of reserves above the 15% minimum
be used to address the shortfall. An amount in the range of $ to $
would probably be appropriate. This would help in the feasibility of addressing
the remaining shortfall through labor concessions, while at the same time continuing
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MARCH 24, 2011
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to decrease the City's reliance on one -time revenue sources despite increasing
costs.
Reductions in Staffing and Efficiency Measures
Costs can be reduced through either layoffs, early retirement "golden handshake"
programs attrition and hiring freezes. The restructuring plan that was implemented
last year was designed to strategically maintain service levels with minimum staffing.
Therefore, after further review of the organizational structure, staff believes no
additional staffing reductions are possible without significant impacts to services and
projects. The reorganization has generally worked as intended, but has resulted in
heavy workloads and problems during vacancies and absences given Tittle backup
personnel available for many functions.
The primary remaining opportunity for increased efficiency that has been identified is
potential consolidation of public safety services with the City of Grover Beach. It is
under study at this time, but cannot yet be identified as a cost saving measure since
it will require agreement from an outside agency.
Service Level Reductions
The City's approach to addressing the current and past budget challenges has
placed the highest priority on maintaining services to the community, which is
particularly important since the City of Arroyo Grande provides only core municipal
services. Therefore, no service level reductions are recommended.
The areas reviewed in response to City Council direction include the recreation and
the school resource officer programs. Based upon the analysis presented above,
elimination of these programs is not recommended. Both provid important youth
related services and costs are partially offset by other revenue sources. As a result,
elimination of the programs would not substantially reduce costs and the cost
reduction provided would not justify the s ervice level reduction.
Delay of Capital lmr)rovements and Use of Local Sales Tax Revenues
- Fhe City has maintained a commitment to utilizing funding from the Local Sales Tax
Measure for the purposes originally intended, which is primarily capital
improvements. However, the funds are not legally restricted and can be used for
operational costs if necessary. Staff does not recommend this because reduction in
capital improvements only defers necessary maintenance and increases future costs.
Fee, Tax and Other Revenue Enhancements
Tax and fee increases are not recommended as a budget strategy. The City has
completed fee studies over the past fear years. Therefore, most are established at
appropriate and up to date amounts. Tax increases would place an additional
financial burden on the City's residents and visitors, which would not be appropriate
given the impacts of current economic conditions.
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few minor fee categories exist that staff may recommend reviewing to ensure they
are established at appropriate levels to recover costs and remain co mpetitive with
other organizations. However, they would represent whir minor adjustments at most
and would not meaningfully impact the budget shortfall.
Economic Development
Little recent progress has been experienced n targeted economic development
efforts. If redevelopment is eliminated and/or substantially reduced, the City's
capacitor to maintain an economic development program would largely cease.
Analysis by the City's redevelopment consultant has also demonstrated little demand
for new large sales tax generating businesses. Therefore, no new revenue from
economic development activities is being assumed at this time.
ADVANTAGES:
Staff's recommended strategies will provide the highest likelihood of successfully
addressing the City's budget shortfall and maintaining financial stability, while also
maintaining critical service levels and an appropriate capital improvement program.
DISADVANTAGES:
Recommended strategies will have a significant impact on dedicated and hard
working staff, which may impact morale and create challenging labor negotiations
and relations. Use o reserves will also maintain some financial reliance on one- time
revenue sources.
ENVIRONMENTAL RE IE :
No environmental review is required for this item.
PUBLIC 1 TIFICATl 1 AND COMMENTS:
1TS:
The agenda was posted in front o City Hall o n Tuesday, March 22, 2011 and on the
City's website on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. A press release was issued and the
workshop was announced in an article in the Stagecoach Egress, Channel 2
bulletin board, and on the City's wetsite.
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INCORPORATED 9
it JULY 10. 1911 4.
,L IFORN 'P MEMORANDUM
TO: CITY COUNCIL
FROM: STEVEN ADAMS, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF FY 2011 -12 AND FY 2012 -13 BUDGET
STRATEGIES — SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
DATE: MARCH 24, 2011
Following distribution of the staff report for the Budget Strategies Workshop, staff has
identified corrections to cost and revenue figures regarding recreation services.
These costs are based upon FY 2010 -11 projections adjusted for the recent staffing
and organizational changes that have been implemented.
Sports, Facilities and Classes
Revenue $220,300
Expenditures $257,600
Subsidy Subtotal $ 37,300
Park User Fees $32,000
Subsidy Total $ 5,300
Park User fees are identified separately because they are generally intended
to recover costs associated with maintaining the parks and fields. These
costs are included in a separate budget. However, it is important to identify
this revenue in the discussion because staff from this division operate the
program of administering the park user fee programs. Therefore, the revenue
would not be received if the staff were eliminated.
Childcare, Pre - school and Special Events
Revenue $318,871
Expenditures $347,651
Subsidy $ 28,780
Total subsidy w/o park user fee revenue $ 66,080
Total subsidy with park user fee revenue $ 34,080
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.