Fiscal Year Budget Status Update
City Manager held budget kickoff on 12/18 No additional staffing requests will be accepted. Only requests for reallocations, reclassifications, and/or reorganizations. Revenues to be submitted before expenses Tyler Munis will be utilized for line item entry (revenue and expense; not payroll yet) Late January – CM and Budget Committee to meet with Departments to review current staffing levels and requests for reallocations, reclassifications, and/or reorganizations Important FY 14/15 budget updates
Jan-Feb: staffing, fleet, computerization, equipment, landscape, MCP, CIP, facility maint Feb-Mar: Budget Awareness Townhall Meetings Feb Workshop - 1 st Quarter (Oct – Dec) Strategic Priority update to Commission Revenue projections/requests due: 3/6 Departmental Data entry into Munis (revenues & expenses) closes: 4/11 DCM/ACM/Finance review: 4/28 – 5/9 City Manager budget review: 5/26-6/6 CM Recommended Budget distributed to Commission: 6/30 Budget Key Dates
Budget Training and Entry February (multiple sessions) March 6-7 (single session each day) March 10-April 11 – Entry into Tyler Munis Munis Go-Live Key Dates March 7 – All invoices due to Finance March 14 – Final Check Run, All Requisitions Processed March 17 – Purchase Orders Issued March – Purchase Order Entry in Munis April 1 – Official Go-Live Budget Key Dates
FY 14 First Quarter Major Revenues - General RevenueFY 14 BudgetFY 14 ActualPercentage Ad Valorem$21,380,477- $3,542,687(TIF)= $17,837,790 $13,491, % Utility Service Taxes$3,970,000$1,060, % Communication Tax$1,613,278$375, % Franchise Fees$2,634,471$724, % State Shared$3,058,000$730, % Slot Machine Proceeds$1,900,000$326, % Fire Assessment$5,497,708$3,869, % Planning & Zoning$656,212$467, % Building Inspection$2,963,453$612, % Police$1,021,550$170, % Total General Fund$57,009,872$19,993, %
Homestead Exemption Fraud Audit by BCPA Estimated over $76,000 in back taxes to be recovered, so far 21 - Number of properties future tax recovery (as of Nov. 2013) 4 - Number of properties currently under investigation Health Care Reform Part-time employees 30 hours or over will necessitate health care coverage – Approximately 67 employees or $800k (family coverage) May look at reducing hours Opening of New Parks Facilities – BF James Pool full year – over $300k (budgeted 3 months in current fiscal year) Investment Grade Energy Audit Budgetary Impact Items