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CITY OF MERIDIAN FY07 BUDGET HEARING

CITY OF MERIDIAN FY07 BUDGET HEARING. Mayor – Tammy de Weerd Council President – Shaun Wardle Council Vice President – Joe Borton Council – Keith Bird Council – Charlie Rountree. City of Meridian Total FY07 Budget Request. $95,835,010. Personnel. Reappropriate. $19,928,152. $42,907,350.

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CITY OF MERIDIAN FY07 BUDGET HEARING

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  1. CITY OF MERIDIAN FY07 BUDGET HEARING • Mayor – Tammy de Weerd • Council President – Shaun Wardle • Council Vice President – Joe Borton • Council – Keith Bird • Council – Charlie Rountree

  2. City of Meridian Total FY07 Budget Request $95,835,010 Personnel Reappropriate $19,928,152 $42,907,350 Operating $14,743,857 Capital Outlay $18,255,651

  3. Total Est FY07 City of Meridian Revenue $52,554,888 Utility Property tax Connections 24% 24% Government Sharing 6% Water/Sewer Usage Service 18% Charges Building Other Interest 9% Permits 4% 5% 10%

  4. General Fund • The City’s general fund is used to provide services such as public safety, parks and recreation and building inspections. The largest component of the General Fund is Public Safety, it is 40% of the City’s ENTIRE personnel and operating budget. • 69% of the General Fund is from property tax revenue. (Property tax is 24% of the entire City budget) – We still don’t have final property tax numbers from Ada County

  5. City of Meridian Est FY07 General Fund Revenue $26,675,000 Park Impact Fees Interest Building 7% 4% property tax Permits 48% 19% Building Dept Fees 3% Other 2% Government Service Sharing Charges 11% 6%

  6. Property Tax • Will increase about 23% from FY06 to FY07 - 20% of this increase was due to new construction.

  7. Property Tax • The tremendous growth in new construction value has increased taxable value and resulted in Meridian’s levy rate remaining at or below .003 for several years.

  8. Public Safety • Makes up 40% of the entire City operating budget and 82% of the General Fund operating budget. • Police – FY07 operating budget request - $8,617,154 • Fire – FY07 operating budget request - $5,192,722

  9. POLICE DEPARTMENT • Operating and Personnel enhancement request is 60% of total General Fund enhancement request. • Calls for service from 2004 to 2005 increased 16%. • Organized into three divisions – Patrol – Criminal Investigations – Community Services

  10. Requested FY07 Personnel Additions to Police Department • Six Patrol Officers - $547,336 • Narcotics Officer- $111,700 • Crime Scene Investigator - $57,373 • Two Victim Witness Coordinators - $76,134 • Two Records Clerks - $97,433 • Part-time Volunteer Coordinator - $26,820

  11. Fire Department • FY07 operating enhancement request is 8.7% of the General Fund operating enhancement request. • Fire Department includes City and Rural Fire District – 54 square acres – combined population of 77,000 • Call volume has increased 30.3% since 1990. • From 2001 to 2005 combined (city and rural) response time decreased from 6.10 to 5.16 minutes.

  12. Requested FY07 Additions to Fire Department • Deputy EMS Chief - $125,170 • Increase Fire Truck Fund - $150,000 • Various operating equipment - $22,800

  13. Parks Department • FY07 operating enhancement request is 8.16% of the General Fund operating enhancement request. • Capital Outlay request, including impact fees, is $1.7 million dollars. • Parks Department has about 155 acres of maintained park land and about 78 acres of undeveloped park land. • Recreation offers a variety of classes, summer camp programs, sports leagues and special events.

  14. Requested FY07 Additions to Parks Department • Purchase of Park Land – Impact Fees - $550,000 • Park Development – Impact Fees - $815,600 • Park Development – General Fund - $272,600 • Various Operating Equipment – General Fund - $71,500 • Various Operating Maintenance – General Fund - $54,850 • Recreation - $44,620

  15. City Administration Includes • Department of Financial Management – Split with Enterprise Fund • Human Resources – Split with Enterprise Fund • Information Technology – Split with Enterprise Fund • Mayor and Council • City Clerk • Legal – Split with Development Services • FY07 operating enhancement request is 21% of the General Fund operating enhancement request. • Capital Outlay request is $163,070

  16. Requested FY07 Additions to Administration Personnel - $345,402 • Accountant • Network Specialist • Database Application Developer • Department Specialist • Executive Assistant

  17. Requested FY07 Additions to Administration • Training/HR Support - $72,000 • Community Groups - $29,000 • Disaster Recovery - $120,000 • Capital Replacement - $29,570

  18. Requested FY07 Additions to Administration • City Hall - From Capital Improvement Fund - $7,000,000 • City Hall Funding – Total - $16,000,000 • Carry forward from FY06 • Enterprise Fund - $4,500,000 • Capital Improvement Fund - $4,500,000

  19. Special Service Fund – Those General Fund Functions Related to Serving Development – Funded by Development Fees • Building Department – Building Permits • Planning Department – Comprehensive Plan Compliance and Assistance • Street Lights • Code Enforcement • Economic Development • Excess Fund Capital Improvements Fund

  20. Special Service Fund AKA Development Services Revenue is VERY development dependant – when building drops – revenue will drop

  21. Special Services Revenue to Base Budget

  22. Special Services Fund FY07 Budget Enhancement Requests • Building Department • Building Permit Software - $150,000 • Excess Revenue Transfer to Capital Improvement - $1,470,146

  23. Special Services Fund FY07 Budget Enhancement Requests • Planning Department • Principal Planner - $78,352 • Other - $18,726 • Development Studies and Consultants and Memberships - $135,750 • Economic Development Districts • 10 Mile Suburban Design Guidelines • 10 Mile Plan Market Analysis • East 3rd Street Extension • Consultant Plan for Districts • Valley Initiative for Prosperity/BVEP

  24. Enterprise Fund • Fund is used to account for the business functions of the City – those activities that be funded by user charges. Water Sewer • Two components within the overall umbrella of providing utility services • The operations side – the revenue and cost associated with water and sewer usage. The operations base budget consists of personnel and operations cost needed to provide customers with water and sewer. • The construction side – the revenue and cost associated with constructing capital infrastructure such as sewer and water lines and the wastewater treatment plant.

  25. Operations Revenue and Base • The base budget includes the personnel and operating cost incurred to keep the sewer plant and the water department operating on a day to day basis. • The number of utility accounts serviced has grown rapidly – in the last 18 months from Jan 2005 to June 2006 from 18,403 to 23,549 - a 28% increase.

  26. Construction Revenue and Budgeted Capital Outlay • Waterlines • Sewer lines • Wastewater Treatment Plan • Lift Stations • Wells • Reservoirs

  27. Public Works Department – FY07 Budget Request - $152,185 • GIS Programmer - $81,135 – ½ to Planning Department • Software and Electronics Equipment - $53,200 • Consulting and Contract Labor - $56,700

  28. Water Department – FY07 Budget Request - $3,105,027 • Staff - (2) - $115,027 • Additional Water Building Construction Funding - $500,000 • Well/Waterline Construction - $2,075,000 • Consulting - $30,000 • Retrofit Meters to Radio Read - $375,000 • Other - $10,000

  29. Waste Water Treatment Plant – FY07 Budget Request - $3,897,893 • Five Mile Metering Station - $250,000 • South Area Trunk - $2,000,000 • Other - $62,900 • Staff (two) - $119,993 • Black Cat Sewer - $1,200,000 • Waste Water Treatment Plant – Phase II - $265,000

  30. Prepared by the City of Meridian Department of Financial Management and Planning For More Information call City Hall at 888 – 4433, email us at kilchens@meridiancity.org or check out our City of Meridian website at www.meridiancity.org – Finance Department

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