SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA PACKET
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
ABSTRACT: The City Council is scheduled to conduct a Special Council Budget Hearing on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 4:30 P.M, City Hall, East side of Monte Verde Street between Ocean and Seventh Avenue. The City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Proposed Operating Plan & Budget (May 7, 2013) document is embedded. The EXECUTIVE SUMMARY states, in part, as follows:
The Fiscal Year 2013-2014 operating plan, including the recommended budget, is submitted for your consideration, possible amendment, and adoption. This document serves as a policy document, financial plan, operations guide, and communications device. It includes seven sections. First, this budget message which includes an executive summary, five-year financial forecast, city goals and objectives and the policy planning and management system in place to meet the goals and objectives, and discussion of key issues affecting the budget. Second, a statistical section describing the organization, our community, and population; this information provides context for the upcoming fiscal year. Third, a summary section providing summary schedules of the proposed budget including revenue, expenditure, staffing, and debt service summaries. The fourth section includes the department pages describing the operations, proposed budget, staffing, goals and objectives, and performance data for each department. Fifth, the proposed capital expenditures and description of projects. The sixth section includes the City’s financial policies. The final section is a glossary of terms and acronyms. The budget document is geared toward providing clear and transparent information in a format that explains the link between City Council objectives and departmental operations.
The proposed budget is an $18.2 million operating plan and is balanced. The proposed budget grows by $3.2 million from the prior year budget mostly as a result of the voter approved one-percent sales tax increase (Measure D). This additional funding is allocated in accordance with the Service Level Sustainability Plan identified by the City Council and presented to voters prior to the election. That plan, which this proposed budget comports with, calls for using additional Measure D funding for priority services, deferred maintenance of infrastructure and roads, capital investment, debt repayment, and stabilization of reserves. Capital investment is less than what was proposed in the Capital Improvement Plan but includes the additional $292,100 for street and road repair as directed by the City Council when reviewing the Capital Improvement Plan. Staffing grows by 4.03 full-time equivalent employees. The primary reason for the proposed staff is to meet the requirements of completing 44% more capital improvements, in dollar terms, and twice the number of projects than in the prior year.
The proposed budget is an $18.2 million operating plan and is balanced. The proposed budget grows by $3.2 million from the prior year budget mostly as a result of the voter approved one-percent sales tax increase (Measure D). This additional funding is allocated in accordance with the Service Level Sustainability Plan identified by the City Council and presented to voters prior to the election. That plan, which this proposed budget comports with, calls for using additional Measure D funding for priority services, deferred maintenance of infrastructure and roads, capital investment, debt repayment, and stabilization of reserves. Capital investment is less than what was proposed in the Capital Improvement Plan but includes the additional $292,100 for street and road repair as directed by the City Council when reviewing the Capital Improvement Plan. Staffing grows by 4.03 full-time equivalent employees. The primary reason for the proposed staff is to meet the requirements of completing 44% more capital improvements, in dollar terms, and twice the number of projects than in the prior year.
May 7, 2013
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