Agenda Item: 3
Prepared By: David Harden
Business: Budget
Department: Executive
Subject:
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City of Marco Island Budget Workshop - Part lII
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BACKGROUND:
The City Council has held previous workshops on the Capital Improvement Program in May and the Operating budget in June. Based on the direction received from Council at these two work sessions the following action was taken and changes made:
1. All revenue estimates were reviewed. Those which were considered overly conservative were increased.
2. A second series of meetings was held with all department heads to review their budget requests. Subsequently a third review was done of all expenditure requests and reductions were made throughout the budget where it was considered prudent to do so. In addition, a position in IT is being held open for six months and it is assumed that, on average, one Police Officer position will be vacant all year.
3. After these two steps, adjustments were made in the budgets previously presented to Council, all with keeping the millage at the roll back rate:
a. $120,000 from the Available Balance in Fleet replacement funds was allocated for purchase of the Hydraulic Excavator (small tracked backhoe) for Public Works
b. $130,000 for Fuel Supply Tanks was funded by increasing the transfer from the General Fund to the CIP.
c. $38,000 for repaving the walking path in Leigh Plummer Park was funded by increasing the transfer from the General Fund to the CIP.
d. The Legal budget was increased to a more realistic $400,000 ($385,000 in the General Fund and $15,000 in the Water & Sewer Fund).
e. The existing water quality testing protocol was increased to $36,000 to increase testing from 12 sites quarterly to 14 sites monthly.
f. $100,000 was added for a new water quality testing protocol to identify the primary sources of nitrogen and phosphorus entering the canals.
g. $100,000 was added to begin a program for reshaping swales and raising storm sewer inlets in swales.
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