08-26-2013 Council Work Session Packet

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A number of revenue categories are being reduced. Licenses& Permits is being decreased by$8,100 (-2.38%). $4,600 of the decrease is the result of 2014 being the 2°d year of the two-year dog license cycle. This revenue will increase in 2015. The remaining decrease is in the Mechanical Permit line item. This is decreasing $3,000 to bring it in line with recent history. Other Governmental Revenues are being decreased by $5,000 (-2.4%). This is to account for decreasing revenues from the Safe and Sober Grant program. Miscellaneous Revenues are decreasing$7,000 (-5.47). $2,000 is the result of moving the recycling program out of the General Fund and into an Enterprise Fund. The penalty related to the late payment of recycling charges is still collected; however it will be recorded in the Recycling Fund. The remaining $5,000 is a reduction in Golf Course revenue. The remaining revenue categories are increasing. Charges for Service is increasing by$14,300(.57%) mainly as the result for the $38,500 increase in the Mound service contract. Other line items that are increasing in the category are Plan Check/Site Exam Fees with are increasing$8,000(6.84%)and Filing Fees which is a line that was not previously budgeted. Conditional Use Fees are being decreased by $6,000 (-16.67%) to reflect actual collections in recent years. Engineering and Legal Fees are being reduced$30,000(54.55%). This reduction is offset by a reduction of pass-through expenditures in the expenditure budget The Fines category is being increased by$4,000(2.56%)with the increase being to Court Fines. The Other Sources category is being budgeted to increase by a net amount of$2,500 (3.38%). Interest on Investments is being increased by$5,000 while Miscellaneous Revenue is being decreased by $2,500. Expenditures The goal for staff was to develop budgets with a zero increase over the 2013 budget. This goal was reached for the expenditure budget; the draft budget that is being presented is for the same amount as the 2013 budget. As indicated above, a cost of living increase was not included in the expenditure budget. However,the Contingency]ine item has been increased by$76,403 and would be available to fund wage increases. $38,500 of this amount is from the 2.5%increase in the Mound contract and was identified as being for potential wage increases as a result of union negotiations. The balance of $39,403 is available for wage increases or other Council priorities. The following departments have budget increases greater than 1%. Because 2014 is an election year, Elections is increasing by$21,770. This budget includes an amount of$3,242 in overtime for the City Clerk. The line for Temporary Employees has also been increased from previous election years to reflect the anticipated increase in use of election judges during the absentee voting period. The Finance budget is increasing by $10,342 (3.28%). This is the result of the recent change of the IT Technician position to Full-Time from .75 FTE. The Assessing budget is increasing by $15,000 (10.7%). This amount is set by Hennepin County and is not under our control. Staff has been in contact with Hennepin County about the size of the increase. Fire Protection is currently budgeted to increase $11,000(2.86%). This increase is based on preliminary numbers provided by Long Lake at the last Fire Commission meeting and an increase of$2,014 (6.5%) from Wayzata. The final fire budget amount may be decreased. In addition to the increase to the contingency line item discussed above, the Operating Transfers line in the Special Projects and Contingencies budget is increasing by $15,275. This is an increase in the transfer to the Police Infrastructure Fund related to the Mound contract.