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2020 Budget – Page 1 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Mayor Walsh and Orono City Council <br />From: Ron Olson, Finance Director <br />Subject: 2022 Budget <br />Date: July 26, 2021 <br /> <br />Attachments: 2022 Budget <br /> <br /> <br />Since the June 28th work session, departments have submitted their General Fund budgets to the <br />Finance. Meetings between the departments, the City Administrator, and the Finance Director <br />have been held. The result of this process is found in the attached General Fund draft budget. <br /> <br />As discussed at the work session, the major budget increases are related to Inspection Services, <br />the Spring Park Public Works service contract, and wage/benefit increases. Other significant <br />increases are related to body cams, recodification, elections, park maintenance, and liability <br />insurance. <br /> <br />The draft budget does include two new positions. One is the PW Maintenance Worker being <br />added as part of the Spring Park service contract. The other is a maintenance worker in Parks the <br />City’s investments into its park system can be properly maintained. <br /> <br />Mayor & Council <br />The budget for the Mayor & Council Department is basically unchanged from the previous year. <br />Line item 319 - Professional Services is increasing by $6,500. This increase is the result of <br />budgeting the charges for the recording service from Administration and is not an increase the <br />overall budget. Line item 439 - Meeting Expense is being reduced to more accurately reflect the <br />cost of work session meals. <br /> <br />Administration <br />The Administration budget is decreasing by $1,400. This decrease is due to the moving of the <br />Professional Services budget to the Mayor & Council. Increasing line items are line 135 City <br />Benefit Contribution and line item 252 - General Advertising. The increase in advertising is due <br />to a change in where recruiting advertisements are recorded. Going forward, Human Resources <br />expenditures will be billed to Administration instead of individual departments. <br /> <br />Elections <br />2022 is an election year so the budget for the department is slightly more than double the 2021 <br />budget. When compared to the 2020 election year, the budget is increasing $16,000 (31%). This <br />reflects allocating a portion of the Management Assistant wage to elections that occurred in last <br />year’s budget and increased staffing during the early voting periods. <br />