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A brief explanation of the significant overages follows: <br />Administration The amendment is to fund increased Personal Services costs and <br />professional services. <br />Assessing The amendment is to fund increased costs for contracted assessing <br />services. <br />Central Services The amendment is to fund higher than anticipated costs <br />particularly in the areas of buildings and grounds maintenance, newsletter <br />publishing, and heat and electric utilities. <br />Police Protection The amendments are required for greater than anticipated costs <br />as follows: <br />Regular pay $13,000 <br />Overtime pay $23,000 <br />Part-time pay $12,600 <br />Motor fuel $13,000 <br />Auto repairs $ 7,800 <br />Legal services related $20,000 <br />to employment claims <br />Special Projects and Contineenev Within this department $ 18,000 was budgeted <br />for adjustments to wages and salaries. This amount is allocated to offset increases <br />in those areas in the various departments to the extent available. In addition the <br />contingency account was not used to the full extent, so there is $ 25.000 available <br />to offset a like amount of increases in other departments. The cost of the purchase <br />of 3770 Shoreline Drive was split between the General Fund and the Park Fund. <br />Financing for the Park Fund portion was addressed at the time of the purchase, <br />however, no specific budget amendment was made in the General Fund, although <br />the purchase was authorized. 1 herefore, an amendment for the General Fund <br />share of $161,600 is required at this time to the land line item of this department <br />budget. <br />Special Revenue Funds Budget Amendments <br />The Special Revenue Funds consist of the Park Fund, the improvement and Equipment <br />Outlay Fund, the Community Investment Fund, the Drug/Felony Forfeiture Fund, and the <br />Affordable Housing Grant/Loan Fund. <br />During the year as expenditures from the Special Revenue Funds which required budget <br />amendments were presented to Council, it was standard practice to include a request for a <br />formal budget adjustment. <br />The revenue budgets of the Special Revenue Funds should be adjusted to retlect higher <br />than anticipated revenues, as follows: <br />Park Fund revenue budget increase to State Grant. $75,000. <br />Improvement and Capital Outlay Fund no revenue budget increases are required. <br />i