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Request for Council Action continued <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />May 10, 1996 <br />1995 Budget Summary and Adjustments <br />A brief explanation of these overages is as follows: <br />A. <br />B <br />Administration. The Administration expenditures exceeded the budgeted amount by <br />$4,000. The main cause of this overage was the mid-year adjustment to the City <br />Administrator’s salary. Funds for this adjustment were budgeted in the Contingency <br />account rather than the Administration account, due to the City Administrator <br />performance evaluation and pay adjustment occurring in mid-year. The budget <br />adjustment required here is to transfer $4,000 from the Contingency account to the <br />Administration account. <br />Legal. The expenditures for legal services were over budget due mainly to substantial <br />assistance related to employment matters such as the MPRS lawsuit. <br />Central Serv ices. The main items causing the expenditures in this account to exceed <br />budgeted amounts were additional expenditures in the Building and Grounds <br />Maintenance account and for LOGIS data processing fees. <br />D.Police. The additional police expenditures arc due to three main items: <br />1.Additional expenditures related to the resignation of the Police Chief. This <br />included the pay increases for the Acting Police Chief and clerical staff to reflect <br />additional responsibilities as approved by Council. It also reflects additional <br />overtime and part-time officer hours due to operating one position short during <br />the second half of the year. <br />2.Back pay for part-time officers related to the settlement of a police grievance. <br />3.Vacation accrual accounting procedures require that any vacation pay provided <br />during the first two months of each year is accrued to the previous year. In <br />prior years, this amount for the Police Department has been approximately <br />$5,000. For 1996. an unusually high amount of vacation was used causing this <br />accrual amount to be increased to $13,000. <br />£Pngineerinti. Engineering expenditures exceeded the budgeted amount by $10,600. This <br />was partially due to work on a Pavement Management Program (PMP). The budget <br />authorized $10,000 from the Contracted Street Maintenance account in the Street <br />Department to be used for PMP work. The ConU-acted Street Maintenance account was <br />in fact held approximately $15,000 under budget for 1995.