City Budget and Finances

1. City Budget and Finances City Council Workshop Presentation July 26, 2011

2. Items from July 12 Budget Workshop • Show each department included in Administration • Provide detail for Non-Departmental • Provide detail for Economic Development • Number of cities using electric utility tax • Number of cities using electric franchise fee • Cost savings for running medical trucks versus fire trucks • Possibility of adding additional prison crew • Current condition of city streets

3. General FundExpenditures

4. General Fund

5. Administration Includes: City Council, City Manager, Community Relations, Purchasing and Contracts Management, City Clerk, Human Resources, City Attorney, Finance, and Non-Departmental

6. City Council

7. City Manager

8. Community Relations

9. Purchasing and Contracts Management

10. City Clerk

11. Human Resources

12. City Attorney

13. Financial Services

14. Non-Departmental

15. Economic Development

16. Engineering

17. Facilities Maintenance

18. Parks/Facilities

19. Recreation

20. Planning

21. Code Enforcement

22. Law Enforcement

23. Streets and Drainage

24. Fire

25. General FundRevenues

26. Revenues

27. General FundOptions

28. Recurring Revenue Options • Increase property tax revenue (maximum revenue available with a simple majority vote = $21,596,700) • Move State Revenue Sharing from the Streets Improvement Fund (up to $1,307,800) • Move Local Option Fuel Tax from the Streets Improvement Fund (up to $1,612,500) • Establish a Utility Tax on electricity (up to $2,500,000)(309 cities) • Establish a Franchise Fee on electricity (up to $2,500,000)(319 cities)

29. Expenditure Reduction Options – Non Big 4 • Flagler Volunteer Services, $25,000 • Florida Agricultural Museum, $25,000 • Palm Coast Historical Society, $3,000 • Cultural Arts, $20,000 • Enterprise Flagler, $93,500 • Economic Development Programs, $100,000 • Close the pool from late November to early April, $57,400

30. Expenditure Reduction Options – Big 4 • Reduce Code Enforcement staffing by one team (2 officers and 1 administrative support staff), $144,000 • Reduce the number of law enforcement officers funded from the City of Palm Coast budget, $103,000 per deputy • Reduction of 11 out of 44 employees and a reduction in contractual services in Streets and Drainage, $938,000 • Additional reduction in force in Fire, $116,200 • Discontinue Emergency Medical Services, $402,600 • Close one fire station, $1,000,000

31. Capital Improvement Program

32. Additional Considerations • Reinstating capital funding allocation • Stormwater maintenance support • Increase in Stormwater fee

33. Streets Improvement Fund

34. Park Impact Fee Fund

35. Fire Impact Fee Fund

36. Transportation Impact Fee Fund

37. Capital Projects Fund

38. Stormwater Management Fund

39. Property Tax Impacts

40. Property Comparisons

41. Decision Time

42. Tentative Budget Schedule • July 26 – Workshop on General Fund and property tax discussion • August 2 – Set proposed millage rate • August 9 – Proprietary, special revenue, and capital project funds • August 23 – Special budget workshop on final proposed budget • September 14 – First public hearing and tentative adoption of the 2012 millage rate and budget • September 27 – Final public hearing and final adoption of the 2012 millage rate and budget