Translate[Archived] Question #72: Preliminary Add/Delete List
This memorandum
summarizes the FY 2018 budget add/delete items eligible for consideration in the
Preliminary Add/Delete worksession on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 6:00 pm in
City Council Chambers. City Council’s eligible add/delete proposals are listed Attachment
1 and provided in Attachment 2.
In accordance with Resolution 2746 (adopted on November 9, 2016) on setting guidance for the FY 2018 budget process, a combined list of all City Council budget proposals, technical adjustments from OMB, and City Manager recommended changes is to be provided and discussed at the preliminary add/delete work session. In order to be eligible for consideration, a proposal must:
Contain information related to how the change advances the Council’s goals/priorities;
Contain information related to how the change impacts the performance of that program, service, or goal;
Have received the support of at least 3 of 7 Council members (the original sponsor and two co-sponsors); and
Be accompanied by an add/delete spreadsheet prepared by the Council member or OMB in which the sum of the individual Council members’ adds and deletes, including the items originally sponsored by that member and those co-sponsored by that member, are in balance or produce a revenue surplus.
REVENUES
Real Estate Property Tax Increase (Up to 3.0
Cents): +$15,583,000 Maximum Increase
On March 14, 2017, City
Council advertised a maximum real estate property tax rate of $1.13 per $100 of
assessed value, a 5.7 cent increase over the current rate and a 3.0 cent
increase over the City Manager’s proposed budget. The addition of 3.0 cents on
the real property tax rate would provide an additional $11.6 million in revenue
in FY 2018 and $5.7 million from the second real estate tax payment of FY 2017
for a total of $17.3 million, of which $1.7 million would be required to comply
with the City’s policy of retaining 10% of revenue in fund balance. Therefore $15.6
million would be available as funding for FY 2017 and FY 2018.
Revenues received
from the rate increase are proposed to fund one affordable housing project at a
$4.3 million cost in FY 2018, with the remainder of funding to be put in to a
Capital Improvement Program (CIP) contingency for facilities investments in FY
2018 through FY 2027. The contingency is contemplated to be eventually programmed
for specific projects in the FY 2019-2028 City and Alexandria City Public
Schools (ACPS) proposed CIPs based on the recommendations of the proposed Ad
Hoc Joint City/Schools Facility Investment Task Force proposed to be created as
part of budget adoption and described in Budget Question #68 and in the
following expenditure increase section.
Red Light Camera Program (Budget Question
#36): +$147,000
Add/delete options
include a proposal to increase the number of red light cameras in the City by two.
This would generate an additional $147,000 in revenue. A portion of this
revenue is needed to administer the cost of the program ($123,000). The revenue
amount represents nine months of revenue in FY 2018 (as opposed to a full year
beginning in FY 2019) to give staff time to select intersections and construct
the camera infrastructure.
Additional Federal Prisoner Per Diem:
+$60,000
Add/delete options include a proposal to increase the amount of federal prisoner per diem by $60,000 by housing additional federal prisoners for the U.S. Marshals Office. This revenue is proposed to partially restore a Deputy Sheriff position who serves on the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force.
EXPENDITURES
Affordable Housing: +$4,300,000 (Budget
Question #15)
This proposal would contribute
$4.3 million to the Housing Opportunity Fund to increase affordable housing
units in the City by funding one project in FY 2018 from revenues raised by the
real estate property tax increase.
City Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
Contingency for eventual City and Schools Facility Investments: Up to +$15,583,000
(Budget Questions #68 and #69)
At the March 14, 2017
meeting to set the maximum tax rate for calendar year 2017, City Council directed
the City Manager to develop a recommendation for an Ad-Hoc Joint City-Schools
Facility Investment Task Force. This task force would (1) oversee the
development of a joint facilities CIP for the City and Schools and (2) provide
recommendations related to further capital project implementation and is
described in Budget Question #68.
Staff recommends
using a portion of the FY 2017 real estate tax revenue increase to fund consultant
and Planning & Zoning staff costs to
support the task force ($414,000) discussed in Budget Question #68 and the
Wednesday, April 19 budget work session. The remaining real estate tax revenue
after funding affordable housing and the task force support would be put into a
City CIP contingency line for eventual City and Schools facility investments in
FY 2018 through FY 2027. The contingency funds are contemplated to be
programmed in the FY 2019 – 2028 City and ACPS proposed CIPs based on the
recommendations of the task force.
Red Light Camera Program: +$123,000 (Budget
Question #36)
This proposal would add
two red light cameras in the City to increase traffic enforcement. Locations would
be installed at sites to be recommended by the Department of Transportation and
Environmental Services and the Police Department. This additional cost is for one
additional Special Police Officer position as well as payments to the vendor
who administers the program. This amount represents nine months of expenses to
give staff time to select intersections and construct the camera
infrastructure. As previously mentioned in the revenue section above, this
expenditure is expected to collect $147,000 in additional revenue.
Restore Deputy Sheriff Position: +$78,727
(Budget Question Pending)
This proposal would
restore a Deputy Sheriff position assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service
Fugitive Task Force. This would enable the City to continue its participation
in the task force which apprehends fugitives with priority given to fugitives of
violent crimes. This would be funded by additional federal prisoner per diem
revenue ($60,000) described in the revenue section above as well as a $18,727
reduction in non-personnel expenditures in the Sheriff’s Office.
Early Childhood Education Contingent Reserve:
+$451,743 (Budget Questions #11 and #43)
This proposal would
provide funds via reallocation in Contingent Reserves to provide subsidy
support for existing partners who have additional capacity within the City’s
non-profit early childhood system and allow the City to draw down additional
available Virginia Preschool Initiative funding. The expenditure increase is
proposed to be funded by using funding in Contingent Reserves currently
designated for the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center (NVJDC) pending
further discussion of the facility’s future.
Microloan Program for Small Businesses:
+$50,000 (Budget Question #49)
This proposal would
provide resources for a microloan program for small businesses. Funding for this
program would come from undesignated Contingent Reserve funding.
Restore Recreation Center Walk-in Hours:
+$45,572 (Budget Questions #7 and #46)
This proposal would
restore recreation center walk-in hours from 9 am to 2 pm at Cora Kelly and
William Ramsay recreation centers. This would restore front desk staffing in
the morning hours at these centers on week days during the school year. Funding
for this restoration would come from undesignated Contingent Reserve funding.
Expanding the Summer Youth Employment
Program: +$75,478 (Budget Question #39)
This proposal would
increase the number of hours for youth participating in the Summer Youth
Employment Program from 20 hours to 30 hours for the duration of the 6-week
program. The cost of $75,748 would come from undesignated Contingent Reserve
funding.
Proactive Maintenance of Urban Forest: +$106,500
(Budget Question #25)
This proposal would
direct $106,500 of additional funding to the Proactive Maintenance of the Urban
Forest project (CIP 9.42) of the Capital Improvement Program to advance the
project from FY 2022 in the proposed CIP to FY 2018. This is expected to
prolong the life of the existing tree canopy. The funding for this increase
will come from a reduction to the Tree & Shrub Capital Maintenance project (CIP
9.31) funding in FY 2018 – 2021.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1 – Combined List of Preliminary Add/Delete Proposals
Attachment 2 – City Council’s FY 2018 Preliminary Add/Delete Proposals