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Memo for fiscal year 2019, updated 2018-04-20

[Archived] Question #68: Provide the Preliminary Add/Delete List

Question:

Provide the Preliminary Add/Delete list

Response:

This memorandum summarizes the FY 2019 budget add/delete items eligible for consideration in the Preliminary Add/Delete work session on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 6:00 pm in City Council Chambers. City Council’s eligible add/delete proposals are provided in Attachment 1.

In accordance with Resolution 2797 (adopted on November 14, 2017) on setting guidance for the FY 2019 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:

  1. Contain information related to how the change advances the Council’s goals/priorities;

  2. Contain information related to how the change impacts the performance of that program, service, or goal;

  3. Have received the support of at least three of seven Council members (the original sponsor and two co-sponsors); and

  4. 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.

Affordable Housing CIP Funding: +$2,350,000 (Budget Question #4, #67)
This proposal increases the meals tax 1 percent from 4 percent to 5 percent generating $4.75M of additional revenue and reduces the $0.6 cent Real Estate Tax dedication for affordable housing  (-$2,400,000). This proposal will provide an additional $2,950,000 for the creation of a new Capital Improvement Program (CIP) project to fund the development, preservation and rehabilitation of affordable housing to help achieve the Housing Master Plan’s 200-unit annual preservation/production goal.

Dedicated Affordable Housing CIP Funding: +$4,750,000 (Budget Question #4, #67)
This proposal increases the meals tax 1 percent from 4 percent to 5 percent generating $4.75M of additional revenue for affordable housing. The proposal dedicates this additional funding for the creation of a new Capital Improvement Program (CIP) project to fund the development, preservation and rehabilitation of affordable housing to help achieve the Housing Master Plan’s 200-unit annual preservation/production goal. 

Employment and Training Services for Older Adults: +$41,000 (Budget Question #60)
This add/delete proposal will provide $41,000 for a part-time Employment & Training Specialist to provide employment and training services to older adults. This expenditure increase will be funded with $41,000 savings achieved through a 6-month hiring delay of a new Technology Support Engineer III for the Emergency Operations Center (Budget Question #47).

Transfer Public Private Partnership (P3) funding to Contingent Reserves: $0
This add/delete proposal will transfer $75,000 from the City Manager’s Office operating budget to Contingent Reserves until a more thorough proposal of the position’s need, function and appropriate location has been presented and discussed. The $100,000 of funding associated with this position will remain in the CIP until the final determination is made. 

Public Safety Recruitment and Retention Capabilities Contingency: +$2,135,114
This add/delete proposal will increase non-departmental contingent proposed by the City Manager to address public safety recruitment and retention issues. This proposed add would increase the contingent from $1,500,000 to a total of $3,635,114 utilizing $712,309 in expenditure savings and $1,422,805 in additional revenues. A detailing of each item is listed below. 

Renewable Energy Credits: +$81,000 (Budget Question #55)
This proposal increases the operating budget by $81,000 to provide funding to purchase Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) that will allow the City to offset the equivalent of 100% of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the City’s current electric consumption. This item will be funded by reducing $38,500 from the Patrick Henry Recreation Center supplemental initiative (Budget Question #27) and defer the Employee Engagement Survey to FY2020, creating a bi-annual cycle saving $42,500 (Budget Question #65).

 

ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1 – Combined List of Preliminary Add/Delete Proposals



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