Translate[Archived] Question # 08: Can you provide an update of the FY 2020 Budget Question 11, Reduction Proposals Not Taken?
Question:
Can you provide an update of the FY 2020 Budget Question 11, Reduction Proposals Not Taken? (Mayor Wilson, Councilman Chapman)
Response:
Early in the FY 2021 budget development process, staff estimated a $10 to $20 million budget shortfall due to slow revenue growth and high-demand expenditure needs, particularly in the areas of schools operating, Metro operating and capital costs, and City and school capital infrastructure needs.
To address this shortfall, the City Manager and the Office of Management and Budget instructed departments to develop expenditure reduction options equal to or greater than 2.5% of FY 2020 General Fund budgets. This exercise requested $8.7 million in expenditure reduction options or revenue increases to be submitted from departments. A total of $5.7 million of submitted reductions, efficiencies and cost recovery options were taken. The attached list includes $3.5 million in reduction options that were considered but not included in the FY 2021 Proposed Budget.
All reduction proposals were reviewed by the Office of Management & Budget and prioritized by Focus Area groups. In many cases, the items on this list were not selected because they represent priority programs or services or if the reductions were taken would provide significant service reductions to the community or increase pressures on other City services.
Attachment 1: FY 2021 Proposed Budget – Reductions not Taken