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City Council Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:

08/23/2022

BACKGROUND

Workshop on the Proposed FY 2022-23 Budget and tax rate or the General Fund.

After the previous discussions with Council on August 5th and August 9th, staff has reviewed the expanded program list and recommends the following:
9 additional positions including: a Police Detective, 2 Parks Maintenance Technicians, a Recreation Coordinator, a GIS Specialist, a Permit Technician, a Neighborhood Services Officer, and to convert 2 10-hour library clerks to 20-hour clerks.

17 additional services and equipment including: remaining funding of the Records Management Software for Police, Cellebrite System for Police, additional body armor for Police, Emulsion Tank, additional radios for events and emergencies, additional mowing services, cameras for Fire Station #3, replacement security cameras, additional library materials, additional contract cleaning, upgrade to the Manager Plus software, a hard drive shredder, Office365 software training, noise mitigation tiles in the library, trail funding, a new skid steer, funding a Cibolo Creek Clean-Up program, funding a HOT Spot program, additional kids audio books, and additional funding for street maintenance.

The annual budget is required to have a public hearing before adoption. Staff recommends holding that hearing September 6, and adopt the budget on second reading on September 13, 2022. This follows the regulations set by the state in the Local Government Code on budget adoption chapter 102.

GOAL

To review the budget and proposed changes.

COMMUNITY BENEFIT

The Proposed Budget is submitted to the City Council and is available on the website for the public to review.

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED ACTION

Staff recommends council use the discussion on budget and expanded programs to set a new preliminary tax rate.

FISCAL IMPACT

The General Fund budget is propose to the tax rate of $0.4950, which would raise the average tax bill by $124.99 annually. This would allow for additional street funding, 24 new positions, new services, new equipment, and wage adjustments.

RECOMMENDATION

No action required on this item.