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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPackets - Council Packets (984) AGENDA ORO VALLEY TOWN COUNCIL BUDGET WORK SESSION MAY 31, 2006 ORO VALLEY TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS 11,000 N. LA CANADA DRIVE STUDY SESSION AT OR AFTER 5:30 PM CALL TO ORDER: 5:30 PM ROLL CALL 1. REVIEW OF MAY 25, 2006 BUDGET SESSION — FOLLOW-UP MEMORANDUM 2. REVIEW OF CUMULATIVE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS WORKSHEET 3. DISCUSSION REGARDING DEPARTMENTAL PERSONNEL REQUEST AND FUNDING RESOURCES 4. DISCUSSION OF THE FINANCE AND BOND COMMITTEE'S RE- RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER AND APPROVE A 4% UTILITY TAX DURING FISCAL YEAR 2006/07 5. 2006/07 TENTATIVE BUDGET WRAP-UP ADJOURNMENT The Town of Oro Valley complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If any person with a disability needs any type of accommodation, please notify the Oro Valley Town Clerk, at 229-4700 POSTED: 05/26/06 4:45 p.m. Ih 1 MEMORANDUM DATE: May 26, 2006 TO: Honorable Mayor and Council FROM: Chuck Sweet, Town Manager David Andrews, Assistant Town Manager Stacey Lemos, Finance Director RE: Follow-up Issues from May 25th Budget Review Session A number of issues were raised during the Mayor and Council's Budget Review Session on May 25th. This memorandum serves as staff follow-up to these issues. 1) Issue: A rate reduction in the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS). Response: The PSPRS actuary has begun to recalculate employer contribution rates for FY 2006-07. The adjusted rates will be available in mid- June. 2) Issue: Cost benefit of moving Water Utility personnel to a leased facility. Response: Staff will work with Water Utility to determine the cost and feasibility of re-locating personnel to a leased location versus establishing temporary operating facilities at the Municipal Operations Center site and report back to Council prior to adoption of the tentative budget on June 21, 2006. 3) Issue: Adjust FY 2005/06 year-end estimates and FY 2006/07 Town Manager requested budget for carry-forward capital projects. Response: The adjustments have been reflected in the cumulative budget adjustments worksheet. I Stacey Lemos Finance Director '3›-ArviDgen 40 oc David Andrews Assist. t Town Manager 4114 Chuck Sweet Town Manager cc: All Department Heads Bob Kovitz, Govt/Community Relations Admin. 2 TOWN OF ORO VALLEY FY 2006/07 BUDGET Council Line Item Changes Through May 25, 2006 I Department/Division Line Item I Increase/(Decrease) GENERAL FUND; Recurring: Tow 1,623 n Council 2.3% Cost of Living Adjustment $ _ 47,451 Various Departments Department Heads Salary Market Adjustments p 212 450 No Rate Increase in Health Care Benefits ( ) Various Departments $ (163,376) Subtotal Recurring Non-Recurring: 18,200 Safety (5) Fireproof storage cabinets $ Building Am Parks & Recreation Increase lease expense forhi facilities 21,000 Amp hi Reduced LSTA grant (11,800)Custodial Utility tool truck bed 10,000 Car forward Economic Vitality Model costs 50,000 FinanceCarryforward Finance Carryforward ERP system costs 125,000 Subtotal Non-Recurring $ 212,400 Total Council Adjustments -$ 49,024 Contingency Per Manager's Recommended $ 10,387,146 Total Council Adjustments (49,024) Contingency Per Tentative Budget _ $ 10,338,122 HIGHWAY FUND Recurring: Department Heads Salary Market Adjustments $ 16,025 p No Rate Increase in Health Care Benefits (36,093) Subtotal Recurring $ (20,068) Non-Recurring: ,Magee Road overlay $ 125,000 Lighted street signs along Oracle Rd. 80,000 Asphalt Patching Truck 80,000 Loan transfer to Roadway Impact Fee Fund 1,000,000 $ 1,285,000 Subtotal Non-Recurring Total Councj it Adjustments $ 1,264,932 - -Contingency Per Manager's Recommended $ 2,872,307 Total Council Adjustments (1,264,932) Contingency Per Tentative Budget _ $ 1,607,375 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Recurring: _ No Rate Increase in Health Care Benefits $ (5,487) Total Council Adjustments $ (5,487) G:\BUDGET\FY 06-07\Council Line Item Changes I DepartmentlDivision Line Item I Increase/(Decrease) ROADWAY IMPACT FEES Non-Recurring: and $ (1,000,000) Loan transfer from Highway F Total Council Adjustments - $ (1,000,000) Contingency Per Manager's Recommended $ 520,743 g Y ' Total Council Adjustments 1,000,000 Contingency Per Tentative Budget $ 1,520,743 9 Y WATER UTILITY Recurring: (31,772) No Rate Increase in Health Care Benefits Non-Recurring: 80,000 Carry forward costs for Sheraton D-Zone Booster _ $ - Carry forward costs for Pusch Ridge Reservoir 50,000 Subtotal Non-Recurring $ 130,000 - Total Council Adjustments $ 98,228 Contingency Per Manager's Recommended $ 1,915,523 g Y Total Council Adjustments (98,228) • Contingency Per Tentative Budget $ 1,817,295 9 Y ALTERNATIVE WATER RESOURCES Non-Recurring: - 187,100 Carry forward costs for Phase 1 In-line Booster _ $ Carry forward costs for Phase 2 Mains 196,850 $ 383,950 Total Council Adjustments Contingency Per Manager's Recommended $ 675,526 g Y Total Council Adjustments (383,950) Contin enc Per Tentative Budget $ 291,576 _Contingency 1 I W AT E R CONNECTION FEE S Non-Recurring: 40,000 Carry forward costs for Stone Canyon H-Zone Mair $ Carry forward costs for WP#15 0.5MG Reservoir 75,000 Total Council Adjustments - $ 115,000 Contingency Per Manager's Recommended $ 6,507,573 Total Council Adjustments (115,000) Contingency Per Tentative Budget $ 6,392,573 9 Y STORMWATER UTILITY Recurring: Rate Increase in Health Care Benefits $ (605) No (605) Council Adjustments $ Total G:\BUDGET\FY 06-07\Council Line Rem Changes Departure ntlDivision I Line Item Increase/(Decrease) SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS Non-Recurring: reduction $ (900,000) Honeybee Village Pima County bond proceeds500,000 y 2nd cycle of grant funding from Tohono O'dham _ $ Honeybee Village _ y $ (400,000) Total Council Adjustments G:\BUDGET\FY 06-07\Council Line Item Changes • SUGGESTED DIRECTION REGARDING FY 2006/07 CHANGES Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) Employer Rate Reduction Budget included the PSPRS actuarially-determined employer The Town Manager's Recommendedg • 11.86% FY 2006/07. Based on recently passed legislation extending the matching rate of for r . • PSPRS' unfunded liabilities, all members of the pension system can expect amortization period of the • to decrease by2%-3%. Oro Valley's exact reduction amount will not their employer matching rates be known until later in June. • Savings with a 2% Reduction in the Matching Rate: $ 94,000 Potential General Fund g Apply this savings amount toward the funding of Capital Improvements Suggested Direction: pp y 9 • Fund, therebyincreasingthe General Fund Contingency by $94,000. Projects (CIP) in the General Adjustment of Bed Tax Rebate Commitments Budget Item Within the Bed Tax Fund, an amount of $432,084 was budgeted in the Town Manager's Recommended Budget for Bed Tax Rebate Commitments. This figure was calculated based on the of Oro ValleyResolution (R) 05-35, which allocated specific portions of the Iitera1 interpretation Town's 6% bed tax revenues to various areas. Currently, though, only the Hilton El Conquistador has Y an approved bed sharing g tax agreement with the Town of Oro Valley, which entitles the Hilton to a 2% of the total bed taxes generated by the Hilton only. This amount approximates rebate of $330,000 for FY 2006/07, therefore there is excess budget capacity in that line item of approximately $102,000 ($432K9 total budgeted less $330K due to Hilton) that may be allocated elsewhere. Bed Tax Fund Excess Allocation: $102,000 Apply this excess budget capacity to the Parks and Recreation section of Suggested Direction: pp y g the Bed Tax Fund forNaranjadevelopment.the Town Site develo ment. This would increase the Bed Tax Fund budget for the Naranja Town Site by $102,000 to $426,063. 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D- 4, C 4, o p W O o Op O O U t ►`G 4i9 (A 4f3 EA N CO 0) O cn 0= -N) , O o -o C0 O n 0 O 0cn 41) 41) (A 413 EA 413 kn N O N --I o 0 O s N N --4 - a) � A �(0 0) D y -co N S C) N A o 0)j co - r W C) � W,oD � CO Co; OO;Noo -a CTS 01 C) 41 W 0) O)I W N.)'0 O f4&A 4 TOWN OF ORO VALLEY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION MEETING DATE: May 31, 2006 TO:• HONORABLE MAYOR & COUNCIL FROM: Stacey Lemos, Finance Director SUBJECT: Discussion of the Finance and Bond Committee's Recommendation that Council a 4% Utility and Approve Tax During Fiscal Year 2006/07 SUMMARY: . a May25th after the budget study session to Finance and Bond Committee met last Thursday, The F . The Committee members have attended alternative revenue options for Fiscal Year 2006/07 discuss been expressed both by the Town studysession and listened to the needs that have p • each budget budget constraints that are facing the Council and management staff and have taken a look at the e needs, the Committee unanimously approved a motion Town next fiscal year. To help address these and approval of the 4% utility tax on natural gas, electricity to re-recommend Council consideration pp g and water utility services Burin FY 2006/07 to provide funding for the following purposes: • Public Safety staffing and other critical staffing needs of the Town • Recreation needs at the Naranja Town Site • To mitigate current and future drawdowns on the General Fund's fund balance that the utility Committee specifically recommended taxes generated from natural gas and the purposes electricitybe allocated to the General Fund for outlined above (with estimated annual revenues of $1.5M) and that the utility taxes generated from the water utility service (annual revenues • Town's Water Enterprise Fund to help supplement future estimated at $400K) be allocated to the p ° not burdened byboth a base rate increase and a 4% tax base rate increases so that customers are increase on water services. Finally, the Committee recommended that the utility tax be revisited beginto be everytwo years as future sales tax revenues generated from the retail commercial centers in Town. SUGGESTED MOTION: Council's Pleasure fed yu�� Stacey Le s F' ce Di ctor C)21/41 David L. Andrews Assistant Town Manager / Elf Chuck Sweet Town Manage G:ISTACEYICouncil CommuniclUtil Tax Recomm by FBC 5-31-06.doc RESOLUTION NO. (R) 01 - 28 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF ORO VALLEY, ARIZONA, RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. (R) 97-03 AND RE-ENACTING THE FISCAL AND BUDGETARY POLICY FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE TOWN OF ORO VALLEY, ARIZONA WHEREAS, on January 21, 1997, the Council did approve Resolution No. (R) 97-03, which adopted a fiscal and budgetary policy for administration of the financial operations of the Town of Oro Valley, Arizona, and; WHEREAS, establishing and updating fiscally sound budgetary policies and practices will enable the Town to achieve and maintain a long-term stable and positive financial condition and; WHEREAS, the process of developing fiscal and budgetary policies provides guidelines to Town Management in planning and managing the Town's day-to- day financial affairs and in developing recommendations to the Town Council, and; WHEREAS, publicity adopted policies contribute significantly to credibility and confidence in government from the public and financial community, and; WHEREAS, an explicit policy facilitates continuity in handling the Town's financial affairs; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF ORO VALLEY, ARIZONA: Section 1 —That Resolution No. (R)97-03 is hereby rescinded. Section 2 — Balanced Budget The Town will develop an annual budget whereby recurring Town revenues will be sufficient to support recurring operating with no use of the General Fund contingency expenditures g y to support ongoing operational expenses. g g p Section 3 — Contingency Reserve The Town will maintain, at a minimum, a 20% of the in the General Fund which contingency reserverepresents General Fund and Highway Fund's combined annual expenditures. reserves in excess of the minimum may, Contingency , at the Town Council's Y discretion be used to fund "one-time" non-recurring expenditures. p Section 4 — Level of Authority The Town's annual budget shall be legally adopted by the Town Council at the fund level, except in the General Fund, C:\Documents and Settings\wgilden.OROVALLEY.000\My Documents\budgetary policy RES 01-281.doc where it shall be adopted at the department level. To provide sufficient control budgets shall be prepared and monitored by major and accountability, g expenditure categories (personnel, operations and maintenance, capital outlay, debt service). • Given that the provisions of Section 1 and Section 5 — Service Level Funding Section 2 of this Resolution have been satisfied, every effort will be made to maintain, at a minimum, existinglevels of public services for the community. Section 6 Lapsing Appropriations of A ro riations All budgetary appropriations that have not been expended or lawfullyencumbered shall lapse at the end of the fiscal year, June 30. Appropriationscapitalprojects for in progress at fiscal year end shall be made for the subsequent fiscal year. g Section 7 — Budget Amendments and Transfers Because detailed budgets are considered bythe Town to be a planning tool for department management, departments g should have some degree of flexibility in establishing and adjusting such detail includingmajorexpenditure categories (personnel, operations and maintenance, capital outlay, debt service). To provide such flexibility, the P Y following budget amendment and transfer provisions shall apply.. recommendation of the Transfers between funds shall require the A) Town Manager and formal action by the Town Council. B) Transfers between the line items within each major expenditure permitted upon be u on recommendation of the Department Head and approval by the Town Manager. C) Transfers between the line items or major expenditure categories to fund additionalpersonnel ersonnel or increased expenditures as a result of personnel reclassifications shall require the recommendation of the Town Manager and formal action by the Town Council. Transfers between the operations and maintenance and capital D) P outlay major expenditure categories shall be permitted upon recommendation of p g the Department Head and approval by the Town Manager. E) Transfers that would reduce or eliminate funding for items in the adopted Capital Improvements Program shall require the designatedp P recommendation of the Town Manager and formal Council action. F) Transfers that would reduce or eliminate funding for debt service shall require the recommendation of the Town Manager and formal Council action. Section 8 — Long-Range Forecasts The Town's annual budget shall include revenue forecasts for the proposed current budget plus an additional two years to test the ability of the Town to absorb expenditures and to react to changes in the economy or service demands. Section 9 — Performance Measurement The Town will minimize the financial burden on its taxpayers by routinely evaluating both its administrative and direct service delivery systems in terms of efficiency, effectiveness and responsiveness. Technology will be utilized when feasible to increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Section 10 — Productivity Improvements The Town will promote the understanding that its employees are its most valuable resource and will employ sound management practices when planning for service delivery. The Town will be committed to maintaining and improving the productivity of staff through a pleasant working environment, appropriate equipment including office automation and computer applications, necessary training and adequate supplies and materials as resources and adopted policies permit. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Oro Valley, Arizona, this 18th day of April , 2001 TOWN OF ORO VALLEY, ARIZONA Paul H. Loomis, Mayor ATTEST: 0= C.- Kat n E. Cuvelier, Town Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Dan Dudle, Town Attorney Y