TITLE
Recommendation to declare ordinance approving and adopting the official budget of the City of Long Beach for the Fiscal Year 2014 - 2015, creating and establishing the funds of the Municipal Government of the City of Long Beach and appropriating money to and authorizing expenditures from said funds for said fiscal year; declaring the urgency thereof, and providing that this ordinance shall take effect at 12:01 A.M. on October 1, 2014, read and adopted as read. (Ordinance No. ORD-14-0013) (A-16)
DISCUSSION
On July 22, 2014, the City Manager’s Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 (FY 15) was delivered by Mayor Garcia to the City Council and community with recommended amendments for consideration. Budget meetings were set for March 11, July 22, August 5, August 12, August 19, September 2, September 9, along with six Budget Oversight Committee (BOC) meetings, and ten community meetings at which the FY 15 Proposed Budget was discussed. We are pleased to report that through the scheduled hearings, BOC and community meetings, presentations have been made by multiple City departments resulting in 23 separate opportunities for public feedback, deliberation and input.
At the conclusion of the hearings, the City Council will amend the proposed budget as it deems appropriate, and adopt the proposed budget as amended. Since the publication of the FY 15 Proposed Budget, updated estimates of revenue and expense, which primarily address technical corrections, are listed by fund and department in Attachments B and C to this letter, respectively.
The Appropriations Ordinance officially adopts the FY 15 budget and authorizes expenditures in conformance with the adopted budget. To become effective October 1, 2014, this Ordinance must include a finding of emergency. Specific resolutions provide for approval of the budgets for the Harbor, Sewer, and Water funds, which are not in the Appropriations Ordinance and certain fee adjustments. There will be motions that reque...
Click here for full text