City of Long Beach - File #: 16-0825

• File #: 16-0825
• Version: 2
• Name: FM-Appropriations ORD
• Type: Emergency Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 8/29/2016
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 9/6/2016
• Final action: 9/20/2016
• Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance approving and adopting the official budget of the City of Long Beach for the fiscal year 2016-2017, 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, 2016, read and adopted as read.
• Sponsors: Financial Management
• Related files: 26174_014

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/20/2016	2	City Council	approve recommendation and adopt	Pass
9/13/2016	1	City Council	approve recommendation to declare Emergency Ordinance No. ORD- , read, and adopted as read and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading	Pass
9/6/2016	1	City Council	laid over

TITLE
Recommendation to declare ordinance approving and adopting the official budget of the City of Long Beach for the fiscal year 2016-2017, 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, 2016, read and adopted as read.

DISCUSSION
On August 1, 2016, the City Manager's Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY 17) was delivered by Mayor Garcia to the City Council and community with recommended amendments for consideration. Budget meetings were set for March 8, August 2, August 9, August 16, August 23, September 6, and September 13, along with five Budget Oversight Committee (BOC) meetings, and ten community meetings at which the FY 17 Proposed Budget was discussed. We are pleased to report that through the scheduled hearings, BOC and community meetings, there have been 22 separate opportunities for public feedback, deliberation and input. In addition, this year, the City has solicited input through the Budget Priority Survey to obtain feedback on what the City's General Fund priorities should be. The survey was promoted, along with OpenLB, which shows the budget visually, on the City's website, through Twitter and Facebook, and at the community meetings.

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 17 Proposed Budget, updated estimates of revenue and expense, which primarily address technical corrections, are listed by fund and department in Attachments B, C and D to this letter. The reasons are discussed at the end of this letter.

There are three Ordinances in Attachment A. The first Ordinance approves Resolution No. WD-1357 (A-3), which establishes the rates and charges for the ...