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Recommendation to approve the Fiscal Year 2007 first quarter departmental and fund budget appropriation adjustments in accordance with existing City Council policy. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On September 19, 2006, the City Council adopted the Appropriations Ordinance governing City expenditures for Fiscal Year 2007 (FY 07). From time to time, changes in revenue or operating conditions call for appropriation adjustments. For example, in some cases these adjustments enable departments to expend newly received grant revenue for which there is no existing appropriation. In addition, changes for multi-year grants/projects are necessary to bring appropriations in line with final grant/project award amounts. In accordance with the City's practice, these adjustments are presented quarterly to the City Council for consideration. Please see Attachment A for a Fund Balance Analysis of impacted City funds and Attachment B for a recap of FY 07 General Fund Budget Adjustments.
This letter was reviewed by Assistant City Attorney Heather A. Mahood on January 8, 2007.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
The following requests for adjustments to FY 07 departmental and fund appropriations are necessary to reflect changes in operating conditions. City Council action is requested on January 23, 2007 to authorize the timely processing of payments.
FISCAL IMPACT
City Prosecutor
During the City Prosecutor's FY 07 budget presentation to City Council, the City Prosecutor recommended that his office be allowed to fill positions previously held vacant as a source of savings towards the City's structural deficit. During the adoption of the FY 07 budget, these positions remained unfunded. The City Prosecutor's Office is requesting $186,661 in General Fund appropriation to fill these vacancies. In addition, a portion of the increased labor costs for FY 07 were not included in the FY 07 Adopted Budget. The City Prosecutor's Office is requesting $142,597 in General Fund appropriation for the incr...
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