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Recommendation to confirm that the City Manager’s proposed Measure A spending plan in the FY 19 Proposed Budget conforms with the intent of Resolution No. RES-16-0018 prioritizing spending and with the language contained in the ballot measure expressed in Resolution No. RES-16-0017.
DISCUSSION
Pursuant to the June 7, 2016 Measure A ballot initiative, on January 1, 2017, businesses in the City of Long Beach began to collect an additional one percent in sales tax on all tangible personal property sold at retail in the City. The FY 19 Proposed Budget demonstrates the City’s commitment to program Measure A funds in a manner that prioritizes investments in public safety and infrastructure. For FY 19, the City Manager has recommended a total of $56.9 million in Measure A funded uses for public safety and infrastructure - funded by $54.5 million in anticipated Measure A revenues and approximately $2.4 million in anticipated Measure A surplus in FY 18. The FY 19 Proposed Budget recommends that these Measure A funds provide continued funding for previous public safety restorations and to maintain public safety services, which is approximately the equivalent of 108 sworn positions that otherwise may not have had funding. The FY 19 Proposed Budget also funds four new sworn positions to help address homelessness - two Quality of Life Police Officers and two Firefighters as part of an additional HEART team for the City. Measure A funds are also proposed for one-time investments to support second academies for both the Police and Fire Departments in FY 19, Police overtime funds to support the Neighborhood Safe Streets Initiative, the modernization and expansion of public safety network cameras, and continued work on the infrastructure investment plan. Additionally, funding has been allocated to fund the Measure B contribution and administration of the Measure A tax.
The table below summarizes, by category, the planned uses for Measure A in FY 18 Adjusted Budget and...
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