Title
Approval of Amendment to Ordinance 7070 (Operating Budget)
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve amending Ordinance 7070 on second reading.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve an amendment to Ordinance 7070.
Staff Contact:
Dean Walz, Fiscal Services Director, Administrative Services Department, 360.753.8465
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
Background and analysis has changed from first to second reading.
To change the budget the Council must approve a new ordinance amending the budget. Generally, budgetary amendments are made quarterly. On occasion, a budget change needs to be made between the quarterly updates and a separate ordinance will come before the Council. These ordinances do not officially amend the budget ordinance, but do provide authorization to expend funds. The attached ordinance reflects ordinances which may have been adopted relating to the budget since the last quarterly update, and other proposed changes to the budget.
There was one ordinance passed since the adoption of Ordinance 7070 relating to the Operating Budget. Ordinance 7077 adopted by the Council 4/25/2017 appropriated the following:
Policy Research and Development $100,000
Code Enforcement and Abatement 50,000
Downtown Strategy 50,000
Art/Cultural Program Enhancement 50,000
Comp Plan Implementation 40,000
Council Goals 37,071
$327,071
Budget Items Not Previously Presented to the Council:
1) Appropriation of $400 for public defender training. Funding provided by a grant from the State of Washington Office of Public Defense.
2) Appropriation of $24,000 for the production of the 2018-2022 Assessment of the Fair Housing Plan. Funding provided from the City Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) ($4,500), Thurston County ($9,750) and Thurston County Housing Authority (9,750).
3) Appropriation of $23,000 for the Downtown Architectural History Survey project. Funding provided from the Thurston County Heritage Commission ($5,000) and the Washington State, Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation ($18,000).
4) Appropriation of $50 to the Seizure & Forfeiture special account, funding from the account fund balance.
5) Appropriation of $8,803 for police training. Funding is from the close-out of two special accounts and transfer of remaining funds in the accounts to the Police Department. The accounts being closed are the Firing Range account ($6,948) and the School Resource Officer account ($1,855). This also includes the appropriation of $60 in those two accounts representing funds in the accounts which have not previously been budgeted.
6) Appropriation of $180,000 to the Arts Fund and $122,000 to the Equipment and Facilities Reserve Fund for major repairs. These are funded by a transfer of funds from the City Hall Construction Fund.
7) Appropriation of $3,200 for the Summer Nutrition Program, funding provided and increase in funding from the Department of Agriculture.
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
None known
Options:
1) Approve ordinance amending Ordinance 7070.
2) Do not approve the amending ordinance. The budget items not previously presented to the Council would not be authorized.
Financial Impact:
Appropriations increase is a total of $688,584. Funding for these appropriations noted above.
Attachments:
Ordinance