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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

DIVISION DESCRIPTION

The Community Development Division includes three Activities: Management Services, Planning and Zoning, and
Inspections and is currently staffed by the following positions: Assistant City Manager, City Planner, Assistant City
Planner, Building Official, Combination Inspector, and Development Coordinator.

The Community Development Division performs planning and zoning, community development, and inspections for
the City of Benbrook. The Assistant City Manager, as the Community Development Director, works with the Chamber
of Commerce and the Economic Development Corporation to coordinate economic development and to attract new
business investment to Benbrook. The City Planner and the Assistant City Planner coordinate planning and zoning
projects, assist developers, and provide administrative support to the Assistant City Manager and Planning and Zoning
Commission. The Inspections Activity performs permitting and inspection services.

The Division Summary page provides financial information for the Community Development Division on an actual
basis for 2015-16 and 2016-17; on an adopted budget and twelve-month estimate basis for 2017-18; and on a
department request, decision package, total request, and adopted budget basis for 2018-19.

The Community Development Division's total 2018-19 Budget is $801,894. This allocation is $10,292 over the amount
asked for by the Assistant City Manager in the 2018-19 total request of $791,602. This total request includes $791,602
for base budget expenditures; no decision packages were requested.

A decision package is defined as any change in program emphasis, expenditure of funds, and/or allocation of personnel
or equipment which results in an increase or decrease in the current level of services. A decision package is used to:
add a new program, delete an existing program or function and replace it with a new or different function or program,
request expenditures that exceed the total appropriation for the previous year's (2017-18) budget, request additional
compensation for an employee or job classification, request an adjustment to the City's Compensation Plan, and/or
request funds for a new capital outlay.

The Division Reconciliation and Decision Package Summary provides a reconciliation of all changes made from the
total request to the adopted budget. This summary also provides a list of all decision packages requested for
Community Development Activities. The list of decision packages categorizes the decision packages as funded or not-
funded and provides the allocation amount approved for each funded package.

CITY OF BENBROOK 2018-19 ANNUAL BUDGET
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