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General Fund

FY2019 DISCUSSION

The FY2019 Adopted Budget includes an increase of 2 APs and 2.00 FTEs from the 2018 budget due to the addition
of two new skilled trade technician positions, however the associated salaries and benefits are captured within
capital project funding and have no financial impact to the General Fund.

The FY2019 Adopted Budget increases by $217k in other contractual services to add service for new facilities, $25k
in other contractual services to subscribe McGraw-Hill Inside FERC, and $85k in facilities rep/maint supplies to add
maintenance for new facilities.

The FY2019 Adopted Budget includes an increase of $165k due to the janitorial cost consolidation from Economic
Development, TPW, Code Compliance and the Police departments. In addition, the adopted budget increases by
$1.3M to reflect change in accounting for the Energy Savings Debt program.

HORIZON ISSUES
The following issues for FY2019 are expected to result in some level of budgetary and/or operational impact over
the next one to five years. The issues listed are often in the preliminary or problem identification stage, could pose
significant resource allocation challenges in the near future, and/or adequately addressing the issue will require
some sort of City Council action/decision.

Facility Responsibility: As Property Management Department (PMD) matures, more facility-related tasking is being
moved from other departments to PMD without a corresponding increase in resources. Examples of this trend
include responsibility for furniture in common areas in City Hall, vending machines, ice machines, security systems
and controls, etc. PMD has talented personnel who can perform a variety of different tasks, but continuing to add
new functions without additional resources will challenge the limited existing resources to provide high quality
service in all areas.

Facility Maintenance: The city continues to grow its inventory of new facilities, and has added staff to the PMD
Facilities construction crew to perform capital projects in-house, but there have been no recent additions to the
maintenance staff. City facilities continue to age and require more and more preventive and routine maintenance.
Failure to address this recommended maintenance now may result in capital equipment failures in the near future.

Land Asset Management: The Real Property section is responsible for the management of the city’s real property
asset inventory. This includes the purchase and sale of land rights, developing and maintaining comprehensive
information systems and databases that identify properties that the city owns in fee simple title (approx. 3k) and
tax foreclosed properties held in trust for itself and local taxing entities (approx. 150). Since the inception of the
Property Management Department, Real Property staff has worked with the IT Department to leverage
technological resources to help management identify and track the disposition of these properties. Additionally
the Real Property Division has continued plans to reduce the city’s inventory of Tax Foreclosed Properties through
holding four Sealed Bid Sales and approximately ten Direct Sales each year.

Lease Management: The city leases space to private and governmental entities within city facilities in support of
initiatives to improve quality of life, promote education, and in support of the arts. Additionally, the city leases
space from private entities when existing space is unavailable for city operations within city facilities or when the
city needs a presence within the community. Since the inception of Property Management Department, staff has
been compiling an inventory of the property leases, entering into new leases when necessary, and assuring that
existing leases are renewed timely so that city operations and community initiatives are met. Improved technology

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