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CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS

MANAGER’S MEMO
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Date: June 13 , 2018

To: Mayor and City Council

From: Eric Strong, City Manager

Mayor and Council,

Included in your notebook is a first draft of the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Annual Operating Budget.
The format is significantly more detailed than previous years, with the intention being that it
provides information to you in an attempt to be as transparent as possible and clear up possible
ambiguity. Please do not feel like you have to read the entire book cover to cover.

There are several things I want to point out to you regarding the attached budget:

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 Our first budget meeting is June 25 . At that time we will work through as much of the
General Fund as is possible. We will not go further than the General Fund (the only
possible exception to this is that we might review the CCPD and Traffic Safety funds if
time permits, although I don’t anticipate that).
 We have already reviewed revenues. We will NOT revisit that, only expenses.
 During our presentation, staff will focus primarily on the following items:
o Major budget differences from previous years
o Capital Expenses (Summarized toward the back of the budget book)
o Supplemental Requests (Summarized toward the back of the budget book)
o Major Goals and Objectives
 We do not go over the budget line by line. You are welcome to do so and ask any
questions you might have, but we generally don’t dedicate time in the budget meetings
to that purpose.
 I want to point out that just because a capital request or supplemental request is not yet
funded (or if it is funded), does not mean we can’t make changes. We certainly can.
Some items simply require further discussion and clarification before we commit to them.
That is the point of the budget meetings.
 There are currently no salary increases included in the budget. We are still working on
what that looks like for next year. However, included with this memo is a worksheet
showing the budget impact for an across the board 3% increase.
 Also included with this memo is a summary of major changes to the budget document
from the previous year.