Page 15 - Colleyville FY21 Budget

gas mileage. The newer fleet will also provide enhanced safety features for
employees who drive the vehicles. The retirement of the fleet service manager
in the summer of 2019 provided an opportunity to evaluate how the City conducts
its fleet purchasing and maintenance operations. Rather than fill the position, the
City has shifted the management oversight to the current field operations
supervisor.

The City absorbs costs whenever possible, reallocating dollars to where the need
exists rather than being content with the status quo on resource prioritization.
This effort pays dividends when attempting to hold service levels steady amidst a
global pandemic and subsequent economic recession, as we are currently
experiencing. Personnel cost increases and maintaining service levels as well as
the health insurance deductible reimbursement program are able to be absorbed
without needing any additional property tax revenue. Helping this effort is
Colleyville’s 2021 health insurance re-rate, which showed no increases in
insurance costs.

• Preserves public safety services

Public safety continues to be one of the community’s highest priorities and this
budget maintains funding for the high level of services Colleyville citizens expect.
The proposed fiscal year 2021 budget includes funding for 44 sworn police officers,
12 of whom are funded out of the Colleyville Crime Control and Prevention District
(CCCPD) budget (funded by a ½ cent sales tax). When possible, the City will
continue to move officers from the General Fund into the CCCPD fund, although
no such moves are planned for FY21. The City’s strategy is to fund police officers
and services from CCCPD as opposed to capital items to connect the sales tax
approved by the voters to direct public safety. This strategy has the added benefit
of reducing reliance on property tax.

• Makes long-term plans for adjusting the Utility Capital Improvement
Plan rate in order to fund 5-year CIP

In 2017, the City Council voted to create a new component of the City’s utility
rates dedicated solely to funding capital projects. The rate is tiered based on meter
size and currently yields approximately $360,000 in revenue. However, since
2017 the City has been relying on the Utility Fund’s ample cash balance to pay for
the majority of the projects. Because this excess balance is projected to run out
in FY 2022, Council will begin adjusting the CIP rate incrementally to provide for
adequate capital project funding. Going forward, the adoption of the 5-year CIP
will trigger an adoption of a rate necessary to fully fund it.

• Includes investment in and replacement of the City’s infrastructure

Year 1 (fiscal year 2021) of the City’s 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)
includes over $38 million in projects to replace aging infrastructure, both above

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