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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

The General Government Functional area performs all the general administrative activities of the City. This
functional area is comprised of the following departments: City Council, City Manager, City Secretary, and Non-
Departmental. The General Government function, along with the Staff Services function, provides the necessary

support services for the various line department/divisions. Positions funded in the General Government function
include the Mayor, City Councilmembers, City Manager, Management Analyst, City Secretary, Deputy City
Secretary, and Administrative Clerk.

The Functional Summary page provides financial information for the General Government function on an actual
basis for 2021-22; on an adopted budget and twelve-month estimate basis for 2022-23; and on a department
request, decision package, total request, and adopted budget basis for 2023-24.

The General Government Function's total 2023-24 Budget is $1,493,253. This allocation is $21,970 more than the
amount requested by Department Heads in their 2023-24 total request of $1,471,283. This total request includes
$1,471,283 for base budget expenditure and no decision packages were requested. A 3.0 percent COLA was
approved bring the total budget to $1,493,253.

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 (2022-23)
budget, request additional compensation for an employee or job classification, request an adjustment to the City's
Classification and 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

General Government 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.

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