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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

The Community Development Functional area includes three divisions: 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 Department 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 division performs permitting and inspection services.

The Functional Summary page provides financial information for the Community Development department 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 Community Development function's total 2023-24 Budget is $923,510. This allocation is more than asked for by the
Assistant City Manager in the 2023-24 total request of $902,223. This total request includes $902,223 for base budget
expenditures and no decision packages, plus a 3.0 percent COLA.

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 Compensation Plan, and/or request funds for a new
capital outlay.

The Functional 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 department. 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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