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Short-term initiatives for the upcoming year

The FY25 budget reflects the City’s response to changes in the environment in which it operates and
of the key initiatives that guided its development. These initiatives reflect the choices for the fiscal
year and are consistent with the City’s long-term policies.

Continue to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery
The program provides customer service and leadership development training to employees
throughout the organization. All employees are required to attend a Business Culture Guiding
Values training session in which participants are introduced to the Grapevine method of (1) How
We Treat People; (2) How We Lead Our Employees; (3)
How We Manage Our Resources; (4) How We Make
Decisions; and (5) How We Confront Challenges.

The program was suspended in FY20 and again in FY21
due to COVID-19. Upon its resumption in FY22, a major
program enhancement was to change to Even Years
Continuing Education / Odd Years New Class. This
allows us to provide continuing leadership education to
people who have already completed NGL – the alumni. The first year of continuing education for
NGL alumni resumed in 2024. Previous classes have implemented capstone projects designed to
increase efficiency and effectiveness throughout the organization.

Continue to explore new ways to combat spiraling health care costs
The FY25 budget continues funding for programs geared toward reducing health care cost by
developing proactive approaches for assessment and prevention. Programs include Virgin Pulse
challenges, Naturally Slim, Weight Watchers at Work, and financial incentives for smoking
cessation. Also included is the popular Lunch and Learn series, which covers a wide variety of
topics to promote health and wellness.

Continue to use excess reserves to invest in “Quality of Life” capital projects
The City Council has adopted the policy of maintaining a 20% fund balance in the General Fund.
All reserves in excess of the 20% threshold are to be transferred to the Quality of Life CIP fund
at fiscal year-end. Due to the pandemic, the transfer was suspended in FY20 and FY21.
However, as sales and use taxes began to rebound, $1 million was transferred to the QOL fund at
the end of FY23 and $909,010 million is estimated to be transferred at the end of FY24. In
FY25, $1,000,000 is budgeted to be transferred to the QOL fund.

Continue to enhance tourism by promoting Grapevine as a “destination”
With the establishment of the CVB Incentives fund in 2015, the monies collected by the 1% addition
to the hotel/motel occupancy tax are segregated from other CVB funds and restricted for use to attract
new group business and new hotel room development as a part of our Economic Development
efforts. This fund is expected to generate $6.2 million in FY24 and is projected to generate $5.4
million in FY25.

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