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Council Agenda Item Cover <br />________________________________________________________________ <br />MEETING DATE: <br /> October 6, 2008 <br />th <br />AGENDA ITEM TITLE: <br /> Resolution Approving 4 Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Budget <br />Amendment and Transfers <br />AGENDA SECTION: <br /> New Business <br />CAN THIS ITEM BE RESCHEDULED? : <br />No <br />BACKGROUND REVIEW: <br />Attached are the budget transfers for the 4th quarter of the <br />year. This transfer incorporates four different items. <br />1) Administrative Services - Legal Services were greater than originally planned for <br />the year and medical coverage was budgeted for one less employee than <br />accepted City coverage. <br />2) Information Technology - Items were budgeted in one account, but the <br />expenditures appropriate occurred in a different account. <br />3) Police - Nearly all fleet maintenance & replacement costs were over for the year <br />due to higher fuel costs and needed repairs. <br />4) Fire - Overages in fleet maintenance & replacement costs were over for the year, <br />additional tools were needed and more turnout gear was expended than <br />budgeted due to having many new employees, as well as replacement of worn <br />out gear for longer term employees. This is a safety issue. <br />5) Public Works – Overages in fleet maintenance costs were over for the year and <br />Solid Waste overtime was greater than planned due to the delivery of the new <br />recycling containers. <br />6) Parks, Recreation & Forestry - Items were budgeted in one account, but the <br />expenditures appropriate occurred in a different account. <br />7) Grants – Each year as the staff plan the budget, there is an estimate as to how <br />much will be spent in each grant project. In FY 08 some grants did not occur as <br />much as planned, and some grants proceeded quicker than planned. The most <br /> <br />