2010-06-07 Regular City Council session

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3. Stephan Glickert, 7750 Blackberry Mr. Glickert said he has never seen a regular scheduled street sweeper on his street except on the day of the Memorial Day run on a Sunday. He wondered if they were paid extra being a holiday Sunday, when it could have been done on a Friday. Secondly he asked why the inspectors mail out violations rather then posting on the house while the inspector is there. 4. Robyn Hamlin was present to introduce herself to the residents as she is running for US Representative in the First Congressional District and welcomed anyone to contact her for more information. H. PUBLIC HEARINGS The Finance Director/Deputy City Manager Janet Watson presented a PowerPoint presentation showing the City’s finance for FY11 budget. She stated the revenue for FY 11 is $41,693,000 and the expenditures for FY 11 is $43, 209,000, presenting a deficit budget which means the City will use some reserves set aside from previous years. The General Fund is the City’s operating fund. The revenue for the General Fund is $25,268,000 and the expenditures is $27, 550,000, leaving a 2.2 million dollar deficit of which 1 million of it is related to the flood buy out, and so the actual operating deficit is 1.2 million dollars. Other funds are Grant funds, Library fund, Economic Development Sales Tax fund, the CALOP fund is a fee received from cable bills, Sewer Later fund from fee on property taxes, and Debt Service fund where City funds General Obligation bonds. Ms. Watson noted there are three active special taxing districts, the Olive Special TIF, Loop district and the Parkview Garden district. She stated there is one internal service fund which is the fleet maintenance fund, one enterprise fund which is the Loop parking garage and tonight’s agenda is requesting the Solid Waste Management fund to become an Enterprise fund. An Enterprise fund means they are treated as a business where assets are depreciated. University City’s sales tax presently is 7.925 percent. Ms. Watson said that we receive more out of the pool of cities then the City does as a Point of Sale. Ms. Watson noted that the City receives about ten percent of the personal property tax. The School District receives fifty-eight percent of the personal property tax followed by the Special School District which receives thirteen percent. Out of the ten percent of the personal property tax the City receives it uses about 54 cents out of seven dollars is for operations. Ms. Watson used a comparison of a $200,000 house; a personal property tax bill in 2009 was a little over $2,700. Out of the $2,700, the City receives $285 of it with the general operation receive $206, the police and fire retirement $58 and the debt service $21. Ms. Watson passed out a comparison of University City with other municipalities with fire departments. This graph is attached at the end. Ms. Watson stated that in FY 09 the Solid Waste Management was taken out of the General Fund and FY 10 the Grant Fund was taken out and put in a separate fund. The Grant Fund made a large fluctuation in the General Fund and any change that was lost in actual operation. She noted that in 2007, the City was spending almost all of the revenue it received. Ms. Watson said that she believed the City could not make it to FY 12 without making substantial changes. Ms. Watson said the issue tonight is the City’s future and what can be done to change it. Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 11 Proposed Budget was opened at 7:15 p.m. Richard Dockett, 6844 Crest Ave Mr. Dockett asked to have a meeting with Mayor Welsch to discuss the programs and how the City can help to continue to improve the life of the senior citizens of the area. He would like to have some funding available for the senior needs. 2