Workshop Item Alison Bong, Deputy Finance Director
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2023 Budget Process Updates
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Background
The purpose of this item is to provide an update regarding the process for all budgets set to be adopted for 2023.
The following is a list of all relevant budgets and their associated fund type:
• Operating
o General Fund
• Capital Improvement Program
o Capital Equipment
o Parks
§ Neighborhood
§ Development
§ Open Space
o Pavement Management
o Utility
§ Water
§ Sanitary Sewer
§ Storm Drainage
• Enterprise (Utilities include operating and capital budgets)
o Water Utility
o Sanitary Sewer Utility
o Storm Drainage Utility
o Refuse Collection*
• Internal service fund (includes operating and capital budgets)
o Facilities
• Special Revenue
o Communications**
o Charitable Gambling
o Economic Development Authority
*per discussion held at the council workshop September 7, 2022, City Council indicated support for the staff recommended refuse collection rates and are comfortable to adopt the budget as proposed for 2023. Additionally, Council expressed desire for staff to bring forward a due diligence analysis showing how Walters rates compare against other organized haulers in the metropolitan area. Staff are completing this analysis and will bring forward a council workshop item before the end of the year.
**per discussion held at council workshop August 8, 2022, the special revenue fund for Communications will be absorbed into the general fund budget due to federal regulation restricting the use of the funds. All revenues received from the cable network will be tracked and used for relevant capital activities in the facilities and capital equipment fund budgets. Beginning in 2022 this fund will no longer be adopted separately.
For the sake of simplicity, the updates will be presented by budget in alphabetical order:
• Capital equipment
• Charitable gambling
• Communications
• Economic Development Authority (EDA)
• Facilities
• General fund
• Parks CIP
o development
o neighborhood
o open space
• Pavement management
• Refuse
• Sewer
• Storm
• Water
Capital equipment
• Last discussed: 9/19 WS 22-106
• Next steps:
o 10/8 detailed discussion
o 11/7 adoption
Charitable Gambling
• Last discussed: 8/8 WS 22-094
• Next steps:
o 11/21 workshop/2023 requests
o 12/5 adoption
Communications
• Last discussed: 8/8 WS 22-094
• Next steps:
o 10/8 operating discussion
o 12/19 adoption with GF
EDA budget and levy
• Last discussed: Small Groups; 9/12 WS 22-103
• Next steps:
o 10/8 detailed discussion
o 12/19 adoption
Facilities
• Last discussed: 10/3 WS 22-110
• Next steps:
o Address any final questions from City Council
o 12/19 adoption
General fund budget and levy
• Last discussed: Small groups; 8/8 WS 22-094; 9/12 WS 22-103
• Next steps:
o 10/8 detailed discussion
o Address any final issues or questions from City Council
o 12/19 adoption
Parks CIP
• Next steps:
o 10/18 NRCB - Open Space and Trails
o 10/25 Park Board - Parks Development and Parks Improvement
o 11/7 Workshop detailed discussion
o 11/21 adoption
Pavement management
• Next steps:
o 11/7 detailed discussion
o 11/21 adoption
Refuse Collection
• Last discussed: 9/7 WS 22-099
• Next steps:
o 11/7 adoption
Sanitary Sewer
• Last discussed: 9/12 WS 22-105
• Next steps:
o 11/14 detailed discussion
o 12/5 adoption
Storm Drainage
• Last discussed: 9/12 WS 22-105
• Next steps:
o 11/14 detailed discussion
o 12/5 adoption
Water
• Last discussed: 9/12 WS 22-105
• Next steps:
o 11/14 detailed discussion
o 12/5 adoption
Staff Recommendation
Staff requests council confirmation of the next steps for the associated budgets, and to identify any questions about the budgets that have been presented so that staff can prepare and finalize them for final adoption.
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