Title
Resolution to Adopt Ann Arbor City Budget and Related Property Tax Millage Rates for Fiscal Year 2019
Memorandum
Attached for your review and action is the proposed FY 2019 City Budget that totals $440 million in revenue and $396 million in expenditures and is in compliance with the City Charter. This budget resolution reflects the recommended budget delivered to you on April 16, 2018.
General Fund Activities
This recommended budget holds recurring expenditure levels in line with the projected revenue levels.
General Fund recurring expenditures increased by $1,490,442 (+1.5%) compared to FY 2018’s adopted budget, and recurring revenues increased by $811,189 (0.79%). Below is a summary of non-recurring expenditures:
FTEs
The City’s FTEs are proposed to increase from 742, as amended during FY18, to 743 in FY 2019 (excluding transfers between Service Areas and net of incidental changes):
• 2.0 FTE increase in Safety Services, Police
• 1.0 FTE decrease in Safety Services, Fire
As part of the workforce planning initiative, Council is authorizing staff to exceed the authorized 743 FTEs by 10 on a temporary basis.
Millage Rates
The following millages are the maximum allowable levy after the Headlee rollback multiplier is applied (for FY 2019 the Headlee rollback multiplier is anticipated to be 0.9845):
Prepared by: Tom Crawford, Chief Financial Officer
Approved by: Howard Lazarus, City Administrator
Body
(See Attached Resolution, approved as Amended by Ann Arbor City Council on May 21, 2018.)
(See Attached Budget Amendments as Adopted and Approved by Ann Arbor City Council on May 21, 2018.)