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Resolution to Adopt Ann Arbor City Budget and Related Property Tax Millage Rates for Fiscal Year 2021
Memorandum
Attached for your review and action is the proposed FY 2021 City Budget that totals $513 million in revenue and $466 million in expenditures and is in compliance with the City Charter. This budget resolution reflects the recommended budget delivered to you on April 20, 2020.
General Fund Activities
This recommended budget holds recurring expenditure levels in line with the projected revenue levels.
General Fund recurring expenditures increased by $3,472,556 (+3.2%) compared to FY 2020's adopted budget, and recurring revenues increased by $3,910,048 (3.6%). Below is a summary of non-recurring expenditures:
FTEs
The City's FTEs are proposed to increase from 762, as amended during FY20, to 771 in FY 2021 (excluding transfers between Service Areas and net of incidental changes):
* 1.0 FTE increase in Community Services, Housing Commission (amended during FY 2020)
* 1.0 FTE increase in Safety Services, Police (amended during FY 2020)
* 1.0 FTE increase in City Administrator, Sustainability (amended during FY 2020)
* 2.0 FTE increase in Public Services, Engineering
* 1.0 FTE increase in Community Services, Housing Commission
* 0.15 FTE increase in Community Services, Planning
* 0.75 FTE increase in City Attorney
* 2.0 FTE increase in Financial Services, Information Technology
* 1.0 FTE increase in Safety Services, Police
* 3.0 FTE increase in City Administrator, Sustainability
* 0.175 FTE increase in City Administrator, Human Resources
* 1.0 FTE decrease in City Administrator, Communications
As part of the workforce planning initiative, Council is authorizing staff to exceed the authorized 771 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 2021 the Headlee rollback multiplier is anticipated to be 0.9912):
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