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File #: 19-0805    Version: Name: Resolution to Adopt Ann Arbor City Budget and Related Property Tax Millage Rates for fiscal year 2020
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/6/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/20/2019 Final action: 5/20/2019
Enactment date: 5/20/2019 Enactment #: R-19-238
Title: Resolution to Adopt Ann Arbor City Budget and Related Property Tax Millage Rates for Fiscal Year 2020
Attachments: 1. Section06-Resolution for FY20 Adopted Budget.pdf, 2. Approved Budget Amendments for FY20.pdf, 3. Resolution for FY20 Proposed Budget.pdf, 4. Proposed Budget Amendments for FY20.pdf
Related files: 19-2197, 19-1076

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Resolution to Adopt Ann Arbor City Budget and Related Property Tax Millage Rates for Fiscal Year 2020

Memorandum

Attached for your review and action is the proposed FY 2020 City Budget that totals $465 million in revenue and $433 million in expenditures and is in compliance with the City Charter. This budget resolution reflects the recommended budget delivered to you on April 15, 2019.

 

General Fund Activities

This recommended budget holds recurring expenditure levels in line with the projected revenue levels. 

 

General Fund recurring expenditures increased by $5,035,538 (+4.9%) compared to FY 2019’s adopted budget, and recurring revenues increased by $5,131,879 (5.0%). Below is a summary of non-recurring expenditures:

 

FTEs

The City’s FTEs are proposed to increase from 745, as amended during FY19, to 759 in FY 2020 (excluding transfers between Service Areas and net of incidental changes):

 

                     1.0 FTE increase in Community Services, Housing Commission (amended during FY 2019)

                     1.0 FTE increase in City Administrator, Police Commission (amended during FY 2019)

                     1.0 FTE increase in City Administrator, Human Resources

                     4.0 FTE increase in Safety Services, Police

                     0.25 FTE increase in Mayor’s Office

                     3.0 FTE increase in Community Services, Building

                     1.0 FTE increase in Community Services, Parks & Recreation

                     4.0 FTE increase in Public Services

 

As part of the workforce planning initiative, Council is authorizing staff to exceed the authorized 758 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 2020 the Headlee rollback multiplier is anticipated to be 0.9912):

 

 

 

Prepared by:                       Tom Crawford, Chief Financial Officer

Approved by:                      Howard Lazarus, City Administrator

Body

(See attached Resolution As Amended and Adopted by Ann Arbor City Council on May 20, 2019.)

(Approved Budget Amendments separately attached.)