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BUDGET MESSAGE SECTION 2 <br /> <br />Fire Contract <br /> <br />The 2021-22 proposed budget for the fire services contract with the Alameda County Fire <br />Department amounts to $26,009,000 and this amount is expected to increase to <br />$26,969,000 in 2022-23. Estimated year-end savings are included in the budget resulting <br />in slightly lower amounts. The contract provides both emergency and non-emergency <br />fire services in the City. The 2020-21 projected budget for contract services amounts to <br />$25,578,000 before estimated savings. <br /> <br />Transfers Out <br /> <br />Transfers out of $6,660,800 in 2021-22 and $13,739,500 in 2022-23 include General <br />Fund contributions to Capital Improvement Program projects, the Business Improvement <br />District, the Gas Tax Fund, Self-Insurance Fund, and the Information Technology Fund. <br /> <br />SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS REFLECTING CITY COUNCIL GOALS <br /> <br />City program and service level enhancements have been proposed consistent with the <br />City Council goals and priorities. The proposals include certain recommendations from <br />the Community Advisory Budget Task Force that was formed in late 2020. <br />Enhancements cover a wide range of programs from mental health services, a homeless <br />navigation center, police oversight, street and road maintenance/CIP projects, a financial <br />system upgrade, economic development efforts, park and building maintenance studies, <br />and investments in community resiliency. <br /> <br />In addition to the funds reallocated from the Police Department at last year’s budget <br />adoption, Fiscal Recovery Funds and General Fund reserves are used for one-time costs <br />and investments. These investments will be beneficial to the City in the long run in <br />enhancing services and building infrastructure. Resource allocations are detailed in the <br />table below. One-time funding sources include $1,700,000 from fiscal year 2020-21 <br />reallocated police funds, $1,200,000 from the General Fund Community Impact Reserve, <br />and $5,700,000 from the General Fund Undesignated Reserve. The budget proposes to <br />use $6,735,000 in Fiscal Recovery Funds to support existing services and certain service <br />enhancements described below such as the Project Manager position for human <br />services. As staff continues to develop the expenditure plan, Fiscal Recovery Funds may <br />be used for other eligible programs. Therefore, the City can preserve General Fund <br />resources for priorities that are not eligible for federal and state funding. <br /> <br />Please note that $150,000 is budgeted for a police cultural study in the Asset Forfeiture <br />Fund and $200,000 is budgeted for a financial system upgrade in the IT Fund. These <br />Non-General Fund items are budgeted in 2021-22, and they are not listed in the table <br />below. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />14 <br />47