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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />STAFF REPORT <br />Date: <br />To: <br />From: <br />Subject: <br />January 13, 2000 <br />John Jermanis, City Manager <br />Wandzia Grycz, Assistant City Manager <br />APPROVED AND <br />FORWARDED <br />TO CITY COUNCIL <br />mo <br />C �2,doo - <br />C) Jermam c� -1 C - Od <br />Ci anager ( l C)S) <br />Implementation of a Two-year Budget Process for the City of San Leandro <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br />It is recommended that Council authorize the implementation of a two—year budget process for <br />the City of San Leandro, which would first be effective for the fiscal years 2001-2003. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The concept of changing to a two-year budget process for the City was raised with the Finance <br />Committee, and subsequently the full Council, during the presentation of the 1999-2000 fiscal <br />year budget approximately a year ago. In the past year the issue has been evaluated by the <br />Finance Committee which recommended submittal of the issue to the full Council for approval to <br />implement the process. The full Council has also had a discussion on the issue, the results of <br />which prompts this recommendation for approval to proceed. <br />DISCUSSION <br />As presented to both the Finance Committee and the Council, there are a number of benefits to a <br />two-year budget process: <br />It saves time and effort in preparation of the budget versus preparation of two annual <br />budgets. <br />It assists the policy makers of the organization to develop specific goals and objectives <br />for the longer term, and requires staff to integrate the goal setting into the budget process. <br />It better monitors the City's long-term fiscal health by looking beyond a one-year time <br />horizon for the ability to fund operating and capital improvement programs. <br />It does all of the above while retaining the fiscal control provided by annual budgets. <br />I��3 <br />