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File Number: 23-204 <br />Budget operating expenditures are projected to decrease by 11% in 2023-2024 and increase by <br />2% in 2024-2025. Employee salaries and benefits are the largest line-item expenditures in the <br />General Fund. The Alameda County Fire Department contract services and equipment account <br />for 22% of General Fund expenditures. <br />General Fund salaries and benefits are estimated at $65,608,000 for 2023-2024. Total <br />personnel costs are 4% higher than the 2022-2023 projected budget. Impacts of a tight labor <br />market coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic led to both full-time and part-time positions <br />remaining vacant in the current fiscal year. This extraordinary level of savings is not projected in <br />the proposed budget, as personnel allocations have been adjusted to account for vacancies and <br />investments have been made to increase recruitment efforts to fill vacant positions. Personnel <br />costs represent 46% of the General Fund budget. As a service organization, the City’s core <br />expenditures are personnel related. <br />General Fund reserves are used to support continuity of existing services to prevent disruption of <br />projects and programs and for one-time costs and investments. These investments will be <br />beneficial to the City in the long run in enhancing services and building infrastructure. A total of <br />$5,343,000 for 2023-2024 and $5,883,000 for 2024-2025 is proposed to be allocated from the <br />General Fund Undesignated Reserve. <br />Department Requested Service Enhancements <br />Continuity of existing services and investment in basic organizational needs have been proposed <br />promoting department effectiveness and resolving deficiencies in existing service delivery. <br />Proposed new and reclassified positions include: <br />·Administrative Specialist I and Office Assistant II (City Manager’s Office)-special projects, <br />communications, and process improvements; <br />·Administrative Specialist III, Project Specialist I, Permits Clerk, and Assistant Planner and <br />Plan Check Engineer (in 2024-2025) (Community Development)-economic development, <br />planning, and permitting support; <br />·Administrative Specialist III (Community Police Review Board)-support for community review <br />of police operations and complaints; <br />·Associate Engineer and Engineering Inspector (Engineering & Transportation)-construction <br />inspection support; <br />·Accountant I and Account Clerk (Finance)-enterprise resource planning project support and <br />budget compliance monitoring; <br />·Administrative Assistant II, Human Resources Analyst (2), Senior Human Resources Analyst, <br />Human Resources Technician, and Administrative Assistant II (Human Resources) <br />-recruitment, classification and compensation management, operational support, and <br />enterprise resource planning project support; <br />·Information Systems Support Technician, Information Technology Manager, Information <br />Technology Analyst (2) (Information Technology)-systems, security, innovation, and enterprise <br />resource planning project support; <br />·Management Analyst II (Library)-library financial and operational management; <br />·Administrative Assistant III, Management Analyst II, and Police Captain (Police)-field <br />operations command and business administration support; <br />·Public Works Services Manager and Administrative Specialist III (Public Works)-water <br />Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/10/2023