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Budget Workshop for Fiscal Years 2019-20 and 2020-21 to Provide Direction on Funding Requests.
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Eric Levitt, City Manager
BACKGROUND
The City Council is scheduled to hold Budget Workshops on May 15, May 16 and May 17, (if necessary). The Budget workshops are intended to give the City Council and community an opportunity to look more closely into the factors that make up the overall City Budget. During the workshop, the City Manager and Department Heads will provide highlights of the City Manager Proposed Budget and answer questions on budget projections, long-term financial obligations associated with pensions and benefits, and departmental funding requests that were outside of the base line budget estimates. The City Council then provide input to staff on the allocation of funding.
A summary of the proposed budget and forecast for the City of Alameda (City) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 and 2020-21 is attached in Exhibit 1, 2 and 3. This report includes the budgets for both fiscal years. The City Manager, Finance Director, and Department staff will be available to respond to questions.
Due to presenting the first Budget as the Alameda City Manager, I am recommending that the Budget for the FY 2020-21 will be approved as a part of the Biannual Budget, but that the Mid-Cycle review will be more extensive than the typical Mid-Cycle review process.
DISCUSSION
I enthusiastically present the Proposed Budget for the City Council review and discussion. The Budget is intended to provide the City Council with a Baseline Budget and to include proposed new positions and non-labor related costs to meet the City's mission and the City Council's stated goals for the coming two years. The Proposed Budget is intended to meet the City Council intended goals, but at the same time provide for flexibility for the City Council during the Study Session discussion.
This year, the two year budget will o...
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