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Adoption of a Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 Budget Based on Mid-Year Changes;
Adoption of a Resolution Approving Workforce Changes for FY 2019-20; and
Adoption of a Resolution Amending the Salary Schedules for: the Management and Confidential Employees Association (MCEA) to Add the Classification of Sustainability and Resilience Manager; the Alameda Police Officers Association (APOA) Non-Sworn to Add the Classifications of Lead Parking Technician and Parking Technician; the Part-Time Salary Schedule to Add the Classifications of Law Fellow, Staff Counsel, and Special Counsel for the City Attorney’s Office; and the Alameda City Employees Association (ACEA) to Adjust the Salary Range for Senior Combination Building Inspector. (Finance 2410)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report provides a review and an update to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 General Fund Budget and revenue and expenditures projections through June 30, 2020. Budget amendments are proposed for the General Fund, including an increase in estimated revenue by $6.2 million to $107.8 million, an increase in appropriations for operating expenditures by $1.5 million to $103.5 million, and an appropriation authorizing $7.4 million for the pay down of Pension/OPEB unfunded liabilities based on the City Council approved Pension/OPEB funding policy, if that policy continues in form after a financial analysis discussion. In addition, budget amendments are being proposed for the non-General Fund programs, based on operational needs.
Further, staff recommends workforce changes, which include five new positions, deletion of two positions, a salary range increase for one classification, and the addition of three new part-time classifications.
BACKGROUND
This report updates FY 2019-20 financial projections for the General Fund and proposes budget amendments for various City of Alameda (City) funds to reflect and respond to the City’s current financial condition.
The discussion below is presented in the following sections:
I. General Fund Revenues
II. General Fund Expenditures
III. Pension/OPEB Funding Status and Policy
IV. General Fund Annual Activity and Forecast
V. Non-General Fund Programs
VI. Workforce Changes
VII. Language Updates for Labor Agreements
DISCUSSION
The City Council originally adopted the FY 2019-20 Budget on June 18, 2019. Since adoption, the budget has been selectively amended for specific programs. At this time, staff recommends approving a series of amendments to the FY 2019-20 General Fund budget based upon year-to-date activity and updated revenue projections. A short list of non-General Fund program budget amendments is also recommended for approval. To provide context for these recommendations, updated General Fund projections are provided for the FY 2019-20 budget year.
I. General Fund Revenues
As shown in the following graph and as detailed in Exhibit 4, General Fund revenues in FY 2019-20 are projected to increase by $6.2 million to $107.8 million in total.
General Fund
Revenue
Ø Property Tax and related taxes are projected to be $1.9 million higher than the Adopted Budget. The County Assessor has increased overall assessed values in the City by 7.7% over the prior year (Exhibit 5). This increase includes the assessed value changes in the Successor Agency project areas. The City is realizing strong property tax-related revenue growth. Future growth in assessed values above the State Prop 13 annual 2% cap is limited to property turnover or new development entering the tax roll.
Ø Sales Tax is projected to be $700,000 higher than the current budget of $10.5 million. Excluding various reporting anomalies as a result of the State’s reporting system conversion, sales tax activities were up and are expected to increase compared to the prior year. The largest contributors to the increase are businesses in the Business and Industry category and allocations of on-line sales through the County Pool.
Ø Transactions and Use Tax revenue is estimated to be $900,000 higher than the current FY 2019-20 budget of $4.6 million. This estimate is based on two quarters of the new tax collection. The increase is largely attributed to tax receipts from the Business and Industry category. This business category previously made it difficult to estimate tax receipts collections. City’s sales tax consultant cautions staff that large transactions tax collections from this business category could be a result of charging tax when it should not be and overcharges may cause future revenue adjustments.
Ø Property Transfer Tax, charged at the point of property resale, continues to generate substantial one-time revenues for the General Fund. The projection for FY 2019-20 is increasing by $3.1 million to $14.1 million for the year. This increase is due to increasing sales values of properties and sales of a large commercial property and two large multifamily residential properties.
Due to the high volatility of this revenue source and the unpredictable sale of larger properties, approximately 10% of the operating budget will be dependent upon ongoing property sales within the City and, as a result, this portion of the budget is particularly susceptible to recession or other fluctuations in real estate activity.
Ø The Utility Users Tax budget is being reduced by $428,000 primarily due to decreases in cable TV subscribers, migration from wired telecommunications to wireless or Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP), and issues with collecting prepaid wireless revenues.
Ø Program Revenues in the Fire Department are being increased by a total of $100,000 mostly for increases in ambulance billing fees, which are expected to offset decreases in vehicle accident fees, alarm service fees, and reimbursement for mutual aid. Police Department revenues for animal license fees are being reduced by $130,000 due to issues with retaining part-time staff tasked with program implementation, billing and collection of the license fees.
II. General Fund Expenditures
A summary of General Fund expenditures are presented in Exhibits 6 and 7. Operating expenses in total, by category, and by department are tracking at or below 50% of the annual budget through the first six-months of the year.
Operating expenditure budget amendments are proposed to reflect the following program needs and equipment requirements:
• Fire Operations - $447,600
The proposed appropriation would increase the budgets for new and replacement Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), overtime, an ambulance billing contract, fingerprinting, training, community outreach, and utility costs. Based on year-to-date expenditures, the Fire Department is projected to exceed its current suppression overtime budget and is seeking a budget increase of $600,000 offset by a reduction in reimbursable mutual aid overtime of $240,000 for a net increase of $360,000 in overtime. The Fire Department is required to purchase PPE for 24 new hires in FY 2019-20 and to replace PPE for existing firefighters every 10 years. Of the requested appropriation, $283,000 is for PPE for new hires and $67,000 is for replacement PPE. The Fire Department is also seeking $110,000 for an ambulance billing contract required to be paid by the State, $18,600 for ongoing training and training laptops, and $9,000 for various other operating costs. These requests are offset by an expenditure reduction of $400,000 for a new ambulance purchase authorized by the City Council during the Budget Adoption in June 2019. Staff identified the Public Safety - Development Impact Fee Fund as an eligible alternative to the General Fund funding.
• Administration - City Manager - $180,000
The City Manager’s Office is proposing to engage consultants for an Organizational Assessment for the Finance Department and Financial Strategy Services. The Organizational Assessment for the Finance Department would evaluate the administrative structure for the department and provide recommendations on resource allocations and on updating policies and procedures. The Financial Strategy consultant would analyze the City’s pension and other post-employment benefit (OPEB) liabilities, as well as the operating and capital needs of the organization, and develop financial strategies for aligning the City’s prioritized needs and goals with risks that could affect the City’s financial future.
• Administration - Finance - $175,000
Appropriate $175,000 for contractual services to repair wear-and-tear and office reconfigure the Finance Department to improve use of available space.
• Administration - Human Resources - $60,000
Appropriate $60,000 for consulting services to provide support in reinstating the City’s Safety program previously administered by Risk Management. The consultant would support policy updates, development of new policy, staff training, and consultation on the program.
• Minimum Wage Program - $91,000
Appropriate $91,000 for the City’s Minimum Wage program, including $56,000 for enforcement, $20,000 for the “Buy Local” campaign, and $15,000 for Public Education. The requested appropriation is consistent with the estimated costs presented in the staff report for implementing the amended Minimum Wage Ordinance approved by the City Council in October 2018.
• Maintenance - $50,000
Appropriate $50,000 to contractual services for removal of homeless encampment debris on City property.
• Street Lighting - $15,000
Increase budget for contractual services by $15,000 for asset/inventory labeling software.
• Recreation & Parks Operations - $48,600
$17,000 of the proposed appropriation will fund installation of 29 baby changing stations in various park facilities and $31,600 will fund an 8% increase in the cost of water for the irrigation of City’s parks.
• Non-Department (Transfers out) - $481,500
o Contribution from the General Fund to Capital Projects Fund to fund infrastructure design for the proposed RESHAP affordable housing project (pending approval of this action in the West Midway discussion ($350,000) and rebuilding of the Woodstock Park playground ($111,500).
o $10,000 to the Public Art Fund for Public Art program administration.
o $10,000 to the FISC Fund for Sister Cities program administration.
III. Pension/OPEB Status and Policy
The General Fund expenditure budget amendment also includes the City’s Pension/OPEB additional contribution established based on the fiscal year 2018-19 year-end results. The City adopted a Pension/OPEB funding policy to address a growing unfunded liability for the City’s pension and OPEB (retiree medical) benefit programs. Based upon the most recent actuarial reports, both the City’s CalPERS pension and OPEB plans continue to show significant unfunded liabilities, and as a result the City is faced with increasing annual payment requirements.
CalPERS Pension Funding Status
June 2018 CalPERS Actuarial Report
Because CalPERS adopted a seven-year payment phase-in for recent changes in actuarial assumptions, including a reduction of the pension plan’s investment earnings assumption from 7.5% to 7.0%, CalPERS is expecting increasing payments towards the City’s unfunded liabilities each year. Miscellaneous and Safety Plan combined annual payments are increasing $2-3 million per year and are expected to reach approximately $23.8 million by FY 2025-26.
Through the City’s current Pension/OPEB Funding Policy, the City commits additional funds as available each year to pay down pension/OPEB obligations in advance. Specifically, 50% of the surplus available fund balance at the end of each fiscal year, in excess of a reserve target of 25% of annual operating expenditures (20% operating reserve plus 5% economic uncertainty reserve), is committed to funding Pension/OPEB obligations. Through advance pay down, the City is beginning to mitigate its growing payment obligations. Without mitigation, pension/OPEB payment obligations are at risk of “crowding out” the allocation of General Tax dollars to current services and programs.
During FY 2018-19, the City Council approved a $7.9 million contribution towards pension and OPEB liabilities. Staff worked with a CalPERS actuary and made a pension down payment of $6.1 million. This action saved the City’s General Fund $0.5 million in FY 2019-20 CalPERS unfunded liability payment. The remaining balance of $1.8 million was deposited into established IRC Section 115 irrevocable trust accounts for pension/OPEB with PARS.
As of June 2019, the General Fund had $7.4 million in fund balance reserves committed to the pay down of pension/OPEB obligations. Based on the City’s current policy, 75% of pension reserves are paid directly to CalPERS, and 25% is contributed to a dedicated Section 115 trust for the future payment of pension expenses. OPEB reserves are also contributed to a Section 115 trust restricted to the payment of retiree medical benefits. With the proposed budget amendment and pre-payments to CalPERS, the City will realize approximately $0.5 million in FY 2020-21 budget savings. These savings will grow over time as CalPERS liabilities are reduced. With each year of new funding, the City can continue to mitigate and reduce the operating budget impact of its annual CalPERS and OPEB funding requirements. Since the City began making additional payments to CalPERS in FY 2017-18, the City reduced its annual unfunded liability payments by approximately $1.6 million. It is estimated that with current year proposed contribution, that amount will grow to $2 million.
An outside Financial Advisor is currently working on various scenarios to address the PERS obligations and will be preparing recommendations for Council consideration by the Mid-Cycle Budget review. Any action in the mid-year would be contingent upon Council approvals of a policy going forward. The $7.4 million outlined is reserved and would need to be appropriated to expend the dollars consistent with the policy. The Council will have the opportunity to review the policy prior to the expenditure.
IV. General Fund Annual Activity and Forecast
The proposed FY 2019-20 budget amendments, as shown in Exhibits 1 and 2, will increase General Fund revenue by $6.2 million to $107.8 million, and will increase operating expenditures by $1.5 million to $103.5 million in operating expenditures, and to $110.8 million in total expenditures including annual Pension/OPEB reserve funding. The following graph depicts General Fund revenue and expenditure trends, including updated FY 2019-20 revenue projections (Exhibit 2). For FY 2019-20, the revenue budget exceeded expenditures by $121,000 in the adopted FY 2019-21 Biennial Budget. This gap is projected to increase to $4.4 million as a result of increases in various revenue sources, which are offset by $1.2 million in budget amendments approved during the year, including a new Prosecution Unit in the City Attorney’s Office. With the Pension/OPEB reserve funding, expenditures are projected to exceed revenues by $3.0 million.
General Fund
Net Annual Activity
The General Fund available fund balance at June 2020 is projected at $31.2 million, or 30% of the General Fund’s $103.5 million in operating expenditures. With implementation of the Pension/OPEB reserve policy for FY 2019-20 results, 50% of the surplus fund balance in excess of 25% will be committed to next year’s Pension/OPEB reserve funding, and the adjusted available fund balance at June 2020 is projected at 28% of annual operating expenditures.
The General Fund five-year forecast will be presented in the FY 2020-21 mid-cycle budget scheduled for City Council adoption in June 2020. As the City plans its ongoing programs and services, it will need to balance its increasing cash flow requirements for legacy pension/OPEB obligations with its commitment to maintain and enhance City services.
V. Non-General Fund Programs
In addition to the General Fund amendments discussed above, the following adjustments are proposed for programs outside of the General Fund. These adjustments are included in the list of budget adjustments presented on Exhibit 1.
• HOME Fund - $78,200 Revenue and Expenditure increase
Increase in the actual funding allocation per a subrecipient agreement with Alameda County.
• Human Services Fund - $135,000 Revenue and Expenditure increase
Appropriate Alameda County First 5 grant funds awarded in December 2019. The funds would be used for a kindergarten readiness program that would be administered under a contract with Alameda Family Services.
• Community Development Fund - $90,000 Revenue and Expenditure increase
Appropriate cannabis program fees to fund consulting costs related to the cannabis business selection process and internal staff time spent on administering the process.
• Base Reuse Fund - $84,400 Expenditure increase
Increase expenditure budget for Surplus Lands Act consultant services and labor budget for 50% funding of an Accounting Technician position.
• Tidelands and FISC Funds - $23,600 Expenditure increase
Increase FISC expenditure budget by $10,000 to augment Sister Cities program administration and Tidelands and FISC Funds budget by $6,800 each to fund an Accounting Technician position.
• Public Arts Fund - $10,000 Expenditure increase
Increase expenditure budget by $10,000 to augment Public Arts program administration.
• Development Impact Fee - Public Safety Fund - $400,000 Expenditure increase
Increase expenditure budget for purchase of an ambulance for the Fire Department for which funding was originally planned for out of the General Fund.
• Transportation Services Fund - $101,000 Expenditure increase
Increase part-time labor budget for two transportation planners to be funded by allocation from Measure B Bike/Ped Improvements Fund.
• Information Technology Operations - $20,000 Expenditure increase
Increase budget for an Identity Services Engine network traffic cop to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
• Facility Maintenance Fund - $175,000 Expenditure increase
Appropriate funds for mold abatement and testing at City facilities.
• Sewer Service Fund - $1,701,000 Expenditure increase
Appropriate $795,000 for replacement vehicles, $150,000 for “smart” manhole lids for monitoring sanitary sewer overflows, and $756,000 to budget for the payment in-lieu of taxes paid to the General Fund. The latter adjustment is a correction to the Adopted budget that was erroneously omitted.
• Pension Stabilization/Closed Pension Funds - $5,397,500 Expenditure increase
Increase appropriations to fund unfunded pension liabilities in accordance with the Pension/OPEB funding policy.
• Capital Projects Fund:
o Woodstock Park Playground ($111,500 revenue/expenditures) - net cost after donations for rebuilding the Woodstock Park playground.
o RESHAP Infrastructure Design ($350,000 revenue/expenditures) - increase budgeted revenues and expenditures for infrastructure design for the proposed RESHAP affordable housing project.
o Pavement Management ($75,000 revenue/expenditure).
o Traffic Signals and Systems ($75,000 revenue/expenditure).
The list of budget adjustments presented on Exhibit 1 also includes proposed re-appropriations of capital project funds to the current FY 2019-21 budget cycle. There is no net fiscal impact from re-appropriation of the previously appropriated funds.
VI. Workforce Changes
The FY 2019-20 Budget included funding for 549 allocated full-time positions. Since the approval of the FY 2019-20 budget, City Council has approved the addition of four new positions. Staff are recommending an overall increase of three positions for a new position allocation of 556.
The Mid-Year recommendations for FY 2019-20 include five new positions, deletion of two positions, a salary range increase for one classification, and the addition of three new part-time classifications. The effective date of all approved workforce changes would be March 15, 2020, pending City Council approval.
The recommendations include:
• The creation of a classification and the addition of the position of Sustainability and Resilience Manager, in the City Manager’s Office, to support the implementation of the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP). The salary for this position will be the same as Senior Management Analyst: $104,797 to $127,382 annually. The City Manager’s Office has sufficient funds to cover the cost of the position for the remainder of FY 2019-20. The Funds were set aside in 2019-2020 Budget to implement various climate action initiatives including potential hiring of a staff member. Funding for the position will come from appropriations set aside by the City Council for CARP implementation when the budget was adopted in June 2019.
• The addition of an Accounting Technician position for the Community Development Department to provide budget and financial reporting support. Staff proposes to fund the position from available fund balances in Base Reuse Fund (50%), Tidelands Fund (25%) and FISC Fund (25%) to cover the cost of this position for the last quarter of FY 2019-20.
• The addition of two new classifications and two positions, Lead Parking Technician and Parking Technician, to the Alameda Police Officers Association Non-Sworn Unit (PANS) Salary schedule to support the expansion of the City’s parking enforcement program. Currently the City has only part-time staff supporting the parking enforcement program. The salary ranges for the new classifications are listed below:
|
Classification |
Hourly |
|
|
Step 1 |
Step 2 |
Step 3 |
Step 4 |
Step 5 |
Step 6 |
Step 7 |
Step 8 |
|
Parking Technician |
$23.08 |
$24.26 |
$25.46 |
$26.74 |
$28.07 |
$29.47 |
$30.95 |
$32.50 |
|
Lead Parking Technician |
$30.24 |
$31.74 |
$33.33 |
$34.99 |
$36.74 |
$38.57 |
$40.50 |
$42.52 |
The annual cost of the Lead Parking Technician and Parking Technician positions are estimated to be $94,000 and $115,000, respectively. The Department has sufficient salary savings to cover the cost of these positions through the end of the fiscal year.
• The addition of an Electrical Equipment Superintendent position and the deletion of one System Operations and Field Services Superintendent position and one Line Superintendent. This will ensure the allocated position represents the duties the department needs performed. Both positions recommended for deletion are currently vacant.
• Provide a 2.3% equity adjustment to the Senior Combination Building Inspector in order to eliminate compaction between the Combination Building Inspector II and the Senior Combination Building Inspector. This will result in the senior position earning 5% more than the Combination Building Inspector II. The current and recommended salary are below:
|
|
Senior Combination Building Inspector |
|
|
Step 1 |
Step 2 |
Step 3 |
Step 4 |
Step 5 |
Step 6 |
Step 7 |
Step 8 |
|
Current Salary |
$38.77 |
$40.71 |
$42.75 |
$44.88 |
$47.12 |
$49.48 |
$51.95 |
$54.55 |
|
Recommended |
$39.67 |
$41.65 |
$43.73 |
$45.92 |
$48.22 |
$50.63 |
$53.16 |
$55.82 |
The annual cost of the salary increase is estimated to be approximately $6,600. The Department has sufficient funding to cover the salary increase through the end of the fiscal year.
• Three new part-time classifications including Law Fellow, Staff Counsel, and Special Counsel for the City Attorney’s Office. The City Attorney’s Office’s potential recruitment of a fellow (fully or partially funded by law schools) caused the review of the City’s existing part-time classification and this review found that the part-time classifications contain no attorney positions. Thus, the CAO requests that a series of attorney positions be created mirroring the existing part-time classifications for Administrative Specialist I, II, and III, in the event that these classifications are needed for future and currently unanticipated part-time recruitments.
|
Classification |
Hourly |
|
|
|
Step 1 |
Step 2 |
Step 3 |
Step 4 |
Step 5 |
Step 6 |
Step 7 |
Step 8 |
Step 9 |
|
Law Fellow |
$35.26 |
$37.02 |
$38.87 |
$40.81 |
$42.85 |
$44.99 |
$47.24 |
$49.60 |
$52.08 |
|
Staff Counsel |
$54.68 |
$57.41 |
$60.28 |
$63.29 |
$66.45 |
$69.77 |
$73.26 |
$76.92 |
$80.77 |
|
Special Counsel |
$84.81 |
$89.05 |
$93.50 |
$98.18 |
$103.09 |
$108.24 |
$113.65 |
$119.33 |
$125.30 |
VIII. Language Updates for Labor Agreements
The City’s agreements with the Alameda Police Officers Association (APOA) and Alameda Fire Chiefs Association (AFCA) each contain a provision that is not compliant with CalPERS rules. Staff are recommending changes to the following provisions effective January 5, 2020. These changes would be documented in side letters between the City and the bargaining unit. There is no fiscal impact as a result of these changes.
• APOA - 11.11 Educational Reimbursement and Educational Incentive
The current Memorandum of Understanding between APOA and the City includes an educational incentive. However, the provision includes a longevity requirement in order for the employee to be eligible for levels 3 and 4 of the incentive. The educational incentive pay has historically been PERSable for classic members. However, CalPERS no longer allows pay that requires both education and longevity in one provision to be PERSable. As a result, staff are recommending the language below be modified to eliminate the years of service requirement:
- 5% for a Bachelor’s degree; after three years of City of Alameda service
- 6% for a Master’s degree; after five years of City of Alameda service
If an employee attains a lower level benefit, and then attains a higher level benefit, the employee will not be able to “stack” the benefit, but will receive the rate appropriate to the employee’s level.
• AFCA - Section 11 - Management Incentive Pay Level 2 and Acting Pay
Currently Division Chiefs who oversee one or more of the Fire Department’s division(s) qualify for Management Incentive Pay Level 2, an additional 5% of their current base pay. The language states the Division Chief assigned to act as Deputy Fire Chief does not receive Management Incentive Pay Level 2, but instead receives acting pay of 5%. The acting pay had been considered PERSable for classic members, but is no longer considered PERSable because the City does not have a Deputy Fire Chief classification. Staff are recommending that the provision be changed to no longer provide Acting Pay to the Deputy Fire Chief, but instead provide Management Incentive Pay Level 2. The acting Deputy Chief would no longer receive any acting pay, but would instead receive the 5% Management Incentive Pay Level 2.
The current provisions with strikethroughs are attached as Exhibit 8.
ALTERNATIVES
• Authorize the budget amendments and workforce changes as proposed.
• City Council may take no action, in which case the previously adopted and revised FY 2019-20 budget and authorized positions would remain in effect.
• City Council may provide further direction on these proposed budget amendments and workforce changes.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The proposed budget amendments to the FY 2019-20 Budget, as detailed on Exhibit 1, will increase General Fund revenue by $6.2 million, to $107.8 million, and will increase operating expenditures by $1.5 million to $103.5 million, and to $110.8 million total expenditures including annual Pension/OPEB reserve funding. After implementation of the current Pension/OPEB reserve policy for 2019-20 results, the adjusted available fund balance at June 2020 is projected at 28% of annual operating expenditures.
The net impact of the proposed amendments on all other funds will increase both revenues by $14.9 million and expenditures by $15.2 million.
The annual cost of the positions to be included in the FY 2019-20 budget are listed below:
|
Department |
Recommendation |
Annual General Fund Impact |
Annual Impact Other Funds |
|
City Manager |
Sustainability and Resilience Manager |
$164,000 |
|
|
Community Development |
Accounting Technician |
$27,000* |
|
|
Police |
Lead Parking Technician and Parking Technician |
$209,000 |
|
|
Planning and Building |
Equity Adjustment |
|
$6,600 |
|
|
Total |
$400,000 |
$6,600 |
* Partial year funding; FY 2020-21 appropriations previously approved.
MUNICIPAL CODE/POLICY DOCUMENT CROSS REFERENCE
This action is in conformance with the Alameda Municipal Code and all policy documents.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This activity is not a project and is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA guidelines, because it involves governmental fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.
CLIMATE IMPACT
There are no climate impacts of approving the budget amendments and workforce changes.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a resolution amending the fiscal year 2019-20 budget based on mid-year changes;
Adopt a resolution approving workforce changes for fiscal year 2019-20; and
Adopt a resolution amending the salary schedules for: the Management and Confidential Employees Association (MCEA) to add the classification of Sustainability and Resilience Manager; the Alameda Police Officers Association Non-Sworn to add the classifications of Lead Parking Technician and Parking Technician; the part-time salary schedule to add the classifications of Law Fellow, Staff Counsel, and Special Counsel for the City Attorney’s Office; and the Alameda City Employees Association (ACEA) to adjust the salary range for Senior Combination Building Inspector.
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
The City Manager recommends adoption of a resolution amending the salary schedule, adoption of a resolution of workforce changes for fiscal year 2019-202 and a resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2019-2020.
Additionally, I request the motion include direction that any pension prepayment require City Manager authorization. This will provide assurance that the City Council has reviewed the pension policy prior to such payment.
Finally, there are property transfer tax revenues that are projected to exceed the beginning of the Fiscal Year projections. It is the City Manager’s recommendation that they be included in the discussion for the Mid-Cycle Budget. This way they can be folded into the overall strategy of ensuring that financial resources are being targeted to the extent possible to City Council long-term priorities.
Respectfully submitted,
Elena Adair, Finance Director
Exhibits:
1. 2019-20 Mid-Year Budget Amendments
2. General Fund Budget Summary
3. General Fund - Fund Balance Reserve
4. General Fund Revenue Projection
5. 2015-16 to 2019-20 Assessed Values
6. General Fund Expenditure Summary
7. General Fund Expenditure Status
8. Updates to the Alameda Police Officers Association and Alameda Fire Chiefs Association Agreements
cc: Eric Levitt, City Manager