File #: 2021-509   
Type: Joint Consent Item
Body: City Council
On agenda: 2/2/2021
Title: Recommendation to Accept the First Quarter Financial Report for the Period Ending September 30, 2020. (Finance 2410)
Attachments: 1. Exhibit 1 - FY 2020-21 First Quarter Financial Report


Title

Recommendation to Accept the First Quarter Financial Report for the Period Ending September 30, 2020. (Finance 2410)

Body

To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Accept the first-quarter financial report for the period ending September 30, 2020. This report provides budget to actual comparison for the General Fund, fiscal year-to-date revenue and expenditures/expenses for all City of Alameda (City) funds, and life-to-date budget and actual expenditures for active capital and maintenance projects. In this quarter the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and has resulted in a number of unprecedented actions, including shelter-in-place (SIP) orders. The economic and financial impacts are still unfolding and the full impact of the COVID-19 will not be known until the last quarter in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21.

BACKGROUND

The City Charter Article XVII Sec. 17-10 requires presentation of a quarterly report to the Mayor and the City Council. The first quarter's financial report on all City funds has been completed, based upon actual revenues and expenditures through September 30, 2020. This quarterly report, attached as Exhibit 1 includes financial information for all City funds as follows:

* General Fund actual revenues by major category through September 30, 2020;
* General Fund actual expenditures by the major departments through September 30, 2020;
* Actual expenditures for the City's capital and maintenance projects through September 30, 2020; and
* All Funds revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance as of September 30, 2020.

DISCUSSION

This quarterly report provides the City Council with updates on the financial status of the City's funds by comparing budget projections for revenues and expenditures to actual receipts and expenses. Budget amendments previously approved by the City Council have been included in this report. The grouping of the funds matches the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAF...

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