HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2010-250RESOLUTION NO.2010-250
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA AMENDING FISCAL YEAR 2010/2011
BUDGET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCIL POLICY
ON FINANCIAL REPORTING AND TRANSFER AUTHORITY
AND APPROPRIATING AMOUNTS TO THE LIBRARY
DEPARTMENT AND ANIMAL CARE FACILITY BUDGETS
WHEREAS, the City's General Fund ended the Fiscal Year 2009/2010 with an available
balance of $10.2 million or 73 percent of the Fiscal Year 20010/2011 operating budget; and
WHEREAS, for government entities, a budget creates a legal framework for spending
during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, after the budget is approved there aze circumstances which arise that could
require adjustments and amendments to the approved budget; and
WHEREAS, Council Policy 220-02 "Financial Reporting and Transfer Authority," was
established in January of 1996 and allows for budget transfers to be completed; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is authorized to complete budget transfer requests within
departments that are $15,000 and below; and
WHEREAS, City Council approval is required for budget transfers between departments
and/or for amounts greater than $15,000; and
WHEREAS, all recommended General Fund transfers can be done using existing
appropriations; and
WHEREAS, for Fiscal Year 2010/2011, budget transfers and appropriations are
requested for the Animal Control Facility (ACF); and
WHEREAS, the ACF has worked with the City of Imperial Beach to amend their
contract for sheltering services to include animal control services; and
WHEREAS, with the reinstatement of animal control services to Imperial Beach, the
ACF is requesting to add one Animal Control Officer position at a cost of $52,251, which will be
fully revenue offset; and
WHEREAS, the ACF is also requesting a transfer of $65,000 from Services and
Supplies to Personnel Services to fund the hourly costs of a contractual veterinarian that was
hired as an hourly employee in order to provide increased flexibility and utilization of the
Veterinarian's services; and
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WHEREAS, the Library department is requesting an appropriation of $25,000 to the
Services and Supplies expense category that will be fully revenue offset, resulting in no net
impact to the General Fund with the appropriation to be used to contract Unique Management
Commissions to collect past library fines; and
WHEREAS, staff is requesting a number of budget adjustments within the American
Recovery and Reinvest Act (ARRA) Fund; and
WHEREAS, the first adjustment is a correction in the revenue budget to reflect the
receipt of a loan to implement energy efficiency projects; and
WHEREAS, the budget currently reflects the revenue from this loan as a Federal Grant
but the revenue requires to be reflected as Proceeds of Long Term Debt, the requested budget
adjustment will reflect the revenue budget of $2,051,600 in the correct revenue object; and
WHEREAS, a reduction of $27,000 is requested in the Supplies and Services expenditure
category in the ARRA fund in order to reduce the budget to match available grant funds;
revenues in this fund will also be reduced by $27,000; and
WHEREAS, a transfer of $18,000 from the Other Expenses category to the Supplies and
Services category in the ARRA fund is also requested; and
WHEREAS, there is currently fund balance resulting from SDG&E incentive rebate
revenue earned in the Energy Conservation Fund that can be applied towards the debt service of
the CEC loan; and
WHEREAS, a transfer of $19,242 from the Energy Conservation Fund is requested to the
CEC Loan Repayment Fund will allow for the application of this revenue towards debt service;
and
WHEREAS, a reduction in various object accounts totaling $19,637 in the Energy
Conservation Fund is requested in order to align the fund with available budget resources based
on the Fiscal Yeaz 2010 expenditures thus resulting in a balanced budget for Fiscal Yeaz
2010/2011; and
WHEREAS, adopted budget for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Housing Program reflects a budget of $534,315 based on the preliminary grant awazd estimate;
and
WHEREAS, the actual total federal grant award for this program totals $300,000 for
Fiscal Yeaz 2010/2011; and
WHEREAS, a reduction the budget to the actual awazd amount is for the CDBG Housing
Program is requested that will result in a reduction to the capital expenditure of $234,315 and a
commensurate revenue reduction of an equal amount in order to balance the budget for Fiscal
Year 2010/2011.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby amend the Fiscal Year 2010/2011 Budget in accordance with the Council
Policy on Financial Reporting and Transfer Authority and appropriate funds thereof.
Presented by
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Mar a Kachadoorian
Director of Finance
Approved as to form by
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Ba ~esfeld
City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 26th day of October 2010 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Cheryl Coz Ma or
ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norris, C C, ity Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2010-250 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 26th day of October 2010.
Executed this 26th day of October 2010.
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk