2000-01 - 05 Budget

Activities
CURRENT OPERATIONS 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 Comments
Surplus (Gap to be Closed) $ (3,700,000) $ (10,836,771) $(14,395,591) $(16,086,981)
MINCH LEWIS INITIATIVES Note: Actions to reduce the gap are positive. Actions which increase the gap are negative and are noted in parenthesis.
Regionalization of functions
Airport transfer to County or Authority $ (489,250) $ (978,500) $ (978,500) Loss of Administrative chargebacks with transfer effective 1/1/03
Dwntwn Parking Garages to County $ 2,000,000  $ 4,080,000  $ 4,161,600  Estimated at $4M for FY02 ($2.5m debt + $1.5M Op.)--incr. @ 2% per year
Arterial Roadways--Local share $ 700,000  $ 714,000  $ 728,280  Increasing at 2% over 2003
Uncollected School Taxes Reimbursement $ 3,591,569  $ 3,591,569  $ 3,591,569  The County reimburses suburban school districts for uncollected taxes.
Economic Dev. transfer to County $ 500,000  $ 500,000  $ 500,000  Estimated from SEDCO/SIDA transfers
Purchasing consolidation $ 100,000  $ 500,000  $ 500,000  $ 500,000  Savings projected by County effective as of 3/1/02
Clinton Square transfer to County $ 200,000  $ 200,000  $ 200,000  Benefit offset against operating cost shown on Page 1, Line 33
$ 100,000  $ 7,002,319  $ 8,607,069  $ 8,702,949 
Localization of functions
Soc. Serv. program service fee--net $ 3,500,000  $ 7,350,000  $ 7,717,500  City shares in savings by eliminating inefficiency in human service delivery system.
Community Schools--City share of cost $ (1,000,000) $ (1,050,000) $ (1,102,500) $ (1,157,625) Add'l program costs for neighborhood services
Administrative consolidation with CSD $ 500,000  $ 1,000,000  $ 1,000,000  Savings from elimination of separate data processing depts for City and School District
Operational consolidation with CSD $ 350,000  $ 750,000  $ 750,000  $ 750,000  Savings from estimates based on fleet, inventory, and printing consolidation
$ (650,000) $ 3,700,000  $ 7,997,500  $ 8,309,875 
Neighborhood development initiatives
Community policing $ 0  $ (200,000) $ (800,000) $ (1,600,000) Cost of neighborhood police facilities
Neighborhood plan development $ (100,000) $ (200,000) $ (350,000) $25,000 per nbhd plan: by year: 4, 8, 14 = 26
Investment incentives: Community Bank $ (0) $ (2,000,000) $ (3,000,000) $ (5,000,000) Investment in neighborhood marketing, services and property management, urban marketing
$ (100,000) $ (2,400,000) $ (4,150,000) $ (6,600,000)
Education initiatives
Neighborhood schools--non-academic op. $ (2,000,000) $ (2,000,000) $ (2,000,000) Costs to implement Neighborhood School Initiatives: security, local busing, extended day and school year.
State Aid due to increased enrollments $ 1,200,000  $ 2,400,000  $ 4,800,000  FY03 200, FY04 200, FY05 400: total = 800
Joint School Construction Bd--Cap.funds $ (4,166,667) $ (4,166,667) $ (4,166,667) Current 20 yr plan accelerated to 10 years with focus on equity of neighborhood schools.
$ (4,966,667) $ (3,766,667) $ (1,366,667)
Financial and Economic initiatives
Inc. due to A.V. and Tax Rate increases $ 700,178  $ 1,418,021  $ 2,135,864  Rev. Increase in Tax Base Assessed Value appreciation and 1% rate increase
Fire Department First Responder Billing $ 1,500,000  $ 3,000,000  $ 3,500,000  Net income on 7,000 medical emergency calls
Prop Taxes due to Retention/Additions  $ 66,142  $ 267,215  $ 539,775  FY03 50 FY04 150, FY05 200: Total 400
Grant Management -- private and public $ 1,000,000  $ 2,500,000  $ 3,500,000  Combined City/CSD administration and grants based on local gov. innovations 
$ 3,266,321  $ 7,185,237  $ 9,675,639 
Impact of Initiatives: $ (650,000) $ 6,601,973  $ 15,873,139  $ 18,721,796 
Use of Fund Balance $ 4,350,000  $ -  City guarantees to fully fund School district operations for FY02
Remaining Surplus or (GAP) $ -  $ (4,234,798) $ 1,477,548  $ 2,634,815 
Assumptions:
Student Population
CSD projections 22,554  22,220  21,817  21,000 
Move-ins/Retentions (cumulative) 200  400  800 
Adjusted projections 22,554  22,420  22,417  23,217 
Assessed Value (in Billions) 3.492  3.527  3.562  3.598  Increase at 1% beginning in 03
School District property taxes 50,550,174 50,044,672 49,544,226 49,048,783
City property taxes 19,823,205 19,624,973 19,428,723 19,234,436
Total property taxes 70,373,379 69,669,645 68,972,949 68,283,219
3,492,300,687 3,527,223,694 3,562,495,931 3,598,120,890
0.020151008
Tax rate  20.15 20.35 20.56 20.76
70,373,379 72,502,136 73,959,429
Property tax increase at 1% 71,073,557 71,784,293 72,502,136
Increase in revenue 700,178 717,843 717,843
Number of additional new or retained txpr 50 200 400


Revenues                 Appropriations           Deficit              Surplus               Minch Lewis' Initiatives