City Council
MEETING DATE: 4/8/2015
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FY 15/16 and FY 16/17 Biennial Budget Presentation
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FROM:
Tami E. Scott, Administrative Services Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
This item is presented for information and discussion only.
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Cathedral City is proud to participate in the Government Finance Officer Association's (GFOA's) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award program for the City's Biennial Budget. Since FY 08/09, we have received this prestigious award for the past four (4) budget documents submitted covering the past seven (7) budget periods. The FY 15/16 and FY16/17 Biennial Budget will be the City's 5th submission to GFOA for this award.
DISCUSSION:
In January 2015, the 5-month budget preparation cycle began. The budget worksheets for the five departments (City Management, Administrative Services, Community Development, Police and Fire) were prepared and distributed for review and feedback.
In February, the department narratives, consisting of department goals, objectives (in meeting department and Council goals) and accomplishments were submitted to the departments for their update and feedback. In addition, a draft Capital Improvement Program (CIP) 5 Year Plan was prepared and submitted to the Community Development department - in particular, the Engineering division for their review. With the CIP, there were various meetings to determine the projects (existing and new), scope, and funding/expense needs and timelines.
In March, revenue and expense summaries were created. City Management reviewed and coordinated on the balanced budget. City Council was provided the budget workbook for their review and provided questions to staff to be answered prior to the April study sessions.
During the month of April, there are two Study Session discussions to review the budget workbooks and associated questions. The April 8th session is dedicated to the General Fund and t...
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