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Cathy Standiford, Assistant City Manager, gave a presentation of the <br />City's Fiscal Year 2009-2010 budget. Souri Amirani, Deputy City Engineer, <br />gave the presentation for the proposed Capital Improvement Program for <br />fiscal year 2009-2010. Highlights of these presentations are as follows: <br />• Economic crisis felt in multiple ways <br />• Median home prices down 40% <br />• Santa Ana unemployment at 13.5% <br />• Sales tax continues to fall <br />• Property taxes are declining <br />• State budget crisis puts City dollars at risk <br />• No recovery seen until mid-2010 <br />• Estimated 2009-2010 revenues = $511,118,414; fund balance = <br />$55,850,881; total revenue sources = $566,969,295 <br />• Governmental Funds Appropriations will be reduced by 10.2% <br />• Total General Fund Revenue Sources for 2009-2010 = $219,659,982 <br />• Sales tax revenue is expected to be down by 19.8% <br />• Property tax revenue is expected to decrease by 4.3% <br />• City Department cuts range from 5.1 % to 33.7% <br />• Changes in full-time workforce: Elimination of 153 full-time positions, <br />including forty previously unfunded positions <br />• Merger of Library into Parks and Recreation requires changes in <br />supervisory structure and function <br />• Changes in title for twelve positions will better reflect job functions <br />• Fees have been added for digital services photographs, rental of Lawn <br />Bowling Center, rental of event trailer tables and chairs, and massage <br />technician testing <br />• Fees have been modified for library rental and damaged materials, <br />athletic field lighting, zoo admission, paramedic subscription, parking <br />and fines, massage technician permits, water and sewer <br />• Budget assumptions include: <br />o City will be successful in negotiating concessions from all <br />employee groups including deferral of salary increases, <br />furloughs, and suspension of cash outs. <br />o Maintain hiring freeze and other expenditure reduction <br />measures <br />o State does not take City funds <br />• To enhance public safety: <br />o SAPD managing Santa Ana Unified School District Police <br />Department on contract basis <br />o Applying for federal COPS Hiring funds for additional officers <br />o $400,000 Cal-GRIP grant to expand Police Activities/Athletics <br />League <br />o Strengthening Monday-Friday Community Preservation <br />enforcement; targeted sweeps held on weekends <br />• Project Restore budgeted at $33.3 million <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES ~yg MAY 18, 2009 <br />