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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Anna Rosenberry, Finance Director
Chris Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Budget Hearing for FY2009
MEETING DATE: July 21, 2008
RECOMMENDATION: Open and Continue the Budget Hearing to August 25, 2008.
BACKGROUND: State property tax timelines prohibit the City from adopting a final budget
and tax levy before the fiscal year begins. By advertising, opening and continuing the Budget
Hearing, we will be able to adopt the final budget once taxable values are received in August,
without further delay. We recommend that the Budget Hearing be continued to the August 25,
2008 Commission Meeting.
This evening, we would like to take public comment on the budget. The City Manager’s
Recommended Budget document and Budget Details Report can be found at
http://www.bozeman.net/finance/budget.aspx .
We would also like to take any further direction or discussion on the Street & Tree Maintenance
Assessments. To comply with state statute, these resolutions will be before the Commission in
early August. Street Maintenance Assessments are proposed to increase 7% for FY09. Tree
Maintenance Assessments are proposed to have no increase (same level as FY08.)
Street Maintenance:
The increased assessment will generate $128,000 for the Street Maintenance Fund. It would add
two staff members to the streets division, enabling them to: expand street (and bike lane)
sweeping, staff a weekend snowplowing crew, and keep up with maintenance of added lane-
miles of streets and alleys in the City.
Street and Tree Assessments for FY07, FY08 & FY09 Recommended are listed below:
Lot Size FY 07 Assessment
For the Year
FY 08 Assessment
5% Streets & 4% Trees
FY09 Recommended
7% Streets & 0% Trees
Small= 5,000 sq ft. Streets—$49.15
Trees—$10.40
Streets—$51.60
Trees—$10.81
Streets—$55.21
Trees—$10.81
Average = 7,500 sq ft. Streets—$73.73
Trees—$15.60
Streets—$77.42
Trees—$16.22
Streets—$82.83
Trees—$16.22
Large = 10,000 sq ft. Streets—$98.30
Trees—$20.80
Streets—$103.21
Trees—$21.63
Streets—$110.43
Trees—$21.63
FISCAL EFFECTS: None at this time. Changes and adjustments to elements of the
budget may be proposed for adoption at later public hearing dates.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
Anna Rosenberry, Finance Director Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
Report compiled on July 16, 2008
Attachments: none