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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Anna Rosenberry, Finance Director
Chris Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Adopt the City Manager's Recommended Budget as the FY2009-2010
Preliminary Budget and Call for the Budget Hearing.
MEETING DATE: June 22, 2009
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Adopt the City Manager’s Recommended Budget, with the following operating restrictions, as
the Preliminary Budget for FY2009-2010, and
2. Set the Budget Hearing date for July 20, 2009 and direct staff to prepare notice and budget
resolutions.
BACKGROUND: On June 1, 2009, the City Manager’s (CM) Recommended Budget for
Fiscal Year 2009-2010 was made available to the Commission and the public. On June 15,
2009 the details of that budget were presented during the public meeting. Commissioners made
comments and suggestions, and the public was given an opportunity to comment.
The CM Recommended Budget serves as the “Preliminary Budget”, as referenced in MCA 7-6-
4020. The Budget Hearing date is proposed as July 20, 2009, with a continuance to mid
September 2009 for final adoption.
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State property tax timelines prohibit the City from adopting a final budget and tax levy before the
fiscal year begins. Specifically, the property tax levy cannot be established prior to receiving
certified tax values from the Department of Revenue – which will occur in late August or early
September this year, delayed by at least 3 weeks.
Between the time the fiscal year begins (July 1) and the final budget is adopted (August 25), the
City Manager’s Recommended Budget will be in effect. However, the following operational
conditions will be followed by staff:
1. No newly approved Capital Projects, Contracted Services or Equipment will be
purchased or entered into prior to final budget adoption.
2. We will be seeking to hire the additional Police Officers that come from the FY2009-
2010 levy.
These restrictions are meant to retain maximum flexibility in budget decisions for the
Commission prior to final budget adoption.
The entire “FY2009-2010 City Manager’s Recommended Budget” document is available online
at http://www.bozeman.net/finance/budget.aspx. Copies are also available to the public at the
Bozeman Library and City Clerk’s office.
FISCAL EFFECTS: Adopting the CM Recommended Budget as the preliminary budget
allows standard City operations to continue until the Final Budget can be adopted. The City will
follow the CM Recommended Budget, with the above mentioned restrictions and exceptions,
until a final budget is adopted in September 2009.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Report compiled on: June 17, 2009
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