HomeMy WebLinkAboutStudy Commission Information Request to the City INFORMATION REQUEST TO THE CITY
1. What is the total budgeted appropriation (proposed expenditures) for all
property tax supported funds (not including the fee-based utility funds) for the
present fiscal year?
a. How does this year's total appropriation compare to the annual
appropriations for the past five years?
b. What have been the causes of any significant change in the
appropriations?
2. What is the total budgeted property tax revenue for the present fiscal year?
a. How does this year's property tax revenues compare to the property tax
revenues for the past five years?
b. What have been the causes of any significant change in property tax
revenue?
3. What utility services (e.g. water, wastewater, garbage collection, landfill, etc.)
are provided by the local government?
a. Have there been any rate (fee) changes for any of these utilities during the
past five years?
b. Are revenues generated by the present rate structure adequate to cover all
operating and capital costs of each of the utilities?
4. When was the most recent audit of the government's finances and what was the
outcome? Can the Study Commission be provided a copy of the most recent audit
report and "management letter" covering both the tax supported funds and the fee
based utility (enterprise) funds?
5. Regarding personnel policies, how often does the city review employee
performance? Does any city have peer review of superiors? If so, how is it
implemented? If not universally implemented, why not?
6. How often is personnel salaries reviewed and on what basis, if any, is it
compared to market rates?