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June 4, 1996 <br />Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />Citizens of Colton <br />Introduction <br />The budget for FY 1996-97 represents the second year of a three-year program <br />(Fiscal Health Plan) which began in FY 1995-96. One of the primary elements <br />of the program was the implementation of the Utility Users' Tax. As the Council <br />is aware, this tax eliminated the City's reliance on one-time, non-recurring <br />revenues. Planned uses for the revenues from the Utility Users' Tax included <br />creating reserves, reducing the number of furioughs, repaying General Fund <br />loans, and correcting the audit findings from the FY 1993-94 budget . The FY <br />1996-97 budget has been prepared based on the assumption that the Utility <br />Users' Tax will continue through FY 1996-97 and sunset on April 30, 1998. In <br />addition, all reference to the Sanitation and Recycling Division was eliminated <br />from this budget (except as noted on page 2). <br />Highlights of the Budget <br />The FY 1996-97 budget is balanced in the same manner as the budget for FY <br />1995-96 was: it is based on recurring revenues to cover recurring expenditures. <br />A review of the FY 1995-96 budget reveals that many of the proposed goals <br />were achieved. The following table compares the two budgets: <br />Two -Year Com arison - Utility Users' Tax <br />Uses <br />Proposed, <br />FY 1995- <br />96 <br />Actual as <br />of 6-30-96 <br />Proposed, <br />FY 1996- <br />97 <br />Two -Year <br />Total <br />Equipment Replacement <br />Reserve' <br />$337,933 <br />$280,000 <br />$150,000 <br />$430,000 <br />Contingency Reserve <br />320,000 <br />320,000 <br />150,000 <br />470,000 <br />Repayment of Electric Loan2 <br />539,637 <br />489,000 <br />1,144,041 <br />1,633,041 <br />Furloughs <br />6 days <br />6 days <br />0 days <br />' Purchased equipment during the year out of this reserve. <br />2 The City Council directed the Police Department and Neighborhood Services to develop anti- <br />gang prevention measures and programs; $400,000. However, only $179,000 will be expended <br />FY 1995-96. Some of that amount will be covered by expenditure savings from the FY 1995-96 <br />budget. <br />Highlights of Departmental Changes <br />• Police Department - Continued promotion of public safety through funding of <br />stenographers and purchase of police vehicles with funds from the Utility <br />Users' Tax. <br />• Fire Department - Addition of a clerk and purchase of breathing apparatus <br />equipment. <br />v *a ;� <br />CIVIC CENTER <br />650 N. LA CADENA DRIVE <br />COLTON. CALIFORNIA 92324 <br />(909) 370.' <br />(909) 3705154 FAX <br />9 <br />