FY 23 Budget Q&A #116: Please provide a summary of the City Council Final Add/Delete Consensus.
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Budget Question # 116: Please provide a summary of the City Council Final Add/Delete Consensus. (Morgan Routt)
Response:
The tables below reflect the consensus achieved by City Council at the Monday, May 2, 2022 Final Add/Delete Work Session for changes to be included in the final approved FY 2023 operating budget and Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Council will adopt the budget, CIP, and tax and fee rates on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. The consensus for the FY 2023 budget is included in the Final Decisions column.
As part of the Final Add/Delete work session, City Council provided staff guidance regarding the various FY 2023 contingencies. Those recommendations are outlined below.
Climate Change Contingency – Staff will present options to City Council at either the last legislative meeting prior to the summer recess or at the first legislative meeting in September. The City Manager expressed his intent to create a separate office to address climate change. Councilmember Bagley would like to see a conversion of gas-powered landscaping tools and a Climate Coordinator included in the staff recommendations.
Early Childhood Contingency – The Mayor offered staff flexibility to determine the best way to draw down funding to benefit as many children as possible. Councilwoman Gaskins would like staff to include options for both one-time and recurring items. Mayor Wilson encouraged staff to consider the remaining ARPA funding for one-time expenditures.
Language Stipend Contingency – Councilman Aguirre encouraged staff to target departments which have the greatest outward-facing presence first and work inward from that point.
Out-of-School-Time Contingency – Mayor Wilson noted the intent of this contingency is to supplement existing OSTP programming and support the Youth Serving Network.
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