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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 55901 ORDINANCE NO. 5590 ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 SECTION 1. The Council of the City of Palo Alto finds and determines as follows: A. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 6(g) of Article IV of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto and Chapter 2.28 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, the City Manager has prepared and submitted to the City Council, by letter of transmittal, a budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2024; and B. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of Article III of the Charter, the Council did, on June 19, 2023, hold public hearings on the budget after publication of notice in accordance with Section 2.28.070 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code; and C. In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8 of Division 1, of Title 7, commencing with Section 66016 of the Government Code, as applicable, the Council did on June 19, 2023, hold a public hearing on the proposed amendments to the Municipal Fee Schedule, after publication of notice and after availability of the data supporting the amendments was made available to the public at least 10 days prior to the hearing. SECTION 2. Pursuant to Chapter 2.28 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, the following documents, collectively referred to as “the budget” are hereby approved and adopted for Fiscal Year 2024: (a)The budget document (Exhibit “1”) containing the proposed operating and capital budgets submitted on May 1, 2023, by the City Manager for Fiscal Year 2023, entitled “City of Palo Alto - City Manager’s Fiscal Year 2024 Proposed Budget” covering General Government Funds, Enterprise Funds, Special Revenue Funds, and Internal Service Funds, a copy of which is on file in the Department of Administrative Services, to which copy reference is hereby made concerning the full particulars thereof, and by such reference is made a part hereof; and (b)The Amendments to the City Manager’s Fiscal Year 2024 Proposed Budget, attached hereto as Exhibit “2”, Exhibit “3”, and Exhibit “4” and made a part hereof; and (c)Changes and revised pages in the Table of Organization, as displayed on pages 491 through 512 in “Exhibit 1,” and amended in Exhibit “4” made a part hereof; and DocuSign Envelope ID: 9BE9C79E-E08A-4B6E-A17F-D327352DE790 2 (d) Fee changes of the Municipal Fee Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit “5”. SECTION 3. The sums set forth in the budget for the various departments of the City, as herein amended, are hereby appropriated to the uses and purposes set forth therein. SECTION 4. All expenditures made on behalf of the City, directly or through any agency, except those required by state law, shall be made in accordance with the authorization contained in this ordinance and the budget as herein amended. SECTION 5. Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2023 that are encumbered by approved purchase orders and contracts for which goods or services have not been received or contract completed, and/or for which all payments have not been made, by the last day of the Fiscal Year 2023 shall be carried forward and added to the fund or department appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024. SECTION 6. The City Manager is authorized and directed to make changes in the department and fund totals and summary pages of the budget necessary to reflect the amendments enumerated and aggregated in the budget as shown in Exhibit “2”, Exhibit “3”, and Exhibit “4” and the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations carried forward as provided in Section 5. SECTION 7. As specified in Section 2.04.320 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, a majority vote of the City Council is required to adopt this ordinance. SECTION 8. As specified in Section 2.28.140(b) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, the Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby delegates the authority to invest the City’s funds to the Director of Administrative Services, as Treasurer, in accordance with the City’s Investment Policy for Fiscal Year 2024. SECTION 9. The Council of the City of Palo Alto adopts the changes to the Municipal Fee Schedule as set forth in Exhibit “5”. The amount of the new or increased fees and charges is no more than necessary to cover the reasonable costs of the governmental activity, and the manner in which those costs are allocated to a payer bears a fair and reasonable relationship to the payer’s burden on, or benefits received from, the governmental activity. All new and increased fees shall go into effect immediately; provided that pursuant to Government Code Section 66017, all Planning & Community Environment Department fees relating to a “development project” as defined in Government Code Section 66000 shall become effective sixty (60) days from the date of adoption. SECTION 10. Fees in the Municipal Fee Schedule are for government services provided directly to the payor that are not provided to those not charged. The amount of this fee does not DocuSign Envelope ID: 9BE9C79E-E08A-4B6E-A17F-D327352DE790 3 exceed the reasonable costs to the City of providing the services. Consequently, pursuant to Art. XIII C, Section 1(e)(2), such fees are not a tax. SECTION 11. As provided in Section 2.04.330 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, this ordinance shall become effective upon adoption. SECTION 12. The Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby finds that this is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore, no environmental impact assessment is necessary. INTRODUCED AND PASSED: June 19, 2023 AYES: BURT, KOU, LAUING, LYTHCOTT-HAIMS, STONE, VEENKER NOES: TANAKA ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: NOT PARTICIPATING: ATTEST: _________________________ ___________________________ City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: City Attorney City Manager Director of Administrative Services DocuSign Envelope ID: 9BE9C79E-E08A-4B6E-A17F-D327352DE790 Certificate Of Completion Envelope Id: 9BE9C79EE08A4B6EA17FD327352DE790 Status: Completed Subject: DocuSign: Ordinance 5590 Source Envelope: Document Pages: 3 Signatures: 5 Envelope Originator: Certificate Pages: 2 Initials: 0 Vinhloc Nguyen AutoNav: Enabled EnvelopeId Stamping: Enabled Time Zone: (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto , CA 94301 Vinhloc.Nguyen@CityofPaloAlto.org IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Record Tracking Status: Original 6/26/2023 6:02:03 AM Holder: Vinhloc Nguyen Vinhloc.Nguyen@CityofPaloAlto.org Location: DocuSign Security Appliance Status: Connected Pool: StateLocal Storage Appliance Status: Connected Pool: City of Palo Alto Location: DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Molly Stump Molly.Stump@CityofPaloAlto.org City Attorney City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 6/26/2023 6:06:19 AM Viewed: 6/26/2023 10:47:46 AM Signed: 6/26/2023 10:47:56 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Kiely Nose Kiely.Nose@CityofPaloAlto.org Director, Administrative Services/CFO City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Uploaded Signature Image Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 6/26/2023 10:47:58 AM Viewed: 6/27/2023 3:14:38 PM Signed: 6/27/2023 3:14:46 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Ed Shikada Ed.Shikada@CityofPaloAlto.org Ed Shikada, City Manager City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 166.198.34.9 Signed using mobile Sent: 6/27/2023 3:14:48 PM Viewed: 6/27/2023 3:42:33 PM Signed: 6/27/2023 3:42:47 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Lydia Kou Lydia.kou@cityofpaloalto.org Council Member Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 98.207.160.72 Sent: 6/27/2023 3:42:49 PM Viewed: 6/27/2023 6:35:09 PM Signed: 6/27/2023 6:36:10 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Mahealani Ah Yun Mahealani.AhYun@CityofPaloAlto.org Acting City Clerk Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 6/27/2023 6:36:11 PM Viewed: 6/28/2023 9:25:33 AM Signed: 6/28/2023 9:25:41 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign In Person Signer Events Signature Timestamp Editor Delivery Events Status Timestamp Agent Delivery Events Status Timestamp Intermediary Delivery Events Status Timestamp Certified Delivery Events Status Timestamp Carbon Copy Events Status Timestamp Witness Events Signature Timestamp Notary Events Signature Timestamp Envelope Summary Events Status Timestamps Envelope Sent Hashed/Encrypted 6/26/2023 6:06:19 AM Certified Delivered Security Checked 6/28/2023 9:25:33 AM Signing Complete Security Checked 6/28/2023 9:25:41 AM Completed Security Checked 6/28/2023 9:25:41 AM Payment Events Status Timestamps