HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-01-19 City Council (2)Operating Budget Document Changes
A number of changes are being prepared for the operating budget document, including:
• Addition of a citywide expense category summary table: enables the reader to see
citywide spending on salary and benefits, contract services, etc~
• Addition of percent change column to financial summary tables: both the dollar and the
percent change information help the reader interpret variance data.
• Inclusion of benchmark measures: per City Council recommendation, department
performance measures will be included in each year's budget document. The format is
also changing (Attachment A) and will be based on input, output, efficiency and
effectiveness benchmark measures. The "best practices" benchmark will be noted where
possible. Three years of data (prior, current and next) will be presented. Also,
performance measures from the City Auditor's Service Efforts and Accomplishments
report will serve as base measures where possible.
Capital Budget Document Changes
The primary change to the five-year capital plan document involves the redesign and
streamlining of the project page layout (Attachment B). Specifically, the project page will
incorporate the following changes:
• Streamlined format to move to a one-page..:per-project layout.
• Placing project facts in an easy-to-reference location, including: status, timeline, percent
complete, managing department, and Comprehensive Plan references.
• Redesign of financial summary in more intuitive format and breaking costs into pre-
design, design and construction components.
Municipal Fee Schedule Document Changes
The municipal fee schedule will move from a landscape to a portrait perspective to improve
readability and online ease-of-use. The typical two-year fee presentation will continue with the
proposed fee schedule document, for comparative purposes and to fully consider proposed fee
changes. However, the adopted fee schedule document produced after budget adoption will only
include the fee schedule for that year-the prior year's fee data will be removed.
In an attempt to determine that adequate cost-recovery levels exist with City fees, department
staff will be asked to review the expense components of each fee and assign a cost index to each.
The indexes used in this effort include:
• Bay Area consumer price index: determined by the United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics; used for fees with primarily external or regional cost factors.
• Department or citywide cost index: determined by either salary/benefit or total cost
growth at. the department or citywide level; used for fees with City staff and materials
costs as the primary expense factor.
.• Building or construction cost index: determined by regional growth of capital related
expense; used for fees with capital projects or construction costs as a primary cost factor.
Administrative Services Department staff will recommend annual fee increases to departments
beginning with 2005-06 once the appropriate cost index is associated with each fee. Fall cost-
recovery includes all direct costs as well as associated overhead and allocated expense.
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ATTACHMENT C
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Animal Services ---Veterinary Services (continued)
Sedation-Anesthesia
IV $45.00 $45.00
1M $35.00 $35.00
Gas $65.00 for first 30 $65.00 for first 30
minutes, $1.00 per minutes, $1.00 per
minute thereafter minute thereafter
Local . $20.00 $20.00
Fluid Therapy
SQ (cat) $20.00 $20.00
SQ (dog) $27.00 $27.00
IV catheter plus insertion $25.00 $25.00
IV fluids $22.001 liter $22.001 liter
IV AC set up and use $12.00 $12.00
Surgery (not Including anesthesia)
Minimum surgery and preparation $30.00 $30.00
Surgical time! Vet treatment time $100.00 per hour $100.00 per hour
Spay and Neuter Clinic Fees / ' .. 'Resident': .' .' Non'Residerit,' ,'.· .. ·~esident~~_ . .I/>Non.~esident
Cat Neuter (male)** $30.00 $35,00 $30.00 $35.00
Cat Spay (female)** $40.00 $45.00 $40.00 $45.00
Dog Neuter (male)--
o -30 pounds $50.00 $55.00 $50.00 $55.00
31 -JO pounds $60.00 $65.00 $60.00 $65.00
51 -75 pounds $70.00 $75.00 $70.00 $75.00
76 -99 pounds $80.00 $85.00 $80.00 $85.00
100 pounds and over $105.00 $JlO.OO $105.00 $JlO.OO
Dog Spay (female)'-
0-30 pounds $65.00 $70.00 $65.00 $70.00
31 -50 pounds $75.00 $80.00 $75.00 $80.00
51 -75 pounds $85.00 $90.00 $85.00 $90.00
76 -99 pounds $95.00 $100.00 $95.00 $100.00
100 pounds and over $120.00 $125.00 $120.00 $125.00
Rabbit Neuter $40.00 $40.00 $40.00 $40.00
Rabbit Spay (female) $50.00 $50.00 $50.00 $50.00
Rats, Guinea Pigs (male) $40.00 $40.00 $40.00 $40.00
** A $5.00 discount will be appjied to all dogs and cats five months or younger.
***Behavior consultation by appointment only and must be within a ten mile radius of the shelter. The animal shelter staff reserves the right to refuse service
to any animal they deem unsuitable for reasons of safety, housing, etc.
City of Palo Alto 2005-06 Municipal Fee Schedule 1