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November 7, 1931
HONORABLE CITV COUNCIL
Palo Alto, california
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~ttention: Finance committee
1'92-9. BUDGET GUtP-ELI~S
Members of the Council:
The rol1o~inq are proposed as guidelines for staff in preparing the
1992-94 operating budget:
1. The City operating budget ~ill be prepared on the basis of a
two-year plan, with the first year being appropriated and the
second year approved in concept. The Capital I:rnprovement
Program {CTP) will continue to be prepared as a five-year
plan, with the first two years treated in the same manner as
the operating budget ~ Changes to the second-year plan .... 111 be
limited to priority changes l ngw mandates, health and safety
needs, or significant changes in projected expenditures or
revenues.
2. There will be no net increase in the numper of General Fund
positions.
~. Increases or additions to ongoing services must be offset by
either equivalent ongoing revenues or expenditure reductions.
No increase in City operating expenditures will be made to
adjust: for inflation, unless revenue forecasts sho'll,' sufficient
funding being available.
,. Community input on levels of service, given changing economic
conditions, shall be used to help prioritize fundinq levels~
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Municipal fees and charges shall be determined in 3ccordance
with the methodology approved by the City Couucil in the 19$9
Cost Allocation/User Fee Study.
New revenue scurces and increases to existing revenue sources
will continue to be aggressively investigated, keeping in mind
the restrictions imposed by the City's Gann limit.
The use of volunteers will cont-inl.:i.e to be encouraged to the
fullest extent possible.
The budget will continue to reflect an effort to id.ent.ify
improvements through more efficient organization and use of
City staff and resources.
9. The General Fund CIP should focus primarily on existing
commitments, and secondarily on any new city priorities. The
Enterprise Fund elP, relyinq as it does on a rate structure to
fund. both capital and maintena.nce and operations costs, needs
to be pr~pared ~ith referenc~ to the adopted lonq-term
infrastructure plan for each separate utility.
Respectfully submitted,
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Eii'fLY HARRISON
Finance Director
WILL AM ZANER
City Manager
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