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Phone: (509) 575 -6000 • Fax (509) 576 -6614 City Manager
Email: ccouncil @ci.yakima.wa.us • www.ci.yakima.wa.us Donald B. Cooper
Anyone wishing to address the Council, please fill out the form found on the tables and give it to the City Clerk
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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
ADJOURNED MEETING — STUDY SESSION
SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 — 1:00 P.M. — 3:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS — YAKIMA CITY HALL
1. Roll Call
411 2. Proposed 2012 Budget constructed in accordance with the Priorities of
Government Model
3. Audience Comments (2:45 — 3:00 p.m.)
4. Adjournment to October 18, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. for scheduled City Council
Business Meeting
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Memb- is of the Yakima City Council
FR: Don Cooper, City Manage l
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DT: October 7, 2011
RE: Budget Workshop
Attached is a copy of the power point presentation that I will be discussing during the budget workshop
on Tuesday. I realize that other issues may come up; however, the main focus of the discussion will be
how to sustain the budget for both the short and long terms.
0 If there are any issues you would like to address, please let Cally know. She will compile a list of all the
questions, concerns, etc. and have copies available for the meeting.
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2012 budget workshop
Proposed 2012 budget
Constructed in accordance with the
Priorites of Government Model
2012 Proposed Budget
Total proposed budget: $187,445,026
General Fund: $48,761,470
Parks & Rec: $4,050,111
Streets & Traffic: $5,055,371
Total General Govt.: $57,866,952
Enterprise & Non-General Govt.: $129,578,074
General Govt.
Reserve maintained at 7% or better ($25,765 of reserve used to balance budget). Reserve balance is 9.6% of 2012
proposed budget.
13 positions eliminated from budget
1. Vacant positions eliminated:
a. 1 in Fire
b. 1 in Parks
c. 2 in Streets &Traffic
d. 1 in CED
e. 1 in code administration
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2. Layoffs: None
Services Reduced: None (services will remain at 2011 levels due to elimination of vacant positions only)
New positions/ programs:
a. Economic Development Manager
b. Buyer in Purchasing (partially paid for by county)
Capital Equipment
New: Streets & Traffic - - crack - sealer and line laser
Replacement: Streets &Traffic -- Elgin Street Sweeper and 2 - % Ton pickups
Police Dept. : 9 patrol cars
Capital Projects:. Continuation of ongoing projects from 2011...No new projects for 2012
Enterprise & S
Revenue
Two positions added to budget net
1. Vacant positions eliminated: .5
A. reduce a position in Waste Water to part -time
2. Layoffs: None
Services reduced: None
Services eliminated: None
New positions: 2.5
1 Public Safety Communications
1.5 in refuse
Capital Equipment:
New: Two new side loaders in refuse
Replacement: 1 /2 T pickup for water, WW cargo van, % T pick -up,
Ford Escape
Capital Projects (new): None - continuation of 2011 projects
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Issues requiring Council Action
1. Personnel Additions /deletions
2. Equipment Replacement
3. New Equipment
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Unknowns
• Status of labor negotiations
• Loss of state revenues
• Loss of federal revenues
• Mill site landfill mitigation
• Downtown maintenance
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Issues needing d
1. Service Levels: need to set service levels for public safety especially
police and fire services
2. The desired level of service for streets
3. Code enforcement
4. Are service levels adequate at present levels?
5. Can present or desired levels be maintained through the remainder of
the decade?
6. Are there services that can be eliminated, reduced, or privatized?
7. What levels of reserves should be maintained?
8. What should be done with revenues in excess of designated reserves
(street maintenance, equipment replacement, others)?
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Issues needing direction
1. What are the services and service levels that
are needed, and can be sustained, in a
climate of low revenue growth for an
extended period of time?
2. Working within the POG model we need to
establish those service levels which can be
sustained for the foreseeable future.