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Home My WebLink AboutR-1994-136 Unfunded MandatesRESOLUTION NO. R-94- (c_5C A RESOLUTION declaring October 24-30, 1994 as Unfunded Mandates Week in the City of Yakima. WHEREAS, unfunded federal mandates on state and local governments have increased significantly in recent years; and WHEREAS, federal mandates require cities and towns to perform duties without consideration of local circumstances, costs or capacity, and subject municipalities to civil or criminal penalties for noncompliance; WHEREAS, federal mandates require compliance regardless of other pressing local needs and priorities affecting the health, welfare and safety of municipal citizens; and, WHEREAS, excessive federal burdens on local governments force some combination of higher local taxes and fees and/or reduced local services; and, WHEREAS, federal mandates are often too inflexible, one -size -fits -all requirements that impose unrealistic time frames and specify procedures or facilities where less costly regional alternatives might be just as effective; and, WHEREAS, is estimated that the percentage of the City's budget devoted to mandate compliance is 52.5 for capital and 66.7 for operating; and, WHEREAS, existing mandates impose harsh pressures on local budgets and the federal government has imposed a freeze upon funding to help compensate for any new mandates; and, WHEREAS, the National League of Cities is continuing its national public education campaign to help citizens understand and then reduce the burden and inflexibility of unfunded mandates, including a National Unfunded Mandates Week, October 24- 30, 1994; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Yakima endorses the efforts of the National League of Cities and supports working with NLC to fully inform our citizens about the impact of federal mandates on our government and the pocketbooks of our citizens; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Yakima has proclaimed October 24- 30, 1994 as "Unfunded Mandates Week" in observance of National Unfunded Mandates Week. ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 25th day of October, 1994. Attest: City Clerk Mayor 80 - 70 - 60 - 50 - % 40 - 30 - 20 - 10 - 0 Operating Funds % of Budget devoted to mandate ❑ % of Budget which is State/Federal compliance revenue & General Fund Other General Government Enterprise & Utility Funds State & Federai Mandates & Funding impacts PROJECTED 1995 OPERATING BUDGETS 1995 PROJECTED BUDGET Police Wastewater Fire Transit Domestic Water Streets & Traffic Ops. Parks & Recreation Information Systems Housing Refuse Equipment Rental Engineering Public Works Admin Fire Pension Finance Legal Customer Service Police Pension Irrigation Codes Planning District Court Purchasing City Manager Human Resources Cable Communications City Hall City Clerk Rebound City Council State Examiner Hearing Examiner Growth Management TOTALS 9,494,149 8,179,414 5,057,980 4,305,452 3,656,151 2,950,286 3,301,399 1,615,710 3,235,073 1,991,559 1,721,477 868,431 836,860 880,205 792,318 784,062 843,195 822,162 721,427 713,523 471,503 356,896 316,803 342,115 321,563 322,430 301,218 285,684 104,684 134,993 74,010 41,000 80,200 55,923,932 1995 EST. COST of mandate implementation 8,887,473 7,620,760 4,516,270 1,254,178 3,399,124 1,858,975 291,078 359,892 1,642,123 1,792,602 363,748 121,832 72,558 880,205 614,782 471,648 94,277 822,162 40,175 560,116 393,752 322,506 97,857 40,154 277,008 59,586 22,115 198,068 22,287 5,217 74,010 41,000 80,200 37,297,739 % OF BUDGET devoted to mandate compliance 93 61% 93.17% 89.29% 29.13% 92.97% 63.01% 8.82% 22.27% 50.76% 90.01% 21.13% 14.03% 8.67% 100.00% 77.59% 60.15% 11.18% 100.00% 5.57% 78.50% 83.51% 90.36% 30.89% 11.74% 86.14% 18.48% 7.34% 69.33% 21.29% 3.86% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 66.69% REVENUE Received for mandate compliance from State/Fed sources 1,466,453 0 0 650,000 0 945,000 22,000 0 2,586,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65,000 0 0 15,000 25,000 5,774,453 % (b) of budget which is State/Federal revenue 15.45% 0.00% 0.00% 15.10% 0.00% 32.03% 0.67% 0.00% 79.94% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 62.09% 0.00% 0.00% 36.59% 31.17% 10.33% (m) of mandates which are covered by State/Fed revenue 16.50% 0.00% 0.00% 51.83% 0.00% 50.83% 7.56% 0.00% 157.48% 0.00% 0.00% 0.0V/0 0 o 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 291.65% 0.00% 0.00% 36.59% 31.17% 15.48% 80 - 70 - 60 - 50 - %40- 30 - 20 - 10 - 0' Capital Funds % of Budget devoted to mandate ❑ % of Budget which is State/Federal compliance revenue General Fund 1 6 Other General Government Enterprise & Utility Funds State & Federal Mandates & Funding Impacts CAPITAL BUDGETS 1995 1995 1995 PROJECTED EST. COST BUDGET Of mandate implementation 0/0 OF BUDGET Devoted to mandate compliance REVENUE Received for mandate compliance from State/Fed sources % (b) Of budget which is State/Federal revenue % (m) of mandates which are covered by State/Fed revenue Wastewater Transportation Imp. Fund Transit Public Works Trust Domestic Water Equipment Rental Police Fire -General Fund Central Business District Parks & Recreation Environmental Fund 6,097,800 5,794,739 14,704,199 10,491,449 700,000 150,000 605,833 114,746 1,825,560 1,500,063 2,404,202 15,423 7,766,00001 00 115,50 402,000 347,040 112,350 0 50,000 0 67,500 67,500 TOTALS 34,815,444 18,596,460 95.03% 71.35% 21.43% 18.94% 82.17% 0.64% 1.49% 72 nn°i 0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 53.41% 100,000 11,340,906 150,000 n 1,183,455 0 0 n 0 0 0 1.64% 77.13% 21.43% 0.00°4 64.83% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 12,774,361 36.69% 1.73% 108.10% 100.00°! 0.00% 78.89% 0.00°k 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 68.69% Note: The total of these graphs, (capital and operating) does not match the overall City budget total due to the ommission of several funds. The omitted funds reflect double budgeting and are not appropriate for this analysis. Debt service funds have also been omitted because debt funding is either through special debt assesments or covered through rates in operating funds.