City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority
June 21, 2022

City of Merced
Budget 2022-23
1 FY 2022-23 Budget Overview
Total City Budget $384.6 million
$53.5
$170.6
$39.8
$120.7
General Fund
Enterprise Funds
Internal Service Funds
Other Operating Funds
2 Set-aside
Revisions
3 Preliminary Final Difference
FY 2020-21 Unreserved Fund Balance
(Unassigned) $9,258,802 $6,898,259 $(2,360,543)
5% Contingency Reserve 2,597,020 2,602,054 5,034
Additional needed for 30% Reserve Set-
aside 1,608,035 1,638,244 30,209
$4,205,055 $4,240,298 $35,243
Excess over Reserve Requirements $5,053,747 $2,657,961 $(2,395,786) Amount Rounded $4,800,000 $2,700,000
45% 45%
45% of Excess $2,160,000 $ 1,215,000 $(945,000)
65% To Trust 115 1,404,000 789,750 (614,250)
35% to Economic Development Opportunity
Fund 756,000 425,250 (330,750)
Total $2,160,000 $1,215,000 $(945,000)
FY 2022/23
General
Fund
4 Estimated Beginning Balance – July 1, 2022 $9,690,161 Budgeted Revenue $51,778,212
Operating Expenses $50,586,931
Operating Transfers $1,454,158
Total Operating Expenditures $52,041,089
Revenue over/under Expense ($262,877)
Below the Line (Non-operating) $930,039
Future Planning $3,353,244
Prior Year Projects $562,782
Recommended Ending Balance – June 30, 2023 $4,581,219
Less Committed Funds-5% Contingency Reserve $2,602,054
Total Available Funds – June 30, 2023 $1,979,165
Below the Line Expenses (Non-Operating)
5 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System $ 422,385 General Election Ballot $ 80,000
Parks Vehicle Replacements (3) $ 135,000
Civic Center HVAC upgrade (Phase 3) $ 16,654
Art Projects $ 100,000
Community Funding $ 50,000
Bicycle Race $ 26,000
Stephen Leonard Park Building Repair $ 100,000
Affordable Housing Trust Fund $ 500,000
Trust 115-Pension $ 789,750
Economic Development Opportunity Fund $ 425,250
General Fund Reserve – 30% set aside $1,638,244
Total $4,283,283 General Fund Staffing/Admin
 Fire
 Added 1 Administrative Analyst
 Deleted 3 Rental Inspections personnel
 Police
 Added 1 Community Services Officer
 Deleted 1 Community Liaison
 Added 2 Dispatchers
 Outside City Attorney
 Unfunded 1 in-house City Attorney
 Unfunded 1 in-house Senior Deputy City
Attorney
6 Measure C Funding
7  Staffing
 Transferred 2 Fire Personnel to CFD – 10.30 FTE
 Transferred 2 Police Officers to CFD – 18.49 FTE
 Streets
 $1 million set aside for Safe Streets Phase 1 (streetlight upgrade)  Fire Engine $875K
 Police Vehicle Replacements (11) $750K
Measure Y - Police/Fire
8  Fire 20%
 Hawk Training Facility
 Mobile Radio Replacements
 Equipment Maintenance
 Facilities Maintenance
 Safety Gear
 Police 20%
 Reserve Officer Program
 New Lidar Units
 Replace Range Shed/Fence
 Speed Enforcement Equipment
 Dispatch Serve Upgrade
 Software Upgrades
Measure Y – Parks & Recreation
 Parks & Recreation – 20%
 Teal Top Hockey
 Swim Lessons at Ada Givens
 Baseball Field upgrades and
maintenance
 New Truck for Z00
 Voucher Program
 Enhanced Programs
 Added 1 Administrative
Analyst(operating funds)
 Added 1 Zookeeper (contribution)
9 Measure Y – 40% Discretionary
10  Discretionary-40%
 Charles Richard Drew Improvements
 Dennis Chavez Memorial Park Improvements
 Diego Rivera Park Improvements
 Playground Maintenance
 Bike Path Maintenance
 Tree Trimming
Development
Services/Economic Dev
 Traffic Study for Loughborough $75k
 General Plan Update $1M
 Added 1 Associate Planner
 Added 1 Assistant Planner
 Added 1 Development Svcs Tech I/II
 Removed 1 Planning Tech I/II
 Industrial Park Study $50k
11 Errata List
12 Description Net Amount
Art Projects $100,000
Community Funding $50,000
Bicycle Race $26,000
City Attorney Contract $66,000
Remove Deputy Police Chief add Police Captain ($23,354) Affordable Housing Trust Fund $500,000
Stephen Leonard Park Building Repairs $100,000
Additional LAFCO Funding $58,051
Revise set-aside funding for Trust 115 and Ec Dev Opp Funds ($945,000) Revise Reserve set-aside $30,209
Add a zookeeper (expense net of contribution) $33,612
Add GIS Tech, remove Systems Tech $0
Revise RSTP funding $110,517
Revised allocations from HUD, CDBG & Home Funds $21,695 Add Safe Streets (streetlight upgrades) funding to Maintenance Districts and CFD’s $558,050
Biennial Budget-Council
Direction
 What is a Biennial Budget?
 Practice of preparing and adopting budgets for two-year period.
 Explore implementation of a Biennial Budget
 Advantages
 Reduce the amount of time spent on budgeting
 Encourages departments to think strategically
 Disadvantages
 More time spent in year one
 Difficulty forecasting further into the future
13 Next Steps
14 Re-open the Public Hearing
Take Public Comment
Adopt a Motion Approving
the FY 2022/23 Budget