Finance and Management Services
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Item # 16
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
June 18, 2024
TOPIC: Ordinance to adopt the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget
AGENDA TITLE
Second Reading and Adoption of City Council Ordinance No. NS-3067 Appropriating Monies to the Several Offices, Agencies, and Departments of the City of Santa Ana for the Fiscal Year Budget Period Commencing July 1, 2024
First reading at the June 4, 2024 City Council meeting and approved by a vote of 7-0.
Published in the OC Reporter on June 10, 2024.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve the second reading and adopt Ordinance No. NS-3067 to appropriate monies to the several offices, agencies, and departments of the City for Fiscal Year 2024-25 (FY24-25), which begins on July 1, 2024 and ends on June 30, 2025. (Requires five affirmative votes)
UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE NO. NS-3067 entitled AN UNCODIFIED
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
APPROPRIATING MONIES TO SEVERAL OFFICES, AGENCIES, AND
DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY FOR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET PERIOD
COMMENCING JULY 1, 2024
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No
DISCUSSION
In compliance with Sections 604 and 605 of Santa Ana’s City Charter, the Acting City Manager worked with staff to prepare and submit a proposed budget to City Council for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2024.
In compliance with Section 606 of the City’s Charter, the City Council held a noticed public hearing for the proposed budget on June 4, 2024. The City Council directed staff to amend the proposed budget document and Ordinance as follows:
Ordinance to Adopt the FY 2024-25 Budget
June 18, 2024
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•Remove the $1,658,000 General Fund subsidy to the Parking Enterprise and return to City Council within 60 days (August 6, 2024 agenda) with more information and options for the Downtown Parking operations and rates; •Remove the $35,000 budget allocation for the City’s membership to the Association of California Cities – Orange County (ACC-OC); and •Correct the Police Department detailed staffing table in the Budget Document.
The City Council introduced and approved the first reading of the Ordinance as amended. City Council also directed staff to update the Seven-Year Capital Improvement Plan to reflect the $10 million Dog Park project, with $4 million of funding and $6 million unfunded. The updated document can be viewed on the City’s website at: https://www.santa-ana.org/budget/. Finally, City Council directed staff to implement Spanish and Vietnamese translation on the My Santa Ana mobile application by December 2024.
Santa Ana Charter Section 607 requires the City Council to adopt the annual budget by July 31.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
There is no environmental impact associated with this action.
FISCAL IMPACT
The Fund Balance Summary in the Budget Document includes the estimated fiscal impact for each fund (Exhibit 2, page 21).
All exhibits are on the City’s website at: https://www.santa-ana.org/budget/.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Ordinance No. NS-3067 to adopt the FY24-25 budget
2. Detailed proposed budget document
Submitted By: Kathryn Downs, Finance and Management Services Executive Director Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, Acting City Manager