ATTACHMENT B
PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS:
CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE/BUSINESS EQUIPMENT FUND
Increase appropriations by $1,210,852 to correct allocations to meet the needs of the fund activities for the current fiscal year. The funds have been previously set aside in this fund for specific purposes.
Increase business equipment annual allocations by $1,210,852 to meet the needs for equipment replacement for the current fiscal year. Funds are set aside in the business equipment fund for future equipment replacement over the life of the asset. Higher appropriations need in the current fiscal year has been identified in the areas of equipment, copy machines, sc anners, printers, networks equipment, and computers. This is a correction based on further analysis and does not represent changes in operations.
Increase appropriations by $48,000 due to an increase in Dell-VMWare software costs.
The City Manager’s Office’s Information Technology Division manages the Business Equipment Fund and requests additional appropriation in the amount of $48,000 due to an unforeseen increase in Dell-VMWare software costs.
Increase appropriations by $ 360,000 for the Police Department’s contracts with AXON and Flock.
The City Manager’s Office’s Information Technology Division manages the Business Equipment Fund and requests additional appropriation in the amount of $ 360,000 for the Police Department’s contracts with AXON and Flock . This allocation will maintain existing services planned for in the business equipment fund. The action corrects annual allocations to meet the ongoing need. Funds have been previously set aside for this purpose in the fund.
CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE/GENERAL FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
Increase appropriations by $50,000 for the Motorola Backhaul Refresh Project.
The City Manager’s Office’s Information Technology Division requests an additional appropriation in the amount of $50,000 for the Motorola Backhaul Refresh project due to higher- than-anticipated equipment costs. Funds are available in the Capital Projects fund balance.
RECREATION & PARKS/ LANDSCAPE DISTRICT FUNDS
Increase allocations for two (2) full-time Crew Leader and four (4) full-time Maintenance Worker I positions in the amount of $640,000.
Property owners located within one of the four master Landscape Districts pay a special assessment for lighting and landscaping in their neighborhoods to be adequately maintained and renovated as needed. Due to a shortage of staff assigned to work in the Speci al Districts, the Recreation & Parks Department has not bee n able to keep up with the maintenance needs of these areas. In addition to the shortage of staff to provide landscape maintenance in the neighborhoods, between 2021 and 2025 four new parks within the Special District regions, along with the new Battles Ro ad multi -use path, have gone or will be online. Furthermore, new
developments that fall within these zones would be subject to the same assessment and the requirement for the Recreation & Parks Department to perform necessary maintenance services on any new landscaping. No additional staff have been added to perform ongoing maintenance on these parks. The Recreation & Parks Department requests an increase of allocations for six (6) full-time positions, comprised of two (2) Crew Leader and four (4) Maintenan ce Worker I positions, to serve the special landscaping needs of the community at an appropriate level, ensuring that the City is adequately utilizing associated funds.
PUBLIC WORKS/GROWTH MITIGATION FUND
Reallocate $523,688 for the Betteravia Road/US 101 Interchange Project to be funded by the Growth Mitigation Fund instead of Gax Tax and General Fund Capital Improvement Fund.
The budget adopted for fiscal years 2022-24 for the Betteravia Road/US 101 Interchange Project in the General Fund C apital Projects Fund totaled $750,000 and in the Gas Tax and Transportation Development Act Fund totaled $65,000. It has since been determined that the balance of the portion of this project funded by the General Fund Capital Projects Fund, which is $523,6 88, should be funded by the Growth Mitigation Fund. Therefore, the Public Works Department will not request carryover of the balance remaining for this project in the General Fund Capital Projects Fund. Through this budget amendment, the Public Works Depar tment requests an appropriation in the amount of $523,688 in the Growth Mitigation Fund instead to continue the progress on the Betteravia Road/US 101 Interchange Project.
PUBLIC UTILITIES/WATER FUND & WASTEWATER FUND
Reallocate appropriations from Water Fund by $ 108,710 to the Wastewater Fund for the replacement of a 2015 International Terrastar 4x2 Regular Cab Utility Body truck and authorize a corresponding reduction in the Water Fund.
The replacement of a 2015 International Terrastar 4x2 Regular Cab Utility Body truck is currently budgeted in FY 2024-25 in the Water Fund. It has since been determined that the replacement of this truck should be accounted for in the Wastewater Fund. Therefore, the Utilities Department requests an appro priation in the amount of $108,710 in the Wastewater Fund and a corresponding reduction in the Water Fund to correctly account for the replacement of this vehicle.
PUBLIC UTILITIES/SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FUND
Increase appropriations by $234,550 for postclosure maintenance of the Santa Maria Regional Landfill.
The City of Santa Maria entered into a Pledge of Revenue Agreement with CalRecycle for the postclosure maintenance of the Santa Maria Regional Landfill. The pledged revenue in the operating account wi ll be $665,000 per fiscal year, reflecting the latest cost estimate for monitoring and postclosure maintenance. T he current appropriation is $390,450. The Utilities Department requests an additional appropriation in the amount of $234,550. There is sufficient ongoing funding in the fund.