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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4.02 BudgetModifArticleXIIIB "'~;ll~l\>j:,r',;.," '-, . .~~:.~;~~;~~;::.'~~' .~; i CITY CLERK File # nl3J~[ll]-~lQ] . AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: (June 25, 1997) SUBJECT: 1996-1997 Budget Modification with Regard to Article xrll B i'?a /I of the State Constitution (( b L,.. (prepared by: Paul S. Rankin, Assistant City Manager) EXIDBITS ATTACHED: None RECOMMENDATION: /J Authorize Staff to appropriate to Reserves, any Revenues in excess , ~wY' of Budgeted Expenditures as of June 30, 1997. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: This report and action will simply provide an appropriation to Reserves in the amount of any revenues received, which are in excess of expenditures. The action will not change the amount authoriZed to be e},.'Pended. Actual amounts appropriated to Reserves in each Fund will be identified after the books are closed and all accruals have been made. DESCRIPTION: This report requests authorization to appropriate all revenues received in the current Fiscal Year, which are in excess of expenditures. The actual amounts involved will be determined . following the close of the Fiscal Year. Each year the City Council takes this action to protect the ability to utilize these reserves in future years, without the possibility of exceeding the State mandated Appropriations Limit The State Constitution limits the amount of annual appropriations, which are made from the "Proceeds of Taxes." The City is currently well below the maximum Appropriations Limit. An exclusion is provided for in the methodology for accounting for appropriations, which will be subject to the Limit The law specifically excludes funds which have been appropriated to reserves in a prim Fiscal Year. 'When the Reserve Funds are eventually used, they would not be subject to the Appropriations Limit in the year that they were used, since they had been previously "appropriated" under the limit authorized in a prior year. The specific action requested in this report is for the City Council to authorize the appropriation of all excess revenues to Reserves. 1ms will preclude the need for the City Council to take any further action to account for differences between the estimates and the actual final Fiscal Year 1996/97 revenues and expenditures. In taking this action, the City Council acknowledges that the appropriation of excess revenues is a setting aside of the funds for various projects or expenses that require more than one year to complete. The actual use of these funds will be subject to a future City Council action. . Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the appropriation of any or all excess revenues to reserves in conformance with this report. ------------------------------------------------------------------- COPIES TO: ITEM NO. 4.2 HlBudget 97-98lword/apprl~mitJag630rsv.doe