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May 02, 2006
Dollars and Sense - Part 1
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| I spent the morning of 4-26-06 at the
Finance Committee meeting. As a member of the Citizen's Redevelopment Committee
it was a
pretty fun meeting. We presented a list of redevelopment projects that
were prioritized based on input from various neighborhood groups as well
as our own discussions. I'll be doing an entry to cover some of that
later (follow this link to see how much RDA money is spent, this is money from bonds you didn't vote on). But because I went to the Finance Committee on the 26th I skipped the extra session on the 27th. On the 27th the City Manager presented his proposals for funding of community groups. As a follow up to an earlier post I'm putting that info here. |
| Disclaimer: City of Chico finance image and logo were modified and reproduced without permission. No attempt is being made to represent myself as a Finance Committee member or city staff. If I end up in the "Big House", please break me out. |
| What follows are the recommendations
that the City Manager, Greg Jones, made for funding of various community
groups.
The money comes from the General Fund, Transportation Occupancy Taxes
(TOT), and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money. The City Manager recommended a 3% increase in funding for groups that wanted an increase. Some groups that had failed to attend the 4-13-06 meeting had their proposed funding reduced to zero. Of course these were just recommendations and the Finance Committee probably made adjustments that I'm unaware of. |
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| City Manager Greg Jones describes the
spending increase in the Finance Committee agenda as follows... FISCAL IMPACT: As indicated at the 4/13/06 Finance Committee meeting, based on the budget projections at the time of preparation of the agenda, I recommended available program revenue of $738,850, an increase of $93,850 over Fiscal Year 05-06 recommended revenue of $645,000. The increased recommendation represents increases of $20,000 in the General Fund/CDBG category, $51,500 in the TOT - Tourism and Economic Development category, $12,350 in the TOT - Arts category, and the additional $10,000 allocated according to Council policy for one time events. If the Finance Committee recommends funding allocations within the recommended available program revenue, General Fund savings will be realized . |
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| The contrast between the community organizations
funding on 4-27 and the RDA capital projects funding on 4-26 is staggering.
The Finance Committee didn't even blink when proposing a 10% increase in
RDA spending ($4million). In fact, I would say that the public discussion over who gets $10K-$20K for their community group seems more detailed than which project gets $1,000,000 - $20,000,000. The end result of both the 4-26 and 4-27 Finance Committee meetings was to forward "lists" to the entire council for discussion and action (approval). There's a June 6th all day budget meeting scheduled to cover much of this ground in detail. The columns below are 2005-6 (what the organizations received last funding cycle), 2006-7 (what they asked for next), and Proposed (what the City Manager proposed for the next funding cycle). | |||
| Organization Arc of Butte County Butte County Behavioral Health Caminar Catalyst Women's Advocates Catholic Ladies Relief Society Chico Area Council on Aging Chico Cat Coalition (PAWS) Chico Community Children's Center Chico Community Shelter Partnership Chico Creek Nature Center Chico Unified School District Community Action Agency Community Legal Information Center Do-It Leisure (Work Training Center) Independent Living Services of NoCal Innovative Health Care Services Innovative Preschool Legal Services of Northern California North Valley Parent Education Network Passages Adult Resource Center Rape Crisis Intervention Sunshine Kids Club VECTORS Barry R Kirshner Wildlife Foundation CARD (4th of July) Chico Chamber of Commerce Chico Chamber of Commerce Chico Economic Planning Corporation Downtown Chico Business Association Far West Heritage(was Chico Museum) Far West Heritage(was Chico Museum) Hispanic Business Association Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Natural History Museum(CSUC Found.) University Public Events(CSUC Found.) |
2005-6 $8520 $0 $7140 $9510 $19000 $20780 $10000 $22669 $12000 $53889 $0 $13906 $2652 $13818 $16150 $30122 $8840 $16616 $11934 $5835 $25603 $3768 $11220 $0 $3115 $118948 $20000 $40000 $38400 $20376 $7000 $5000 $5000 $0 $10000 |
2006-7 $13422 $19998 $7140 $16528 $19000 $21000 $14000 $22669 $12000 $60960 $10970 $16000 $3000 $13818 $16150 $31628 $10000 $20000 $16000 $5835 $25603 $6000 $0 $8300 $3115 $156169 $0 $48000 $47500 $34000 $0 $0 $35000 $20000 $20000 |
Proposed $8776 $0 $7140 $9795 $19000 $21000 $10300 $22660 $12000 $55506 $0 $13906 $2732 $13818 $16150 $31026 $9105 $17114 $12292 $5835 $25603 $3881 $0 $0 $3115 $122516 $0 $41200 $39552 $20987 $0 $0 $0 $5000 $20000 |
Posted by Lon at May 2, 2006 08:01 AM