1. CITY OF MERIDIAN FY07 BUDGET HEARING Mayor – Tammy de Weerd Council President – Shaun Wardle Council Vice President – Joe Borton Council – Keith Bird Council – Charlie Rountree

2. City of Meridian Total FY07 Budget Request $95,835,010 Personnel $19,928,152 Operating $14,743,857 Capital Outlay $18,255,651 Reappropriate $42,907,350

6. Total Est FY07 City of Meridian Revenue $52,554,888 Water/Sewer Usage 18% Utility Connections 24% Property tax 24% Government Sharing 6% Service Charges 9% Other 4% Building Permits 10% Interest 5%

7. General Fund The City’s general fund is used to provide services such as public safety, parks and recreation and building inspections. The largest component of the General Fund is Public Safety, it is 40% of the City’s ENTIRE personnel and operating budget. 69% of the General Fund is from property tax revenue. (Property tax is 24% of the entire City budget) – We still don’t have final property tax numbers from Ada County

8. City of Meridian Est FY07 General Fund Revenue $26,675,000 Interest 4% Park Impact Fees 7% property tax 48% Building Dept Fees 3% Building Permits 19% Government Sharing 11% Other 2% Service Charges 6%

11. Property Tax Will increase about 23% from FY06 to FY07 - 20% of this increase was due to new construction.

12. Property Tax The tremendous growth in new construction value has increased taxable value and resulted in Meridian’s levy rate remaining at or below.003 for several years.

13. Public Safety Makes up 40% of the entire City operating budget and 82% of the General Fund operating budget. Police – FY07 operating budget request - $8,617,154 Fire – FY07 operating budget request - $5,192,722

14. POLICE DEPARTMENT Operating and Personnel enhancement request is 60% of total General Fund enhancement request. Calls for service from 2004 to 2005 increased 16%. Organized into three divisions – Patrol – Criminal Investigations – Community Services

15. Requested FY07 Personnel Additions to Police Department Six Patrol Officers - $547,336 Narcotics Officer- $111,700 Crime Scene Investigator - $57,373 Two Victim Witness Coordinators - $76,134 Two Records Clerks - $97,433 Part-time Volunteer Coordinator - $26,820

16. Fire Department FY07 operating enhancement request is 8.7% of the General Fund operating enhancement request. Fire Department includes City and Rural Fire District – 54 square acres – combined population of 77,000 Call volume has increased 30.3% since 1990. From 2001 to 2005 combined (city and rural) response time decreased from 6.10 to 5.16 minutes.

17. Requested FY07 Additions to Fire Department Deputy EMS Chief - $125,170 Increase Fire Truck Fund - $150,000 Various operating equipment - $22,800

18. Parks Department FY07 operating enhancement request is 8.16% of the General Fund operating enhancement request. Capital Outlay request, including impact fees, is $1.7 million dollars. Parks Department has about 155 acres of maintained park land and about 78 acres of undeveloped park land. Recreation offers a variety of classes, summer camp programs, sports leagues and special events.

19. Requested FY07 Additions to Parks Department Purchase of Park Land – Impact Fees - $550,000 Park Development – Impact Fees - $815,600 Park Development – General Fund - $272,600 Various Operating Equipment – General Fund - $71,500 Various Operating Maintenance – General Fund - $54,850 Recreation - $44,620

20. City Administration Includes Department of Financial Management – Split with Enterprise Fund Human Resources – Split with Enterprise Fund Information Technology – Split with Enterprise Fund Mayor and Council City Clerk Legal – Split with Development Services FY07 operating enhancement request is 21% of the General Fund operating enhancement request. Capital Outlay request is $163,070

21. Requested FY07 Additions to Administration Personnel - $345,402 Accountant Network Specialist Database Application Developer Department Specialist Executive Assistant

22. Requested FY07 Additions to Administration Training/HR Support - $72,000 Community Groups - $29,000 Disaster Recovery - $120,000 Capital Replacement - $29,570

23. Requested FY07 Additions to Administration City Hall - From Capital Improvement Fund - $7,000,000 City Hall Funding – Total - $16,000,000 Carry forward from FY06 Enterprise Fund - $4,500,000 Capital Improvement Fund - $4,500,000

27. Special Service Fund – Those General Fund Functions Related to Serving Development – Funded by Development Fees Building Department – Building Permits Planning Department – Comprehensive Plan Compliance and Assistance Street Lights Code Enforcement Economic Development Excess Fund Capital Improvements Fund

28. Special Service Fund AKA Development Services Revenue is VERY development dependant – when building drops – revenue will drop

29. Special Services Revenue to Base Budget

30. Special Services Fund FY07 Budget Enhancement Requests Building Department Building Permit Software - $150,000 Excess Revenue Transfer to Capital Improvement - $1,470,146

31. Special Services Fund FY07 Budget Enhancement Requests Planning Department Principal Planner - $78,352 Other - $18,726 Development Studies and Consultants and Memberships - $135,750 Economic Development Districts 10 Mile Suburban Design Guidelines 10 Mile Plan Market Analysis East 3 rd Street Extension Consultant Plan for Districts Valley Initiative for Prosperity/BVEP

33. Enterprise Fund Fund is used to account for the business functions of the City – those activities that be funded by user charges. Water Sewer Two components within the overall umbrella of providing utility services The operations side – the revenue and cost associated with water and sewer usage. The operations base budget consists of personnel and operations cost needed to provide customers with water and sewer. The construction side – the revenue and cost associated with constructing capital infrastructure such as sewer and water lines and the wastewater treatment plant.

34. Operations Revenue and Base The base budget includes the personnel and operating cost incurred to keep the sewer plant and the water department operating on a day to day basis. The number of utility accounts serviced has grown rapidly – in the last 18 months from Jan 2005 to June 2006 from 18,403 to 23,549 - a 28% increase.

35. Construction Revenue and Budgeted Capital Outlay Waterlines Sewer lines Wastewater Treatment Plan Lift Stations Wells Reservoirs

39. Public Works Department – FY07 Budget Request - $152,185 GIS Programmer - $81,135 – ½ to Planning Department Software and Electronics Equipment - $53,200 Consulting and Contract Labor - $56,700

40. Water Department – FY07 Budget Request - $3,105,027 Staff - (2) - $115,027 Additional Water Building Construction Funding - $500,000 Well/Waterline Construction - $2,075,000 Consulting - $30,000 Retrofit Meters to Radio Read - $375,000 Other - $10,000

41. Waste Water Treatment Plant – FY07 Budget Request - $3,897,893 Five Mile Metering Station - $250,000 South Area Trunk - $2,000,000 Other - $62,900 Staff (two) - $119,993 Black Cat Sewer - $1,200,000 Waste Water Treatment Plant – Phase II - $265,000

43. Prepared by the City of Meridian Department of Financial Management and Planning For More Information call City Hall at 888 – 4433, email us at kilchens@meridiancity.org or check out our City of Meridian website at www.meridiancity.org – Finance Department