City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 3, 2015
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Make Appropriations for the Support of the City Government for Fiscal Year 2016.
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ISSUE: Consideration of an Appropriation Ordinance to make appropriations for the support of the government of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council pass the ordinance on first reading on June 10, 2015, and schedule it for public hearing, second reading, and final passage on June 13, 2015.
DISCUSSION: On May 4, 2015, City Council approved the FY 2016 General Fund Budget and adopted an ordinance setting the City's real property and personal property tax rate for calendar year (CY) 2015. In accordance with sections 6.07 and 6.14 of the City Charter, an annual ordinance is also required to appropriate the Approved Operating and Capital Budgets. This ordinance contains the appropriation of the Adopted Operating Budget, the reappropriation of expected encumbrances, and an appropriation from the Special Revenue Fund for new grants. This ordinance also reflects the final approved budget of the Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS), as adopted by the School Board on May 28, 2015. The ordinance reflects the add -delete decisions of the School Board, which took into account both changes in revenue estimates at the state and local level as well as increased use of fund balance and excessive services and the final City transfer Appropriation of $198,811,472. The Final City Appropriation transfer to ACPS was approximately $2.2 million lower than the amount requested by the School Board. In total, although these were numerous additions and reductions th...
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