City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 6, 2018
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of a Supplemental Appropriation Ordinance for the Support of the City Government for FY 2018. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
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ISSUE: Consideration of a Supplemental Appropriation Ordinance for the support of the City government for FY 2018.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council hold a public hearing and adopt this proposed Ordinance (Attachment 2) on June 23, 2018.
DISCUSSION: Near the end of each fiscal year a Supplemental Appropriation Ordinance is presented for Council consideration in order to reflect additional grant revenues, donations and other technical appropriation adjustments previously planned but not yet enacted. Staff recommends the FY 2018 Appropriations Ordinance be amended to accomplish the following:
(1) Appropriation of grant revenue accepted or adjusted by the City in FY 2018, for specific programs, but not yet appropriated. A listing of grants is included as Attachment 3 and totals an increase of budget authority of $2,531,431. All of the adjustments are described in Attachment 3.
(2) The transfer of General Fund Budget Authority Among Departments. Section 2 of this ordinance shifts appropriated General Fund resources from departments with projected savings to departments that had unbudgeted expenses, expenditures that exceed the current appropriation or expenditures that exceed the anticipated non-general fund revenues. The Alexandria Libraries had a workers' compensation claim totaling approximately $250,000 throughout the year that exceed estimated personnel vacancy savings. The Law Library, which is also budgeted with the Alexandria Library, experienced lower revenue receipts than budgeted ($15,400). In Transit Subsidies, the utilization...
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