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Howard V. Gary, Director e
Management and Budget De•artment
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Overview of the 1978 $iidclet
Pursuant to your request, the following information is submitted which
gives an overview of the City of Miami's Budget for FY'78. The over -
View begins by explaining the City's budget problem as projected in the
Third Budget Status Report to the City Commission. It then proceeds by
eXplaining how the budget problem was resolved and the effects asso-
ciated with the solutions.
I. Budget Problem and Assumptions Made for FY'78 Budget.
A. As of the 3rd Status Report on the Budget, appropriations
exceeded revenues by approximately $7.4 million.
B. The significant reasons for this budget problem are as fellows
1. Revenue Decreases
a. FPL Franchise Fees
b. Federal Revenue Sharing
c. Salary Savings
d. Fund Balance
. Revenue Increases
a. Countercyclical
b. Change in tax base
c. Change in tax rate
Net Revenue Change
Appropriation Increases
a. 5% salary adjustments
b. Longevity and anniversary
increases
c. Non -payroll increases
d. Pension requirements
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How was the budget problem resolved?
'-The budget problem was resolved by reducing expenditures and
updating revenues. Some of the significant changes are as follows;
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1. Increases
a. Homestead Exemption
b. Service Charges
C. FPL Franchise
d. Business License
e. Utility Service Tax
f. State Revenue Sharing
g, Cigarette Tax
h. Metro -Dade Court
i. Water and Sewer
j. Fund Balance
k, Dodge Island
Decreases
a. Federal Revenue Sharing
Significant Revenue ChangeS
Appropriations
1. Increases
a. Severance Pay
b. Workmen's Compensation
c. Enterprise Fund Deficits
2. Decreases
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a. Position reductions
(Filled - 2.3)
(Vacant - 2.5)
Significant Appropriation Changes
TOTAL Significant Change
' Proposed Departmental Position Reductions for FY'78.
GENERAL FUND
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Filled
Building 0
Civil Service 0
Computers & Communications 8
City Manager 1
Finance _1
Fire t'' 36,-;
Human Resources
Leisure Services
5.95
Vacant Total
4 4
1 1
2 10
1 2
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Parks
Planning - Administration
Police
Publicity and Tourism
Sanitation 86.
Subtotal 166
ENTERPRISE FUND
Filled
'Golf Courses
Subtotal
Subtotal General and
Enterprise Funds 167 213 (4)* 3$0 (4)
CETA
Filled Vacant Total
Fire 16' 13 (1) * 29 (1) *
' Publicity and Tourism 3 0 3
Sanitation 49 25 74
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Vacant
Subtotal 68 38 (1)* 106 (1)*
TOTAL Filled and Vacant
General Fund, Enterprise
Fund and CETA
235 251 (5) * 486 (5) *
Significant Effects of Budget Reductions on Services.
A. Fire Department
1. Proposed elimination of 73 positions.
2. The removal of Hose 2 from service. Hose 2 is located at
Fire Station #2, 1901 North Miami Avenue. This reduction
'denotes part-time positions.
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Will result in the 1ona of a Task Force at Station 42 abd
leave the Battalion ChieE° Engine 2^ Ladder Q and a Rescue
Unit.
The removal of Engine 3 from servioe. Engine 3 is a single
station company located at Fire Station 43, 1103 N. W. 7tb
Street. As a result of this reduction, Engine 3 will not
be combined with Station R14 to create a Task Force in the
area of S. W. 22od Avenue between Flagler and 8th Streets,
4^ The removal of Ladder ll from service. Ladder ll is
--'atcd at Fire Station ell, 5920 West Flaglez Street,
This reduction will leave only Engine ll at Station #ll.
5~ The removal of Rescue 8 from service. The elimination of
this rescue unit will have an impact on other rescue units
in that these units will now have to assume greater respon-
sibility in servicing the area formerly served by the
eliminated unit. This may also require that engine com-
panies, on occasion, will have to provide emergency medical
service (EMS) to assist the rescue units.
Solid Waste Department (Previously known as "Sanitation Depart-
ment")
14 Eliminated 122 (-,eneral Fund positions plus 74 CETA positions
for a total of 196 positions.
2. Services will not be affected if the results of the route
balancing analysis are implemented. The route balancing
analysis revealed that routes were out of balance with each
other tonnage -wise and stop -wise. Reasons for the imbalances
are changes in neighborhoods due to expressways and property
abandonment and the elimination of numerous commercial ser-
vices.
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It is recommended that too new areas be created: five
of Flagler Street and five south of FlagIez Street.
. Police Department
The Police Department is eliminating 112 positions. The princi-
pal aeznicuo affected will be the Qounted Squad and the So6ouI
Resource Officer Program. The Mounted Squad will be eliminated
and the assignment of police officers to Senior High Schools
under the School Resource Officer Program will be curtailed.
This latter impact will be minimized if the Dade County School
Board bmuorn its commitment to assign school security personnel
to the affected schools.
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