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Home My WebLink AboutR-77-0970MOT-77-903 (12/14/77) RFC/rb 12/15/77 MIAMI, FLORIDA: RESOLUTION NOt 7 7 9 7 0 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE DECEMBER INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM FROM HOWARD DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND TO JOSEPI-I R. GRASSIE, CITY MANAGER, SUBJECT OF "SUMMARY OF FY'78 BUDGET TIVES TO PREVENT LAYOFFS", WITH THE THAT THE CITY MANAGER REPORT TO THE COMMISSION ON TIIE CURRENT STATUS OF 8, 1977 V. GARY, BUDGET, ON THE ALTERNA- PROVISO CITY THE BUDGET DURING TILE FIRST REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING IN THE TIHIRD MONTH NEXT FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF TIIE 1977-78 ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE AND EVERY THIRD MONTH THEREAFTER; FURTIHER STIPULATING THAT TIIE EIGHT UNIFORM POSITIONS (POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS) OUT OF A TOTAL OF 101 CITYWIDE POSITIONS WIHICIH ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR SUBSTI- TUTION WITH COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACT (CETA) POSITIONS I3E KEPT FUNDED THROUGH REGULAR CITY FUNDING SOURCES AND NOT THROUGH CETA FUNDING; FURTIIER STIPULATING THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED TO, IN CONJUNCTION WITII PROFESSOR HARVEY IHENDRICKSON, OF TIIE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BUDGET STUDY PANEL, REVIEW DEPARTMENTAL SEVERANCE COSTS TO DETERMINE IF SUFFICIENT SURPLUSES IIjVE BEEN GENERATED IN ORDER TO FILL VACANCIES IN THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES OF FIRE, POLICE AND SANITATION DEPARTMENTS; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT CETA MONIES WILL NOT I3E USED AS SUBSTITUTE FUNDING FOR VACANCIES TIL'\T MAY OCCUR IN THE FUTURE; AND FURTHHER STIPULATING THAT ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS 1073 "PROJECTED SEVERANCE" COSTS AND WHAT TURNS OUT TO BE "ACTUAL SEVERANCE" COSTS SHALL GO TOWARD THE PERMANENT FUNDING OF THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES POSITIONS. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF "DOCUMENT INDEX Section 1. The December 8, 1977 ITEM NO. Inter -Office Memorandum 17 from Howard V. Gary, Director of Management Services and Budget to Joseph R. Grassie, City Manager, on the subject of "Summary of FY'78 Budget Alternatives to Prevent Layoffs", is hereby accepted, provided that the City Manager reports to the City Commission on the current status of the budget during the first regular City Commission Meeting in the tli: rd month next following adoption of the 1977-78 Annual Appropriations Ordinance and every third month thereafter. "SUPPORTIVE CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF DEC i 5 1977 77-97 tEstkuli x rug Section 2. The above acceptance is subject to the further condition that the eight uniform positions (Police and Fire Depart- ments) out of a total of 101 positions (Citywide), which are currently considered eligible for substitution with Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) positions, be kept and funded through regular City funding sources and not through CETA funding. Section 3. The aforesaid acceptance is further subject to the condition that the City Manager, in conjunction with Professor Iiarvey Ilendrickson, of the Florida International University Budget Study Panel, review departmental severance costs to determine if sufficient surpluses have been generated in order to fill acancies in the essential services of Fire, 2olice and Sanitation Departments and that CETA monies will not be used as substitute funding for vacancies that may occur in the future. Section 4. The aforesaid acceptance is further subject to the condition that any differences between what is 1978 "projected severance" costs and what turns out to be "actual severance" costs shall go toward the permanent funding of the essential services positions. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of December, 1977. MAURICE A. FERRE, MAYO R ATTEST: -� .~' ,'-/ C.---(- cis RAII G. ONGIE, CITY CLER1 67 PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: ROBERT F. CLARK ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY AP1ROVb AS TO FORM : CORRECTNESS jj GEORGE . KNOX, JR. CITY A ► ORNEY -2- tz- S,t ... 7 7 - 9 7 0 2S Joseph R. Grassie City Manager Howard V. Gary, Director Management and Budget December 12, 1977 Appropriation Ordinance For Fiscal Year 1977-78 Pursuant to the City Charter which states that the City Commission shall prepare an appropriation ordinance for each fiscal year, please find attached a proposed ordinance which would serve as the City of Miami's Annual Appro- priation Ordinance for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1977 and ending September 30, 1978. The attached ordinance is different from the original appropriation ordinance for FY'78 in that adjustment; have been made to prevent layoffs in fiscal year 1977-78. These adjustments reflect the incorporation of the proposed alternatives to layoffs which were submitted to you and the City Commission on Friday, December 8, 1977,.in a memorandum entitled "Summary of FY'78 Budget Alternatives to Prevent Layoffs." In summary, the amount needed to retain the employees who were to be laid off is $1,753,593. The alternatives and the amount generated for each toward this sum are as follows: A. Utilize funds provided in the FY'78 Budget Estimate for the retention of Fire personnel. B. Reduce severance appropriation by the amount that would have been paid to laid -off employees. C. Substitute CETA positions for vacancies proposed in the FY'78 Estimate. D. Reduce transfer from General Fund to Enterprise Fund. E. Utilize FPL franchise revenues dedi- cated for Watson Island. TOTAL $ 120,000 244,361 757,884 124,811 506,537 $1,753,593 The effectuation of these adjustments results in a net change to the original proposed appropriation ordinance of $706,537. This net change is attributable to the inclusion of an additional $506,537 from Florida Power and Light fran- chise revenues and $200,000 from the FY'77 Enterprise Fund balance. Page 1 of 2 The , posed osed ordinance reveals a balanced budget which appropriates approx- imately $97.9 million for the General Fund $hould15 lbe noted that thislion fr Debt year, and $4 million for the Enterprise Fund. the special millage funds of TourismPromotion incorporatedbintotthen�eneralsFund. Street Lighting and Pension have been Street Lighting and Pension), purposes Relative to the fiscal year 1976-77 appropriation for genera p c (i.e., General Fund, Tourism Promotion, 1977-78 appropriations have increased by $7.3 million, or 8.1%. On the revenue side, non -ad valorem revenues have increasednto $61 million which is $5 million or 8.9 greater than last1c u. required to support municipal operations is 10 The projected millage rate relthe City mills. The ordinance establishing this rate was approved by Commission on September 30, 1977. The rate reflects a .403 mill increase from the 1976-77 adopted millage rate of 9.592. d For fiscal year 1977-78, Debt Serva�,lfJh�o itcinaDebtby $1.4 Servicemfund balance to n while the City has $1 million less avail meet this obligation. Consequently, new Debt Service taxation must not .;al and interest payments, but also must only compensate for increased principal offset a shrinking fund balance. The tax rate for Debt Service as a result of this increase is 3.2 mills, or an increase of .889 mills. Thin brings the total millage rate requirement to fund the budget to 13.2 mill:;. s Finally, the Enterprise Fund, or Public Facilities as7it was forThereris kknown, own- has increased overall h;: 5.4�3 million from fiscal YlJr_ Fund of 5501,885. This appropriation in the General Fund. pro- jected net deficit_ for all funds in the Enterprise deficit will be elimin,Ilte l by an equal In closing, it is recommended that the attached ordinance be placed on the City Commission agenda for the December 14, 1977 meeting. M▪ a▪ k