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City Council Meeting Minutes August 2,2018 <br /> dollars,to fund the originally recommended 8 firefighters to help address <br /> significant call loads, longer response times,growth,increased demands with <br /> daytime population and other factors. <br /> Heather Hurlbert,Director of Finance, provided the Council with the budget <br /> workshop presentation. She began with reviewing the General Fund and <br /> provided a property tax update. She provided that the tax rolls were certified <br /> on July 25,2018 and that the Certified tax roll came in lower than the <br /> preliminary tax roll due to a Freeport exemption filed after the preliminary <br /> reports were issued in April. The total preliminary appraised value was <br /> $5.094B and the total certified appraised value is$5.062B. As a result, no <br /> additional capacity was created in the General Fund. One cent on the tax rate <br /> generates$506,200 in General Fund revenue. <br /> Mrs.Hurlbert provided an overview of the Community Enhancement Fee <br /> (CEF) and a brief history. Since this fee, being established in FY16 over S1.1 <br /> million has been generated by the CEF to fund ongoing and one-time activities. <br /> She reviewed the ongoing and one-time activities since FY16 and in FY19 at the <br /> current rate. Mrs. Hurlbert reviewed the areas of responsibility and Oversight <br /> for Public and Private Property. Mrs. Hurlbert reviewed the new Code <br /> Enforcement model of being proactive vs. reactive. She provided that staff <br /> would continue to assess staffing needs to adequately provide the needed <br /> services and properly administer existing and new programs. Mrs. Hurlbert <br /> provided additional information on the CEF and reviewed the proposed <br /> expenses shifted to the CEF. $162,750 in qualifying expenses there were paid <br /> from other sources in the General Fund would now be paid by the CEF. Those <br /> expenses are: Trash pickup and mowing of right of ways,City owned lots, <br /> athletic fields park land at$83,550; Maintenance of McCarty and Wonder <br /> World right of ways and gateways at$41,800; Keep San Marcos Beautiful at <br /> $20,000; and Community Enhancement Technicians at$17,400. Mrs.Hurlbert <br /> explained how this would free up the capacity in the General Fund to fund two <br /> code enforcement officers at$140,000, increase Community Enhancement <br /> Technicians from 15 hours/week to 25 hours/week to provide community <br /> assistance at$17,500,and supplies and education and outreach materials at <br /> $5,250 for a total of$162,750. <br /> *Code Enforcement is now titled Code Compliance within the organization. <br /> References to Code Compliance moving forward in the minutes is the same as <br /> Code Enforcement referenced above. <br /> Discussion was held and concerns expressed about defining what the CEF <br /> City of San Marcos Page 2 <br />