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City Council Meeting Minutes May 18, 2021 - Restore funding for professional development - 4% personnel adjustment under review - Continued cost containment The following FY 22 Expectations were presented: - We are in the middle of the budget process, evaluating requests for new personnel, supplemental operating budget requests, capital outlay requests. - With the expectation of reduced revenues in the general fund, requests that save overall costs (contracted services) or are potentially revenue generating will be given greater consideration, as well as positions which address public health and safety needs. - Goal: Present a balanced budget, while maintaining our property tax rate. (Keeping in mind that the change in calculation of "rollback" or "voter approval" rate from 8% to 3.5% may limit our ability to do so in this high growth area.) Ms. Kalka provided the Budget Timeline: May • 18 - Budget Work session - Continue to compile information June - 29 — Budget Workshop July • 25 — Certification of Tax Rolls August • 3 - Take Record Vote on Tax Rate - Set date of public hearing September - Hold public hearing - 21 - Adopt budget and tax rate Laurie Moyer, Director of Engineering and CIP, provided the FY 2022 10 -Year Capital Improvement Projects (CIP). She noted that the CIP is almost a year-round process. The process begins in October of each year. This year there was some uncertainty as we are coming out of the Covid-19 year. She stated that the staff is planning to complete projects that are necessary but do not want to overburden the city revenues with high -debt issuances. The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) provided their review last week. The CIP includes the General Fund, Drainage or Stormwater Fund, Electric Fund, and Water/Wastewater Fund along with External Funding to include Grants or outside sources. Some projects are completed with a single source of funding, others are a combination. City of San Marcos Page 4