HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/13/2009 - CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER'S DATE: October 13, 2009
STAFF: Darin Atteberry
WORK SESSION ITEM
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
Pre-taped staff presentation: none
SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION
Continued Discussions Regarding the City Manager's Recommended 2010-2011 Budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City Manager's 2010-2011 Recommended Budget was delivered to City Council on September
4, 2009. City Council has held three prior work sessions to review the proposed drilling platforms
for each of the seven Result Areas. During these work sessions,Council raised numerous questions
and identified multiple areas that require further consideration. The purpose of the October 13,2009
Work Session is to continue Council budget deliberation about these outstanding issues and to
provide direction for staff in advance of First Reading of the Appropriation Ordinance on October
20, 2009.
GENERAL DIRECTION SOUGHT AND SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED
Are there changes, reductions or additions (offers and items that are currently unfunded) which
Council wishes to make in the Recommended Budget before considering First Reading of the
Appropriation Ordinance on October 20, 2009?
BACKGROUND
The City Council held work sessions on the budget on September 8, September 22, and September
29, 2009, to discuss the City Manager's Recommended Budget. In addition, Council held two
Public Hearings on the budget on September 15 and October 6, 2009.
During previous Council discussions on the budget,Councilmembers conducted an in-depth review
of each of the seven Result Areas. Each week, staff has responded to questions about individual
offers and other specific questions. Those responses have been provided to Council and are also
available at fcgov.com/budget. Additionally, Councilmembers raised multiple issues that need
further discussion. A summary, by Result Area, of key themes or big picture issues identified by
Council is listed below. Several of these items were mentioned by one Councilmember and,as such,
staff needs further clarification on whether or not a majority of Council wishes to pursue these
changes.
Economic Health
• Interest in reinstating Historic Preservation position
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Environmental Health
• Interest in funding multiple enhancement offers,including ClimateWise enhancements,the
waste stream system study, the household hazardous waste drop-off
• Review of water conservation offer and level of service
• Review of energy services offer and level of service
Neighborhood Livability
• Interest in reinstating code enforcement position or adding hourly code enforcement
Safe Community
• Interest in additional funding for police officers
• Interest in additional funding for Poudre Fire Authority south battalion
• Interest in additional funding for Crossroads Safehouse
• Review of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and impact on rates
Transportation
• Interest in using additional reserves to fund pavement management
• Interest in purchasing enhancement for liquid de-icer
• Interest in reducing Transfort budget
Following is a list of the specific offers associated with these issues:
Result Area Offer Number Offer Title Amoun
Economic Health 160.1 Reinstate Historic Preservation Position $70 00
Environmental Health 179.4 Solid waste reduction and recycling: waste stream $55,00
system stud
Environmental Health* 179.14 Climate Wise—Reclassify Existing Staff $24 00
Environmental Health* 179.15 Climate Wise—Increased Operating Support $28 00
Environmental Health* 179.11 Climate Wise—Additional Staff $228 11
Environmental Health 179.6 Household Hazardous Waste $169 56
Environmental Health 75.4 Water Conservation—Max Offer $234 331
Environmental Health 33.1 Energy Services $4 642 94
Safe Community 53.1 Basic Patrol Services—add 2 Officers $250 00
Safe Communi NA Cross Roads Safehouse $500 00
Safe Communi NA South Battalion $660 00
Safe Communi 39.1 Advanced Metering Infrastructure $10 739 50
Transportation 24.2 Liquid De-icer (capital only) $195 00
Transportation 156.1 Transfort Reductions Unknowr
Transportation 131.2 Pavement Management UPON(
Neighborhood Livabili 115.E Hourly Code Enforcement $20 00
Neighborhood Livability 115.1 Reinstate Code Enforcement Position $67 00
*Following the City Council Work Session regarding the Environmental Health Result Area,
Natural Resources and Utilities staff have been meeting and believe the enhancements to the Climate
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Wise program can be achieved through greater collaboration and efficiencies between the two work
groups.
General Council Concerns
Council asked for additional information about the City's reserve balances. Attachment 1 outlines
the fund balances for all City funds, as well as a more specific explanation of the available General
Fund reserves.
The page titled"Fund Balance 2010"highlights the total amount of reserves each fund is projected
to have by the end of 2010. The total is broken into three sub-categories, the policy or legal
minimum that must remain in the fund, the amount that is available for appropriation, and any
amount that is not available for appropriation. In many cases, the amounts that are available for
appropriation are already dedicated for certain activities or specific purposes. For example,although
there is a $6 million balance in the Transportation Fund, this money is already intended for
maintenance and improvements of the Harmony Corridor in future years,and therefore not an excess
balance. The paged titled"General Fund Reserves"provides more detail regarding the$10.5 million
that is available for appropriation in the General Fund. It is staffs recommendation that City
Council continue the prior practice of reserving a portion of Lodging Taxes in the reserves to off-set
any significant fluctuations in that revenue stream, as well as continuing to reserve funds for the
CAD/911 system ongoing investments. If these two items are taken out of the available reserves,
the amount available for appropriation decreases to $5.7 million. Staff will provide more
information during the work session and will be available to address any questions Council may
have.
In previous work sessions, Council expressed concern about the lack of unfunded offers, or those
that appear "below the line," on the drilling platforms. Recognizing the City's limited economic
resources,the City Manager and the Budget Lead Team asked sellers to withdraw several offers that
had originally been submitted. The complete list of withdrawn offers is attached (Attachment 2).
There is some overlap between the list of withdrawn offers and the drilling platforms as some of the
offers were withdrawn but resubmitted in another format,or included,in part,in other offers. Other
items that are currently unfunded in the City Manager's Recommended Budget are provided in the
"Stop Doing" List (Attachment 3).
City staff will incorporate changes from the October 13 Work Session into the City Manager's
Recommended Budget for Council consideration.The First Reading ofthe Appropriation Ordinance
for the 2010-2011 Budget will be held on Tuesday,October 20,2009. Second Reading is scheduled
for November 3, 2009.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Fund Balance 2010
2. Withdrawn Offers
3. "Stop Doing" List
ATTACHMENT 1
FUND BALANCE 2010
(a) Not(b) Policy or Total
Available for Available for Legal Fund Balance
FUND Appropriation Appropriation Minimum 12/31/10
General Fund 10,589,137 5,530,413 21,623,044 37,742,594
Capital Expansion 15,615,370 358,467 - 15,973,837 1
Sales& Use Tax Fund 2,098,978 - 1,505,688 3,604,666
General Improvement District 637,680 - 9,564 647,244
Neighborhood Parkland 7,545,590 - 11,405 7,556,995
Conservation Trust 1,793,915 - 28,335 1,822,250
Natural Areas 245,923 - 175,635 421,558
Cultural Services 1,313,858 - 101,939 1,415,797
Recreation 1,205,154 - 146,081 1,351,235
Cemeteries 357,415 - 14,302 371,717
Perpetual Care 1,546,416 - 1,109 1,547,525
Transit Services 1,088,459 - 218,664 1,307,123
Street Oversizing 921,914 - 92,008 1,013,922
Transportation 5,538,984 - 475,328 , 6,014,312
URA O&M 25,471 - - 25,471
Timberline/Prospect SID#94 27,057 - 2,371 29,428
Debt Service Fund - - - -
Capital Leasing Corporation - - - -
Debt Service- URA 557,391 - - 557,391
Capital Projects - 32,897,235 - 32,897,235
Golf 163,521 3,682,256 59,555 3,905,332
Light&Power 1,582,740 144,543,343 15,249,268 161,375,351 1
Water 30,365,820 222,538,058 2,385,780 255,289,658 1
Wastewater 21,085,806 139,911,864 1,209,152 162,206,822 1
Stormwater 2,015,536 75,904,817 1,573,473 79,493,826 1
Equipment 129,065 2,635,724 199,332 2,964,121
Self Insurance 2,917,218 - 66,140 2,983,358
Data&Communications (442,591) 997,503 157,774 712,686
Benefits 6,726,410 - 430,203 7,156,613
Utility CS&A 1,647,577 1,644,670 - 3,292,247 1
Employees Retirement - - 31,236,720 31,236,720
TOTAL 117,299,815 630,644,350 76,972,869 824,917,034
(a)Available Fund Balances can be appropriated but are usually dedicated by policy for certain activities or
less commonly they are legally restricted for certain purposes.
(b) Portions of some fund balances are not available for appropriation because they are composed of non-
liquid assets such as land, buildings, and long-term loans receivable.
The Employees Retirement fund is a fiduciary type fund.
1 -Fund balances have been updated and do not match the fund statements in the city manager
recommended budget. Revised statements available upon request.
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ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET BUDGET
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Designated for 60 Day Policy 17,582,540 18,546,417 17,297,264 17,533,044 - 17,955,453
Reserved for Emergencies 3,904,867 4,007,033 4,090,000 4,090,000 4,090,000
Policy Minimum 21,487,407 22,553,450 21,387,264 21,623,044 22,045,453
Reserved for Inventories 2,901,474 2,901,474 2,901,474 2,901,474 2,901,474
Reserved for Notes/Loans Receivable 125,000 126,000 5,428,939 2,628,939 2,628,939
Not Available for Appropriation 3,026,474 3,026,474 8,330,413 5,530,413 5,530,413
Designated for Capital 4,392,179 5,095.207 0 0 0
Reserved for Lodging Taxes 959,762 220,957 220,957 243,500 243,500
Designated for Buildings&Improvements 2,350,000 0 0 0 0
Designated for Economic Vitality 363,070 0 0 0 0
Designated for DPS/Comm System 980,000 1,702,943 1,921,943 2,140,943 2,359,943
Designated for DTS/GIS System 517,000 0 0 0 0
Designated for Civic Center Development 2,000,000 0 0 0 0
Restricted for Other Purposes 2,505,356 2,492,069 2,531,137 2,431,737 2,491,259
Designated for Contingencies 9,676,870 10,365,019 5,675,209 5,772,957 4,222,432
Available for Appropriation 23,744,237 19,876,195 10,349,246 10,589,137 9,073,634
TOTAL FUND BALANCE 48,258,118 45,456,119 40,066,923 37,742,594 36,649,500
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ECONOMIC HEALTH
114.2 Regional Collaboration Component of the City Plan Update (2010) ENHANCEMENT-Unfunded 2010 -$100,000
2011 -$0
This is a request for $100,000 to enhance the update of City Plan through an unprecedented effort to involve each of the neighboring jurisdictions
in the re-evaluation of development, transportation, environmental, housing, land use and growth management policies that affect the region as a
whole. Deliberate cooperation will be sought to expand the range of data analysis, mapping and public outreach efforts.
160.5 PDT-Reinstate Senior City Planner-Unfunded 2010 -$89,855
2011 -$92,272
This offer requests reinstatement of the 1 FTE Senior City Planner vacancy within Current Planning.
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
78.2 REINSTATEMENT-Plant Maintenance Supervisor- Unfunded 2010 -$89,342
2011 -$91,751
This offer is a reinstatement request for the Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor for the Water Reclamation and Biosolids Division. This is not an
enhancement or addition to the Division staff.This position was a fully staffed and funded FTE in all previous budget cycles.
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NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY
108.1 Neighborhood Parking Program Pilot-Unfunded 2010 -$28,735
2011 -$21,205
This offer is for a pilot program to introduce a residential parking management program to Fort Collins. Several neighborhoods have expressed the
need for additional parking management. Currently, there are no programs in place to help neighborhoods address their parking problems, other
than standard signage and striping found throughout the City. This pilot program will address problems in or two of the neighborhoods where
parking issues are most critical, by giving tools to Parking Services to manage neighborhood parking resources in partnership with the residents.
181.2 ENHANCEMENT Landmark Rehabilitation Loan Program - Unfunded 2010 -$10,000
2011 -$10,000
This offer contains additional funding for the Landmark Rehabilitation Loan Program which provides zero-interest loans to the rehabilitation of
designated historic properties for exterior improvements. The loan program represents an investment by the City in the community. Loan
repayments are due on sale.
181.3 ENHANCEMENT Update to the East Side Neighborhood Plan -Unfunded 2010 -$0
2011 -$50,000
This offer seeks $50,000 for consulting services to update the East Side Neighborhood Plan.
181.4 ENHANCEMENT Update to the West Side Neighborhood Plan -Unfunded 2010 -$0
2011 -$50,000
This offer seeks$50,000 for consulting services to update the West Side Neighborhood Plan.
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57.3 District Attorney Pilot Program - Unfunded 2010 -$96,932
2011 -$96,932
This offer is to provide funding to continue a pilot program begun in 2009 to staff a Larimer County District Attorney at Fort Collins Police Services
Headquarters.
165.2 PFA Fire Prevention Bureau -Unfunded 2010 -$1,199,132
2011 -$1,233,751
This offer provides a comprehensive response to the community's need for fire prevention. This is accomplished by the Office of the Fire Marshal
through four areas: Technical Services, Inspection Services, Fixed Fire Protection Systems and Investigation Services. These areas ensure
building construction meets the fire code and has adequate fire-protection features, inspect sprinkler systems, ensure fire safety at public events,
and investigates the origin and cause of all fires.
165.3 PFA Operations Maintenance- Unfunded 2010 -$805,000
2011 -$830,000
The maintenance offer includes firefighting equipment, facilities, self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) maintenance, and the PFA
warehouse. By providing on site maintenance PFA is able to reduce costs, provide quicker service, and maintain quality control.
165.4 PFA Operations Support- Unfunded
2010 -$240,000
2011 -$245,000
Firefighting has highly-specialized and technical requirements to assure community and personnel safety. This support offer funds occupational
health and safety, public affairs, telestaff, recruitment, hiring, and promotional testing for Poudre Fire Authority personnel.
165.5 PFA Training -Unfunded 2010 -$615,000
2011 -$630,000
The PFA Training Division provides basic, advanced and technical level skills, education, certification and testing for all 151 operational
firefighters, uniformed 40 hour staff, and volunteers, as well as the basic recruit fire academy. This training is accomplished by providing hands-on
basic skills, search and rescue techniques, apparatus operations, live fire training, extrication training and skills evaluations, ensuring PFA
personnel are equipped ,to protect citizens, property and themselves in all situations. The Training Center also is responsible for maintaining the
training facility, all buildings, equipment, the PFA integrated calendar, and the PFA Training Division intranet site.
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165.6 PFA Administration -Unfunded 2010 -$1,974,133
2011 -$2,112,096
Administration is responsible for developing and implementing a plan to meet a shortfall between $850,000 to $1,500,000 during this budget cycle.
Administration develops the annual budget for PFA Board approval; coordinates liability, property, and workers compensation insurance; is
responsible for PFA's strategic planning process; provides interagency coordination with other local jurisdictions; provides financial management;
coordinates the personnel system for 165 employees and 40 volunteers; monitors revenues/expenditures and pays bills; oversees quality
improvement process; works with PFA and PVFPD Boards and City Council to develop financial/organizational policies for PFA; provides
information management system in cooperation with City IT; provides HR functions; provides management for PVFPD; provides oversight and
management of pension program; coordinates the departments performance based benchmark program, and assists in the audit process for PFA
and PVFPD.
165.7 PFA-Increase Fire Company Minimum Staffing to Four Firefighters - Enhancement-Unfunded 2010 -$1,971,350
2011 -$1,630,531
This offer is a PFA 2004 Strategic Plan recommendation, which increases fire company minimum staffing from three to four firefighters at outlying
stations with two or more emergency response vehicles (fire engine and either a water tender or brush truck). This will allow Stations 4, 6, 7, 12,
and 14 to remain in their station area more often. Currently, calls requiring a tender or brush truck reduces the number of firefighters from three to
two, or requires the entire fire company to respond. A reduction in staffing from three to two decreases the ability of the firefighters to safely
perform their duties. These responses typically occur outside the station's response area, requiring another fire company to answer calls in their
station area. This results in a longer response time that negatively impacts the citizen requesting help, be it for a medical condition or a fire.
165.8 PFA South Battalion -Enhancement-Unfunded 2010 -$659,400
2011 -$493,782
PFA has operated with one shift battalion chief (BC) since its inception in 1981. Since then, the organization has grown from a seven-station
system (plus two volunteer stations) responding to 3,500 calls a year, to 10 stations (plus three volunteer stations) and 12,000 calls per year: BCs
provide day-to-day shift supervision and emergency scene command and control. Implementation criteria developed from researching and
reviewing practices of similar fire departments indicates the south Fort Collins area exceeds all established benchmarks and practices for adding a
second shift BC.
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165.9 PFA Training and IT Positions -Enhancement-Unfunded 2010 -$229,500
2011 -$236,385
The addition of one Training position and one Information Technology (IT) position are necessary for organizational support. A training specialist
is necessary to meet increased workload created by additional stations and firefighters, and to assist in conducting multiple recruit academies
annually. An IT specialist is necessary to meet increased workload created by additional stations, firefighters, computers, mobile data terminals,
servers, and video conferencing.
165.11 PFA Non-Personnel Enhancement- Unfunded 2010 -$309,000
2011 -$318,270
The PFA budget has been cut, reduced, and frozen in non personnel areas for seven years, and the non discretionary increases such as fuel,
utilities, and insurance continue to increase. In order to maintain service levels, the non personnel budget will need additional funding.
165.12 PFA Fire Stations 1 -4 Maintenance Enhancement-Unfunded 2010 -$40,000
2011 -$40,000
Poudre Fire Authority Stations 1 4 have historically been maintained by the City of Fort Collins Operations Services Department. This service will
no longer be provided by that department, and so PFA must take on those maintenance activities, including electric and plumbing, HVAC, water,
structural and associated parking lots.
168.1 PFA Capital Projects- Unfunded 2010 -$949,943
2011 - $954,693
PFA capital projects involve the purchase or construction of assets such as land, design and construction of fire stations, and the procurement of
fire apparatus. Apparatus is replaced based on a 10 year schedule. In the next seven years the facility needs for the community include: Station 8
to serve Timnath and the southeast Fort Collins area, Station 15 in northeast Fort Collins, a multi scenario fire rescue building at the Training
Facility, and a new squad vehicle at Station 4.
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169.4 _Enhancement: PFA Office of Emergency Management-Unfunded 2010 -$493,440
2011 -$259,498
The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is responsible for coordinating and providing internal and external services in the area of
Preparedness, Mitigation, Response and Recovery as related to natural and man made hazards and disasters within our community. However,
due to budget constraints, these programs are coordinated and provided below benchmark levels, unable to expand or achieve their full potential .
The quality and quantity of programs will be dramatically increased with this enhancement. With a service level increase public education,
training, technology and planning within the OEM will move closer to reaching its benchmark and full potential for the citizens of Fort Collins.
Mandates are being marginally reached at the current level of funding.
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TRANSPORTATION
24.13 PDT-STREETS Pedestrian Walkway Enhancement-Unfunded 2010 -$50,848
2011 -$50,848
This offer provides basic snow removal and minor maintenance activities for 39 unclaimed pedestrian walkways throughout the city.
24.16 PDT-STREETS Sweeping Enhancement-Unfunded 2010 -$100,000
2011 -$100,000
This offer restores residential and collector street/bike lane sweeping from two times a year to four times a year. This offer affects many of the
city's key bike lane corridors and is important to fulfill citizen expectations of a safe and clean transportation network. Reduced sweeping also
impacts overall air and water quality by neglecting to clean up debris on a regular basis.
24.18 PDT-Streets Alley Maintenance Enhancement-Unfunded 2010 -$50,000
2011 -$50,000
This offer restores annual maintenance for alleys, which was completely eliminated in 2009.
118.9 PDT Trans. Planning Enhanced Travel Corridor-Mountain Vista - Unfunded 2010 -$250,000
2011 -$0
Residents and businesses have long advocated for better mobility within northeast Fort Collins and to rest of the community. This issue has been
examined in City Plan, Transportation Master Plan, and Mountain Vista Subarea Plan. A common proposal from the plans has been an Enhanced
Travel Corridor to serve increasing commercial, residential, and employment areas. The proposed Mountain Vista / North College Corridor will
provide safe, convenient, and direct travel with an emphasis on high-frequency transit service, bicycles, and pedestrians.
Transportation Planning & Special Projects is requesting funding to complete a transportation corridor plan for Mountain Vista / North College.
The Plan would identify a corridor vision, alternative facility designs, capital and on-going costs, and a funding plan. The goal is to implement
improvements to enhance mobility within northeast Fort Collins and connections to businesses, residences, and major employment centers.
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118.12 PDT Trans. Planning City Facilities for Community Bicycle Projects - Unfunded 2010 -$27,350
2011 -$27,350
The Bicycle Coordinator oversees two significant bicycle programs as part of the overall FC Bikes program, the Found and Abandoned Bike
Process and the FC Bike Library. The Bicycle Coordinator contracts with a partnering organization, the Fort Collins Bike Co-op to administer and
conduct the daily operations of both programs. Both programs require the use of use of City owned space to document, store, and maintain
several hundred bicycles. Current storage spaces consist of approximately 900 square feet at 222 Laporte Avenue. and 1300 square feet at 300
N. Howes Street. Both programs are growing and have maximized the storage capacity. In addition, the current storage and operation spaces do
not offer any heating during the winter months. This enhancement offer seeks to fund the costs associated with the additional storage and
operational space while utilizing current storage and operational space only at 222 Laporte Rd.
118.13 PDT Trans. Planning Enhanced Travel Corridor-Harmony -Unfunded 2010 -$0
2011 -$250,000
Transportation Planning proposes to develop innovative solutions through a proactive process to transform Harmony Road into an Enhanced
Travel Corridor (ETC) to provide mobility and improved safety to/from Fort Collins via this important gateway. This Plan will address all travel
modes and provide connectivity to the local and regional transportation system. The Plan will also link major land uses to facilitate economic
growth, provide sustainable solutions, and lessen environmental impacts by reducing vehicle miles traveled to meet air quality standards. The
study will be a collaborative effort among City staff, private sector, and surrounding communities. This Plan will seek citizen input, generate costs,
develop transportation design options, identify funding, and build partnerships.
131.7 PDT-Street Oversizing Capital Expansion Fee Program Enhancement- Unfunded 2010 -$370,250
2011 -$370,250
The Street Oversizing Program is a transportation impact fee program that collects revenue from new developments specifically to mitigate their
traffic impacts by constructing arterial and collector roadways. The program determines and collects impact fees for new development projects,
provides funding for the "oversized" portion of arterial streets and provides project oversight & management, including review, construction and
inspection. There is also increased traffic attributable to regional and County growth. In the impact fee calculation, these regional trips cannot
legally be attributed to the impact of new development. This portion of the cost of roadway improvements cannot be included in the Street
Oversizing Capital Expansion Fee. Instead it is paid for by an annual contribution from the City's General Fund into the Street Oversizing Fund.
This offer would restore the City's General Fund contribution to fully fund this critical area of transportation funding for 2010 &2011.
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131.10 PDT-CAPITAL PROJECT City Bridge Program Enhancement 1 -Unfunded 2010 -$700,000
2011 -$700,000
The program funding of $300,000 has remained the same since 2006 when the program first started. At that time, there were 147 bridges in the
inventory. It has since grown to 274 bridges and counting. In the inventory, there are ten structurally deficient (SD) bridges, 17 functionally
obsolete bridges, eight critical bridges and 50 bridges that will pass their design life by the year 2013. The estimate to replace the ten structurally
deficient bridges in 2009 is $14 million. It will take about 23 years with a funding level of $1 million per year just to replace all ten SD bridges,
taking inflation into account. In addition to the above, the program needs $2.6 million for repair and safety improvements for the remaining bridges
in the inventory. This program is grossly underfunded and is not sustainable at the current funding level.
131.13 PDT-ENHANCEMENT Pedestrian Access - Unfunded 2010 -$300,000
2011 -$300,000
This offer establishes a Pedestrian Access Program to increase and improve the safety and ease of traveling in Fort Collins, to provide a well
connected, well maintained, quality sidewalk system, and to support the use of alternate modes of transportation.
The program will address the immediate and ongoing need to respond to complaints, fund temporary repairs for hazardous situations, and
approach property owners regarding Municipal Code compliance. It would provide a comprehensive, city-wide infrastructure survey to identify
areas with non-existent, inadequate or hazardous sidewalks. Initially the focus will be on high volume pedestrian areas including bus routes, routes
to school, and the downtown and campus areas. The program will provide funding to make corrections to those areas identified by the survey.
Improvements will include pedestrian access ramp installation, repair of hazardous sidewalks, and installation of new sidewalks in areas where
none previously existed.
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131.14 PDT-ENHANCEMENT Pavement Management-Unfunded 2010 -$4,361,292
2011 -$5,125,292
This offer will maintain the City's street network at a Level of Service 'B', or 'good' condition. The Pavement Management Program (PMP) has
continuously been under-funded by an estimated $4.5 million dollars collectively over the last 5 years. In order to recover from this ongoing trend
and maintain a Level of Service 'B' pavement condition, a large infusion of funds is needed in 2010 and beyond. Without proper funding, the
condition level is projected to fall below LOS 'B' by 2013, and will continue on a downward trend into the future.
The City street system increases annually due to annexations and new developments. The PMP has also experienced significant increases in
material costs over the past several years. Asphalt material prices from the primary supplier increased by another 15% in 2008-9. This
enhancement offer requests additional funding to cover these increases in 2010-11 and to provide the optimum level of service.
131.17 PDT-ENHANCEMENT CE Position Pavement Management- Unfunded 2010 -$94,305
2011 -$96,817
This offer reinstates the Civil Engineer (CE) position in the Pavement Management program. This position is vital to the success of the City's
ongoing street maintenance program. The CE duties include managing all aspects of street maintenance construction projects, preparing
( specifications and contract documents, administering contracts, coordinating public outreach, providing field inspection support to staff,
scheduling, designing minor improvements, monitoring the project budget, and performing management. scenarios using the complex pavement
management software on which the entire program is based.
Reducing the volume of work to accommodate a smaller staff has the long term effect of accelerating the deterioration of overall pavement
condition, ultimately requiring even more funding in future years. This only compounds the challenges already faced as the program has been, and
continues to be under-funded.
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HIGH PERFORMING
. GOVERNMENT
5.6 - Emergency Preparedness Training -Unfunded 2010 -$30,000
2011 -$0
The Fort Collins area has experienced a number of severe weather events over the last several years, including snow storms, tornadoes and
flooding. Additionally, the ongoing threat of a flu pandemic raises a unique set of concerns and challenges. It is clear that City employees need to
be prepared to respond to such events. One unique way to address this need is through conducting "tabletop exercises" that walk employees
through a scenario and test existing emergency preparedness plans. This offer would fund the development and implementation of a series of
three progressive exercises, each designed to test the unique needs of City employees. These exercises will be designed not only for emergency
responders, but also are intended to provide awareness and training for employees who are not normally called upon to respond to emergency
situations and are less familiar with roles and expectations during a major or prolonged emergency situation.
8.15 Budget Analyst-Performance Measures - Unfunded 2010 -$77,082
2011 - $79,177
This offer requests an additional Budget Analyst. Service demands on the budget office continue to increase and most notably with the new
Performance Measures program. The program been supported by an existing Budget Analyst position. However, the needs of the program have
exceeded predictions. The collection, analysis and use of performance measures in decision making are critical to achieving strategic objectives .
To fully realize the benefits of a performance measures program, more staff resources are needed.
72.3 Social Media - Unfunded 2010 -$29,506
2011 -$27,239
City Council and City staff have identified a need for increased communication and improved engagement of community members, stakeholders,
and employees. The City's public Web site (fcgov.com), its internal site (CityNet), and other online tools are becoming increasingly important.
Although both fcgov.com and CityNet are successful, there, is opportunity for improvement. People are now looking online to find information,
AND also to interact with City staff and leadership. This offer includes one new 0.5 FTE position to focus primarily on social media, web .design
and integration. Specifically this individual would focus on the City's electronic communication tools, including fcgov.com, CityNet, interactive web
content, electronic newsletters, and social media integration (including Facebook, blogs, online video, and Twitter).
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City Of Packages and Offers
FortCollins Offer Summary Report by Outcome
Budget Cycle: 2010-2011
Budget Analysis and
Reporting Tool
HIGH PERFORMING
• GOVERNMENT
166.6 Leadership Book Club -Unfunded 2010 -$3,726
2011 -$3,726
This offer focuses on providing the Leadership Link with four opportunities to read a best-selling leadership book such as "Good to Great, Now
Discover Your Strengths or Jack Welch's 4 E's of Leadership and have a facilitated discussion of the book's key learning points related to
leadership development for personal and professional application. Currently, Leadership Link meets once a month for twelve months. This
proposal is recommending two books for each year to be selected and discussed.
166.7 Innovation & Systems Thinking - Unfunded 2010 -$15,000
2011 -$15,000
This offer expands one of the four focus areas described in the Learning & Org. Development division's core offer - Organizational Development.
At the City Council retreat, Council members and City leaders agreed upon three key strategies for 2010— 2011. This proposal is designed to
expand departmental training and consultation activities for Innovation, sustainability and customer service.
166.8 Leadership Development- Unfunded 2010 -$93,250
2011 -$93,250
This offer focuses on developing and implementing an organization wide Leadership Development program for approximately 350 supervisors.
Since 2002, the HR/Learning & Org. Development division has provided a variety of elective, competency related, classroom training opportunities
for supervisors and managers. In recent years, the City of Fort Collins has recognized the need for expanded leadership training and development
programming due to the relatively new emphasis on workforce planning and development (succession planning) due largely to the changes in our
workforce i.e., imminent retirements and attracting and engaging younger workers, as well as, a defined supervisory competency model developed
for the Performance Management System. The Learning & Org. Development division is focused on expanding leadership development for
executives, experienced supervisors, new supervisors and emerging supervisors.
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"Stop Doing" List - Summary of Service and/or Expense Reductions
Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO) has given citizens a more efficient City Government that is
focused on community priorities. A key element of BFO is the "Stop Doing" list, which is made
up of activities that are now considered obsolete or did not directly address the key results.
Many of the items on this "Stop Doing" list are reductions that were made to address funding
shortfalls in 2009 and others are services that were unable to be funded within available
resources in the 2010-2011 budget. This list does not reflect one-time savings from items such
as lower fuel costs or other similar reductions.
ECONOMIC HEALTH
PDT:PDT Admin
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009 in Transportation Outcome)
• Eliminated vacant Executive Administrative Assistant - $57,000
o Provided support to PDT Director; responsibilities consolidated with Transportation
Group Director Administrative Support Supervisor
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Reclassify Transportation Group Director position as a Budget, Policy & Communications
Manager position
PDT.•Advance Planning
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Replaced General Fund support for Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) with stimulus funds -
$200,000
• Eliminated matching funds for UniverCity Connections from Advance Planning Department
- $25,000
o Department continues to devote staff resources to the effort
• Reduced Advance Planning Administration Budget - $15,000
• Cut maintenance for Land Bank properties by 50% - $16,000
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Eliminate a Historic Preservation Planner position - $70,000
• Reduces proactive services such as seeking landmark designations, grant writing and
public education efforts
• Reduce Affordable Housing Fund - $200,000
o Not able to assist in production of 20-27 affordable housing units
PDT.- Current Planning
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminated vacant Senior City Planner position - $90,000
• Eliminated vacant City Planner position- $80,000
• Impact of staff reductions:
o Delays in Conceptual Review scheduling and comments, from complete within 1
week to complete within 2-3 weeks
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o Delays in Development Application review comments, from complete within 3-4
weeks to complete within 5-6 weeks
o Delays in items going to Planning& Zoning Board or public hearing, from complete
within 3-5 months to complete within 5-7 months
o Process improvement identification and implementation efforts currently underway
delayed by 6-12 months
• Computer-related expenses for system upgrades and equipment replacement - $35,500
• Reduced conference/training budget - $6,000
• Reduced advertising - $3,000
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• All reductions noted in 2009 are carried forward into offers for 2010-2011, resulting in the
same loss of service
PDT:Parkin,&Services
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009 in Transportation Outcome)
• Canceled scheduled vehicle replacement - $27,000
• Delayed Downtown Parking Demand Analysis - $30,000
• Reduced approximately 400 hours hourly staffing in both Parking Structures - $4,000
• Eliminated tuition reimbursement - $1,000
• Eliminated advertising budget - $2,000
• Reduced out-of-state enforcement of parking citations - $10,000
• Eliminated service contract for copier/fax - $2,000
• Reduced conference/training budget - $5,000
• Eliminated security services for special events/holidays - $15,000
• Eliminated handicap signage/parking, signage replacements and upgrades - $8,000
• Eliminated budget for IT support - $11,500
• Eliminated all operating contingency - $18,550
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• All reductions noted in 2009 are carried forward into offers for 2010-2011, resulting in the
same loss of service.
EN V IRONMENTAL-HEALTH
CPRE:Environmental Services
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Reduced Air Quality program - $13,000
o Outreach, and promotion for diesel emissions, ozone awareness and climate change,
consulting
• Reduced Solid Waste program - $20,000
o Eliminated new waste diversion programs in City parks and Old Town
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Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Eliminate .5 Public Relations Coordinator position - $36,000
o Fort Collins Utilities to assume responsibility for strategic outreach for Natural Resources
Department climate initiatives, including community climate challenge and assistance for
Climate Wise
o Reduce outreach efforts related to ozone and air quality; maintain focus on Pay as you
Throw, the pilot trash district, and other solid waste diversion programs
Utilities
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminated two vacant project manager positions - $150,000
• Eliminated three positions in Water- $180,000
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• No additional reductions beyond eliminating vacant positions
NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY
PDT.Neighborhood& Building Services
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminated vacant Building Inspector position - $67,000
• Eliminated vacant Customer Service Rep 11 position- $52,000
• Eliminated two positions (lay-offs): Plans Analyst and Code Compliance Inspector-
$140,000
• Eliminated Director of Neighborhood & Building Services/City Building Official position -
$104,000
o Part of reorganization/consolidation of Community Development and Neighborhood
Services Department
• No hiring of hourly seasonal code compliance inspectors intended to give added support for
nuisance code violation enforcement during the busy season
• Impact of staff reductions:
o Reduction in the number of neighborhood violation cases/year- 10-20%
o Inspection turnaround anticipated to move from 95% done within 24 hours to 90% done
within 24 hours
o Reduction in building and contractor violation inspections - 10%
o Review time for permit submittals extended by 1-2 weeks
o Pre-submittal meetings no longer provided
o Revision and creation of new building codes moved from being done in 6-9 months to
being done in 12-18 months
o Administrative assignments, building records maintenance, and over-the counter permit
requests delayed 1-2 weeks
o Contractor licensing duties delayed up to 1 month
o Less presence at Neighborhood Task Force and general meetings
• Reduced computer-related expenses including system upgrades and software - $52,500
• Reduced conference/training budget - $17,000
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• Reduced equipment maintenance - $8,000
• Reduced expenses for other professional/technical services and supplies - $32,000
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• All reductions noted in 2009 are carried forward into offers for 2010-2011, resulting in the
same loss of service.
• Eliminate Customer Service Representative II position - $50,000
o Reduces walk-in customer support, increases delays in records maintenance, general
administrative/records requests and minute transcription
SAFE COMMUNITY
Police Services
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Reduced training, travel and investigative travel - $100,000
o Reduced all non-essential, educational travel
o Reduced all out-of-state, conference travel.
o Reduced investigative travel
o Reduced out-of-state background checks for potential employees
• Reduced Other Professional/Technical Services - $165,000
o Reduced maintenance contracts for technology at Police Services
o Reduced money dedicated to 800 MHz radio replacement
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• All reductions noted in 2009 are carried forward into offers for 2010-2011, resulting in the
same loss of service.
• Changes to Police Take Home Vehicle Policy
o Limit the geographic area in which vehicles are authorized for off-duty capacity and
charge the operator a monthly fee for keeping the vehicle at a residence
o Will impact approximately one-half of the fleet
Utilities
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminated one Civil Engineer position - $65,000
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• No additional reductions beyond eliminating vacant positions
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CULTURALAND RECREATIONAL.OPPORTUNITIES
CPRE: CPREAdmin
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Supplies and contractual expenses - $5,000
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
No additional reductions
CPRE: Cultural Services
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Lincoln Center Services - $68,211
o Reduced hourly staff(.5 FTE)—reduce box office service, decrease building cleanliness
o Eliminated vacant contractual programming assistant position (.5 FTE)
o No staff training or conferences
o Delayed conference and theater equipment replacement
• Fort Collins Museum Services—$31,789
o Reduced supplies for caring and preserving artifact and archival collections
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Lincoln Center Services - $124,500
o Close box office on Mondays due to reductions in funding for hourly staff
• Fort Collins Museum Services - $41,000
o Reduce hours, supplies and programs for local history archive
o Eliminate hourly accounting position
CPRE:Parks
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Parks 2008 lifecycle projects delayed or funded with park impact fees - $166,000
• Median maintenance contract re-bid - $30,000
• Reduced overtime - $10,000
• Eliminated 4`h of July entertainment before fireworks - $10,000
• Reduced conference/training - $10,000
• Delayed replacement of Forestry stump grinder- $13,142
• Forestry hourly wages - $5,358
o Reduced pruning operations and impacted tree health
• Cemeteries subsidy - $18,000
• Eliminated Manager of Golf position - $113,000
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Reduce Lifecycle program delaying infrastructure repairs and replacement - $100)000
• Snow removal at City facilities and along trails - $50,000
o Delay removal due to reduced hourly work force November-February
• Contractual weed control in parks - $30,000
• Eliminate free ball field prep and rental for City programs - $20,000
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• Close Archery Range or shift maintenance to volunteers - $10,000
• Transfer portion of Parks Director and Financial Analyst position to Golf- $30,000
o May delay some golf capital improvements
CPRE:Recreation
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Reduced personnel costs - $165,000
o Recreation Director position remains vacant, increasing workload for other management
staff
o Eliminated the vacant Recreation Services Representative position, which affects
customer service at the Senior Center
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Eliminate Recreation Coordinator/Concessionaire at EPIC and City Park Pool - $35,000
• Recreation Director position remains vacant through 2010 - $122,000
• Eliminate a contractual publicity/marketing specialist position - $32,500
o Impacts the volume of material produced in the Recreation Community Relations Office,
affects the timeframe of projects, and the ability to reach the public and work with
sponsors
TRANSPORTATION
PDT:EnzineerinQ
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Reduced pavement management - $1,000,000
o Stetson Creek mill/overlay and concrete rehabilitation delayed
o Lexington Greens mill/overlay and concrete rehabilitation delayed
o Southridge Greens mill/overlay and concrete rehabilitation delayed
o Reduced concrete repairs on Howes Street
o Entire slurry seal project delayed—6 neighborhoods
• Utilized Harmony Road Reserve funds, which will result in deficit in the maintenance
originally calculated when the road was acquired - $725,000
• Eliminated two construction inspector positions - $160,000
o Inspected public improvements and assured compliance with applicable codes
• Eliminated vacant Civil Engineer I/II position - $94,000
o Project management and design of capital projects
• Eliminated vacant Civil Engineer III position - $105,000
o Manage software and data collection activities, develop annual maintenance program,
and coordinate field operations
• Eliminated vacant Construction Inspector position
o Inspects public improvements and assures compliance with applicable codes
• Changed practice to charge staff time to capital project funds, which reduces the amount of
money available for construction of physical improvements
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Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• All reductions noted in 2009 are carried forward into offers for 2010-2011, resulting in the
same loss of service.
• Reduce Pavement Management Program - $2,000,000
PDT:Streets
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminated Alley Maintenance (emergency repairs only) - $50,000
• Reduced Residential Street Sweeping - $100,000
• Eliminated vacant Specialized Equipment Operator position - $65,000
• Eliminated two vacant Equipment Operator positions - $130,000
• Eliminated vacant Traffic Control Coordinator position - $65,000
• Eliminated Capital Replacement budget- $340,119
o This reduction means that the following equipment will not be purchased:
■ Asphalt saw
■ Replacement mower
■ Low boy semi trailer
■ Tandem truck (used year-round and during snow removal)
■ Two snow plow blades
■ Two snow plow spreaders
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• All reductions noted in 2009 are carried forward into offers for 2010-2011, resulting in the
same loss of service.
PDT. Traffic
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminated vacant Traffic Signal Technician position - $65,000
• Two seasonal signing/marking positions
o Slower response to preventative, response and emergency maintenance of traffic signal
system components
o Slower time for painting crosswalks, red curbs, lane use arrows and other pavement
markings
• Preventative and response traffic signal maintenance reduced - $58,216
• Crosswalk marking reduced - $35,400
• Reduced pavement marking paint - $31,697
• Reduced training and conference - $6,00
• Reduced building maintenance - $3,000
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• All reductions noted in 2009 are carried forward into offers for 2010-2011, resulting in the
same loss of service.
• Eliminate Traffic Crew Chief position - $60,000
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PDT: Transfort
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminated vacant bus operator position - $54,000
• Reduced conference/training budget- $10,000
• Reduced number of safety meetings from twelve to six - $14,000
• Reduced Safety Poster Program - $750
• Reduced advertising and promotional marketing items - $6,000
• Eliminated Customer Appreciation Event - $2,500
• Reduction in scope of Employee Annual Appreciation Event - $1,000
• Eliminated employee holiday gifts, sympathy, birthday and other employee welfare items -
$3,000
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• All reductions noted in 2009 are carried forward into offers for 2010-2011, resulting in the
same loss of service.
• Reduce advertising and other marketing efforts; specifically, eliminates promotion for Mason
Corridor - $156,819
• Use Capital Reserves to cover operating shortfalls - $172,964 (2010); $666,620 (2011)
o Reduces Transfort's ability to draw Federal capital grants and impacts fleet replacement,
bus and shop equipment needs, and other capital purchases
• Postpone service at South Transit Center- $190,455
• Reduce Administrative Clerk I1 position - $50,000
• Reduce Transportation Field Coordinator position - $70,000
PDT: Transportation Planning
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Delayed hiring Senior Transportation Planner position for 3 months - $10,000
o Resulted in schedule impacts for several major projects including Linden & Jefferson
street projects
• Reduced office supplies and equipment- $3,000
• Reduce IT support - $8,000
• Reduced on-call travel demand forecast modeling contract - $11,000
o Less-timely responses to internal and external requests regarding potential Master Street
Plan modifications
• Modified how some staff positions are funded; charge to projects rather than General Fund -
$64,000
• Eliminated one student intern employee (hourly)
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Relocate Transportation Planning offices to 281 N. College Ave. - $22,000
o Reduces annual rent payment to Facilities/Transfort
• Reorganize Transportation Planning to be part of Advance Planning in response to loss of
Transportation Group Director position and to create organizational operating efficiencies
• Eliminate all student intern positions - $24,000
• Slower response time for research, graphic materials, maps, and website updates
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• Reduce training and professional development- $5,000
• Reduce administrative support - $5,000
HIGH-PERFORMING GOVERNMENT]
ELJ: City Attorney's Office
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Computer Hardware - $7,400
• Hardware Maintenance and Support - $444
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Supplies - $1,500
• Conference/Travel - $5,000
ELJ: City Council
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminate organizational membership in US Conference of Mayors - $12,500
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Eliminate City Council Closed Captioning Service - $14,200
• Equipment, software, travel and other non-personnel operational line items - $2,960
• Reduce training, travel and professional development - $8,770
• Reduce funding for food, facility rental and promotion for Council District meetings and
retreats - $7,000
ELJ: City Manager's Office
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminate vacant Governmental Affairs Director position- $85,917
o Reallocate Policy and Project Management Support to provide Legislative Services
• Equipment, software, travel and other non-personnel operational line items - $23,114
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Reduce Policy and Project Manager positions from 2.0 FTE to 1.6 FTE - $35,246
o Policy and Project Management support reduced to provide Legislative Services by a
Policy and Projects Manager
o Further reduced the two positions to .8 FTE each, resulting in fewer special projects
being completed. Past examples include Trash Services Study, West Nile Virus Policy
review, Holiday Lighting Task Force, various fee studies, capital planning, etc.
• Reduce by .5 an Executive Administrative Assistant position - $25,000
o Reduces Council support, financial and budget support, and City Manager's Office
administrative support
• Reduce contingency for unforeseen expenses - $40,000
• Reduce training, travel and professional development for staff- $16,370
• Equipment, software, and other non-personnel operational line items - $7,428
• Reduce sponsorships of community events - $9,250
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ELJ. Fort Collins Municipal Court
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• 0.20 FTE reduction for Court Supervisor position- $7,000
• Contractual Labor (officer stand-by expense) - $600
• Other Professional/Technical services (interpreters, court-appointed counsel) - $2,000
• Maintenance Contracts (savings from lower software expense) - $2,000
• Eliminated parking permits for employees - $1,400
• Reduced conference and training expenses - $680
• Office Supplies - $1,100
Eliminated or Reduced Services (20.10-2011)
• All reductions noted in 2009 are carried forward into offers for 2010-2011, resulting in the
same loss of service.
Financial Services: Economic Health
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminated outside consulting resources - $50,000
• Eliminated travel and training - $5,000
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Reduce consulting budget - $50,000
• Reduce training - $7,000
• Other reductions to supplies, other items - $5,000
• Reduce support for Be Local Program/Software Cluster - $25,000
Financial Services: Finance
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminated vacant Accountant position- $65,000
• Eliminated vacant Sales Tax Manager position - $90,000
• Eliminated hourly .5 Clerical Administrative Assistant position - $15,000
• As a result of staff reductions, response times to internal and external customers will be
delayed in accounting and purchasing
• Fewer sales tax audits, which could negatively impact revenue
• Reduce conference and training - $10,000
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Reduce conference and training - $6,000
• Reduce out-of-state travel for Sales Tax Audits - $6,000
• Reduce general office expenses such as supplies and postage - $9,000
Internal Services: Communications & Public Involvement
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Reduced conference and travel/staff training - $5,000.
• Reduced food budget for Citywide employee events - $4,000
• Delayed indefinitely the installment of projection system in CIC Room - $24,000
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Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Eliminate all General Fund support for Cable 14 equipment- $90,000
o Equipment replacement will be funded solely with PEG (Public, Educational &
Governmental Access) monies, which reduces overall funding for Cable 14 equipment
and limits PEG support for Colorado State University and Poudre School District.
• Reduce conference and travel/staff training, and meal budgets - $7,000
• Eliminate City sponsorship for Thursday Night Music & More, which likely means the event
will be canceled - $5,000
• Reduce food budgets for World Class People recognition and State of the City Address -
$1,200
• Eliminate one utility bill insert per year and other miscellaneous printing—$3,000
Internal Services:Human Resources
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminated consulting services for Integrated Talent Management System (1-TMS) for
process automation - $5,000
• Eliminated licenses for seasonal hourly employees on I-TMS - $11,790
• Reduced organization training budget - $20,500
o Canceled classes (CPR, First Aid, AED, Emerging/Beginning Supervisor Training,
Succession Planning)
o Fewer Supervisor Summit classes offered online
• Reduced organization advertising budget- $14,539
• Canceled additional salary survey - $5,000
• Reduced conference and travel - $5,000
• Reduced meals for Human Relations Commission - $560
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Reduce Learning and Organization Development budget - $23,245
o Fewer participants in Leadership Development Program
o Online services for hourly employees not included in employee Onboarding Program
o Eliminate elective training (Personal Enrichment, Personal & Professional Development,
Organizational Development classes)
• Eliminate .5 Recruitment Specialist - $35,000
o Unable to continue full recruitment services
o Delays background check process, including new hires and volunteers
o Delay updates to external website about status of positions
o No Hourly Job Fair or community outreach/participation in external job fairs
• Reduce advertising - $5,000
• Reduce conference and travel - $5,000
• Further reductions to office expenses and phone services
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Internal Services:Management Information Services (MIS)
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Program Manager- $115,000
o Reduces in-house capacity for improved reporting and development of online
management tools
• Reduced consulting resources - $189,000 (2010), $304,000 (2011)
• Reduced staff training - $108,000 (2010), $73,000 (2011)
• Lengthened equipment replacement schedules - $242,000 (2010), 2011 increased by $46,000
due to timing of replacements
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• All reductions noted in 2009 are carried forward into offers for 2010-2011, resulting in the
same loss of service.
Internal Services: Operation Services
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminated vacant Mechanic Team Leader position - $75,000
• Eliminated vacant.Maintenance Superintendent position - $88,000
• Energy/Systems-HVAC reductions using fewer contractors resulting in slower service -
$100,000
• Eliminated funding for renovation of downtown (Oak Street) restrooms - $250,000
• Reduced office supplies and professional services - $20,000
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• Eliminate facilities plan/architect position - $93,000
• No longer provide routine maintenance for Fire Stations 1-4 - $30,000
• Delay replacement of light-duty vehicles from 90,000 to 100,000 miles - $400,000
• Reduce custodial services and change to day-cleaning schedule - $40,000
• Reduce outside vehicle rentals - $250,000
• Travel and training reductions - $14,260
Utilities
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2009)
• Eliminated one credit/collections representative position - $60,000
o Result in slower response to customers requesting payment arrangements on utility
bills
• Eliminated three vacant Utility Facility Locator positions - $180,000
• Eliminated two Meter Reader positions - $106,000
o These positions are not being filled in anticipation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure
(AMI)
o These positions are being added back in the 2010 budget as hourly employees in
anticipation the AMI program will be funded
Eliminated or Reduced Services (2010-2011)
• No additional reductions beyond eliminating vacant positions
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PERSONNEL IMPACTS -.TOTAL.CITY BUDGET
Total Personnel Impacts (2009)
Eliminated 32 vacant positions
Reduction in force - 4.2 FTE
Total Personnel Impacts (2010-2011) (includes unclassified management, classified,
contractual and hourly):
Pending reductions in force: 10.20 FTE
Pending reduction in hourly staff: Estimated at 12.45 FTE
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