001 of 1996 - Amending Salt Lake City Ordinance No. 49 of 1995 which adopted the Final Budget of Salt Lake City, iSALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 1 of 1996
(Amending Salt Lake City Ordinance No. 49 of 1995
which adopted the Final Budget of Salt Lake City,
including the employment staffing document,
for Fiscal Year 1995-96)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE NO. 49
OF 1995 WHICH APPROVED, RATIFIED AND FINALIZED THE BUDGET OF
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, INCLUDING THE EMPLOYMENT STAFFING
DOCUMENT, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1995 AND
ENDING JUNE 30, 1996.
PREAMBLE
On June 8, 1995, the Salt Lake City Council approved,
ratified and finalized the budget of Salt Lake City, Utah,
including the employment staffing document, for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1995 and ending June 30, 1996, in
accordance with the requirements of Section 118, Chapter 6,
Title 10 of the Utah Code Annotated, and said budget,
including the employment staffing document, was approved by
the Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah.
The City's Policy and Budget Director, acting as the
City's Budget Officer, prepared and filed with the City
Recorder proposed amendments to said duly adopted budget,
including the amendments to the employment staffing
document, copies of which are attached hereto, for
consideration by the City Council and inspection by the
public.
The City Council fixed a time and place for a public
hearing to be held on January 16, 1996 to consider the
attached proposed amendments to the budget, including the
employment staffing document, and ordered notice thereof be
published as required by law.
Notice of said public hearing to consider the
amendments to said budget, including the employment staffing
document, was duly published and a public hearing to
consider the attached amendments to said budget, including
the employment staffing document, was held on January 16,
1996, in accordance with said notice at which hearing all
interested parties for and against the budget amendment
proposals were heard and all comments were duly considered
by the City Council.
All conditions precedent to amend said budget,
including the employment staffing document, have been
accomplished.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City,
Utah:
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SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is
to amend the budget of Salt Lake City, including the
employment staffing document, as approved, ratified and
finalized by Salt Lake City Ordinance No. 49 of 1995.
SECTION 2. Adoption of Amendments. The budget
amendments, including amendments to the employment staffing
document, attached hereto and made a part of this Ordinance
shall be, and the same hereby are adopted and incorporated
into the budget of Salt Lake City, Utah, including the
employment staffing document, for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1995 and ending June 30, 1996, in accordance with
the requirements of Section 128, Chapter 6, Title 10, of the
Utah Code Annotated.
SECTION 3. Certification to Utah State Auditor. The
City's Policy and Budget Director, acting as the City's
Budget Officer, is authorized and directed to certify and
file a copy of said budget amendments, including amendments
to the employment staffing document, with the Utah State
Auditor.
SECTION 4. Filing of copies of the Budget Amendments.
The said Budget Officer is authorized and directed to
certify and file a copy of said budget amendments, including
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amendments to the employment staffing document, in the
office of said Budget Office and in the office of the City
Recorder which amendments shall be available for public
inspection.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take
effect on its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah,
this (6 day of (1inu art , 1996.
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GRIEF DEPUTY CITY 'ECORDER
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Mayor's Action: XX Approved
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Bill No. 1 of 1996.
Published: January 26, 1996
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AS AMENDED BY CITY COUNCIL 1/16/96
TO: City Council
FROM: Steve Fawcett
DATE: January 9, 1996
RE: Budget Amendment Number 6
Budget amendment #6 is attached for your review. Each issue is presented
and discussed in an effort to explain the situation and proposed solution. Capital
Planning and Programming also discuss issues pertaining to CIP and Grants.
Some of the issues are routine in nature and are necessary to modify the
budget for accounting reasons, while others pertain to specific issues relating to
administrative policy.
As a matter of policy, if fund balance is used as a funding source, current year
revenue is not posted. Therefore, you will not always see expenditure increases and
revenue increases in balance.
Projections of current year revenue are running favorable, especially in the
area of franchise taxes. We are currently projecting a surplus over budget of
between $300,000 and $400,000 in this area. As a result of this we will discuss two
items which we are recommending be funded by increasing the revenue budget of
franchise taxes and fund these two initiatives for a total increase in the budgeted
franchise tax revenue of $208,500.
There is one issue requested which requires funding from contingency. The
balance in contingency will be $123,135.
Issues in Budget Amendment - January 1996
Policy & Budget
1-Airport CIF $34,048,100
2-Light Rail Spur Study $100,000
3-Police Overtime $108,500
4-Fire Department $4,600
5-Trust Fund Transfer $232.78
6-CCP Grant Adjustment $15,000
7-Refuse Collection Fund Capital Equipment $50,000
Issue #1-Airport CIP
$34,048,100
Airport Funds
The Airport has requested an amendment of $34,048,100, covering revisions to the Operating
Budget, of $634,000, and the Capital Budget of, $33,414,100. The Airport traditionally
appropriates their capital improvement budget (CIP), along with major changes to their CIP
program in an amendment this time of year to take advantage of the spring weather. They either
have the funds in hand or will receive Federal aviation funding for these projects, or will generate
the additional amount needed from passenger facility charges. Included below is Director Louis
Miller's discussion of this issue to the Airport Authority Board.
Background:
The attached exhibit indicates the approved capital budget amounts for 1995-96, followed
by the estimated total project expenditures for 1995-96, and finally the difference for each project,
i.e. the budget amendment necessary to either cover additional expenditures or transfer surplus
funds to another project.
The majority of changes to the approved projects are required by timing differences, that
is the project is multiple year in nature and, within the total project cost either additional funds
were expended in a prior year, creating a surplus this year since the funds were already expended,
or will be expended this year creating an over expenditure compared to the amount budgeted.
Other changes are the result of: expanded scope of certain projects, original estimates too high or
low, operating funds used since the project was not capital in nature, and projects delayed until a
later year.
New projects for FYE June 30, 1996 are indicated along with their eligibility for
Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) and/or Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding. The
proposed new projects are described as:
Expand Taxiway F4 and realign Taxiway E - $12,863,600 - Since the opening of the new
runway, Taxiways E and F are controlled movement areas and are no longer available to queue
aircraft. As requested by Delta and Skywest airlines, the taxiway and apron west of Concourse D
needs expansion to resolve circulation and congestion problems in the terminal area. Taxiway E
needs realignment to provide greater separation between aircraft holding on the apron and those
taxiing by. Deicing fluid collection and drainage systems will be installed in the new apron areas
to allow this pavement to serve multiple uses.
Airport drainage upgrade study - $400,000 - The continued expansion of airport facilities adds
impervious pavement and increases stormwater flows. To avoid flooding as future expansion
occurs, the existing stormwater collection and detention infrastructure must be upgraded. This
study is the first phase to upgrade the airport drainage system and will provide recommendations
for future collection, detention and pumping systems. The study will focus on drainage
requirements for the existing apron areas, and future parking, terminal and cargo areas.
Concourse C ceiling replacement - $808,000 - This project was approved during fiscal year
ended June 30, 1995, however its commencement was delayed pending the presumed expansion
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of Concourse C or D. The ceiling must now be replaced because of age and deterioration and will
not be substantively impacted by any later expansion of the concourse.
Runway 16L/34R and associated taxiways resurface and safety upgrade - $14,515,000 - The
porous friction surface of runway 16L/34R has reached the end of its useful life and in many
areas, shows excessive wear. Moreover, FAA regulations require the safety area be upgraded to
meet the current standards. This project will remove the existing porous friction surface and
overlay the runway and adjacent taxiways. Fill material will be imported to raise safety areas to
proper grades, and lighting and signs will be modified as necessary.
Concourse B remodel - $8,300,000 - Southwest Airlines has requested additional gates in the
lower level of Concourse B to accommodate their operations. This project will renovate the
lower level of Concourse B to provide seven gates for Southwest Airlines and two gates for Delta
Air Lines. The project involves remodeling the former Skywest and U. S. Customs areas into
new gate hold rooms, operations, concessions, and public areas. The project includes modifying
the ceiling to increase natural light, remodeling lavatories, widening portions of the concourse,
and constructing second level office and operations space.
Car Rental lobby expansion - $1,501,000 - The current car rental lobby has minimal public
circulation and queue areas, and as a result cannot adequately handle customer traffic. This
project will expand the lobby within the existing ground floor of the parking facility.
Terminal road realignment - $3,500,000 - To permit future expansion and improvements of
terminal parking facilities, the southbound terminal road, which is west of the parking structure,
must be relocated. This project involves moving the existing road to the west to increase the area
available for long term parking expansion. This project is an essential first step in development of
a new or expanded parking structure.
South Cargo Ramp Expansion - $900,000 - Expansion of cargo operations has increased the
need for aircraft parking, cargo staging and ground handling equipment areas. This project entails
enlarging the concrete apron to provide additional aircraft parking, modifying ground equipment
storage areas and reconfiguring the taxilanes and aircraft parking layout.
Beacon relocation - $55,000 - The FAA is preparing to install and test a new technology of
airport surface detection equipment at Salt Lake City International Airport. In order to install the
new ground radar equipment, the existing lighted beacon on top of the FAA tower cab must be
relocated. This project involves removing the existing beacon and locating a new beacon
elsewhere on the airport.
North Bound Access Road (NBAR) deceleration lane - $375,000 - When entering the Airport
from Interstate 80 or North Temple Street, the right traffic lane merges to the left in an abrupt
manner. This project will add a traffic lane and shoulder to the NBAR between the Surplus Canal
and the Cross Bound Access Road (XBAR). This project includes curb, gutter, landscaping,
overhead sign structure and lighting modifications. This project will eliminate the forced merger
problem and improve safety for vehicular traffic entering the airport.
Airport II G/A hangars - $600,000 - All hangars at Airport II are occupied. Continued steady
demand for hangars at Airport II warrants additional hangars be constructed. This project will
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extend the existing row of hangars to the south and add 14 more hangars to accommodate single
engine aircraft.
SLCIA General aviation hangar development - $750,000 - Currently, all enclosed hangars at
SLCIA are occupied and there exists a waiting list for enclosed hangars to accommodate twin and
single engine aircraft. Continued demand for hangars at SLCIA warrants additional hangars be
constructed. This project involves upgrading portions of the general aviation area to increase the
number of hangars. The project includes removing older substandard hangars and shade hangars
and replacing them with fully enclosed hangars and modifying taxiway pavements in the area.
Concourse E Modifications - $100,000 - At the request of Skywest Airlines, the half height
gates at the ticket podiums in the Concourse E hold rooms will be replaced with glass storefront
and full height doors. The doors will be equipped with cipher locks to prevent unauthorized entry
into the loading pier. The boarding gate doors in the loading pier will also be upgraded from
aluminum to steel composition.
Within the operating budget, two unforeseen, and therefore unbudgeted items must be
accomplished in this fiscal year and are large enough wherein a budget amendment is the best way
to allow adequate funds for their implementation.
Custodial Contract Modification - $528,000 - On September 20, the Board approved revisions
to the contact with Calhoun Maintenance, effective October 1, 1995, increasing salaries and
certain benefits. The current budget does not contain sufficient contingency funds to cover this
revision.
Parking Structure Bird Netting - $106,000 - Having studied the bird habitation problem, and
resulting bird droppings, it is apparent that keeping the birds from nesting within the P3 rafters of
the structure in the first instance will be more effective than any previous methods. Using
contract laborers, bird netting will be installed across all open ceiling areas on level P3 in the
structure. Moreover, all known bird habitation areas will be cleaned and covered.
Passenger Facility Charges -(Revenue) $1,200,000 - Current projections indicate PFC revenues
will exceed the amount budgeted, $22,000,000, by $1,200,000, for Fiscal year ending June 30,
1995. This revision adjusts the conservative estimate originally used.
Justification: Since all approved projects are either near completion or to be delayed
beyond June 30, 1996, and the new projects and program expenditures must be approved in order
to begin prior to July 1, 1996, this amendment to the budget for fiscal year ending June 30, 1996
is proposed.
Financial Considerations: As indicated, capital projects will increase $33,414,100,
$28,111,600 of which are eligible for PFC and/or AIP funding, as those particular projects are
approved by FAA and funds become available. Operating expenses will increase $634,000, an
amount coverable by current operating revenues. Passenger Facility Charge revenue is a function
of passenger traffic whose current rate of growth will sustain the revision indicated above.
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The timing of these and projects to be proposed in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996
budget, will require the issuance of short-term airport revenue bonds before the end of the fiscal
year. This proposed issuance will be brought to the Airport Board for authorization within the
next months.
The adjustment necessary to amend the budget is as follows:
Fund
Department/Category
Decrease
Increase
Airport
Airport/CEP
$33,414,100 (E)
Fund
Airport/ operating expense
$634,000 (E)
Airport/Grant Revenue
$8,300,000 (R)
Airport/Passenger Facility Charges
$1,200,000 (R)
Airport/Reserve/bond funds (not
posted)
$24,548,100 (RF)
Totals
Airport Fund
$34,048,100 (E)
$9,500,000 (R)
$24,548,100 (RF)
Issue #2-Light Rail Spur Study
$100,000
General Fund
This amendment budgets $100,000 to conduct a study of a light rail spur from the
University of Utah and the Salt Lake International Airport.
The initiative to investigate the feasibility of adding a University to Airport spur onto the
light rail system has begun to pick up momentum among the institutions and the neighborhoods it
would impact. The combination of an Environmental Impact Statement/Major Investment Study
that the USDOT requires will cost about $1.0 million. The institutional players who currently
have an interest in this matter include Salt Lake City, the Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency,
the Airport, the Wasatch Front Regional Council, the University of Utah, the Downtown Alliance,
and UTA. On a matching basis, UTA has committed to fund half of the estimated costs and has
requested that Salt Lake City fund $200,000. The balance would come from the other parties.
The City is particularly excited about the prospect of studying how to improve
transportation for three of the largest traffic generators in the valley, namely, the Central Business
District, the University of Utah, and the Salt Lake International Airport. It is hopeful if light rail
is used, traffic reduction in the neighborhoods around these areas could be very significantly
reduced.
This budget amendment proposes a general fund appropriation of $100,000 for the light
rail study. The Airport will appropriate an additional $50,000 next fiscal year.. In a separate
action, the RDA Board will receive a request to allocate $50,000 for the same purpose.
Projections of actual revenues in the current fiscal year are sufficiently robust to support a
recommendation that funding for this item come from the recognition of additional income.
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The adjustment necessary to amend the budget is as follows:
Fund
Department/Category
Decrease
Increase
General
Franchise Tax Revenue
$100,000 (R)
Fund
Non Departmental/consultant
$100,000 (E)
Totals
General Fund
$100,000 (R)
$100,000 (E)
Issue #3-Police Overtime
$108,500
General Fund
This amendment budgets $108,500 for Police overtime. The breakdown of service area
are: Pioneer Park/Rio Grand prostitution and drug activity, $25,000, City Narcotics Unit,
$20,000, Backlog of Calls for Service, $31,500, Investigative Unit, $20,000, and Truancy
Program, $12,000.
Back in September, the Police Department was experiencing a substantial backlog of call,
and found that many callers were holding for extended periods of time. The additional offices
hired will help in this effort but were not hired then, and will not be fully trained and operational
until mid April. As a result of this the Police Department put together a plan of using overtime to
mitigate part of the problem until the new officers were operational.
The plan is as follow: Pioneer Park/Rio Grande Prostitution and Drug Problem --Funds
to allow 24 hour coverage by 9 officers. This requires 20 additional hours per day, five days per
week overtime for a 10 week period and 1,000 hours. Prostitution continues to grow partly
because of the lack of jail space. This necessitates using additional officers to monitor and disrupt
their business in order to counter citizen and business complaints. Additionally, open drug dealing
the park and surrounding area continues to be a problem, and needs additional coverage to disrupt
this activity Narcotic Unit --Funds to add the equivalent of two officers to this unit for a ten week
period. Recent retirements have impacted the unit, and as well the need to increase efforts around
Pioneer Park. Detectives are not able to respond in a timely manner to calls from the community
for assistance in addressing narcotic complaints. Many calls are requesting enforcement of drug
houses. The Department is averaging three drug houses (search warrants) per week. Backlog of
Calls for Service —Funds are needed to add three hours per shift for ten weeks. Because of the
emphasis to deal with special crime problems such as prostitution, drugs, and gangs, patrol is
negatively impacted and the backlog of routine service calls is increasing. In order to reduce the
backlog, additional officers are needed to handle backlogged calls and to hold officers over at
shift end until the backlog has been reduced. Watch commanders will closely monitor this
overtime activity. Investigative Unit --Funds for 80 overtime hours per week for a ten week
period. With the retirement of two detectives, the remaining detectives must assume an increased
caseload. Detectives now average 52.7 cases per detective, per month. The sensitive nature of
cases such as the Tapia homicide and the increase in the number of homicides, has impacted the
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workload of the detectives. It has been necessary to temporarily reassign some detectives to
address the needs of the homicide squad. This action negatively impacts existing case loads in
other squads and a therefore a large portion of the `regular' overtime budget has been exhausted
working these cases. Truancy Program --Funds are needed for six weeks to pay for four officers
four to five days a week or 480 hours. The truancy program has been very efficient. It is
conducted in cooperation with the Salt Lake City School Board. The School Board operates a
truancy center to which officers bring students into who are truant. This school year assistance of
our Mobile Neighborhood Watch Program was solicited to help locate truants. AT&T Wireless
has donated three phones for use by the officers so that Mobile Watch personnel can make
contact with them directly. This should make the program even more effective by increasing the
number of truants that will be located. As a result of this effort day time residential burglaries and
theft cases have declined.
The request to add additional funds from the City to these efforts has been postponed
pending the possibility that the Police Department could find funding within budget to cover this
need. It has been determined that they will not be able to cover these expenses. It is requested
that we take advantage of the additional revenue projections for the General Fund and increase
revenue enough to cover this priority need.
The adjustment necessary to amend the budget is as follows:
Fund
Department/Category
Decrease
Increase
General
Franchise Tax Revenue
$108,500 (R)
Fund
Police / overtime
$108,500 (E)
Totals
General Fund
$108,500 (R)
$108,500 (E)
Issue #4-Fire Department
$4,600
General Fund Contingency
This amendment budgets $4,600 from General Fund contingency to correct an input error
which occurred in the prior fiscal year for payment to the Salt Lake Urban Search and Rescue.
As a result of this error only half of the total yearly commitment from the Fire Department to the
SLUSR was paid and the remainder of the budget lapsed at year end. Not appropriating these
funds now will cause an unfunded liability in the Fire Department. This amount could come from
fund balance as the original appropriation did lapse to fund balance but because the amount is
relatively small it is recommended to take the amount from contingency and transfer it to the Fire
Department.
The adjustment necessary to amend the budget is as follows:
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General Fund Non Departmental/contingency
Totals
Fire/contract payment
General Fund
Issue #5-Trust Fund Transfer
$232.78
Trust Fund
$4,600 (E)
$4,600 (E)
$4,600 (E)
$4,600 (E)
This amendment budgets $232.78 from the Youth City Government Trust Fund to the
Youth City Government Account in Non Departmental. This request is made to consolidate
funding for this endeavor. This will close this trust fund account.
The adjustment necessary to amend the budget is as follows:
Fund
Department/Category
Decrease
Increase
Trust
Fund
Youth City Government Fund/fund
balance (not posted)
$232.78 (FB)
General
Non Departmental/Youth City
$232.78 (R)
Fund
Government
$232.78 (E)
Totals
General Fund
$232.78 (R)
$232.78 (E)
Youth City Government Trust
$232.78 (FB)
Fund
Issue #6-CCP Grant Adjustment
$15,000
From Attorney to Mayor
This amendment transfers $15,000 from the City Prosecutors CCP Grant to the Mayor's
Office CCP Grant. No additional funding is associated with this action.
We currently have $20,000 in the City Prosecutor's CCP Budget allocated for Community
Mediation. We have received permission from the Bureau of Justice to use $15,000 of those
funds for evaluation and technical assistance to the overall CCP Grant. The change falls well
below the 5% change that would require a formal Grant Change request and will be used to carry
out evaluation and technical assistance for the overall project. The Contract for the Evaluation
and Technical Assistance is located in the Administrative Budget for CCP located in the Mayor's
Office. The additional $15,000 will allow us to increase the existing contract to a total of $21,500
to complete this phase of the evaluation
The adjustment necessary to amend the budget is as follows:
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Fund
Department/Category
Decrease
Increase
General
Fund
City Attorney/Prosecutor
Mayor's Office
$15,000 (E)
$15,000 (E)
Totals
General Fund
$15,000 (E)
$15,000 (E)
Issue #7-Refuse Collection Fund Capital Equipment
$50,000
Refuse Fund fund balance
This amendment budgets $50,000 needed in the Refuse Fund for capital expenses. The
additional money is needed to help cover the cost of purchasing three new refuse trucks and two
new leaf truck beds. Replacing the beds on existing leaf trucks will save money because
maintenance costs of the worn-out beds will be less and the cost of purchasing entirely new trucks
will be postponed. The beds were in the process of being purchased during fiscal year 1994-95,
but, since this is a new concept, the transactions were not completed by year end. Therefore, the
budget lapsed to fund balance. Accordingly, the additional funding requested will come from the
Refuse fund balance.
The adjustment necessary to amend the budget is as follows:
Fund
Department/Category
Decrease
Increase
Refuse
Capital Outlay
$50,000 (E)
Fund
Fund Balance (not posted)
$50,000 (FB)
Totals
Refuse Fund
$50,000 (E)
$50,000 (FB)
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