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Adopted FY 2015-16 Budget
INFRASTRUCTURE
RESULT AREA SUMMARY
BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
The FY 15-16 Infrastructure Result Area budget increases by just over $15.6 million, or 6.4% from FY 14-15.
The increase includes a $13.8 million increase in Water Resources, largely to fund upcoming capital
expenses. The result area increase also includes just over $89,000 for enhancements in Transportation,
Water Resources, and Parking.
A $100,000 reduction within Engineering & Inspections’ energy budget, a reduction of about 3.8%, is
occurring in FY 15-16 to help reduce the total budget, maintain the current tax rate, and to more closely
align with historic actual expenditures.
FY 15-16 will be the first full year that Field Operations has provided the Downtown Cleaning and
Maintenance program within the Central Business District. The program receives funding from the
Business Improvement District (BID) tax. It will cost $342,828 and result in the addition of 5.481 FTEs to
the Field Operations Department.
The FY 15-16 GTA Budget uses $841,736 in fund balance and the projected FY 16-17 budget will use
$1,187,316 to balance the Transit Fund. The City will continue to explore options to improve the long-term
financial outlook for GTA, including the service and fare changes.
Following the recommendations of an outside consultant, the City is increasing on-street and surface lot
hourly rates and increasing monthly parking rates to prepare for capital and maintenance needs and to be
more in line with peer city rates. The City is maintaining hourly deck rates. The rate increases will result
in approximately $450,000 in additional parking revenue in FY 15-16. Additionally, one parking
enforcement vehicle is being added to the FY 15-16 Budget to improve parking enforcement downtown.
The enhancement is being funded through cuts within the Parking Fund.
The FY 15-16 Budget includes the third increase of a multi-year phased increase to planning development
fees that will increase revenue by just over $15,000.
Two Transportation enhancements in FY 15-16 result in an additional $30,000 for pavement marking
maintenance to cover the increasing cost of paint and other materials and an additional $48,500 to pay for
the maintenance of the improved traffic signal system.
The FY 15-16 Budget includes a rate increase for Water Resources. The rate increases by 5.5% for
residents inside city limits, and 8% for residents outside city limits. This rate increase will result in a $2.12
increase per month for city residents and a $7.33 increase per month for non-city residents.
A General Fund contribution of $2.5 million is included to support operations in FY 15-16. This transfer is
necessary to support the War Memorial Coliseum Complex operations not otherwise offset by user fees.