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Mounds View City Council Page 12 <br /> 1111 Regular Meeting APP " 11 \ill° October 24, 1994 <br /> Factors Influencing the 1995 Mounds View Budget Process <br /> Council Strategic Plan <br /> FOCUS 2000 Report and Implementation Plan <br /> Long Term Financial Plan <br /> Program/Performance Based Budgeting <br /> State Aids <br /> Legislative/Congressional Actions <br /> Trends <br /> Technology <br /> Orduno explained that the Budget Process is a process <br /> characterized by discussion, best case scenarios, revenue and <br /> expenditure goals and realities that generally significantly <br /> alter those "best case" scenarios. The Mounds View Budget is <br /> a collaboration effort of resident/business input, Council <br /> direction and economical realities. <br /> Orduno advised that this is a program performance based <br /> budget, as requested by Focus 2000. She explained the <br /> differences between this type of budget versus a line item <br /> budget. Staff has determined the cost to provide each of <br /> 4111 these services to residents, which will provide more accurate <br /> accounting. Since this is the first year the City has used a <br /> program performance based budget, some adjustment may be <br /> needed. <br /> Don Brager, Finance Director, made a detailed presentation of <br /> the Total City Budget, which outlined the following: <br /> Non Property Tax Funds <br /> • Lakeside Park - collected by Mounds View and Spring <br /> Lake Park to maintain and operate Lakeside Park <br /> • Recreation Activity - paid by user fees <br /> • Recycling - funded by grant <br /> • Cable TV - 5% franchise fee collected by City <br /> • Street Light Utility - included in utility bill, no <br /> increase planned for 1995 <br /> • Gas/Electric Franchise Fee - 3% of sales <br /> • Debt Service - required to assure sufficient funding <br /> to pay off debt <br /> • Capital Project Funds - being included in 1995 budget <br /> • Surface Water Management Utility - maintains costs to <br /> operate water system, funded by user fees <br /> • Water Utility - provides water to residents and <br /> businesses; paid for by users of the system; as <br /> recommended by study, slight increase proposed for <br /> 1995 to $1. 20/quarter/1, 000 gallons to meet debt <br /> 11/1 obligation and cover expenses <br />