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File #: 25-352    Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready - Administrative Business
File created: 4/3/2025 In control: Measure W Citizens' Oversight Committee
On agenda: 6/4/2025 Final action:
Title: Informational Report on Measure W fund balance and expenditures for FY 2024-25. (Karen Chang, Director of Finance)
Attachments: 1. Revenue Detail Report - FY 2024-25 (As of April 30, 2025).pdf, 2. Expenditure Detail Report - FY 2024-25 (As of April 30, 2025).pdf, 3. 2025.06.04 Presentation v1.pdf
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Informational Report on Measure W fund balance and expenditures for FY 2024-25. (Karen Chang, Director of Finance)

 

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RECOMMENDATION

Recommendation

This report is informational and requires no formal action from the Committee.

 

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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION

On November 3, 2015, South San Francisco residents approved a half-cent sales tax by an overwhelming majority.  The adoption of Measure W ensures that the City of South San Francisco will be able to maintain and enhance locally controlled City services that the community cares about and has come to expect - including neighborhood police patrols, 911 response, programs for seniors & disabled residents, crime and gang suppression programs, street maintenance and pothole repair, youth/teen educational and recreational programs, a police operations center that meets earthquake safety codes, and other essential city services.

 

The voter-approved half-cent sales tax (Measure W) went into effect on April 1, 2016. Since that time, the sales tax proceeds have been accounted for separately from the City’s General Fund to track the commensurate revenues and expenditures. 

 

Major projects currently funded by Measure W are:

1.                     Community Civic Campus Program

a.                     Police Operations & 911 Dispatch Center (pf1707)

b.                     Library, Parks and Recreation and Community Theater/Council Chamber (pf2103)

2.                     Orange Memorial Park Project

a.                     Multi-Use Sports Fields

b.                     Aquatic Center

c.                     Park Playground

d.                     Park Bridges

3.                     Paving Program

a.                     Used to augment City efforts towards street maintenance and pothole repairs

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.                     MEASURE W FUND BALANCE THROUGH APRIL 30, 2025

 

The following is a summary of Measure W revenues and expenditures since its inception through April 30, 2025:

 

 

Table 1: Measure W Fund Balance Summary

 

Fiscal Year Ended

Cumulative  Total as of  June 30, 2022

FY 22/23

FY 23/24

FY 24/25 (7/1/24-4/30/25)

Total as of April 30, 2025

Total Revenues

$74,670,411

$15,618,697

$15,773,938

$9,931,909 

$115,994,955

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenditures

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries & Benefits

547,652

287,295

166,630

274,788

1,276,365

Services & Supplies

275,622

-

 -

 -

275,622

Transfers Out to Capital Improvement Fund

 

 

 

 

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   Civic Campus

43,662,410

2,088,941

 3,351,362

189,488

49,292,201

   Street Paving Program

6,870,699

44,071

6,475

35,300  

6,956,545

Debt Service

11,462,188

8,289,450

8,286,750

2,821,567

30,859,955

Total Expenditures

$62,818,571

$10,709,757

$11,811,217

$3,321,143

$88,660,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue Less Expenditures

$11,851,840

$4,908,940

$3,962,721

$6,610,766

$27,334,267

 

 

 

 

 

 

FUND BALANCE

$11,851,840

$16,760,780

$20,723,501

$27,334,267

$27,334,267

 

 

On February 12, 2025, Reso 22-2025 was approved by the City Council to eliminate the $3 million transfer from Measure W fund to General Fund. Also, the budget for FY 2024-25 sales tax revenue was adjusted to $14.5 million to reflect the latest sales tax projection trend.  As indicated in the table above, the fund balance for Measure W as of April 30, 2025, was $27,334,267. The fund balance as of June 30, 2024, was $20,723,501.

 

 

 

 

B.                     FY 2024-25 REVENUES (July 1, 2024 - April 30, 2025)

 

The City received $9.93 million in Measure W sales tax as of April 30, 2025. There is usually a two-month lag in sales tax collection, so the amount represents revenues from July through February 2025. 

 

C.                          FY 2024-25 EXPENDITURES (July 1, 2024 - April 30, 2025)

 

The following is a summary of expenditures as of April 30, 2025:

 

Table 2: Expenditures

 

 

FY 24/25 Expenditure Budget

FY 24/25 YTD Actual

FY 24/25 Available Balance

Salaries and Benefits

$397,499

$274,789

$122,710

Civic Campus Construction (pf1707, pf2103)

7,759,765

189,487

7,570,278

Paving Program (st2104, st1903, st2302)

1,079,756

35,300

1,044,456

Debt Service

12,970,851

2,821,567

10,149,284

Total Expenditures

$22,207,871

$3,321,143

$18,886,728

 

 

Ongoing Capital Project Funds appropriated in prior years by Council but unspent will be carried over as appropriated funds to be spent in FY 2024-25 or future years.

 

 

CONCLUSION

As of April 30, 2025, $9.93 million of Measure W sales revenue has been recorded by the City for Fiscal Year 2024-25 and $3.32 million has been expended.

 

Attachments:

1.                     Revenue Detail report - FY 2024-25 (As of April 30, 2025)

2.                     Expenditure Detail report - FY 2024-25 (As of April 30, 2025)

3.                     Power Point Presentation