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Resolution approving the Fiscal Years 2019-21 Biennial Operating Budget for the City of South San Francisco, and approving the Gann Appropriations limit.
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WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 Proposed Operating Budget is attached to the staff report and incorporated herein; and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco’s (“City”) Operating Budget shall hereafter be referred to collectively as the “Operating Budget” for purposes of adopting this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco (“City Council”) that the Fiscal Years 2019-20 Operating Budget is hereby approved, and hereby appropriates the funds set forth for FY 2019-20.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that consistent with the limitations set forth herein, any and all expenditures for agreements relating to either the programs or materials contained in the FY 2019-20 Operating Budget in their entirety, or the Capital Budget for construction projects not to exceed $75,000, may be expended or entered into under authority of or by the City Manager are hereby authorized and the payments therefore may be made by the Director of Finance.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that monies received during FY 2019-20 and included herein as a consequence of a grant award approved by the City Council are hereby appropriated for the purposes for which the grant has been approved. Such appropriation includes authorization for the City Manager to expend such monies and for the Finance Director to make payments therefore in accordance with the terms and conditions and for the purpose of the grant.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance is hereby granted the authority to increase budgeted revenues and budgeted expenses in departments specifically for development related expenses such as expedited plan checks, legal reviews, traffic studies, environmental review, geotechnical studies, etc., where the developers pay in advance for expenses that the City contracts out for. In those cases, the Director of Finance, upon receiving those deposits or payments, will increase the budget for revenues and expenses in the appropriate departments where those expenses will take place by a corresponding amount. Said transactions will have no net impact on Reserves, as revenue will offset expenses and any agreements for development related transactions may be expended or entered into under authority of or by the City Manager and the payments therefore may be made by the Director of Finance.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to increase budgeted revenues and expenses in departments for transactions that have a net zero impact such as donations and pass-through transactions. Said transactions will have no net impact on Reserves, as revenue will offset expenses.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Operating Budget is hereby officially adopted:
• By department by fund for General Fund operating budget appropriations; and
• By fund for other operating budget appropriations.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Gann Appropriations Limit enclosed in the budget pages that follow is approved, and that the Director of Finance may make minor adjustments or corrections to this Gann Limit Schedule if needed to comply with audit requirements.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Reserves Policy, enclosed in the budget pages that follow, is approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager may authorize the Director of Finance to transfer budgets during the year in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles between the following budget categories provided the overall appropriation by funding source is not increased without City Council approval:
• Departments within the same fund; and
• Capital projects with the same funding source or type; and
• Operating and capital budgets for the same department if funded by the same funding source or type.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that fund balance and reserve categories in this document are designed for decision-making and informational purposes only for the City Council, and are not intended to replace the reserve classifications supplied by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement 54 for governmental funds.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to use professional judgment to make corrections to the adopted budget schedules if any related numbers represented on one budget schedule herein do not match the corresponding number as represented in another budget schedule herein.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to rollover any outstanding encumbrances from FY 2018-19 into FY 2019-20 where sufficient budget savings otherwise allow the rollover.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to rollover unencumbered appropriations from grants received in FY 2018-19 or prior years, if so allowed under the terms of the grant.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the staffing levels for each department, as detailed in the FY 2019-20 Operating Budget are hereby approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to carry forward unspent FY 2018-19 unencumbered non-recurring project budgets in the Operating Budget, such as litigation projects.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council delegates appropriation authority to the Community Outreach Standing Committee of the City Council of current Community Outreach Program assets and future donations for expenditures consistent with program goals and objectives.
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