More Department Budgets – last one!
PROCESS
The process is first the departments submit budget requests. The Tuesday in Sept the Mayor will have his capital (projects) budget done, the first Tuesday in October the Mayor will have his operating (daily costs to run the city) done. The Board of Estimate then will make changes to the budget and it will, in November, make it to the Common Council to vote. The calendar for the operating budget is here. The calendar for the capital budget is here. The Mayor’s instructions to the department on the operating budget asked them to
As you work with the Finance Department to prepare your agency budget requests, overall funding should not exceed 2013 amounts, except to fully fund already enacted commitments and certain cost-to-continue items. You should also prepare an alternate budget that includes specific proposals to reduce your requested budget by 3%.
with these stated priorities
I hope that we will be able to maintain essential city services next year as well as address issues relating to poverty in Madison. Boosting employment and stabilizing neighborhoods are key elements in strengthening our community, which will help our city budget in the long run.
Now that the departments have submitted their budgets, we have something to work with and people will be lobbying the mayor to get their items into his budget – so that is the target if you see something you like or don’t like! MayorGeneralMailbox@cityofmadison.com or 266-4511. The lobbyist are getting paid a lot to get what they want, mere citizens are largely not a part of the process at this point, unless YOU do something about it! Each step along the way means there are less and less changes left to be made as they approach the levy limits imposed by the state restricting how much they can spend. Next year, lobby your department heads! 🙂 And, your alders can (may not) have this information now, so you can start in on them as well! (allalders@cityofmadison.com).
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR – DEPARTMENT 21
Documents submitted
Main Budget Document
Supplement2014_Dept 21
$125,962 – Marketing specialist
Reduction2014_Dept 21
$17,262 – Consulting Services
Budget Highlights
No budget highlights
PLANNING – DEPARTMENT 22
Documents submitted
MMain Budget Document
TravelTrainingSupp
$20,000 – Funds support conference attendance for planners whose proposals have been accepted for presentation at national planning conferences. Funds will also be used to send the Public Art Administrator to the national arts conference where partnerships with major funders may be cultivated. Expanded opportunity for travel and training will ensure a Madison presence at national conferences and garner attention from architecture/planning professionals, real estate developers and investors. Madison’s planners will gain insights into replicable best practices and innovations employed in progressive cities across the US. Training funds will build staff capacities and help plan for employee succession in light of anticipated retirements of key personnel.
Reduction to Overture
$127,126 – This reduction in funding for Overture Center would reduce the Planning Division’s base budged to meet the 3% budget reduction.
PlaceSupp
$50,000 Placemaking rapid response fund – The request enhances the City’s emerging placemaking initiative, allowing the Planning Division to rapidly respond to opportunities. Funds may be used to leverage additional funding through a Kickstarter campaign, to purchase supplies (like the chalkboards on State Street) or to fund (in full or in part) placemaking interventions around the city
APLSupp
$51,500 – It was the goal of the budget to reduce or eliminate this item in the 2014 budget. However, a plan was not conceived in 2013. Since data collection and analysis is a core function this request supports one more year of full funding for the Applied Population Lab contract while the Planning Division develops a plan to bring the data collection and analysis function in house. The goal will be to reduce the funds needed to support this core function by creating a new position in 2015.
Budget Highlights
1. $3,000 added for Landmarks Plaques
2. $44,250 + benefits added in permanent salaries for organizational capacity building for new planners positions to: internalize neighborhood indicators data collection, a Cultural Resources planner to provide support to the Public Art Administrator and the Preservation Planner, Transportation Planners (shared with Public Health) to provide support for the Transportation Master Plan working from a public health framework (health outcomes informing decisions, population frame of reference) and to plan for succession of employees.
CDBG – DEPARTMENT 26
Document submitted
Main Budget Document
oper27-26-CDD-CDBG 2014 3% budget reduction proposal
CDBG’s 3% reduction figure is $80,895, and CDD’s is $151,916, for a total 3% reduction of $232,811 across the two agencies.
To achieve this reduction, we propose a roughly 4% cut to the City-funded portion of all 2014 CDD/CDBG contracts with provider agencies ($199,840), plus a $32,971 cut to child care grants.
Budget Highlights
No budget highlights.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION – DEPARTMENT 27
Documents submitted
Main Budget Document
oper27-26-CDD-CDBG 2014 3% budget reduction proposal
CDBG’s 3% reduction figure is $80,895, and CDD’s is $151,916, for a total 3% reduction of $232,811 across the two agencies.
To achieve this reduction, we propose a roughly 4% cut to the City-funded portion of all 2014 CDD/CDBG contracts with provider agencies ($199,840), plus a $32,971 cut to child care grants.
Budget Highlights
No budget highlights.
BUILDING INSPECTION – DEPARTMENT 28
Documents submitted
Main Budget Document
ZCEO I Reduction
$65,064 Defund one vacant Zoning Code Enforcement Officer 1 position. Staff in this position respond to counter, telephone and web inquiries, and complaints in regard to the City’s Zoning & Sign Ordinances. Staff perform field inspections to ensure development sites are improved consistent with approved plans and other agency approvals. The loss of the position will result in reassignment of duties to the remaining two field personnel and Property Maint./Housing Inspectors. This will result in an increased response time to complaints and will reduce the ability of the remaining field personnel to do sweeps for illegal signs
Prop Code I Reduction
$62,329 Defund one Property Code Inspector I position (vacant). The defunding of this position will leave the Division with two Property Code Inspector I’s who respond to all the complaints for graffiti, junk, trash and debris, tall grass and weeds, dead or dying trees, trash carts out early and snow. These inspectors also deal with issues like abandoned or inoperative vehicles, vision clearance and front yard parking. They monitor the work of contractors hired to eliminate public nuisances on private lots and monitor the lots after the work has been completed. The loss of the third Property Code Inspector I position will result in an inability to do proactive, targeted, sweeps of neighborhoods in all areas of the City
Budget Highlights
The Budget includes:
1. Recent retirements allowed us to refill positions with lower cost employees, while still maintaining staffing levels.
2. We have reduced the number of radios being used and are adding cell phones to allow better communication with our customers.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – DEPARTMENT 29
Documents submitted
Main Budget Document
Supplemental Request for OER Programs
$275,000 – The Office of Economic Revitalization administers a number of programs that help individuals buy or rehabilitate homes or both. These programs are typically targeted to individuals below 80% of the Dane County Median Income or between 80 and 120% of the County Median Income. To facilitate the purchase and/or rehabilitation of homes for low and moderate income individuals, many of these programs include some mechanism for deferred repayments. While deferring repayments helps make home ownership and rehabiltation more feasible for individuals, it has also challenged the medium-term sustainability of these programs. This is a request for funds to maintain programs at or near historic levels through 2014. A full staff memo on this topic is available and submitted for consideration. The Office of Economic Revitalization is requesting the following supplemental funds:
1. $150,000 for the Homebuyer’s Assistance Program
2. $125,000 for the Home-Buy Fund
Supllement
$43,367 – To meet budget, EDD has requested to fill the Real Estate Agent 2 position in August 2014. This supplemental request asks that the position be filled in January 2014.
Reduction.doc
$52,355 – In order reduce the EDD 2014 Operating Budget by the requested 3%, we propose that the Real Estate Agent 2 position would not be filled until 2015. In addition, the Real Estate 4 position start date would need to be delayed. The dollars below show hiring in April 2014 instead of January 2014.
HousingLoanFundMemo2013
You’ll have to read this memo, and its not good news.
Budget Highlights
1. A proposal to convert the 18-15 manager of the Office of Economic Revitalization into two positions to address the workload issues and meet the greatest needs. This proposal would create additional real estate and real estate finance capacity to support the Community Development Authority (a role played by the previous manager) and other agencies.
CDA
I didn’t see budget information for them . . . housing operations or development. Perhaps I missed something?
