2010 Monona Proposed Operating Budget

The city staff prepared the following summary of Mayor Kahl's proposed city of Monona 2010 operating budget. The capital budget comes separately.


City of Monona

Significant changes to the 2010 Budget:

Property Tax levy increase $112,120 or 2.34%
Unused amount $34,500

Mill Rate 5.18 per thousand

Impact on average house ($29.00 decrease)

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General Fund – Revenues

Increases
$5,000 increase in taxes from the water utility
$41,600 increase in transportation aid
$3,341 increase in expenditure restraint program
$48,000 increase for rent of city property
Total increases $97,941

Decreases
$10,000 decrease in Room Tax
$27,600 decrease in shared revenues
$17,000 decrease for COPS grant
$2,000 decrease in liquor licenses
$135,000 decrease in interest income
$150,000 in applied fund balance
Total decreases $341,600

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General Fund – Expenditures

· Legislative – cut professional development
· Judicial – No changes
· Legal – no changes
· Executive – Minor changes for salary allocation of clerk
· Finance – Minor changes- Audit contract will be out for bids for 2010.(unknown)
· Clerk – cut Prof development, publications, & public notices
· Personnel
Increase for retiree health insurance $24,000(sick leave)
· Election, IT, Insurance & Inspections– No change
· Assessment- Will bid out for assessors, with no walkthroughs
· General Building – Minor changes


· Law Enforcement
Cut OT by $20,000
Cut fuel by $18,000
· Fire – Cut all other non-personnel cost by $6,000 or 12%.
· Dispatch –
Eliminate the 5th dispatcher (Currently vacant)
Change from New World software to Global software.


· Public Works
$2,000 decrease in Mechanic supplies
$12,000 decrease in fuel
$3,000 cut in part-time workers in parks
Cut Gazebo Maint. Cut portable restrooms, Lake weed spraying
$7,000 cut to tree removal
$2,500 saving on gypsy moth spray program

· Planning – Cut intern hours/pay ($4,000)


All other Funds

CDA – Cut Marketing $10,000
Cable TV had no significant changes – uses $11,000 in fund balance

Library Fund
· $19,000 in applied fund Balance
· $26,000 increase library Aid Revenue
· Increase in part-time wages by $11,000
· Health Ins decrease of $8,000 from 2009 Budget
· Gas & Electric decreased by $6,000
· The levy increase was zero, but total expenses increased $23,000

Community Center
· Increase in property taxes by $16,000
· Decreased revenues by $8,750.
· Expenses increased by $7,000 or 4%.

Recreation
Increase program revenues by $10,000
Increased fees for Youth Baseball (increase revenue by $3,000)
decrease levy by 3%
Increase Part-time wages
Decreased amount to the youth center from $6,000 to $3,000
Expenditure increase by 12%.

Senior Center –
Increase in property taxes by $14,000.
Expenditure increased by 7%
Non-personnel cost decreased by 5%.

Pool – No Changes


Ambulance
$20,000 increase for revenues, proposed rate increase.
$2,000 of applied fund balance.

Debt Service
$120,000 of applied fund balance

Solid Waste – levy increased by $7,000 per contract with Green Valley

Stormwater – No rate increase

Water
The water utility will need a rate increase in 2010.

Sewer
Rate increase done in 2009.

Transit
Levy increased by $2,000. Per Contract