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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 23 of 2019
(Adopting the City budget, excluding the budget for the Library Fund
which is separately adopted, and the employment staffing document of
Salt Lake City, Utah for fiscal year 2019-2020)
An ordinance adopting the city budget, excluding the budget for the Library Fund which is separately adopted, and the employment staffing document of Salt Lake City for fiscal year 2019-2020.
PREAMBLE
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 10-6-111 of the Utah Code, the City Budget Officer prepared and filed with the City Council a tentative budget in proper form for all funds for which budgets are required by said law, including tentative budgets for the general fund, the library fund, special revenue funds, debt service funds and the capital improvements funds for fiscal year 2019-2020. The tentative budget was accompanied by a budget message as required by law.
That tentative budget was adopted by the City Council, in Resolution No. 12 of 2019, on May 7, 2019.
Section 10-6-118 of the Utah Code requires that before the 30th day of June of each fiscal year, or September 1, in case of a property tax increase under Sections 59-2-919 through 59-2-923 of the Utah Code, the governing body shall, by resolution or ordinance, adopt a budget for the ensuing fiscal year for each fund for which a budget is required.
The City budget officer has prepared a budget, in proper form, for all funds for which budgets are required by law. Section 2.52.020 of the Salt Lake City Code states in part that employment staffing documents shall be adopted as an element of the City’s budget, or otherwise, as the City Council may require. A copy of such documents has been filed for use and examination of the public in the Office of the City Recorder.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City:
SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to adopt a budget, except the budget for the Library Fund which is separately adopted, for fiscal year 2019-2020, and to adopt the employment staffing documents. All conditions precedent to the adoption of the budget, which includes the employment staffing documents, have been accomplished.
SECTION 2. ADOPTION OF BUDGET. The previously adopted Tentative Budget, as modified by the “Key Changes for All Funds” attached hereto and made a part of this Ordinance, shall be, and the same hereby is, adopted as the budget of the City, excluding the budget for the Library Fund which is separately adopted, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 and ending June 30, 2020, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 10-6-105, 10-6-118 and 59-2-923 of the Utah Code, subject to the conditions set forth herein. The budget is subject to the approval of the Mayor and reconsideration of the City Council pursuant to Section 10-3b-204 of the Utah Code.
SECTION 3. EXHIBITS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. The following exhibits are incorporated by reference in the budget for fiscal year 2019-2020 and adopted as an element of the budget:
A. The Key Changes for All Funds, labeled “Council Adopted June 11, 2019”;
B. The employment Staffing Document, labeled “Council Adopted June 11, 2019”; and
C. The Motion Sheet, labeled “Council Adopted June 11, 2019.”
SECTION 4. BUDGET CONTINGENCIES. The following contingencies apply to the budget adopted for fiscal year 2019-2020:
A. Police Department. Funding for 6 of the new police full time employees is contingent on the Administration providing a written report to the Council with options for a more robust Park Ranger Program, including evaluating whether it would fit in another department, and encouraging the Administration to include those positions within the Bike Squad.
B. Public Utilities Department. The 4th Avenue well project funding is contingent on the Department briefing the Council on the alternatives that have been considered to reduce the building size, address noise concerns, and address health hazards. The briefing can be scheduled as soon as the Department is ready so that the timeline is as minimally impacted as possible.
It would be helpful to the Council to hear from another outside engineering resource to identify possible alternatives that would result in a smaller and quieter facility through building design and footprint alterations, and to report on the incorporation of public feedback. The Council would support an additional budget allocation related to the additional engineering review.
C. Community and Neighborhoods Department. Expenditure of funds pursuant to a contract over $1000 related to the planning or development of city-owned pieces of real property greater than 5 acres is contingent on the Council being briefed on and formally approving a plan or masterplan for that land and a process for the development of those properties through a competitive bid process.
D. Sustainability Department. Funding is contingent upon the Department providing quarterly written updates to the Council on programs and budget, and progress on public engagement for a possible rate increase. The Council may choose to schedule briefings once the quarterly written updates are transmitted to continue these valuable conversations throughout the year.
E. Funding Our Future Sales Tax Funds. The Council approves Funding Our Future sales tax revenue appropriations with the following conditions:
1. Expenditure of Funding Our Future Sales Tax Funds. Funding our Future funds may not be expended unless the department or division expending the funds complies with:
a. Utah Fiscal Procedures Act
b. The City’s Procurement Code and Rules
c. Written verification from the City Attorney and City Finance Director that proper legal and financial procedures have been followed.
2. Definition of “Public Safety” for deployment of new sales tax funds. For purposes of the distribution of new Funding Our Future sales tax funds for public safety, the term ‘public safety’ shall include Police Department, Fire Department and 911 Dispatch when evaluating what is eligible to be funded through the Funding Our Future program.
3. Housing Funding.
a. Expenditures of Housing Funding: The Council intends to continue its in-depth policy discussion surrounding all aspects of housing. Funding Our Future sales tax funds for all expenditures within the Housing category may be expended only after the City Council has approved by ordinance (the “Housing Ordinance”) a transparent, competitive, expedited program for deploying the funds through loans, grants, or funding allocations. The ordinance will require the program to include at a minimum:
1. formal public notice by the Administration of the parameters of the program and funding,
2. a reasonable public notice time period of at least 14 days,
3. equal opportunity for any organization to submit an application for the funding and be considered,
4. evaluation of applications using objective criteria consistent with the City’s other grant programs,
5. unless the Council creates minimums or exceptions, formal submission of the Mayor’s recommendations to the City Council and formal decision making by the City Council in a public meeting.
b. Transfer to RDA: Funding that is transferred to the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City from Funding Our Future dollars is contingent on these funds being transferred on a trial basis, for the current budget year, tracked separately, and deployed for the purpose of low income and special needs housing, and to accomplish the goals outlined in the GrowingSLC plan.
1. The Council’s intent is to create a “one stop” policy for the City’s Housing Loan programs to deploy and leverage funding in a more efficient way by consolidating loan application, evaluation, negotiation, processing, and monitoring processes into a single location, so that both City and Developers have a clear understanding of roles and responsibilities.
2. On a trial basis for the current budget year, the Council intends to establish a Housing Development Trust Fund within the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City, and to evaluate further codifying the consolidation of housing development loan programs by ordinance, to confirm that all of the City’s housing development loan funds, regardless of funding source and regardless of which entity administers the program, are deployed in a transparent manner. It is the Council’s intent that any application that comes to Salt Lake City before the Council’s adoption of the Housing Ordinance be handled by the Redevelopment Agency in a manner that is consistent with the current rules and purposes guiding the Housing Trust Fund and the Housing Trust Fund Advisory Board using the funding appropriated by the Council in the restricted account titled, “Housing Trust Fund.” The Council invites the Administration’s input on the elements to include in the Housing Ordinance to assure that the City’s affordable housing goals are advanced without delay regardless of the entity administering the fund.
4. Other Funding Our Future Budget Contingencies.
a. The Administration providing a written quarterly spending, implementation and outcomes report on each of the four critical need areas.
b. Tracking funding for Fleet provided through the funding our future tax separately to ensure it is spent only on public safety (police, fire, dispatch).
c. The Administration spending funds in the four critical need areas as adopted in the attached key changes spreadsheet.
d. The Administration bringing back to the Council any proposed adjustments to the adopted budget in a budget amendment for re-appropriation before changes are made.
e. The Administration maintaining and regularly updating a publicly available dashboard reflecting revenues received and actual uses.
f. In FY20 and all future funding requests, providing a label denoting which line items are funded with this Funding Our Future sales tax funds.
g. For all positions added, the Administration shall submit an annual written review along with the Mayor’s Recommended Budget to ensure that each position continues to serve the critical need areas and, if a Council work session briefing is scheduled, provide a presentation of the report.
SECTION 5. FILING OF BUDGET. The City Budget Officer is hereby authorized and directed to certify and file copies of said budget with the State Auditor as required by Section 10-6-118 of the Utah Code.
SECTION 6. PUBLIC INSPECTION. The City Budget Officer is hereby authorized and directed to certify and file copies of the budget in the office of said Budget Officer and in the Office of the City Recorder, which budget shall be available for public inspection during regular business hours as required by Section 10-6-119 of the Utah Code.
SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be deemed effective on July 1, 2019.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 11th day of June, 2019.
Bill No. 23 of 2019.
Published: July 5, 2019.