Columbus Consolidated Government

Council Meeting

2/15/2005


To
Mayor and Council
Subject
Mid -Year Budget Adjustment
Initiator
Finance Department
Recommendation
Approve an Ordinance amending the FY05 revised budgets by reappropriating funds \n \n for personnel actions and various other operational activities and revising \n \n revenue projections.
Approval
Approved
Background
The Council has adopted the City?s Annual Operating budget and in special

actions has adopted various special purpose budgets. All of these budgets

appropriate funding for planned operations. During the course of the year,

adjustments become necessary to increase or redistribute funding based on

actions of Council, changes in departmental activities and changes in funding

sources.



Staff is requesting a budget amendment to appropriate monies needed for

personnel actions and various other operational activities. As provided in

the charter and state law, only Council has the authority to change spending

levels. Adjustments are included in this Ordinance to reflect changes needed

to complete organizational objectives. These adjustments are necessary to

modify budgets and set up appropriations for expenditures since the financial

system will only allow expenditures to be made if budgets are not available.

Staff is requesting adjustments for operational and capital expenditures like

turnout gear and burn building for the Fire Department, elevator upgrade, local

match for the Drug Court Grant and the Juvenile Justice System, Victim

Restitution grant, run-off election costs, business license software for the

Finance Department, overtime for the Sheriff?s office and Muscogee County

Prison for the SOA demonstration, transfer all phone service budgets to the

Information Technology department, air conditioner for the computer room,

flooring for the freezer at the Muscogee County Prison, overtime for the

Municipal Court Clerk, administrative and operating costs for the Public

Defender including Recorders? Court changes, Juvenile Court deprivation cases,

and Superior Court conflict cases; Workforce Investment Act revisions,

Transportation Planning Grant revisions, transfer Integrated Waste Capital

Projects to the Integrated Waste Fund, adjust Medical Center Fund and Economic

Development Fund to the final digest and Clear Channel payment for the Civic

Center. In order to keep an accurate record of authorized spending levels and

positions; this budget amendment is submitted for Council consideration.
Analysis
The recommended budget adjustments are outlined on the attached tables with the

summary tables immediately following the memorandum identifying the amount to

be reappropriated in each accounting fund. These adjustments change the total

spending authority of the designated departments. The reappropriation will

change the total approved budget of each fund as follows:



General Fund: The adjustment will increase the total approved revenue budget

of the fund by $586,112 and will increase the total approved expenditure budget

of the fund by $673,263.



Medical Center Fund: The adjustment will increase the total approved revenue

budget of the fund by $262,937 and will increase the total approved expenditure

budget of the fund by $262,937.



Integrated Waste Fund: The adjustment will increase the total approved revenue

budget of the fund by $15,714,881 and will increase the total approved

expenditure budget of the fund by $15,714,881.



Multi-Governmental Fund: The adjustment will decrease the total approved

revenue budget of the fund by $74,114 and will decrease the total approved

expenditure budget of the fund by $74,114.



Columbus Greenspace Trust Fund: The adjustment will increase the total

approved revenue budget of the fund by $822 and will increase the total

approved expenditure budget of the fund by $822.



Workforce Investment Act Fund: The adjustment will increase the total approved

revenue budget of the fund by $210,115 and will increase the total approved

expenditure budget of the fund by $210,115.



METRO Drug Task Force Fund: The adjustment will increase the total approved

expenditure budget of the fund by $112,791.



Economic Development ? Development Authority Fund: The adjustment will

increase the total approved revenue budget by $5,317 and will increase the

total approved expenditure budget of the fund by $5,317.



Special Projects Fund: The adjustment will increase the total approved revenue

budget of the fund by $50,000 and will increase the total approved expenditure

budget of the fund by $50,000.



Civic Center Fund: The adjustment will increase the total approved revenue

budget of the fund by $100,000 and will increase the total approved expenditure

budget of the fund by $100,000.
Financial Considerations
Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement
Legal Considerations
Recommendations/ Actions
Approve an Ordinance amending the FY05 revised budgets by reappropriating funds

for personnel actions and various other operational activities and revising

revenue projections.









AN ORDINANCE





AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGETS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2005 BEGINNING JULY 1,

2004 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2005, FOR CERTAIN FUNDS OF THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT

OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, APPROPRIATING AMOUNTS SHOWN IN EACH FUND FOR PERSONNEL

ACTIONS AND VARIOUS OTHER ACTIVITIES.





THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:





1. The General Fund budget in the amount of $122,640,204 for the fiscal year

beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005, is hereby amended and

increased $673,263 to $123,313,467 for each department for the reasons listed

on the attached charts.



2. The Medical Center Fund budget in the amount of $10,361,040 for the

fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005 is hereby amended

and increased $262,937 to $10,623,977 for reasons listed on the attached

charts.



3. The Integrated Waste Fund budget in the amount of $9,342,352 for the

fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005 is hereby amended

and increased $15,714,881 to $25,057,233 for reasons listed on the attached

charts.



4. The Multi-Governmental Fund budget in the amount of $3,214,142 for the

fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005 is hereby amended

and decreased $74,114 to $3,140,028 for reasons listed on the attached

charts.



5. The Columbus Greenspace Trust Fund budget in the amount of $244,826 for the

fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005 is hereby amended

and increased $822 to $245,648 for reasons listed on the attached charts.



6. The Workforce Investment Act Fund budget in the amount of $1,999,638 for

the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005 is hereby

amended and increased $210,115 to $2,209,753 for reasons listed on the attached

charts.



7. The METRO Drug Task Force Fund budget in the amount of $131,093 for the

fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005 is hereby amended

and increased $112,791 to $243,884 for reasons listed on the attached charts.



8. The Economic Development ? Development Authority Fund budget in the amount

of $826,850 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005

is hereby amended and increased $5,317 to $832,167 for reasons listed on the

attached charts.



9. The Special Projects Capital Projects Fund budget in the amount of

$3,562,272 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005

is hereby amended and increased $50,000 to $3,612,272 for reasons listed on the

attached charts.



10. The Civic Center Fund budget in the amount of $4,372,458 for the fiscal

year beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005 is hereby amended and

increased $100,000 to $4,472,458 for reasons listed on the attached charts.



11. The salary of the Police Chief shall be $77,311.52 effective November 1,

2004.



INTRODUCED at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia, held on

the _____Day of _________, 2005; introduced a second time at a regular meeting

held on the _____Day of _________, 2005 and adopted at said meeting by the

affirmative vote of _____ members of said Council.



Councilor Allen voting _______________

Councilor Anthony voting _______________

Councilor Davis voting _______________

Councilor Henderson voting _______________

Councilor Hunter voting _______________

Councilor McDaniel voting _______________

Councilor Rodgers voting _______________

Councilor Suber voting _______________

Councilor Turner Pugh voting _______________

Councilor Woodson voting _______________





______________________________ ___________________________

Tiny B. Washington, Clerk of Council Robert S. Poydasheff, Mayor