Columbus Consolidated Government

Council Meeting

9/23/2003


To
Mayor and Council
Subject
Ord. Budget Amendment: Budget Carryovers FY03
Initiator
Finance
Recommendation
Approve an Ordinance amending the FY04 adopted budget by reappropriating funds \n \n for activities continued from FY03 and adjustments made for other purposes.
Approval
Approved
Background
The Council has adopted the City?s FY04 Annual Operating Budget and

Nonoperating Budget in separate actions. Both budgets appropriate funding for

planned operations. Pursuant to state and local laws, these budgets are for a

single fiscal year, and unspent appropriations lapse at the end of the fiscal

year. At the end of each fiscal year, many activities are in process. Orders

for goods and services have been placed, but either the order has not yet been

filled or the vendor has not yet sent an invoice for payment. In such

instances, funding for the payment has been encumbered, but the budget

authority to make the payment terminates at year-end. Additionally, some major

purchases or projects may be in a planning stage at the end of the fiscal year;

these transactions do not represent an outstanding encumbrance at year-end and

funding for them also lapses.



In order to complete this work in process at the end of the fiscal year, the

funding to support it needs to be reappropriated. In order to maintain an

accurate record of authorized spending levels, the carryovers are being

submitted in the form of a budget amendment for Council?s consideration. In the

non-operating budgets, adjustments are made for grant activities, bond

payments and other activities. Also included in this ordinance are monies

received from OSHA for training in the Fire Department.
Analysis
The total funding to be reappropriated for operating and non-operating funds is

$34,599,548 consisting of $30,328,450, of outstanding encumbrances as of June

30, 2003, $4,271,098 of funding for unencumbered purchases, grants and

on-going projects. The funding source for these appropriations is fund balance

and various other revenue sources. The attached tables identify the amounts to

be reappropriated in each accounting fund by department and according to the

cause (that is, outstanding encumbrance, or work in process).



Some of the purchases addressed in this action have been presented to and

approved by Council on weekly purchasing agendas since July 1. In such

instances, the funding source has been identified as funds to be carried over

from FY03. This Ordinance will provide that funding.
Financial Considerations
This action will increase FY04 authorized spending levels by reappropriating

funds for certain activities that were originally budgeted but not completed in

FY03. Because the authorized prior year spending did not occur, the FY03

ending fund balance includes funds for activities that were originally budgeted

in FY03, but not completed by year end. Fund balance and other revenue

sources will be used to bridge the difference between revenues and expenditures

in FY04.
Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement
Legal Considerations
A budget amendment requires approval of Council.
Recommendations/ Actions
Approve the attached Ordinance amending the FY04 adopted budgets by

reappropriating funds for activities continued from FY03 and adjustments made

for other purposes.





AN ORDINANCE

NO. ___________



AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGETS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2004 BEGINNING JULY 1,

2003 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2004, FOR CERTAIN FUNDS OF THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT

OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA; APPROPRIATING FROM FUND BALANCES AMOUNTS SHOWN IN EACH

FUND FOR PURCHASES AND ACTIVITIES CONTINUED FROM THE 2003 FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES.



NOW THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA HEREBY ORDAINS:



SECTION 1.



1. The General Fund budget in the amount of $117,951,336 for the fiscal year

beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby increased $2,539,016

to $120,490,352 for the departments listed on the attached chart.



2. The Sewer Fund budget in the amount of $3,558,248 for the fiscal year

beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby increased $44,419 to

$3,602,667 for the departments listed on the attached chart.



3. The Paving Fund budget in the amount of $10,593,158 for the fiscal year

beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby increased $424,440

to $11,017,518, for the departments listed on the attached chart.



4. The Integrated Waste Management Fund budget in the amount of $9,340,577 for

the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby

increased $179,193 to $9,519,770 for the departments listed on the attached

chart.





5. The Emergency Telephone Fund budget in the amount of $3,143,446 for the

fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby

increased $441,305 to $3,584,751 for the departments listed on the attached

chart.





6. The Community Development Block Grant Fund budget in the amount of

$3,026,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004,

is hereby increased $2,893,092 to $5,919,092 for the departments listed on the

attached chart.





7. The HOME Program Fund budget in the amount of $1,249,458 for the fiscal

year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby increased by

$1,519,850 to $2,769,308 for the departments listed on the attached chart.



8. The Multigovernmental Project Fund budget in the amount of $2,773,991 for

the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby

decreased $541,763 to $2,334569 for the departments listed on the attached

chart.



9. The Green Space Fund budget in the amount of $100,000 for the fiscal year

beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby increased $737,157

to $837,157 for the departments listed on the attached chart.



10. The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Fund budget in the amount of $3,598,129

for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby

decreased $791,129 to $2,807,000, for the departments listed on the attached

chart.



11. The County Drug Abuse Treatment Fund budget in the amount of $252,761 for

the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby

increased $2,035 to $254,796 for the departments listed on the attached chart.



12. The Metro Drug Task Force Fund budget in the amount of $347,902 for the

fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby

increased $371 to $348,273 for the departments listed on the attached chart.



13. The Special Project Fund budget in the amount of $4,105,087 for the fiscal

year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby increased

$941,104 to $5,046,191 for the departments listed on the attached chart.



14. The 1999 Sales Tax Proceeds Account Fund budget in the amount of

$19,998,582 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30,

2004, is hereby increased $4,147,761 to $24,146,343 for the departments

listed on the attached chart.



15. The 1993 Sales Tax Project Fund budget in the amount of $800,000 for the

fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby

increased $1,242,911 to $2,042,911 for the departments listed on the attached

chart.





16. The Lease Revenue Bond 1999B budget in the amount of $850,000 for the

fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby

increased $797,359 to $1,647,359 for the departments listed on the attached

chart.





17. The Building Authority Bond Series 2001 budget in the amount of $350,000

for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby

increased $287,396 to $637,396 for the departments listed on the attached

chart.





18. The G. O. Sales Tax Bonds 2003 budget in the amount of $14,000,000 for

the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby

increased $19,349,018 to $33,349,018 for the departments listed on the

attached chart.





19. The Transportation Fund budget in the amount of $4,718,949 for the fiscal

year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby increased

$272,881 to $4,991,730 for the departments listed on the attached chart.



20. The Parking Management Fund budget in the amount of $266,806 for the

fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby

increased $58 to $266,864 for the departments listed on the attached chart.



21. The Civic Center Fund in the amount of $4,224,567 for the fiscal year

beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby increased $110,575

to $4,335,142 for the departments listed on the attached chart.



22. The Family and Youth Coalition Fund in the amount of $50,000 for the

fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, is hereby

increased $2,500 to $52,500 for the departments listed on the attached chart.



23. Each budget increase provided herein is to be funded with fund balances

and various revenue sources of the accounting fund that is being affected by

stated actions.



24. Within the overall budget limitations, authority is hereby delegated to

the City Manager, or the Finance Director when acting on the authority

delegated by the City Manager, to effect such intra-fund transfers of

appropriation and revenue anticipation as may be deemed necessary to the

effective performance and delivery of services approved herein.



SECTION 2.



All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance

are hereby repealed.



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

held on the ______ day of ___________________, 2003; introduced a second time

at a regular meeting -held on the ______ day of ___________________, 2003 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 Pugh voting _____________________

Councilor Rodgers voting _____________________

Councilor Suber voting _____________________

Councilor Woodson voting _____________________





___________________________________ ______________________________

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




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