Title
Public Hearing to Receive Citizens' Comments Relative to the City Manager's Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 and Proposed Tax and Fee Changes
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The City Council received the City Manager's Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 ("Manager's Recommended Budget") on Friday, April 14, 2017.
Discussion:
Council received the Manager’s Recommended Budget on Friday, April 14th. A special work session will be held the afternoon of April 26, 2017. A public hearing will be held during the legislative session on April 26, 2017 to give City Council the opportunity to receive citizens' comments relative to the Manager's Recommended Budget. A second public hearing will be held on May 3, 2017. Those public hearings were duly advertised in the Daily Press on April 16, 2017. Subsequent work sessions will be held on May 3, 2017 and May 10, 2017 for City Council to consider comments received from citizens and additional information requested by CIty Council. The first reading of all budget ordinances will be on May 3, 2017. The second reading and final approval will be on May 10, 2017.
Impact:
General Fund for City and School operations totals $467,844,000
Capital Budget Fund totals $37,632,237
Fleet Services Fund totals $7,841,325
Equipment Replacement Fund totals $3,072,330
Information Technology Fund totals $2,788,742
Risk Management Fund (including Hampton City Schools) totals $8,597,651
Hampton Coliseum and Hampton Arts Commission Fund totals $6,799,163
Hampton Roads Convention Center Fund totals $10,071,532
The Hamptons Golf Course Fund totals $1,073,103
The Woodlands Golf Course Fund totals $836,107
Solid Waste Management Fund totals $15,980,634
Steam Plant Fund totals $7,957,775
Stormwater Management Fund totals $11,134,807
Wastewater Management Fund totals $10,592,589
Community Development Block Grant Fund totals: $1,832,601
Economic Development Fund totals $507,500
Proposed Real Estate Property Tax Rate (no change)
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