Memorandum

City of Lawrence

TO:	Mayor and City Commission
FROM:	City Manager David L. Corliss
Date:	June 11, 2012
RE:	Update on Staff work on the recommendation for 2013 City budget

City staff continues to work on several items related to the preparation of the City Manager’s recommended 2013 City budget.

We have prepared a base-line 2013 General Fund budget.  This base-line general fund budget reflects staff recommendations to date on 2013 revenues and department 2013 budget numbers which do not include any new staffing or program enhancements.  It does not include additional expenditures for outside City agencies.  The Social Service Advisory Board has provided their recommendations for expenditures.  The base-line budget at 100% expenditure level indicates expenditures over revenues of approximately $1.2 million.  Reducing expenditures to 97.25% of proposed 2013 levels is required in order to have revenues exceed expenditures.

The City Manager’s recommended budget will likely include recommendations for additional expenditures – and additional revenues - for police department equipment and staffing, and additionally will include a recommendation for a modest increase in street expenditures to provide additional resources for pavement marking.  Staff plans to have additional information on multi-year options for police facility, staffing and equipment needs at the June 19 study session date.  The City Manager’s recommended budget should be available to the City Commission prior to July 4.

Additionally, we have posted the draft water/wastewater master plan, utility rate options, and department efficiency measures memos on the City’s budget website.  We are also planning on discussion of this item at the June 19 budget study session.

See the 2013 budget calendar for additional dates related to the 2013 budget process.