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REASANTONc BUDGET SUMMARY 2011/12FY&2012113FY Operating Budget 2010/11FY 2007/08FY 2008/09FY 2009/10FY Midyear 2011/12FY % 2012/13FY % Sales Tax Revenue Actual Actual Actual Budget Projected Charge Projected Change Total Sales Tax 21,130,683 17,535,784 15,420,066 17,348,298 18,215,713 5.0% 19,126,499 5.0% User Fee Cost Recovery The City of Pleasanton provides many services to the public. Some services provide a general benefit to the community such as police and fire protection and are almost entirely paid for by general taxes. Other services, such as inspections, permitting, and recreation classes provide a special benefit to an individual, group, or company and a user fee is charged to recover all or a portion of the cost of providing that special service. It is the general policy of the City to recover its costs from individuals and/or groups who benefit from a particular service. A user fee study was recently completed for the Community Development Department. The study updated the cost of providing planning, building, engineering and fire inspection services including overhead and indirect costs. These fees had not been reviewed since 1992. The following table presents the impacts of the fee study to be included in the Budget upon approval of the fee study by City Council. Increase in Community Development User Fees 2011/12FY 2012/13FY User Fee Study I $350,000 I $700,000 General Fund Expenditures The General Fund Two Year Budget (Budget) is balanced. This was very difficult given there are sizeable increases in PERS rates and medical costs anticipated during the next two years, and increases due to restoring the City's fiscal policies. Increases Personnel costs represent 79% of the overall Budget and include the following increases in the next two years over the 2010/11 FY Midyear Budget: 11/12FY 12/13FY • PERS Employer Rate Increases • Police 4.3% 1.3% • Fire 4.1% 1.4% • Miscellaneous 8. Management 3.8% 0.5% • Medical Costs (Health Insurance Premiums) 15.0% 15.0% • Annual Increase in Retiree Medical Reserves $1,000,000 $2,000,000 4