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F <br /> rL EAS. tiTON, <br /> BUDGET SUMMARY <br /> 2011/12FY&2012/13FY Operating Budget <br /> 2010/11FY <br /> 2007/08FY 2008/09FY 2009/10FY Midyear 2011/12FY % 2012/13FY % <br /> Sales Tax Revenue Actual Actual Actual Budget Projected Change Projected Charge <br /> 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% <br /> User Fee Cost Recovery <br /> The City of Pleasanton provides many services to the public. Some services provide a general <br /> benefit to the community such as police and fire protection and are almost entirely paid for by <br /> general taxes. Other services, such as inspections, permitting, and recreation classes provide <br /> a special benefit to an individual, group, or company and a user fee is charged to recover all or <br /> a portion of the cost of providing that special service. It is the general policy of the City to <br /> recover its costs from individuals and/or groups who benefit from a particular service. A user <br /> fee study was recently completed for the Community Development Department. The study <br /> updated the cost of providing planning, building, engineering and fire inspection services <br /> including overhead and indirect costs. These fees had not been reviewed since 1992. The <br /> following table presents the impacts of the fee study to be included in the Budget upon <br /> approval of the fee study by City Council. <br /> Increase in Community Development User Fees <br /> 2011/12FY 2012/13FY <br /> User Fee Study $350,000 I $700,000 <br /> General Fund Expenditures <br /> The General Fund Two Year E3udget (Budget) is balanced. This was very difficult given there <br /> are sizeable increases in PERS rates and medical costs anticipated during the next two years, <br /> and increases due to restoring the City's fiscal policies. <br /> Increases <br /> Personnel costs represent 79% of the overall Budget and include the following increases in the <br /> next two years over the 2010/11 FY Midyear Budget: <br /> 11/12FY 12/13FY <br /> • PERS Employer Rate Increases <br /> • Police 4.3% 1.3% <br /> • Fire 4.1% 1.4% <br /> • Miscellaneous & Management 3.8% 0.5% <br /> • Medical Costs (Health Insurance Premiums) 15.0% 15.0% <br /> • Annual Increase in Retiree Medical Reserves $1,000,000 $2,000,000 <br /> 4 <br />