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Page 6 of 23 with $0.73 million budget is moving from the Parks & Median Replacement Internal Service Fund to the General Fund. Also highlighted previously, adjustments to utility costs are the largest non-personnel budget category due to a combination of rate increases as well as more up-to-date projections based on year-to-date actual usage information. Increases for electricity, water, and recycled water budgets in the General Fund are $0.59 million, $0.38 million, and $0.04 million, respectively, for a total of $1.01 million. Other than the noted budget increases, departments with increasing budget in the Materials and Supplies category are: x $0.41 million increase for the City Attorney’s Office primarily due to additional contribution to the City’s General Liability Insurance Fund based on increased legal and related claim costs x $0.27 million increase for Fire mostly due to various one-time costs, including budget for upcoming labor negotiation, legal costs, financial system consultant, cost allocation plan, and insurance pool analysis x $0.10 million increase for City Clerk’s Office due to one-time election-related costs. These increases are offset by decreases to the following departments’ budgets: x $0.27 million decrease for Community Development primarily based on decreased contract budget for plan check and building permit review services x $0.23 million decrease for Public Works based on a series of decreases to contracts, supplies, and equipment budget x $0.21 million decrease for Information Technology based on reductions to several service contracts and budget for mobile devices x $0.17 million decrease for Police primarily based on removal of budget to implement a new public safety software that enables real-time data integration and operations management, along with reductions to several supplies and equipment and professional services budget x $0.10 million decrease for Library & Recreation based on a series of decreases to professional and service contracts x $0.08 million decrease for Finance based on reduced professional service contract budget x $0.02 million decrease for City Manager’s Office and Human Resources collectively x $0.72 million decrease for Non-Departmental primarily based on reduced contingency budget which was used to partially offset personnel cost increases. x Capital Outlay and Debt Services – A net increase of $0.18 million based on reappropriation of the mobile library vehicle budget for $0.28 million offset by decreases to budget for the air drone program and other reductions to machinery and equipment budget in Public Works and Police totaling $0.10 million. General Fund Reserves and Fund Balance Projected total General Fund reserves at the end of FY 2024/25 are $49.47 million, with the unrestricted General Fund reserve at $29.57 million. The City’s current reserve