FINAL ADOPTED BUDGET FY2022-23

INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE AREA SUMMARY Budget Highlights: The FY 22-23 Adopted Budget is increasing by $30,668,657, or 9.4%.  The Engineering and Inspections budget reallocates funding to support the City’s Strategic Energy Plan for modernizing facilities systems. This is made possible by the Facilities Energy Project completion in FY 22.  The Field Operations budget includes an increase to, or an addition of, several fees related to collections:  The solid waste availability fee will increase from $2.50 per home each month to $3.50 per month to support solid waste services contracts cost increase, especially related to recycling services.  Commercial recycling fees will increase by $15 per month for various fees to improve program cost recovery.  Automated refuse & recycling cart fees will increase purchase prices for additional carts to $65 due to increased supply costs.  Scheduled bulk collections fees will increase from $100 to $125 to cover costs of this service. Unscheduled bulk collection fee will increase to $250.  A new cart rollback fee of $25 is established to encourage residents to remove their trash and recycling carts from the street after servicing for improved traffic safety.  Monthly household hazardous waste fees will increase by $.37 for most customers, from $0.60 to $0.97 to help offset increases in the disposal contract.  The Field Operations budget includes an increase of $555,000 for Household Hazardous Waste contract increases.  The Parking Fund budget includes a general parking rate increase from $100 to $107 and reserved parking rate increase from $130 to $139, effective January 1, 2023 as part of planned rate model increases.  The Planning department budget includes the transfer of 2.8 FTEs from the Nussbaum Fund.  The State Highway Fund includes an increase in Powell Bill funding received from the state, from $7.29 million to $8.35 million and will primarily support street resurfacing and maintenance needs.  The Transit System (GTA) budget includes an Access GSO rate increase from $2.00 to $2.50, effective January 1, 2023.  Nine (9) full-time and five (5) part-time customer service and call center positions will be added to the Transit Department effective July 1, 2022. These positions were previously included as part of contracted transit services.  The Water Resources budget includes 4.5% rate increases for the water and sewer fees for customers inside and outside the city limits. The average bill for a customer inside the city limits will increase $2.21 per month and the average bill for a customer outside the city limits will increase $5.52 per month.  The Water Resources budget includes service enhancements for one (1) FTE Electrician for the Mitchell Water Plant and for an additional sewer crew consisting of one (1) FTE Crew Supervisor, one (1) FTE Heavy Equipment Operator, and one (1) FTE Crew Member, as well as $473,000 in heavy equipment and vehicles necessary to perform the work.  A multi-departmental service enhancement to support increased service demands in Development Services will include (1) FTE Planner in Planning, one (1) FTE Engineering Technician in Transportation, one (1) FTE Engineering Specialist in Engineering and Inspections, and one (1) FTE Engineer position in Stormwater.

Adopted 2022-23 Budget

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