City Council Budget Work Session

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City of Alamo Heights
FY 2009-10 Proposed Operating Budget

• City Council Budget Work Session
• June 30, 2009
• 830 a.m.

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City of Alamo Heights
Mission Statement
Alamo Heights will be a vibrant village in which
to live and work by protecting and enhancing its
native beauty, promoting its special sense of
community and providing excellent city services.
Vision
To continuously cultivate an efficient and
effective customer-driven model city that is
innovative, proactive and responsive to the needs
of the community.
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City of Alamo Heights
Core Values
Safety The health, safety and general welfare
of our citizens, employees and visitors is our
utmost concern and highest priority. Service We
constantly endeavor to improve the delivery of
consistent and reliable service going beyond
customer satisfaction to create Raving Fans of
our City. Integrity We exhibit the highest
levels of honesty and integrity in everything we
do.
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City of Alamo Heights
Goals
Governance and Communication Promote honest and
open government through civic engagement and
informative and responsive communication with
our customers. Infrastructure and
Services Properly maintain and strategically
improve infrastructure and provide excellent
city services. Neighborhood Character and
Commercial Revitalization Enhance and protect
the unique character of neighborhoods while
supporting the development of a vibrant and
attractive commercial district. Accountability
and Management Be responsible stewards of
public resources and utilize best management
practices for our administrative and financial
systems.
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City of Alamo Heights
Budget Sections

• The FY 2009-10 Proposed Budget Document will be
  arranged into six (6) sections
• General Information
• Budget Summary
• Revenues
• Fund Statements
• City Departments
• Appendix

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City of Alamo Heights
Budget Summary

• The FY 2009-10 Proposed Budget appropriations,
  excluding transfers and debt service, for the
  General, Utility, Capital Projects Capital
  Replacement and Street Maintenance Funds is
  17,589,009
• This amount includes total operating expenses of
  10,912,064 and 6,676,945 in capital
  expenditures
• The FY 2009-10 Proposed Budget includes 197,000
  in new revenues, 4,000 in recurring
  improvements, 161,386 in one-time improvements
  and 135,249 in reductions/redirections

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City of Alamo Heights
General Fund

• The Proposed General Fund appropriation for FY
  2009-10 is 8,439,173 which represents a 3.6
  decrease from the FY 2008-09 Adopted General Fund
  Budget
• Total revenues, excluding transfers, for FY
  2009-10 are projected to be 7,983,741 which
  represents less than a 1 decrease from the FY
  2008-09 Adopted General Fund Budget
• The General Fund Schedule reflects a Gross
  Available Fund Balance of 3,620,507 and a Net
  Available Fund Balance of 1,118,670 with a
  3-month Operating Reserve and a 5 Emergency
  Reserve

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City of Alamo Heights
Total Revenue7,983,741
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City of Alamo Heights
Property Tax

• Property tax revenues comprise the majority of
  the resources for the General Fund
• For this Proposed Budget, a projected 4,403,073,
  or 55 percent of General Fund revenues come from
  property taxes (91 percent of the citys property
  values are in residential properties)
• Despite the decline of the nationwide housing
  market, 2009 taxable values in Alamo Heights
  increased 26,986,530 or 2 percent

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City of Alamo Heights
Property Tax (Cont.)

• The proposed total property tax rate is proposed
  to remain at 0.3155662, marking the third year
  in a row in which the property tax rate has not
  been proposed to increase
• The City collected slightly more revenue through
  the Interest and Sinking (I S) property tax
  rate than it had projected for FY 2008-09
• As a result, the Interest and Sinking (I S)
  property tax rate, which is the portion of the
  property tax rate utilized for debt service
  payments, will decrease 0.003075 from 0.040071
  to 0.036996 cents per 100 taxable value

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City of Alamo Heights
Property Tax (Cont.)

• The Maintenance and Operating Rate (M O) is
  proposed to increase by the same amount
  (0.003075), from 0.315591 to 0.318666 cents
  per 100 taxable value
• Although the total property tax rate (0.355662)
  is not proposed to increase, the current tax
  revenues will increase over last years budget by
  110,756 (2.36), and of that amount, 58,746 is
  tax revenue to be raised from the new property
  value added to the tax roll this year

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City of Alamo Heights
Property Tax Freeze

• In November 2007, the City of Alamo Heights
  voters approved an initiative to freeze property
  tax values for property owners over 65 years of
  age
• This exemption will decrease the amount of
  property taxes paid by property owners over age
  65 by freezing the taxable value of their real
  property to the value of their property in the
  year that the owner qualifies for the exemption
• Properties qualifying for the freeze decreased
  the taxable value by 28,163,267 and the City
  will forgo 100,166 in FY 2009-10 from the
  implementation of the approved property tax freeze

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City of Alamo Heights
Fund Schedules
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City of Alamo Heights
Comprehensive Plan

• The City of Alamo Heights Comprehensive Plan was
  adopted by the City Council on May 26, 2009
• A special revenue fund is proposed to be
  established to serve as a source of funding for
  the implementation of the plan
• Multi-family and commercial corridor development
  standards, single family residential development
  standards and a dark sky lighting ordinance are
  proposed to be completed by the Community
  Development staff during the fiscal year
• Staff has also begun exploring funding mechanisms
  to implement other action steps included in the
  plan

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City of Alamo Heights
TMRS

• The Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS)
  recently revised the actuarial method by which
  they amortize retirement benefits
• As a result, many cities experienced an increase
  in their TMRS rates
• Any city that experienced an increase of 0.50 or
  more due to the actuarial assumption changes was
  given the option to phase-in the higher rate over
  an eight-year period beginning January 1, 2009

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City of Alamo Heights
TMRS (Cont.)

• Although the City of Alamo Heights was eligible
  for that option, the FY 2009-10 Proposed Budget
  includes the full rate of 17.66 of salaries
  recommended to be adopted by TMRS
• Contributing the full rate allows the City to
  avoid potential actuarial losses which would
  likely adversely affect future TMRS rates

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City of Alamo Heights
Performance Pay

• The FY 2009-10 Proposed Budget includes 113,426
  in one-time costs to provide for the distribution
  of performance pay in the form of a one-time
  stipend to employees on or about April 1, 2010
• Amount is equivalent to 2 of employee wages and
  benefits in FY 2009-10 Proposed Budget

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City of Alamo Heights
Capital Budget

• The City of Alamo Heights has historically had
  significantly less capital debt than many
  municipalities its size
• In fact, prior to the authorization of 7,500,000
  in certificates of obligation in August 2007, the
  City of Alamo Heights had not issued public debt
  since the construction of the swimming pool near
  Olmos Basin Park in the late 1940s
• The City has utilized the 2007 Certificates of
  Obligation to undertake a number of public
  infrastructure projects across the city which are
  listed on the following slides

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City of Alamo Heights
Completed CIP Projects

• Purchase of a 2,000 GPM Quint Fire Truck with a
  105 ladder
• Reconstruction of E. Castano Avenue between N.
  New Braunfels Avenue and Vanderhoven Drive
  (including the installation of concrete traffic
  lanes, water and sewer lines, curbs, sidewalks
  and dark-sky compliant street lights)
• Mill and overlay of Broadway between Austin
  Highway and Albany Avenue
• Installation of a drainage pipe and repaving of
  Viesca near the swimming pool

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City of Alamo Heights
Ongoing CIP Projects

• Construction of 600,000 gallon elevated water
  tank
• 16 water main in Broadway from Blue Bonnet
  Avenue to Claywell Drive to increase capacity and
  replace a number of smaller mains along the same
  route
• Water mains in N. New Braunfels Avenue between
  Blue Bonnet and Castano Avenues, Burr Road and
  Barilla Place and Arcadia Place and Austin Highway

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City of Alamo Heights
Ongoing CIP Projects (Cont.)

• Mill and overlay of E. Castano Avenue between
  Broadway and Vanderhoven Drive and N. New
  Braunfels Avenue between Austin Highway and Burr
  Road
• Mill and overlay of Broadway between Albany
  Avenue and the north city limit (including the
  replacement of curbs, the installation
  ADA-compliant sidewalks along some of the
  northern portions of Broadway and the
  installation of pedestrian signals and
  crosswalks at Albany, Blue Bonnet and E. Castano
  Avenues)

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City of Alamo Heights
Proposed Program Changes

• Revenues
• Increase of Municipal Court Fines
• Increase of Commercial Water and Sanitary Sewer
  Rates
• Improvements (One-Time)
• Performance Pay (One-Time Stipend)
• Capital Police Equipment
• Replacement of Traffic Signals with LED Signals

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City of Alamo Heights
Program Changes (Cont.)

• Improvements (Recurring)
• Funding of Annual Employee Recognition and
  Holiday Banquet
• Reductions/Redirections
• Fund Fire Public Outreach Programs through
  Community Benefit Fund
• Temporary Postponement of Hiring a Police Officer
• Reclassification of Animal Control Services
  Representative to part-time position
• Temporary Postponement of Hiring an Equipment
  Operator in Public Works

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City of Alamo Heights
Authorized Positions
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City of Alamo Heights
Administration and Finance
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City of Alamo Heights
Administration and Finance

• Mission Statement
• The Administration and Finance Department
  provides exemplary customer service to citizens
  and minimizes liability through the professional
  management of city departments and employees, the
  responsible oversight of fiscal and human
  resources, the effective administration of city
  projects and meetings, timely communication with
  the community and the implementation of
  cost-effective technology.

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City of Alamo Heights
Administration and Finance

• Program Information
• The Administration and Finance Department is
  responsible for the management of the Citys
  financial assets and resources, the levy and
  collection of city taxes, administration of the
  municipal court, utility billing and collections,
  communications and technological support,
  administration of elections, City Council
  meetings, minutes and agendas, the preservation
  of the Citys official papers, records and
  documents, supervision of the official
  publication of ordinances, notices and other
  matters requiring publication, open records
  requests and provides centralized direction and
  leadership for the effective administration and
  operation of the municipal government.

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City of Alamo Heights
Administration and Finance

• Goals Objectives
• Manage the effective and efficient delivery of
  municipal services to the citizens of Alamo
  Heights
• Process payments, purchase orders, requests for
  payment, payroll, property taxes, utility bills
  and other account receivables as required
• Provide for the courteous, impartial and
  expeditious resolution of all court matters
• Provide high-quality administrative services to
  the organization through researching, analyzing
  and developing employee policies

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Administration and Finance

• Action Steps
• Design and implement Community Water Conservation
  Communication Program
• Implement the InCode Call Center Module
• Develop and implement an Employee Benefits
  Statement
• Research and implement online services for
  utilities, court and permits
• Consider revisions to the Employee Manual to
  include leave donation, modified duty and
  disability compensation

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Administration and Finance
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Administration and Finance
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Administration and Finance
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City of Alamo Heights
Administration and Finance

• Revenues
• INCREASE OF MUNICIPAL COURT FINES-17,000
• This revenue totaling 17,000 in recurring
  revenues would result from the increase of a
  variety of municipal court fines
• A recent study of the fines found that many of
  the fines were well below what are being charged
  by other municipalities in the San Antonio
  metropolitan area
• The fee increase would be subject to approval of
  the Citys presiding municipal judge

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City of Alamo Heights
Administration and Finance

• Improvements
• FUNDING OF ANNUAL EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AND
  HOLIDAY BANQUET- 4,000
• This improvement totaling 4,000 in recurring
  costs would fund the Annual Employee Recognition
  and Holiday Banquet
• In previous years, this event was funded through
  contributions from local vendors and businesses
• However, future banquets are proposed to be
  funded through a mix of municipal funds and
  donations from private citizens

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City of Alamo Heights
Administration and Finance
Actual FY 2007-08 includes eighteen (18) months
of expenditures due to the adoption of the new
fiscal year to begin October 1, 2008.
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City of Alamo Heights
Community Development
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City of Alamo Heights
Community Development

• Mission Statement
• The Community Development Department is committed
  to community-based planning founded on public
  participation, maintaining the beauty and charm
  of our natural and developed environment and
  promoting a livable and suitable community
  through the fair and efficient administration of
  our codes and ordinances.

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City of Alamo Heights
Community Development

• Program Information
• The Community Development Department is
  responsible for the regulation of land use,
  development and construction through planning,
  plan review, permitting, inspections and code
  compliance activities

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City of Alamo Heights
Community Development

• Goals Objectives
• To provide quality customer service by
  facilitating the development process in an
  efficient and effective manner while protecting
  the health, safety and public welfare of the
  community
• Facilitate the implementation of the
  Comprehensive Plan
• Actively maintain compliance with federal, state
  and city laws to protect the health, safety and
  pubic welfare of the community
• Expedite code compliance actions through the
  proactive issuance of notices of violation or
  citations
• Provide administrative and technical support to
  boards and commissions to facilitate the
  expeditious review of cases

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Community Development

• Action Steps
• Develop multi-family and commercial corridor
  development standards
• Design an Open Space/Green Space project
• Explore revisions to the Residential Development
  Standards
• Explore providing economic development technical
  assistance to local businesses
• Undertake comprehensive training for boards and
  commission members
• Explore feasibility of a street car system with
  other partners
• Adopt a Dark Sky Light Ordinance

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Community Development
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Community Development
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City of Alamo Heights
Community Development
Actual FY 2007-08 includes eighteen (18) months
of expenditures due to the adoption of the new
fiscal year to begin October 1, 2008.
Contractual Services is lower due to completion
of Comprehensive Plan and tree canopy
preservation program
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Fire/EMS
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Fire/EMS

• Mission Statement
• The Fire/EMS Department is committed to
  minimizing and preventing injury and property
  loss through the provision of quality
  professional fire, rescue, emergency medical,
  fire prevention, educational and safety services
  to the community

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City of Alamo Heights
Fire

• Program Information
• The Fire/EMS Department provides fire protection
  for the City basic and specialized rescue
  operations that includes swift water, high angle,
  automobile extrication, structural collapses and
  cave-ins fire prevention inspections planning
  surveys fire and safety public education
  presentations, courtesy home safety surveys,
  smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector
  installations, and other public assistance and
  community service programs. All firefighters are
  also cross-trained and assist the EMS Division in
  patient care and transport when needed.

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City of Alamo Heights
Fire

• Goals Objectives
• To continuously provide high quality fire,
  rescue, fire prevention and safety services to
  the community
• Focus on long range planning in order to ensure
  that the highest possible level of fire services
  are provided to the community
• Provide for the safety and welfare of the
  community through educational and code
  enforcement efforts
• Maintain and strive to enhance the departments
  coordination with cities included in the Citys
  Automatic and Mutual Aid Agreements
• Actively pursue improvement of the citys
  insurance services office (ISO) rating

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Fire

• Action Steps
• Ensure that operations level Fire officers attend
  leadership development classes
• Consider establishing an Automatic Aid agreement
  with Fort Sam Houston Fire Department
• Undertake an Emergency Management Plan functional
  exercise drill

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Fire
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Fire

• Reductions/Redirections
• FUND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS THROUGH COMMUNITY
  BENEFIT FUND- 6,000
• This reduction/redirection totaling 6,000 in
  savings would eliminate General Fund
  contributions for public outreach programs such
  as the fire prevention clown brigade and
  interactive puppet shows and begin to fund such
  programs through the Community Benefit Special
  Revenue Fund

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City of Alamo Heights
Fire
Actual FY 2007-08 includes eighteen (18) months
of expenditures due to the adoption of the new
fiscal year to begin October 1, 2008.
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City of Alamo Heights
EMS

• Program Information
• The Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Division is
  responsible for responding to 911 medical
  emergencies in cities of Alamo Heights, Olmos
  Park and Terrell Hills and provides injury
  prevention and health awareness programs for the
  community

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City of Alamo Heights
EMS

• Goals and Objectives
• Address the emergency medical needs of the
  community
• Optimize the area of coverage and respond well
  under the 10 minute national standard for EMS
  response
• Maintain and strive to enhance the departments
  coordination with cities included in the Citys
  Emergency Medical Interlocal Service Agreements
• Maximize net revenue from ambulance services
• Enhance department operations by applying new and
  existing technologies, training and equipment
• Provide for the safety and welfare of the
  community through educational injury prevention
  programs
• Promote the safety and welfare of uniformed EMS
  personnel

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City of Alamo Heights
EMS

• Action Steps
• Revise EMS Medical Protocol - Operation Procedure
  Guidelines
• Submit grant application to Department of State
  Health Services for funds to assist with
  remounting cost of EMS Medic-2

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EMS
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EMS
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EMS
Actual FY 2007-08 includes eighteen (18) months
of expenditures due to the adoption of the new
fiscal year to begin October 1, 2008.
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Police/Dispatch
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Police/Dispatch

• Mission Statement
• The Alamo Heights Police Department is committed
  to developing a community partnership with an
  emphasis on integrity, fairness and
  professionalism to positively impact the quality
  of life and promote a safe environment by
  resolving problems, reducing fear, enforcing the
  law and preserving the peace.

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City of Alamo Heights
Police

• Program Information
• The Police Department is responsible for the
  enforcement of the law in a fair and consistent
  manner, recognizing both the statutory and
  judicial limitations of its authority and
  constitutional rights of all persons. The
  Department presents a deterrent to criminal
  activities, protects the public, apprehends
  offenders, recovers and returns stolen property,
  oversees the safe movement of vehicular traffic
  within jurisdictional boundaries, maintains a
  public safety answering point and addresses
  domestic and non-domestic animal concerns.

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City of Alamo Heights
Police

• Goals and Objectives
• Improve community relations through positive
  police/citizen interaction and community crime
  deterrent strategies
• Improve patrol availability of police officers
  through advances in technology and equipment
• Receive, process, and prioritize calls for
  service promptly in the communications center and
  dispatch police officers or other emergency
  service providers
• Provide a police response to calls for service
  and other public needs promptly to resolve
  problems and protect citizens and property
• Enhance the department recruitment process by
  utilizing technology where appropriate and
  expediting the background investigations

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City of Alamo Heights
Police

• Action Steps
• Conduct a study of restricted parking areas and
  designated parking zones regulated by City Code
  and consider updates to meet new and projected
  on-street parking concerns
• Evaluate the implementation of Report Writer
  System for the Police Department
• Initiate the process for the Texas Law
  Enforcement Best Practices Recognition Program

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Police

• Improvements
• CAPITAL POLICE EQUIPMENT - 17,960
• This improvement totaling 17,960 in one-time
  costs would provide for a variety of police
  equipment such as ballistic vests, high
  visibility traffic vests, eye and ear protection,
  a hand-held laser radar speed measurement device,
  tactical helmets, digital cameras and latent
  print kits, measurement tools, signage and cones
  for roadway emergency warning, a set of armorer
  tools for the AR-15 assault rifles, GIS software
  and a digital scale to weigh seized narcotics

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City of Alamo Heights
Police

• Reductions/Redirections
• TEMPORARY POSTPONEMENT OF HIRING A POLICE OFFICER
  - 59,964
• This reduction/redirection totaling 59,964 in
  savings would postpone the funding and hiring of
  one (1) of the two (2) vacant police officer
  positions authorized as part of the FY 2008-09
  operating budget
• In addition, the existing Community Resource
  Officer (CRO) will be reassigned to the Patrol
  Division to augment the patrol function during
  peak service times and when incidents of property
  crimes (burglary, burglar vehicle, theft, etc.)
  are heightened
• The CRO will continue to conduct crime prevention
  activities and will still serve as the D.A.R.E.
  Officer during the school year

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City of Alamo Heights
Police

• Reductions/Redirections (Cont.)
• RECLASSIFICATION OF ANIMAL CARE SERVICES
  REPRESENTATIVE - 33,972
• This reduction/redirection totaling 33,972 in
  savings results from the reclassification of the
  Animal Care Services Representative position from
  a full-time position to a part-time position
• Animal complaints will be evaluated by police
  officers and, when necessary, animal retrieval
  will be accomplished by Public Works employees
  trained to perform such duties
• The Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Program and
  foster/adoption of kittens and dogs will be
  handled by the part-time Animal Care Services
  Representative assigned to the Police Department

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Police
Actual FY 2007-08 includes eighteen (18) months
of expenditures due to the adoption of the new
fiscal year to begin October 1, 2008.
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City of Alamo Heights
Public Safety Dispatch

• Program Information
• The Public Safety Dispatch Division is
  responsible for receiving both emergency and
  non-emergency calls and effectively dispatching
  the appropriate departments from the cities of
  Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills and Olmos Park to
  respond.

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City of Alamo Heights
Public Safety Dispatch

• Goals and Objectives
• To continuously provide high quality emergency
  communication services to the community
• Receive, process, and prioritize calls for
  service promptly in the communications center and
  dispatch police officers or other emergency
  service providers
• Maintain a public safety answering point

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Public Safety Dispatch
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Public Safety Dispatch
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Public Safety Dispatch
Actual FY 2007-08 includes eighteen (18) months
of expenditures due to the adoption of the new
fiscal year to begin October 1, 2008.
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Public Works
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City of Alamo Heights
Public Works

• Mission Statement
• The Public Works Department is committed to
  providing high quality, well planned,
  environmentally responsible, cost effective
  infrastructure and services to promote public
  health, personal safety, transportation, economic
  growth and civic vitality.

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City of Alamo Heights
Public Works

• Program Information
• The Public Works Department is responsible for
  the operation and maintenance of the Citys
  street and drainage infrastructure, traffic
  signals, public signage, park areas and
  facilities and for the provision of solid waste
  services to its customers.

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City of Alamo Heights
Public Works

• Goals and Objectives
• To properly maintain and strategically improve
  public infrastructure and provide excellent
  services to our customers in an effective and
  efficient manner
• Effectively manage the street, drainage and
  facility improvements in the Citys Capital
  Improvement Program (CIP)
• Resurface approximately five percent (5) of the
  Citys streets each year
• Properly maintain the Citys traffic signals,
  signage, storm water lines and facilities

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Public Works

• Action Steps
• Initiate the 20-year street maintenance plan
• Replace all traffic signal lights with
  energy-efficient LED lights
• Complete a comprehensive stormwater study and
  make recommendations
• Manage the proposed City Hall/Police Station and
  Fire Station Facility Project

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Public Works
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Public Works
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Public Works

• Improvements
• REPLACEMENT OF ALL TRAFFIC SIGNALS WTH
  ENERGY-EFFICIENT LED - 30,000
• This improvement totaling 30,000 in one-time
  costs would provide for the replacement of all of
  the Citys traffic signals with significantly
  more energy-efficient light emitting diode (LED)
  signals
• LED traffic signals use 88 percent less energy
  than a comparable incandescent signal and the
  typical LED signal lasts about seven (7) years,
  where the incandescent light bulbs need to be
  replaced annually
• LED signals reduce accidents because they are
  longer lasting and focus light better, making the
  traffic signal easier to see by oncoming traffic

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Public Works

• Reductions/Redirections
• TEMPORARY POSTPONEMENT OF HIRING AN EQUIPMENT
  OPERATOR- 35,313
• This reduction/redirection totaling 35,313 in
  savings would postpone the funding and hiring of
  the one (1) vacant Equipment Operator position in
  the Public Works Solid Waste Division
• The Public Works Department would continue to
  provide solid waste services to the community
  with its existing staff of four (4) Equipment
  Operators and (5) Maintenance Workers

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Public Works
Actual FY 2007-08 includes eighteen (18) months
of expenditures due to the adoption of the new
fiscal year to begin October 1, 2008.
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City of Alamo Heights
Public Works - Utilities

• Program Information
• The Utilities Division of the Public Works
  Department is responsible for the operation and
  maintenance of the Citys water distribution and
  sanitary sewer systems and for the provision of
  water and sewer services to its customers.

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Public Works - Utilities

• Goals and Objectives
• To continuously maintain and improve public
  infrastructure and provide the high-quality
  services to our customers in an effective and
  efficient manner.
• Effectively manage the water and sewer
  improvements in the Citys Capital Improvement
  Program (CIP)
• Provide high quality, cost effective water and
  sewer services at a competitive rate
• Meet all federal, state and local testing and
  reporting requirements

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Public Works - Utilities

• Action Steps
• Design and Implement Community Water Conservation
  Communication Program
• Manage the construction of the new 600,000 gallon
  water tower and repainting of 300,000 gallon
  water tank

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Public Works - Utilities
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Public Works - Utilities
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Public Works - Utilities

• Revenues
• INCREASE OF COMMERCIAL WATER RATES - 30,000
• This revenue totaling 30,000 in recurring
  revenues would increase the current commercial
  water rates a total of 30,000 from .83 to 1.18
  for 500 or less cubic feet, from 1.13 to 1.48
  for 501 to 1,000 cubic feet, from 1.63 to 1.98
  for 1,001 or more cubic feet
• The rate increase was recommended as part of a
  recent update of the Citys 2007 Water and
  Wastewater Rate Study conducted by Water
  Resources Management, LP in order to meet the
  revenue recovery requirements for that customer
  category

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• Revenues (Cont.)
• COMMERCIAL WATER RATES (CONT.)
• Water rates have not been increased since
  November 2006 and no other water rate increases
  are recommended until at least 2013
• The 2009 TML Water and Wastewater Survey still
  places Alamo Heights water rates in the lowest 5
  of 659 responding Texas cities that provide water
  services
• The current water rates provide 400,000 per year
  to address capital improvement in the water
  distribution system

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• Revenues (Cont.)
• INCREASE OF SANITARY SEWER RATE - 150,000
• This revenue totaling 150,000 in recurring
  revenues would increase the current sanitary
  sewer rate approximately 10 for the average
  customer
• The base rate for the first 500 cubic feet of
  sanitary sewer service is recommended to remain
  at 14.12 but the volumetric rate would increase
  from 1.76 to 2.19 per 100 cubic feet for usage
  of 501 cubic feet or more
• This rate increase was also recommended as part
  of a recent update of the Citys 2007 Water and
  Wastewater Rate Study conducted by Water
  Resources Management, LP
• The volumetric rate is recommended to increase to
  2.29 in 2011 and 2.40 in 2012

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• Revenues (Cont.)
• INCREASE OF SANITARY SEWER RATE (CONT.)
• The sanitary sewer rate has not increased since
  July 2006
• Approximately 80 of the sanitary sewer rate is
  required to pay for the contractual treatment of
  wastewater by SAWS
• SAWS recently approved a 5 increase in the
  wastewater treatment fee paid by the City
• Assuming the adoption of the recommended sanitary
  sewer rate, Alamo Heights is still below the
  22.36 average sewer rate for cities its size at
  17.81 for 5,000 gallons
• The current sanitary sewer rates provide 200,000
  per year to address capital improvements

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Actual FY 2007-08 includes eighteen (18) months
of expenditures due to the adoption of the new
fiscal year to begin October 1, 2008.
Decrease is largely due to not spending about
265,000 in contact labor and 390,000 in
Materials due to the delay in CIP.
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