COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE PRESENTATION

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• COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE PRESENTATION
• APRIL 23, 2009
• ANNA LAMBERSON, PH.D, ACTING CFO

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COA Strategic Management Framework
GOALS
PROGRAM STRATEGY
SERVICE ACTIVITY(s)
PRIORITY OBJECTIVE(s)
Employee Work Plans Performance Evaluation
Guides
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The Social Goals

• Human Family Development - GOAL 1
• People of all ages have the opportunity to
  participate in the community and economy and are
  well sheltered, safe, healthy, and educated.
• Includes Cultural Services, Environmental
  Health, Family Community Services, Parks
  Recreation, Senior Affairs
• Public Safety - GOAL 2
• Citizens are safe, feel safe and secure, and
  have trust and shared responsibility for
  maintaining a safe environment.
• Includes Police Dept, Fire Dept, Family
  Community Services, Animal Welfare, Legal, CAO
  (emergency mgt)

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The Social Goals

• Economic Vitality - GOAL 6
• Achieve a vital, diverse, and sustainable
  economy in which businesses and residents have
  opportunities for success.
• Includes Economic Development, Municipal
  Development, Finance and Administrative Services

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The Social Goals

• Community and Cultural Engagement - GOAL 7
• Residents are fully and effectively engaged in
  the life and decisions of the community to
  promote and enhance our pride, cultural values
  and resources and, ensure that Albuquerque's
  community institutions are effective, accountable
  and responsive.
• Includes Cultural Services, Municipal
  Development, Legal (Clerk)
• Governmental Excellence and Effectiveness GOAL
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• Government is ethical and accountable every
  element of government contributes effectively to
  meeting public needs.
• Includes CAO, City Council, Finance
  Administrative Services, Human Resources, Office
  of Internal Audit Investigations, Legal, Mayor,
  Municipal Development

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State-Shared 1.225 Gross Receipts Tax
Distribution

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Challenges faced by others

• Wage Freeze (Loudon County, VA)
• Unpaid Leave (Columbus, OH)
• Employee Lay-Off or Furloughs (Prince George's
  County, Arlington County, VA)
• Roll Back Salary Increases (Montgomery County,
  MD)
• Voluntary Retirements (Chicago)
• Layoff Police/Fire (Austin, TX, Pittsburgh, PA,
  Boston, MA)
• Shorten Library Hours (Arlington County, VA)
• Library Closures (San Bernardino, CA, Baltimore,
  MD)
• Cut Funding for Recreation (San Bernardino, CA
  Baltimore, MD)
• Tax, Fee Rate Increases
• -Garbage Fees (Winchester, VA San Diego, CA)
• -Sewer Water Rates (Dade County, FL Prince
  George's Co.)
• Bankruptcy (Vallejo, CA)

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Proposed Budget Goals

• Propose a balanced budget within available
  revenue
• Recurring revenue is sufficient to support
  recurring appropriations
• Revenues are conservatively estimated
• Reserves are fully funded
• Operational reserves 39.6 million
• Fuel/electricity reserves 1 million
• Potential Runoff Elections 733 thousand
• Budgets are sufficient for operations
• Avoid layoffs
• Track expenditures and revenue
• Assure expenditures remain within the
  appropriation level
• Assure expenditures remain within available
  revenue
• Fund 1,100 police and negotiated raises to
  recruit and retain officers
• Minimize the impact on the current level and
  quality of services
• Preserve our outstanding bond rating

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Key Points

• Mayors Proposed FY/10 Budget solves a 68.8
  million problem
• Revenues expenditures are closely monitored
• Current fiscal year Gross Receipts Tax (GRT)
  growth rate reduced from 2 to -4.4. The FY/10
  budget anticipates no growth in GRT from this
  reduced level
• Administrative challenges were dealt with
  promptly reflected in the Mayors Proposed
  FY/10 Budget

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Proposed Budget Actions

• Two mills of property tax are moved from debt
  service to operating generating 23.6 million in
  recurring revenue
• One time capital expenditures were removed
• 208 positions eliminated citywide in FY/10 (10
  million GF)
• Take advantage of 5.5 million of available fund
  balance created by forcing current year savings
• Utilize Infrastructure Tax fund balance to
  maintain transit operations for last six months
  of the fiscal year
• Health Insurance costs were maintained at FY/09
  level through requests for cost proposals from
  health care providers

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General Fund 110
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Rating Changes

• Rating presentation was given to Standard and
  Poor's, Moodys and Fitch Ratings on April 4,
  2008
• The Citys GRT Bonds were upgraded to AAA by
  Standard and Poor's, the highest possible rating
• The Citys GRT Bonds were upgraded to Aa3 from A1
  and the General Obligation Bonds were also
  upgraded to Aa2 from Aa3 by Moodys
• Fitch confirmed their previous ratings of AA

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Shifting Two Mills Affects the General Obligation
Bond Program

• Currently the City imposes 11.516 Mills 6.976
  Mills in debt 4.54 Mills for the operating
  budget.
• The City shifted 1 Mill from debt to operations
  in 2004 and an additional Mill in 2009.
• It is the intent of the City to re-adjust the
  debt service and operational mills in the future
  when sufficient recurring operational revenues
  are realized to cover recurring operational
  expense in the General Fund.

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CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT
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CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

• FY/09 Approved 3,243 27 FTE
• FY/10 Proposed 3,268 27 FTE
• 25 thousand 0.8 Increase -0- Change
• Salary/Benefit/Risk and Other Adjustments
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COUNCIL SERVICES

• FY/09 Approved 3,805 27 FTE
• FY/10 Proposed 3,054 28 FTE
• (751 thousand) 19.7 Reduction 1 FTE
  3.7 Increase
• Salary/Benefit/Risk Adjustments ( 178)
• Intra-year position Council Policy Analyst II
  127
• One-Time Sector Plans contracts ( 700)

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CULTURAL SERVICES

• FY/09 Approved 34,429 374 FTE
• FY/10 Proposed 34,317 349 FTE
• ( 112 thousand) 0.3 Reduction
  (25) FTE 6.7 Reduction
• Salary/Benefit/Risk and Other Adjustments
  1,198
• (2 Intra-year CIP positions, -1 position moved
  to DFAS)
• Restore Operating Costs from Special Revenue
  340
• Rosenwald building contract 50
• Reduction 26 vacant FTE ( 1.7 million)
• - Balloon Museum (2 FTE) Office Asst, Museum
  Curator of Education
• - Community Events (2 FTE) Sr. Admin Asst,
  Office Asst
• - Library (13 FTE) Circulation Supv, 7
  Librarians, 3 Library Customer Asst II, Library
  Customer Asst III, Senior Librarian, and 7
  Permanent Part Time.
• - BioPark (9 FTE) Asst Director Biopark, BioPark
  Manager, 2 Laborers, Building Maintenance Worker,
  Zookeeper Supervisor, Gardener, Science Education
  Coordinator, Zookeeper II.

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CULTURAL SERVICES

• Key Objectives
• Open Refugium Phase II for holding and rearing of
  Marine species and native aquatic species.
• Develop/produce a 5-7 minute coral reef
  conservation special effects movie for the
  Aquarium theater.
• Create and construct environmentally sound garden
  to display roses suitable for New Mexico climate.
• Increase attendance at the Old Town Founders Day
  Fiestas by 10.
• Increase librarys digital book collection by 5.

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• FY/09 Approved 3,181 11 FTE
• FY/10 Proposed 2,767 8 FTE
• (414) Thousand 13.0 Decrease (3)
  FTE 27.0 Reduction
• Salary/Benefit/Risk and Other Adjustments
  (67)
• One-Time IRB Reserve Duke City Shootout
  (109)
• Reduction 3 Vacant FTE ( 237 thousand)
• International Trade (2 FTE) International
  Trade Specialist, International Trade Manager
• ? Economic Development - Planner

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• Key Objectives
• Host a New Mexico Film and Music Summit in
  the first quarter of FY/10 to promote more local
  music participation in film production processes.
• Host a Digital Media Summit to highlight how the
  advanced computer and technology capacity of
  Sandia Labs and UNM can be used to recruit more
  film post-production business to Albuquerque.
• Research potential strategies and incentives to
  grow research development, and science
  technology parks and related employment.
• Create a targeted marketing campaign to renewable
  energy companies seeking to relocate or expand to
  the southwest United States.

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FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES

• FY/09 Approved 38,642 245 FTE
• FY/10 Proposed 36,436 228 FTE
• (2.2 million) 5.7 Reduction (17)
  FTE 6.9 Reduction
• Salary/Benefit/Risk and Other Adjustments
  458
• Minimum Wage Increase 131
• Transfer of Human Rights (5) FTE
  (377)
• Reduction of Public Safety 1/4 Cent one-time
  revenue (1,205)
• Stimulus Realignment (500)
• Reduction of 14 Vacant FTE
  ( 709 thousand)
• - Offer Health and Social Services (2 FTE) Comm
  Srcvs Prog Specialist, Office Assistant
• - Early Childhood Education (3 FTE) 2 Teaching
  Assistants, Teacher
• - Plan Coordinate ( 3 FTE) Community Outreach
  Coord, Principal Planner, Comm Srcvs Prog
  Specialist
• - Partner with Public Education (2 FTE) Community
  Rec Activities Coord, Comm Srcvs Prog Specialist
• - Community Recreation (4 FTE) General Srvcs Wkr,
  Sr Comm Srvcs Prog Spec, Instructor/Classroom,
  Comm Rec Supervisor

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FIRE DEPARTMENT
FY/09 Approved 68,101 707 FTE FY/10
Proposed 68,925 707 FTE 824 thousand
1.2 Increase -0- Change Salary/Benefit/Ris
k and Other Adjustments (Intra-year
position Assist. Chief) ( 240) Civilian
Pay Increases 41 Reduction of 1
vacant position - Acct Assistant (
40) Reduce Outside Vehicle Maintenance (
214) Sworn Pay Increase 2,614 One-time
funding ( 1,337)

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MAYORS OFFICE

• FY/09 Approved 1,016 7 FTE
• FY/10 Proposed 957 7 FTE
• ( 59 thousand) 5.8 Reduction -0-
  Change
• Salary/Benefit/Risk Adjustments ( 59)

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PARKS RECREATION

• FY/09 Approved 26,320 216 FTE
• FY/10 Proposed 26,945 209 FTE
• 625 Thousand 2.4 Increase (7) FTE
  3.2 Reduction
• Salary/Benefit/Risk and Other Adjustments
  387
• Minimum Wage Increase 110
• Reduce one-time (91)
• Transfer to Open-Space 583
• Reduction of 5 Vacant FTE and 2 Part-time
  (359 thousand)
• Aquatics (2) - Admin Assistant, Aquatics Asst
  Prog Coord, Swimming Instructor (PT)
• Urban Forest Management (1) - Assistant City
  Forester
• Quality Recreation (1) - Outdoor Rec Supervisor,
  Program Super (PT)
• - Safe Use Fire Arms (1) - Shooting Range
  Supervisor

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PARKS RECREATION

• KEY OBJECTIVES
• Replace the drains in all swimming pools by the
  end of FY/10 to comply with the new federal act.
• Manage the upgrade of the current point-of-sale
  scheduler system used by Aquatics, Golf,
  Recreation Services and Strategic Support.
• Develop and open for public use at least two new
  trailheads with parking areas, 4 miles of paved
  trail and 5 miles of natural-surface trail.
• Implement the Urban Forest Initiative to conduct
  outreach and raise awareness about the benefit of
  trees including tracking the distribution and
  planting of 75,000 trees in Albuquerque by the
  end of FY/11.

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GOLF (Fund 681)

• FY/09 Approved 4,506 38 FTE
• FY/10 Proposed 4,533 38 FTE
• 27 Thousand .6 Increase
  -0- Change
• Salary/Benefit/Risk and Other Adjustments
  27

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GOLF RATE INCREASE

• Golf Ordinance passed last year allowing for
  Administrative Rate Setting
• Proposed rates are for 0.50 cents across the
  board Weekday Weekend
• Proposed Increases Approved and Supported by Golf
  Advisory Board
• Expected revenue is 129 thousand

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OPEN SPACE (Fund 851)

• FY/09 Approved 2,714 37 FTE
• FY/10 Proposed 2,743 35 FTE
• 29 Thousand 1.1 Increase (2) FTE
  5.4 Reduction
• Salary/Benefit/Risk and Other Adjustments
  107
• Reduction of 2 Vacant FTE ( 78
  thousand)
• - Maintenance Operations (1 FTE) Construction Wrk
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• Natural Res Visitor Mgt (1 FTE) Laborer

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POLICE DEPARTMENT

• FY/09 Approved 145,086 1,555 FTE
• FY/10 Proposed 148,904 1,521 FTE
• 3.8 million 2.6 Increase (34) FTE
  2.2 Reduction
• Salary/Benefit/Risk and Other Adjustments
• (Program Manager Transfer from Grant)
  1,882
• Sworn Pay Increase adjustments 3,494
• Civilian Pay Increases 381
• FY/09 one-time funding
  ( 250)
• Existing Staff moved to JAG Stimulus Funds
  ( 411)

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POLICE DEPARTMENT

• Reduction of 30 FTE (1.278 million)
• Communications and Records (19 FTE) 15 Police
  Records Techs, 2 Police Records Supv, Systems
  Administrator, Administrative Assistant
• Investigative Services (4 FTE) Police
  Property/Evidence Specialist, 2 Office
  Assistants, Field Evidence Tech
• Neighborhood Policing (4 FTE) 2 Crime Prevention
  Specialists, Sr. Office Assistant, Armorer
• Officer and Department Support (2 FTE) 2
  Administrative Assistants
• Family Advocacy Center (1 FTE) Office Assistant

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POLICE DEPARTMENT
Recruiting Summary Current Sworn
1,037 102nd Cadet Class
(graduates in May) 38 Spring Laterals
3 SRO/CSA Program
24 TOTAL 1,102 103rd
Cadet Class (starts April 27)
40 FY/10 Projection 1,142
Does not include retirements, terminations or
positions funded through stimulus grants
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POLICE

• Key Objectives
• Coordinate with the FBI to establish a digital
  forensic examinations laboratory.
• Construct 6th Area Command facility on the NW
  corner of Ellison Road Cibola Loop NW that
  meets LEED Green Silver Criteria.
• Relocate the Prisoner Transport Unit to a larger
  facility in order to expand the services into a
  one-stop shop for bookings and prisoner
  transportation.

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SENIOR AFFAIRS

• FY/09 Approved 5,464 47 FTE
• FY/10 Proposed 5,495 47 FTE
• 31 Thousand 0.6 Increase -0-
  Change
• Salary/Benefit/Risk Other Adjustments
  162
• Reduction 6 Vacant Part-Time Positions
  (131)
• - Well Being (6 pt positions) Sr. Affairs
  Recreation Assistant, Custodian, Sr. Affairs
  Program Assistant I (3) and Sr. Affairs Program
  Assistant II
• KEY OBJECTIVES
• Assess city residents (50) awareness of the DSA
  current services, satisfaction level and needs of
  the community that are not being met.
• Begin construction on the John Marshall Senior
  Kitchen Replacement.
• Monitor DSA vehicle fuel usage and efficiency
  facility electric, gas, and water consumption to
  track reduction rates.

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SUSTAINABLE BUDGETSUSTAINABLE CITY

• THANK YOU