Title: City Council Budget Work Session
1City of Alamo Heights
FY 2009-10 Proposed Operating Budget
- City Council Budget Work Session
- June 30, 2009
- 830 a.m.
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2City 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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3City 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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4City 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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5City 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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6City 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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7City 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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9City of Alamo Heights
Total Revenue7,983,741
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10City 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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11City 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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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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14City 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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Fund Schedules
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16City 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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17City 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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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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19City 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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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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21City 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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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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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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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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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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Authorized Positions
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Administration and Finance
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28City 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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29City 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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30City 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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31City of Alamo Heights
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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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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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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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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38City of Alamo Heights
Community Development
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39City 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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Police
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Public Works - Utilities
- 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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Public Works - Utilities
- 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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Public Works - Utilities
- 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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Public Works - Utilities
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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