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Title: 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
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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
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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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City 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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City of Alamo Heights
Administration and Finance
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City of Alamo Heights
Administration and Finance
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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
Community Development
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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
Fire/EMS
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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
Fire
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City of Alamo Heights
Fire
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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
EMS
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City of Alamo Heights
EMS
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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
Police/Dispatch
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City of Alamo Heights
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
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Police
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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
Public Safety Dispatch
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Public Safety Dispatch
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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
Public Works
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Public Works
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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
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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City of Alamo Heights
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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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