This ordinance establishes the mill rates for property taxes for 2020, which funds a significant portion of the City and Borough of Juneau's FY21 operating budget.  The Charter requires the Assembly to adopt, by ordinance, the tax levies necessary to fund the budget before June 15.

The mill levies presented in this ordinance support the Manager's FY21 Proposed Budget that will be reviewed by the Assembly Finance Committee.  As part of the budget review process, the Assembly Finance Committee will review and recommend, to the Assembly, the final mill levies.  The final mill levies must be adopted on or before June 15.

For FY21, the operating mill rate is set to increase by 1.00 mills in Service Areas from FY20, and the proposed debt service mill rate is set to remain unchanged.  This ordinance proposes a total mill levy of 11.66; the components of which are:

The City Manager recommends the Assembly introduce this ordinance, refer it to the Assembly Finance Committee for further review, and set it for public hearing at the Special Assembly meeting scheduled for April 22, 2020.

This ordinance appropriates $423,944,500 in expenditure authority for the City and Borough of Juneau's FY21 operating budget, excluding the School District.  It is necessary to appropriate all transfers between funds that support operations, debt service and capital projects as well as the associated expenditures within the funds themselves.  These transfers account for $121,919,800 of the FY21 operating budget.  The total appropriated expenditure authorization, net of inter-fund transfers, is $302,024,700 million.

This ordinance also recognizes $385,351,500 of projected revenue and transfers-in and decreases fund balances, across all funds, by $38,593,000.  The revenue and fund balance draw are sufficient to fund the budgeted expenditures.  During the weekly Finance Committee meetings in April and May we will walk through the components of the budget and explain the changes from the prior year.

The Charter requires that a public hearing be held on the FY21 operating budget by May 1, 2020, and adoption by June 15, 2020.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly introduce this ordinance, refer it to the Assembly Finance Committee for further review, and set it for public hearing at the Special Assembly Meeting scheduled for April 22, 2020.

This ordinance will appropriate to the School District an FY21 operating budget of $87,337,400.  This is an overall decrease in the budget of $1,601,700 from the FY20 Amended Budget.  The School District's operating budget is:

The FY21 school budget is supported with a combination of funding sources including CBJ local funding of $28,518,600.  The local funding consists of:  $26,842,100 for general operations, and $1,676,500 for programs and activities outside of the state funding cap.  These programs and activities include:  $1,181,500 million for student activities, $50,000 for pupil transportation, $50,000 for food service, $95,000 for Community Schools and $300,000 for Kinder Ready.  The general operations support is an increase of $64,800 over FY20 Amended.  The other program and activities funding is flat to FY20 Amended, for a net funding increase of $64,800.

State statute requires the Assembly to determine the total amount of local educational funding support to be provided and provide notification of the support to the School Board within 30 days of the School District's budget submission.  The district's budget was submitted March 27, 2020.  To meet this timing provision, it is necessary for the Assembly to determine the amount of funding and provide notice in the month of April.  This amount cannot subsequently be reduced, unless the amount exceeds the State funding CAP, but it can be increased.  If the Assembly does not set the amount and furnish the School Board with notice within 30 days, the amount requested by the School District is automatically approved.  By Charter, the Assembly is required to appropriate the School District's budget no later than May 31, 2020.

On April 22, 2020, a meeting is scheduled for the Assembly to state, by motion, the amount of local funding to be provided to the School District.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly introduce this ordinance, refer it to the Assembly Finance Committee for further review, and set it for public hearing at the Special Assembly Meeting scheduled for April 22, 2020.

This resolution would adopt the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for Fiscal Years 2021 through 2026, as required by Charter Section 9.4, and lists the capital projects that will be initially appropriated by ordinance in FY21.

The Public Works and Facilities Committee (PWFC) reviewed the preliminary CIP resolution and its meeting on March 2, 2020, and forwarded the plan to the Assembly.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly introduce this resolution, refer it to the Assembly Finance Committee for further review, and set it for public hearing at the special Assembly meeting scheduled for April 22, 2020.