File #: 18-225    Version: 1 Name: Discussion on FY 2017-18 Third Quarter Financial Report
Type: Staff Report Status: Filed
In control: City Council
Meeting Date: 5/21/2018 Final action: 5/21/2018
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Staff Report for the 3rd Quarter Financial Report as of March 31, 2018 (Information Only)
Sponsors: David Baum Finance Director
Attachments: 1. Q3 FY2017-18 Financial Report 5.3.18
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Staff Report for the 3rd Quarter Financial Report as of March 31, 2018 (Information Only)

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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Staff recommends that the City Council review and accept the 3rd Quarter Financial Report as of March 31, 2018.

BACKGROUND

The Adopted Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18 General Fund, Special Revenue Funds, and Enterprise Funds Budget guides and ensures implementation of City Council policies and priorities. The budget implements the vision and direction for the broad range of services that meet the needs of the community in accordance with City Council policy. This financial review as of March 31, 2018 provides the 3rd Quarter budget update to the City Council for the current fiscal year. Analysis of the revenues collected and all expenditures through March 31, 2018 measure operational adherence to the established budgetary allocation plan.

DISCUSSION

The adopted budget incorporates the estimated revenues and planned expenditures for all funds. The attached 2017-18 3rd Quarter Financial Report as of March 31, 2018 provides revenue and expenditure summaries for the General Fund, Special Revenue Funds, Enterprise Funds, and Internal Service Funds. The following discussion offers comparison to the prior year and focuses on variances from the revenue and expenditure plans and allocations contemplated in the budgetary allocation plan.

General Fund

The General Fund finances the operations of the City that have no special or dedicated revenue sources and pays for basic municipal services. Projected 2017-18 General Fund expenditures, which are shown as the Adjusted Budget after Council approved amendments, total $117.6 million. Expected revenues of $109 million, along with $8.6 million contributed from fund balance, finance the anticipated expenditures.

Total third quarter revenue in 2017-18 amounts to $69.8 million or 64% of the total Adopted Budget (compared to 64% in 2016-17). Expenditures at the end of the third quarter...

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