Aliso Viejo - Looking at FY 2008/09 Budget

We're rolling into budget season!  We're starting off the season by looking at what our 34 cities did with their budgets last year.  A summary of the FY 200/09 budget is at the end of this post.

Aliso Viejo receives the bulk of city funding (42% of General Fund, 25% of All Revenues) from Property Taxes.  Sales tax is 30% of General Fund and 18% of All Revenues.  The next biggest slice of money is

 14% of the budget received for street improvements.

Like most cities,  Aliso Viejo largest single expenditure is for public safety, at 25% of the Total Expenditures.  After public safety, capital improvements come next at 13% of the budget and non-departmental is almost 10% of the Total Expenditures.  Non-departmental includes $1.2 million payment to Orange County to pay for Aliso Viejo transitioning from county control to an independent city.

Here is the FY 2008/09 budget http://www.cityofalisoviejo.com/pdf/fy_08-09_budget.pdf

A spreadsheet summary of the budget follows. 

Revenues		% of Gen Fund	% of Total Revenue
Property Taxes	$5,772,500	42.33%	25.36%
Sales & Use Taxes	$4,185,100	30.69%	18.39%
Franchise Fees	$1,470,000	10.78%	6.46%
Other Taxes	$411,500	3.02%	1.81%
Licenses & Permits	351,250	2.58%	1.54%
Fines & Forfeitures	328,000	2.41%	1.44%
Use of Money & Property	488,000	3.58%	2.14%
Intergovernmental	305,000	2.24%	1.34%
Current Service Charges	307,100	2.25%	1.35%
Other Revenues	18,050	0.13%	0.08%
Transfers	0	0.00%	0.00%
General Fund	$13,636,500	100.00%	59.91%
General Fund – City Hall	$304,900		1.34%
Traffic Congestion Relief	599,685		2.63%
Gas Tax	994,025		4.37%
Measure M	806,400		3.54%
Public Safety Grants	100,500		0.44%
AQMD	56,500		0.25%
Integrated Waste Management	12,250		0.05%
Other Grants	662,600		2.91%
Technology Grant	17,000		0.07%
Development Impact	1,220,705		5.36%
Federal Grant	500,000		2.20%
Street Improvements	3,203,000		14.07%
Capital Improvments	639,070		2.81%
Storm Water	10,000		0.04%
	$9,126,635		40.09%
Total City Revenue	$22,763,135		100.00%

Expenditures			% of Total Expenditures
City Council	$133,705		0.55%
City Manager	627,585		2.57%
Economic Development	115,000		0.47%
City Clerk	264,520		1.09%
City Atty	647,000		2.65%
Finance	426,230		1.75%
Non Departmental	2,430,090		9.97%
Community Services Admin	733,250		3.01%
Planning	777,175		3.19%
Building & Safety	416,500		1.71%
Code Enforcement	119,000		0.49%
Public Works	976,400		4.01%
Traffic Engineering	20,000		0.08%
Street Maintenance	380,000		1.56%
Public Safety	6,111,690		25.08%
Public Safety – Other	152,500		0.63%
Crime Prevention	10,000		0.04%
Animal Care	247,550		1.02%
Emergency Operations	3,000		0.01%
Capital Improvments	0		0.00%
Transfer Out	1,092,395		4.48%
City Hall	181,340		0.74%
Traffic Congestion Relief	1,236,000		5.07%
Gas Tax	1,231,560		5.05%
Measure M	861,900		3.54%
Public Safety Grants	54,985		0.23%
AQMD	55,100		0.23%
Integrated Waste Management	32,250		0.13%
Other Grants	642,200		2.63%
Technology Grant	42,500		0.17%
Federal Grant	500,000		2.05%
Capital Improvments	3,203,000		13.14%
Parks & Recreation	639,070		2.62%
Storm Water	10,000		0.04%
	$24,373,495		100.00%