City of New Haven - File #: OR-2018-0007

• File #: OR-2018-0007
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted as Amended
• File created: 8/13/2018
• In control: City Clerk
• Final action: 5/29/2018
• Title: APPROPRIATING ORDINANCE #1, AN ORDINANCE MAKINGS APPROPRIATIONS FOR OPERATING DEPARTMENTS CITY OF NEW HAVEN FOR FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2018 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2019

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/29/2018	3	Board of Alders	Approved As Amended
5/22/2018	1	Board of Alders	Noted
5/17/2018	2	Finance Committee	Favorable Report
5/9/2018	1	Finance Committee	No Action
3/5/2018	1	Board of Alders	Referred

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APPROPRIATING ORDINANCE #1, AN ORDINANCE MAKINGS APPROPRIATIONS FOR OPERATING DEPARTMENTS CITY OF NEW HAVEN FOR FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2018 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2019

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WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 1 of the City Charter, no later than March 1st each year, the Mayor shall present to the Board of Alders a budget for the ensuing fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, ordained by the New Haven Board of Alders that the sums hereinafter enumerated are hereby appropriated for the operating expenses of the departments, boards, agencies and commissions of the City of New Haven for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, as follows;

	Department	Personnel	Non-Personnel	Total
111	Board of Alders	719,679	275,501	995,180
131	Mayor's Office	862,853	148,000	1,010,853
132	Chief Administrator's Office	863,567	878,000	1,741,567
133	Corporation Counsel	1,666,938	1,035,225	2,702,163
137	Department of Finance	3,882,164	6,844,367	10,726,531
139	Assessor's Office	742,052	43,620	785,672
152	Public Library	3,005,729	1,207,714	4,213,443
160	Parks & Recreation	4,019,798	1,413,504	5,433,302
161	City/Town Clerk	311,419	183,148	494,567
162	Registrar of Voters	540,250	246,500	786,750
200	Public Safety Communications	3,416,852	81,000	3,497,852
201	Police Service	38,799,891	3,102,397	41,902,288
202	Fire Service	30,222,476	3,008,295	33,230,771
301	Public Health	3,833,198	158,025	3,991,223
302	Fair Rent Commission	73,000	2,750	75,750
303	Elderly Services	405,788	342,008	747,796
304	Youth Services	105,000	940,000	1,045,000
305	Services to Persons with Disabilities	83,374	6,800	90,174
308	Community Service Admin	940,436	1,957,500	2,897,936
402	Non-Sworn/New Vacancy Savings	(1,906,696)	0	(1,906,696)
403	Salary Reserve for Contract Negotiations	1,800,000	0	1,800,000
404	Various Organizations	0	748295	748,295
405	Non- Public Transportation	0	700,000	700,000
501	Public Works	7,260,268	5,229,000	12,489,268
502	Engineering	768,775	2,488,400	3,257,175
600	Debt Service	0	57,972,568	57,972,568
601	Master Lease Payment	0	628,000	628,000
602	Fund Balance Replenishment	0	0	0
701	Financial Support to Organizations	0	800,000	800,000
702	City Plan	519,643	45,000	564,643
704	Transportation/Traffic & Parking	2,427,145	2,511,075	4,938,220
705	Commission on Equal Opportunities	186,687	23,000	209,687
721	Office of Building Inspection & Enforcement	990,982	50,500	1,041,482
724	Economic Development	898,247	610,000	1,508,247
747	Livable City Initiative	734,557	55,000	789,557
802	Pensions	0	61,270,774	61,270,774
804	Self-Insurance	0	4,600,000	4,600,000
805	Employee Benefits	0	92,091,210	92,091,210
900	Education	120,345,917	66,872,780	187,218,697
	GRAND TOTALS	228,489,998	318,599,956	547,089,954

Policy Amendments

1. A pension task force will be established to study the issue of pensions within the City of New Haven and to recommend strategies.

2. A task force will be established to study the issue of health benefits within the City of New Haven and to recommend options going forward. This task force will include City employees, Alders, and key community stake holders.

3. Under the “Historic Documents Preservation Program” authorized by state law, for every document recorded in the land records of each municipality, $2 of the processing fee per document is to be retained by the Town Clerk’s Office: “one-fifth of the amount paid for fees pursuant to this subsection shall be retained by town clerks and used for the preservation and management of historic documents.” Therefore, the city is to:

1) Establish a separate account within the city budget entitled “Historic Documents Preservation”;

2) Deposit $2 for every document recorded in the land records in such account;

3) Prepare and send a monthly report to the City Clerk and to the Aldermanic Finance Committee, specifying the amount of total processing fees received by the City Clerk’s Office, the portion of that amount which was deposited into the new “Historic Documents Preservation” account, and the current total of funds present in said account; 

4) Pursuant to state statute, all such funds deposited in said account, are only to be disbursed at request of the City Clerk’s Office for its duties related to preservation and management of historic documents.

4.  The appropriate city departments shall provide a list of all properties currently on the tax deferral list, the date they will come off the list, and the amount of taxes owed, based on the current tax rate, by August 1, 2018.

5.  The tax deferral working group needs to report to the Board of Alders with any updates and recommendations by September 1, 2018.

6. Any proposed increases in the salaries of Executive Management and Confidential Employees must be submitted to the Board of Alders for approval.

7. The Board of Alders shall act on any Executive Management salary increases proposed by the Mayor within 120 days of the meeting that it is communicated to the Board of Alders.