Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 08-18-08 special agenda - budget — reading text

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TheThe CityCity ownsowns 220220 desktops,desktops, 4343 laptops,laptops, andand 1818 servers.servers. FIREFIGHTING FIREFIGHTING PERSONNEL:PERSONNEL: 3737 NUMBERNUMBER OFOF FACILITY FACILITY & & NEIGHBORHOODNEIGHBORHOOD PARKS:PARKS: 9090 CityCity ofof FortFort WaltonWalton Beach,Beach, FLFL 21-21- Budget Overview The fundamental purpose of the City's budget is to link what we want to accomplish for the community with the resources necessary to do so. As such, the budget offers more than just financial elements — it presents an overview of the City's total operations. This document is intended to provide City Council and our citizens with a plan addressing financial, operational, and policy issues. The budget serves as a: Policy Document — The budget presents financial policies, addresses Vision and Strategic Plan goals, and identifies the short and long -term We are committed to providing quality impacts programs, services, and capital service to our diverse community in ways improvements will have on the City's operations that are responsive and caring by working and finances. together to serve our residents. Financial Plan — The budget outlines the financial We believe that the success of our organization structure and operational changes required for depends upon the teamwork, mutual trust, and financial stability, including the capital honesty achieved through our commitment to the improvements program and debt management following core values: information. Responsibility as a team for efficient and effective service delivery. Operations Guide — The budget provides direction Integrity in everything we do. to departments by identifying the relationships Communication with one another and with between organizational units and programs, citizens. identifying the workforce and historical data on Participation by the Mayor and Council, operations, identifying the impact of capital volunteers, citizens and City team members in spending, and establishing measurable setting and attaining the City' s goals. performance goals and objectives for managers to Innovation in meeting the present and future evaluate the effectiveness of their organization. needs of our City. Communication Device — The budget is presented Loyalty to our community, the organization and to in a format that is easily understood through the each team member. use of charts and graphs, icons, statistical Courtesy in all personal relations. information, and narrative descriptions. Pride in our work, our dedication to public service, The budget is a financial operational plan I and in being the best we can be. estimating expenditures for a given period and the proposed means to finance those objectives. The State of Florida requires municipalities to prepare a balanced budget, whereby sufficient resources must be identified to fund programs and services. The fiscal year for all Florida cities begins October 1 and ends September 30. City Council' s primary responsibility is to shape public policy in order to achieve the citizens' desires for the future. As time passes, the complexion of a community, its residents, and leaders change, as do the priorities and visions of the community. There is probably no more daunting task that any community faces than planning for its future and identifying future priorities. The core of the City's budget process places an emphasis on sound fiscal management and operational decision -making in accordance with the goals and objectives established by the citizens, City Council, and staff. BUDGET PROCESS This budget continues the City's commitment of using planning processes and the citizen input from boards and committees as blueprints for providing services and programs for the betterment of the community. In order to clearly illustrate the translation of the Vision Plan and Strategic Plan goals and priorities within the budget, icons are used throughout the document as visual reminders of the various objectives embodied in both plans ( please refer to pages 4 -7). Planning Processes Frequency Description Budget Impact Comprehensive Long Range Provides direction to guide Budget expenditures ( e. g. Capital Plan Plan — and control development and Improvements Plan) must be developed in redevelopment, as required concurrent with the 1990, updated in per Florida Statute Chapter Comprehensive Plan. 2000. 163. II CityCity ofof FortFort WaltonWalton Beach,Beach, FLFL 22-22- i Budget Overview Vision Plan Defines the broad, idealistic Outlines the general allocation of Long Range Plan — values that the citizens of Fort resources to achieve the desired developed in Walton Beach cherish and service levels and quality of life. 1994 and desire