Council member Sherri Myers has proposed $2.05 million in cuts to the FY 2012 City of Pensacola budget, according to an email that she sent today to City Finance Director Dick Barker.
The cuts show a lack of understanding of the city budget and she doesn’t take into account the CPI increases since 2009. She wants to reduce Liability insurance by $150K and ESP repair & maintenance by $170K.
Can she get five votes to get these cuts passed? I don’t envy the council members having to sit through two days of workshops to review these proposed cuts. Of course, the council could conduct a straw poll at the beginning of the Thursday workshop and see if Myers has any support.
After reviewing the workshop videos, I think the mayor has six votes to pass the budget as he presented it.
Myers:
I am proposing the following amendments to the Mayor’s Proposed Budget. I arrived at the following line item amendments by comparing the 2012 proposed line item budget with the line items for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and reducing the 2012 line item by the lowest amount in previous years. Most of the reductions were bases on line items from 2010 as those figures are actually known and recent. I believe other reductions are warranted, however because the budget is missing critical documents (personnel schedule) this is the best I can do until I obtain a complete budgetary documents. These proposals are subject to change.
She only listed line-item codes so I’ve tried to identify what she wants to cut:
FINANCIAL SERVICES – Page 193
Line items:
9111 SALARIES: – $62,111
9357 OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICE: – $559
Total: – $62,670
HUMAN RESOURCES – Page 201
Line items:
9336 COMMUNICATIONS: – $7,792
Total: – $7,792
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION – Page 210
Line items:
9111 SALARIES: $ 82,973
9125 EXTRA PERSONAL SERVICES: 32,141
9331 OFFICE SUPPLIES: 294
9332 OPERATING SUPPLIES: 2,059
9333 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE: 3,327
9334 SMALL TOOLS & MINOR EQUIP: 11,866
9336 COMMUNICATION: 13,158
9338 ADVERTISING: 1,000
9340 PRINTING & BINDING: 1,00;0
9357 OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICE: 125,411
Total: – $273,339
PUBLIC WORKS – Pages 374 -375
Line items:
9111 SALARIES: – $40,000
9333 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE: – 67,150
9340 PRINTING & BINDING: – 1,449
9345 MAINTENANCE & REPAIR VEHICLES: – 15,700
9346 LIABILITY INSURANCE: – 150,822
9357 OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICE: – 24,416
9360 MISC.: – 1,304
Total: – $300,841
ENERGY SERVICES OF PENSASCOLA (ESP) – Pages 234 -235
9333 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE: – $170,000
9335 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: – 41,357
9336 COMMUNICATIONS:- 77,426
9337 TRANSPORTATION: – 3,971
9354 CHEMICAL SUPPLIES: – 8,607
9667 ROAD EQUIPMENT: – 98,500
Total: – $399,861
SANITATION SERVICES – Pages 256 -262
9112 OVERTIME: – $16,300
9333 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE: – 23,000
9335 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: – 1,100
9336 COMMUNICATIONS: – 11,300
9340 PRINTING & BINDING: – 9,000
9335 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: – 3,600
9336 COMMUNICATIONS: – 3,700
9339 POSTAGE: – 6,000
9341 RENTALS: – 487
9342 TRAINING: – 231
9348 FUELS & LUBRICANTS: – 1,442
9357 OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES: – 756
9361 UNCLASSIFIED: – 151,100
9112 OVERTIME: – 2,945
9333 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE: – 10,231
9334 SMALL TOOLS & MINOR EQUIP: 6,293
9335 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: – 606
9336 COMMUNICATIONS: – 2,143
9341 RENTALS: – 1,000
9342 TRAINING: – 4,390
9345 MAINTENANCE & REPAIR OF VEHICLES: – 4,452
9349 CLOTHING & SUPPLIES: – 2,050
9357 OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES: – 15,446
9360 MISC.: – 5,231
Total: – $282,803
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES – pages 277-278
Line Items:
9111 SALARIES: – $128,900
9125 EXTRA PERSONAL SERVICES: – 98,700
9330 RECREATION SUPPLIES: – 800
9331 OFFICE SUPPLIES: – 1,000
9332 OPERATING SUPPLIES: – 23,128
9334 SMALL TOOLS & MINOR EQUIP: – 4,024
9335 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: – 5,944
9336 COMMUNICATIONS:- 135,200
9338 ADVERTISING: – 600
9341 RENTALS: – 5,164
9342 TRAINING: – 20,004
9342 TRAINING: – 3.449
Total: – $426, 913
TENNIS FUND – Page 279
Line items:
9332 OPERATING SUPPLIES: – $317
9333 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE: – 3,388
9336 COMMUNICATIONS: – 5,788
9341 RENTALS: – 1,500
9356 ???: – 21,482
Total: – $32,475
GOLF COURSE – Pages 280-281
Line items:
9332 OPERATING SUPPLIES: – $ 2,800
9333 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE: 15,000
9334 SMALL TOOLS & MINOR EQUIP: 1,600
9335 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: 200
9336 COMMUNICATIONS: 3,380
9338 ADVERTISING: 1,980
9340 PRINTING & BINDING: 700
9341 RENTALS: 200
9342 TRAINING: 1,000
9349 CLOTHING SUPPLIES: 500
9355 AGRICULTURE SUPPLIES: 6,987
9357 Other Contractual services: 1,949
9361 4,300
Total: – $40,596
MAYOR’S “OFFICE†Page – 174
** NOTE: It is impossible, without additional transparency, to arrive at an accurate assessment of the “Mayor’s Office†(a term that is not found in the charter). In order to ascertain which employees working solely for the mayor’s Office, I conducted an open record request. Much of the request has been unanswered and without explanation. It is my opinion that there are persons embedded in other areas of the budget that are not specifically identified on the “flow chart†presented to council. These persons are under contract – for instance Travis Peterson – Information Management systems.
Furthermore, and most critically, the personnel schedule that has always been attached to each department is missing. Therefore, the budget is incomplete. I have done my best with the information provided. I believe it is fair.
** NOTE: The Mayor has been absent from all of the budget hearings.
Line items:
9111 SALARIES: – $282,877 Balance $775,823
9335- Professional Service – $199,508
9337 – Transportation – 7,900
9343 – Dues & Membership – 10,100
9357 – Miscellaneous -25,000
Total Operating Expense: – 244, 108______________________
MAYOR’S OFFICE TOTAL BUDGET $ 1,209,715
* NOTE: I do not vouch for the accuracy of the mathematical calculations. 1:00AM in the morning is not conducive to looking at a calculator on a computer.
