4. Resolution 5344 - Resolution of Intent and Call for PH - Parks and Recreation Budget Amendmentcity of Kali*spe'i'i
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Post Office Box 1997 - Kalispell, Montana 59903-1997 - Telephone (406)758-7700 Fax (406)758-7758
REPORT TO: Mayor Kennedy and City Council Members
FROM: Array Robertson, Finance Director
Myrt Webb, Interim City Manager
SUBJECT: 2009 Budget Amendment -- Public Hearing request
MEETING DATE10
. March 2, 2009
BACKGROUND. The City Council is requested to hold a Public Dearing for comment
on the City's proposed amendment to the budget. The proposal would create and designate a
special revenue fund to appropriate and operate the Parrs and Recreation department. The
budgets for Parrs, the Athletic Complex, Recreation, Youth Camps and the Pool would be
moved to the Special Revenue Fund effective April Is'. This budget amendment will allocate
three months of costs to the new fund and remove those costs from the General Fund. Recreation
Revenue generated after April Is' will go to the new fund. This amendment does not increase the
Parrs budget it only moves it from the General Fund.
RECOMMENDATION: Call for a public hearing to create the Special Revenue Fund for
Parrs and Recreation.
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Any Robertson
Finance Director
Report compiled: February 25, 2009
G.
Webb
Interim City Manager
A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO AMEND THE 2008-2009 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL, MONTANA BY SEGREGATING THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES OF
THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, REMOVING CERTAIN BUDGET
AUTHORITY FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND I'ESTA.BLISHING BUDGET AUTHORITY IN
A PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FOR. THE REMAINING THREE
MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AND CALLING FOR A. PUBLIC HEARING.
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City Council adopted the budget for the 2008--2009 fiscal year with certain
detailed and itemized estimates of expenditures and revenue of the General Fund; and
WHEREAS, it is in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles to separate certain
functions from the General Fund and to set such functions aside in a Special Revenue
Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City Council is considering establishing a Parks & Recreation Special
Revenue Fund to segregate the revenue and expenditures of the parks department,
removing budget authority from. the General Fund and establishing budget authority in
the new fund for the remaining three months of the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, such segregation of the Parks and Recreation Department from the General Fund will not
increase the tax burden on the City taxpayers but is intended to provide more fiscal
certainty for that department.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. On the day of March, 2009 at 7:00 o'clock P.M., in the Council Chambers,
City hall, 201 1 st Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana, the City Council of the City
of Kalispell shall hold a Public Hearing on the following amendment to the 2008-
2009 fiscal budget. -
Establish Parks & Recreation Special Revenue Fund
SECTION II. That the City Clerk shall cause notice of the Public Hearing to be published
pursuant to state law.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 2ND DAY OF MARCH, 2009.
Pamela B. Kennedy
Mayor
ATTEST:
Theresa white
City Clerk
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on the day of March, 2009 at 7: 00 o'clock P.M., in
the Council Chambers, City Hall, 2011 st Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana, the City Council of the
City of Kalispell shall hold a Public Hearing on the following amendment to the 2008-2009 fiscal
budget that is under consideration:
To establish a Parks & Recreation Special Revenue Fund by segregating the revenue
and expenditures of the parks department, removing budget authority from. the
General Fund and establishing budget authority in the new fund for the remaining
three months of the fiscal year.
Such segregation of the Parks and Recreation Department from the General Fund will not
increase the tax burden on the City taxpayers but is intended to provide more fiscal certainty for that
department.
For more information or to comment contact Theresa white, City Clerk, P4 Box 1997,
Kalispell, MT 59903-1997, Telephone (406) 758-7756.
Dated this 2nd day of March, 2009.
Theresa white
City Clerk
Publish: March. 4, 2009
March 11, 2009