Officials from various city of Santa Clarita divisions held a joint budget study session at City Hall Tuesday night to review the proposed city budget of $219.4 million for fiscal year 2016-2017.
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Members of the Santa Clarita City Council, the Planning Commission, the Arts Commission and the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission discussed the state of the budget and budget goals.
Officials also provided a summary of the proposed budget, reviewed additions to the operating budget and the Capital Improvement Plan, and reviewed general fund projected revenues and the proposed budget for the various city departments.
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Study session agenda items included the overall state of the budget (“slight growth in some sectors; five-year forecast looks stable”), funding liabilities, budget philosophy, budget goals for 2020, a summary of the proposed FY 2016-2017 budget expenditures (operations and maintenance, 47 percent; capital projects, 23 percent; personnel services, 23 percent; capital outlay, 4 percent; reserves and debt services, 2 percent; and successor agency, 1 percent).
Get live news updates about Santa Clarita by following KHTS on Facebook and KHTS on TwitterAlso on Tuesday’s agenda were budgetary proposals for public safety, building and creating community, enhancing economic vitality, community beautification, sustaining public infrastructure, government services, asset replacement, the Capital Improvement Program ($51.1 million proposed for FY 2016-2017), various capital projects, projected general fund revenues ($103.1 million); proposed general fund budget ($102.7 million), and general fund operating reserves (projected to be $17.4 million).
The city’s proposed FY 2016-2017 budget will also be reviewed and discussed at the next Planning Commission meeting June 7. A public hearing is set for June 14, with adoption of the final budget slated for June 28.
Chris McCrory contributed to this article.
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