REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adoption of the FY 2016/17 Budget, Fee Schedule, and Appropriations Limit
Report
BACKGROUND
On May 5, 2016, the City Manager's FY 2016/17 Recommended Budget was released to City Council and made publicly available on the City's website and at the Sunnyvale library. On May 26, 2016, City Council held a budget workshop to review in detail the recommended budget and twenty-year resource allocation plan. On June 14, 2016, the City Council held public hearings on the FY 2016/17 Recommended Budget, the Fee Schedule, and the establishment of the City's Appropriations Limit. The public had the opportunity to offer comments at this hearing. Notification of the hearing was sent to those who specifically requested notice of fee increases as per the provisions of California Government Code section 66016(a). In accordance with the City Charter, the Council shall adopt the budget before June 30.
EXISTING POLICY
The California Constitution Article XIIIB requires that the City annually adopt an appropriations limit for the upcoming fiscal year.
City Charter, Section 1304 requires the City Council to adopt the budget for the upcoming fiscal year on or before June 30.
Council Policy 7.1.1 Fiscal -Long Range Goals and Financial Policies:
7.1A.1.3 A balanced Twenty-Year Resource Allocation Plan shall be presented to the City Council annually.
7.1A.1.9 The City Council shall adopt the City Manager's Recommended Budget, with any changes desired, by resolution before June 30th of each year.
7.1A.1.13 All competing requests for City resources should be weighed within the formal annual budget process.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The adoption of the budget, fee schedule and appropriations limit is exempt from environmental review under CEQA Guidelines 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) because it is an administrative or fiscal activity that will not result in a direct or indirect physical change to the environment. In addition, the ad...
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