1/7/19 – Finance Commission Meeting Report
Finance Commission kicks off budget season & reorganizes
Present: Dale Cheema (Khan), Jim Schute (Shea), Russel Stein (Wagner)
Absent: Tanja Fournier (Kuo), Roger Sievers (Fox)
Finance Commission Purpose /Power
Give advice to the City Council regarding the funding of activities and programs; review actual vs. planned revenue and expenditure levels to help ensure efficiency. This Commission serves to advise the City Council.
1/7/19 Meeting Highlights: 1st Finance Commission Meeting of 2019
1. Reorganization of the Finance Commission
Stein reelected Chairperson, Schute elected Vice-Chairperson, Fournier elected Finance Commission Representative to the City’s Investment Advisory Committee.
2. Irvine Public Facilities Corporation Annual Meeting
The Finance Commission had an annual procedural vote to elect commissioner Cheema on this corporation. The corporation is a place holder and hasn’t had any activity in 10 years. Its purpose is to render assistance to create public facilities. Currently no plans for use of this corporation.
3. Baseline Budget Review on the Two-Year Budget (2019-21) and Five-Year Financial Plan ( 2019-24)
City staff kicked off the budget development cycle and planning process with a thorough presentation and report that identified baseline projections and assumptions for the City’s 2 and 5-year budget cycle. Please click here to read the full report. The Commission was asked to provide input on the assumptions and resulting baseline projections before it goes to City Council for their input. Residents will also have a chance to provide feedback at one of the Community Budget Neighborhood Meetings that will begin in March.
Two special funds that are being looked at by the budget department are funds that need to increase fees
BUILDING AND SAFETY FUND
The Building and Safety Fund collects permit fees associated with development in the City and pays for the associated salaries and services for permitting, plan check, and inspection personnel. Permit fees have not been increased since 2007. The budget department proposes a 20 percent increase for all Building and Safety Development fees.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND
The Development Services Fund collects fees for development application processing in the City and pays for the associated salaries and services for planning staff. As with the Building and Safety fund, Development fees have not increased since 2007. The budget department proposes a 10 percent increase for all development application fees.
