No Finance Department, No City Clerk Department, No List of Employees for Each Department
The City of Beaumont 2016/2017 Budget was released at the June 7, 2016 Council Meeting Item 3.g: http://www.ci.beaumont.ca.us/documentcenter/view/27686
Beaumont removed the City Clerk Department from the Budget. The Finance Department was removed in 2012. There is no Employee Listings included in the Budget. An Employee Roster shows that the City has no Accountants on Staff.
Pg 2/32 GENERAL FUND REVENUES: $28,696,600
GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS $5,825,500.00:
Pg 6/32 lists the money Transfers to the General Fund
The General Fund Transfers represent the money the City plans to take from other Funds to pay General Fund Expenses.
The Account Column should be the Account Numbers corresponding to the Description from which the money is being transferred, not the 1200 Administration Fund that will absorb the money. Money is Special Funds is paid and collected for specific purposes, not to be used for daily operations.
$20,000 Administrative Overhead; does not state where money will come from
$25,000 PEG Fund; Taxes paid for recording Council and Board Meetings.
$10,000 AQMD Fund; Taxes paid for Air Quality
$2,983,000 CFD Fund; CFD Fund actually states a total of $4,100,500 will be Transferred to the General Fund for Administration and Maintenance.
$100,000 SLESF/CLEEP; Police Grant Funding
$870,000 Gas Tax; Taxes paid for Local Roadways
$1,117,500 Bond Administration; No on is Administrating the Bonds
$600,000 Sewer Fund; Taxes and Fees paid to operate the ‘state of the art recycled water facility’
$100,000 Transit Fund; Allocated for bus transportation
$5,825,500 TOTAL TRANSFERS TO GENERAL FUND
$139,623.49 COUNCIL: $80,000 Budgeted for ‘Contract Services’
$2,795,278 ADMINISTRATION: $1.5 Million for Personnel, $46,500 for ‘Credit Card Fees’, and $56,500 for Software Costs.
$2,300,000 LEGAL RISK: This department, formerly used for James Gregg’s Salary, budgets $75,000 for Contract Services, $300,000 for RDA Assessment, $1.5 Million for Legal Services, and $425,000 for Insurance.
$1,763,397.30 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $762,842 for Personnel, $11,500 Travel/Training, $56,000 Contract Services, $300,000 Plan Check/Consulting, $450,000 Special Project Consulting, and $130,000 for Software Technology.
BUDGETS FOR OTHER FUNDS
WASTEWATER FUND
$8 Million Revenue
$3.5 Million Expenses
$15,000 Equipment Budgeted, $600,000 Transfer to General Fund leaving $4 Million Profit.
TRANSIT FUND
$2.55 Million Revenue
$2 Million Personnel
$396,573 Maintenance & Operations
$100,000 Transfered to General Fund
Page 31/32 CFD FUND
CFD REVENUE:
2014 Actuals: $6,293,103.95 = Represents the ‘Profit’ from Mello Roos Taxes
2015,16, & 17 Actuals and Projected: Represents total amount of Mello Roos Taxes Collected.
CFD EXPENSE:
Debt Service Payments: Proposed 2017 = $17,104,509.00
This represents the Amount of Mello Roos Bond Premium and Interest Payments
2017 Revenue: $24,671,992
2017 Expense: $17,104,509
2017 PROFIT: $7,567,483
Divided by 15,000 houses = $504/house
Aside from the whole ‘stole all the money and never built the facilities’ thing; it is illegal for the City of Beaumont to charge Mello Roos Property Taxes beyond the amount needed to pay the Interest and Premium Payments plus REASONABLE Administrative Fees.
MITIGATION FUND:
$5 Million Revenue Projected
$0.00 Allocated to Capital Projects
$100,000 Allocated to Contract Services
$4.9 Million ‘Net Activity’ = absorbed into General Fund
The City of Beaumont has collected $15 Million in Mitigation Fees in the last three years, but the money was deposited with and absorbed into the General Fund. Note that ‘Emergency Preparedness’ Fees are double the Fire Station Mitigation Fees ($207,000 vs $128,000)