TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Jonathan R. Lewis, ICMA-CM, City Manager
TITLE: Ordinance No. 2015-14, second reading amending the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Non-District Budget and Capital Improvement Budget and Program.
Recommended Action
Approve Ordinance No. 2015-14.
Background Information
Ordinance No. 2015-14 was continued to second reading at the March 23, 2015 Commission meeting. Between first reading and this reading a change was made that does not impact the title of the ordinance. In the Property Maintenance Division, the position of Building Tech II that was previously held by an employee that passed away. Staff is proposing reclassifying the position to a Building Tech III. The technical skills required of this position will require a higher pay grade. Based on the salary that is currently budgeted, no additional funds will need to be budgeted for this change in pay grade. Everything else in the ordinance remains the same and is described below.
In the General Fund, the Property Maintenance Division of Neighborhood Development Services budgeted for a Building Tech I position. Recently, the employee filling this position has resigned from the City. The annual personnel costs for this position are $36,941.06 with $21,548.95 remaining in FY 2015 to be spent. Staff is requesting the elimination of this position and moving $20,000 of the remaining funds for FY 2015 to contract services in order to outsource this function for the remainder of the fiscal year.
In the Planning and Zoning Division of Neighborhood Development Services, the employee currently filling the position of Executive Assistant is retiring. The Division is requesting to have this position reclassified as a Development Tech II position. This new position will be a paygrade of 914, with a starting salary of $33,674 which is lower than the current salary, $37,036, of the Executive Assistant.
At the workshop on February 27, 2015, staff presented Commission with an update on revised cost estimates for Capital Improvement Program projects Pine Park and George Mullen Activity Center. As both projects came in over budget, staff recommended moving funds from Pine Park to George Mullen Activity Center in order to get that project completed in this fiscal year and budget additional funds in the FY 2016 budget for Pine Park. This budget amendment includes moving $90,000 to the George Mullen Activity Center project. These projects are both currently budgeted using Surtax funds.
Strategic Plan
Financially Responsible City Providing Quality Municipal Services
Financial Impact
The General Fund budget will have funding of $20,000 moved from personnel to operating in order to pay for the contracted services with no increase to the overall General Fund budget. The funding for the Capital Projects will not increase the Surtax III budget.
Procurement
N/A
Attachments:
1. Ordinance No. 2015-14
Prepared by: Pete Lear
Department Director: Pete Lear