Palestine, Texas Fiscal Year 2019-2020 ANNUAL BUDGET
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Palestine, Texas Fiscal Year 2019-2020 ANNUAL BUDGET City of Palestine 2019-20 Budget City of Palestine CITY OF PALESTINE, TEXAS ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 This City of Palestine voted to adopt the effective tax rate. The effective tax rate is the total tax rate needed to raise the same amount of property tax revenue for the City from the same properties in both the 2018 and 2019 tax years. The property tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year is $19,207,402. City Council Record Vote For: Mayor Presley Mayor Tem Connor Councilwoman Loveless Councilman Jordan Councilwoman Chivers Councilman Baxter Councilwoman Goolsby Absent: None Against: None Property Tax Rate Comparison Per $100 Valuation Fiscal Year 2018 – 2019 Fiscal Year 2019 – 2020 Property Tax Rate 0.715082 0.681277 Effective Tax Rate 0.715082 0.681277 Effective Maintenance and 0.595433 0.619540 Operations Tax Rate Rollback Tax Rate 0.762715 0.682082 Debt Rate 0.119649 0.061737 The total amount of outstanding municipal debt obligations secured by property taxes is $1,906,697. i Page intentionally left blank 2019-20 Budget City of Palestine CITY OF PALESTINE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2019 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 The City of Palestine operates under a Council-Manager form of government with a Mayor, six (6) Council Members, and a City Manager. The Council Members are elected at large. The City Manager is the Chief Executive Officer of the City. It is the City Manager’s duty to execute and implement policies established by the City Council. CITY COUNCIL Steve Presley, Mayor Larissa Loveless (District 1) Mitchell Jordan (District 2) Vickey Chivers (District 3) Joe Baxter (District 4) Dana Goolsby (District 5) Ann Conner (Mayor Pro Tem, District 6) APPOINTED OFFICIALS Leslie Cloer, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, City Manager Jeff Herrington, Interim City Attorney ii Introduction Notice of Proposed Tax Rate .................................................................................................................................. i Principal Officials ............................................................................................................................................. ii Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................... iii Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 1 Budget Calendar .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Mission, Vision and Guiding Principles ............................................................................................................ 5 Profile of City of Palestine ............................................................................................................................... 8 Organizational Chart ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Budget Message .............................................................................................................................................. 8 Major Fund Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 11 Employee Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Revenue Combined Revenue Summary ....................................................................................................................... 22 Property Tax .................................................................................................................................................. 25 Sales Tax ....................................................................................................................................................... 27 Debt Debt Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 31 Debt Breakdown ............................................................................................................................................ 36 General Fund Revenues ....................................................................................................................................................... 57 Administrative City Council .................................................................................................................................................... 61 City Manager ................................................................................................................................................. 62 City Secretary ................................................................................................................................................ 66 Legal .............................................................................................................................................................. 69 Human Resources .......................................................................................................................................... 70 Finance Department ............................................................................................................................................. 74 Municipal Court ............................................................................................................................................. 77 Information Systems .................................................................................................................................... 80 Police Department Police Administration ................................................................................................................................... 82 Police Patrol................................................................................................................................................... 86 Police Criminal Investigation ........................................................................................................................ 90 Police Support Services ................................................................................................................................ 94 Fire Department Fire Administration ........................................................................................................................................ 98 Fire Suppression ......................................................................................................................................... 102 Emergency Management Department ....................................................................................................... 104 Public Works Department Central Warehouse ..................................................................................................................................... 105 Public Works Administration ....................................................................................................................... 106 Street Maintenance ..................................................................................................................................... 107 Fleet Maintenance ...................................................................................................................................... 114 Airport ........................................................................................................................................................ 115 iii Park and Recreation Parks.................................................................................................................................................. 116 Health Services ................................................................................................................................. 118 Cemetery Maintenance .................................................................................................................... 123 Facility Maintenance ........................................................................................................................ 124 Library Department .......................................................................................................................... 126 Development Services Department Development Services ...................................................................................................................... 131 Economic Development Economic Development Administration .......................................................................................... 137 Main Street ....................................................................................................................................... 138 Other Funds Community Forest ............................................................................................................................ 143 Library Awards .................................................................................................................................. 145 Library Memorial Fund ....................................................................................................................