EXECUTIVE Budget Plan FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018 MESA, ARIZONA Executive Budget Plan City of Mesa, Arizona for the Fiscal Year 2017/2018 Mayor John Giles Councilmembers David Luna– Vice Mayor Mark Freeman District 5 District 1 Jeremy Whittaker Ryan Winkle District 2 District 3 Christopher Glover Kevin Thompson District 4 District 6 City Manager Christopher J. Brady City of Mesa, Arizona Executive Budget Plan 2017/18 i Executive Budget Plan Tabl e of Cont ent s Letter from the City Manager ------------------------------------------------------------------------ vi Letter from the Mayor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ viii Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award ----- ix City Leadership & Demographics City Organizational Chart ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 City Council Strategic Initiatives -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Mayor and City Council -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 City of Mesa Council Districts Map ----------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Welcome to Mesa, AZ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Mesa By the Numbers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Budget & Financial Summaries Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 The Total City Budget: A Closer Look -------------------------------------------------------------- 24 The Budget Cycle --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Fund Details --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Revenue Trends ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 Expenditure Trends ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 55 Bonds and Debt Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 65 Budget Requirements and Limitations ------------------------------------------------------------- 78 Table of Figures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 81 Project & Capital Budget Capital Budget Overview -----------------------------------------------------------------------------83 Capital Budget Categories ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 84 Impact on Operating Budget -------------------------------------------------------------------------90 General Government Projects ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 97 Parks and Culture Projects --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 99 Public Safety Projects ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 104 Transportation Projects-----------------------------------------------------------------------------107 Utilities Projects ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 116 2017/18 Capital Budget by Funding Source ----------------------------------------------------- 127 2017/18 Capital Improvement Program Comparison by Funding Source ------------------ 129 City of Mesa, Arizona Executive Budget Plan 2017/18 ii Executive Budget Plan Tabl e of Cont ent s Department Operational Plans Department Operational Plans Overview ------------------------------------------------------ 131 City Expenditure Budget by Department and Fund ------------------------------------------ 133 City Expenditure Budget by Department and Category ------------------------------------- 134 Arts and Culture -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 135 Business Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 149 Centralized Appropriations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 160 City Attorney ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 165 City Auditor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 170 City Clerk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 174 City Manager ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 178 Communications -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 181 Community Services --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 85 Contingency ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 199 Development Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 202 Economic Development ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 208 Energy Resources ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 213 Engineering -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 225 Environmental Management and Sustainability ---------------------------------------------- 230 Falcon Field Airport -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 242 Financial Services ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 246 Fire and Medical ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 250 Fleet Services ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 259 Human Resources ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 264 Information Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 277 Library Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 281 Mayor and Council ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 285 Municipal Court -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 289 Office of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Management ------------------------------- 293 Office of Management and Budget -------------------------------------------------------------- 296 Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities --------------------------------------------------- 300 Police --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 308 Project Management Program --------------------------------------------------------------------- 316 Public Information and Communications ------------------------------------------------------- 322 Transit Services--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 326 Transportation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 331 Water Resources -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 336 City of Mesa, Arizona Executive Budget Plan 2017/18 iii Executive Budget Plan Table of Contents Financial Schedules Fund Types -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 347 Budget Basis of Accounting ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 352 Summary of Estimated Revenues and Expenditures ------------------------------------------ 353 Summary of Tax Levy and Tax Rate Information ----------------------------------------------- 354 Summary of Resources by Source ----------------------------------------------------------------- 355 Summary of Resources by Fund ------------------------------------------------------------------- 356 Summary of Revenues by Fund and Source ----------------------------------------------------- 358 Summary of Expenditures by Department ------------------------------------------------------ 370 Summary of Expenditures by Fund --------------------------------------------------------------- 371 Summary of Expenditures by Fund and Department ------------------------------------------ 372 Summary of Expenditures by Department and Fund ----------------------------------------- 384 Other Financing Sources and Interfund Transfers ------------------------------------------- 403 Summary of Changes in Fund Balance --------------------------------------------------------- 404 Summary of Bond and Reserve Expenditures by Fund and Sub-Fund--------------------- 406 Full-Time Employees and Personnel Compensation ------------------------------------------ 407 Personal Services Overview ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 412 Summary of Expenditures by Object ------------------------------------------------------------ 416 Transfers In and Transfers Out -------------------------------------------------------------------- 418 Outstanding Debt Service by Annual Period: General Obligation Bonds ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 419 Streets and Highway ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 420 Utility Revenue ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 421 Water Infrastructure