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Budget Highlights <br />General Fund <br />Staff estimates that by year -end 2015, total General Fund revenue, excluding interfund transfers <br />and sales of assets, will exceed 2014 by approximately $505,000 (2.9 %). This overall increase <br />is mainly attributable to increases in sales /use taxes and building - related permits. Staff projects <br />that total General Fund revenue, excluding interfund transfers and sales of assets, will increase <br />by approximately $433,000 (2.4 %) from 2015 to 2016. This increase is mainly due to increases <br />in sales and use tax revenue. The following pie chart illustrates the projected sources of <br />General Fund revenue for 2016. <br />General Fund Revenue Sources (excluding interfund transfers and sale of assets) <br />Charges for Services <br />10% <br />Intergovernmental <br />6% <br />Licenses & Per <br />8% <br />Interest & Other <br />3% <br />Property Taxes <br />15% <br />Other Taxes <br />14% <br />Sales & Use Taxes <br />48% <br />There are no transfers from other funds into the General Fund budgeted for 2016. However, the <br />2016 budget includes $481,450 of transfers out of the General Fund to other funds, as follows: <br />• $280,000 to the Open Space & Parks Fund for support of operations and capital. This is a <br />recurring annual transfer. The amount of transfer calculated will bring the reserves in the <br />Open Space & Parks Fund to $3 million. Beginning in 2017, the annual transfer will be <br />calculated as 50% of the Parks Administration & Operations Department of the Open Space <br />and Parks Fund. The Long -Term Financial Plan anticipates transfers of approximately $4.0 <br />million from the General Fund to the Open Space and Parks Fund from 2017 through 2020. <br />• $128,950 to the Cemetery Fund for support of operations and capital. This is a recurring <br />annual support transfer. <br />8 <br />