Tomorrow evening, Oro Valley Town Council is meeting in a study session to discuss the 2013-2014 town manager recommended budget. We highlighted the budget the other day and are posting entitled "XXX". Greg Caton, Oro Valley town manager, presented the budget to the town Council last Wednesday. You can view his presentation here.
The total budget is $93.9 million.
This includes nine major funds and some smaller, miscellaneous funds. The fund that is used to fund the operations of the town is the general fund. This fund is the most discretionary all funds. The fund also includes the contingency fund. The recommended general fund budget totals 28.3 million excluding these contingency reserves of 9.8 million.
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| 2013-2014: All Funds |
The general fund is the fund that pays for the day-to-day operations of the town. So for example it does not include the operations of the water department or the highway department. It is funding for the police and General Government.
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| 2013-2014 Recommended Operating Fund |
In the largest chunk of spending is for the police department. This year, the recommended budget for the police department is $13.8 million from the general fund and $226,000 special revenue funds. The total is $14.1 million. Last year the approved budget included $13 million for the police of 12.7 million came from the general fund. In 2011, police funding was $12.1 million.
In three years, the plan spending on our police is increased from 46% of the operating fund to 49% of the operating fund.
The budget also includes operating fund spending increases in Oro Valley Development and Infrastructure Department, 3.6%, and Oro Valley Parks and Recreation, 26.2%; plus $634,000 in personnel increases.
We hope that these increases and spending on such items as "studies" get the attention they merit on the part of town council. Otherwise, we would wonder: Are they doing their job?
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The budget also includes operating fund spending increases in Oro Valley Development and Infrastructure Department, 3.6%, and Oro Valley Parks and Recreation, 26.2%; plus $634,000 in personnel increases.
We hope that these increases and spending on such items as "studies" get the attention they merit on the part of town council. Otherwise, we would wonder: Are they doing their job?
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4 comments:
Take home vehicles for all. Weeee! The gravy train starts at city hall, Get on board.
To live in one of the safest communities in Arizona......Weeeeeee!!
Just another example of the inability to move forward.
This follows a request by the OVPD to have the Sun City homeowners build them a Police Sub-Station on Association property. Doing so would save the Town money it now pays for rent of an office located now at Sun City and RV Blvds. This sub-station now serves the other Rancho Vistoso Communities, also. If approved, the burden of the facility will then be placed solely on the SCOV 2,488 homeowners.
Some background on this proposal can be found at http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs104/1103251461892/archive/1112845015888.html
More information will be presented by the OVPD at the SCOV BOD Study Session, Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 9:00 AM - Welcome Center/Conference Room 1
If OVOT is correct then, we should increase the number of take home vehicles by 50%, then we would have a further reduction in crime. If we increased the number of take home vehicles by 100% we would be crime free.
Why not give every member of the US Armed Forces a Ford Focus? Following OVOT- logic, the criminal North Korea leadership would vanish in a puff of blue smoke.
Blue Smoke is a critical component of the OVOT's thought process.
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