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Home My WebLink About2008-30 Limitation on City Expenditures for 2008-2009RESOLUTION NO. 2008- 30 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UHIAH FIXING LIMITATION ON CITY EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009 WHEREAS, the provisions of Proposition 4, (Article XIII B of the California Constitution), the spending initiative, passed by the voters of the State of California, place a limitation on the expenditures of governmental agencies; and WHEREAS, the above referenced legislation requires the City of Ukiah to establish its appropriation limit for the 2008-2009 fiscal year; and WHEREAS, the Director of Finance of the City of Ukiah has computed the limitation of the City of Ukiah for the 2008-2009 fiscal year in accordance with the provisions thereof in the amount of $31,401,243; and WHEREAS, the appropriation limitation for the 2008-2009 fiscal year was determined by utilizing the change in California per capita income for the 2008-2009 fiscal year and the percentage of population change within Mendocino County as estimated by the State of California, Department of Finance estimates as of January I, 2008. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the budgetary appropriation limitation of the City of Ukiah for fiscal year 2008-2009 is hereby fixed at $31,401,243, as set forth on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof by this reference. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of September 2008, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None Thomas, McCowen, Rodin, Baldwin, and Mayor Crane -~ ~` . a B o ' y.Clerk \ I ''1 ~,.~,~~ Dough .Crane, Mayor ~tiT OF Q'~ ~. ~~ ~' 9 Q "~ Z W III n O /9 ~: DEPART ~~,„oa,,,. F' ~ N A May 2008 Dear Fiscal Officer: Attachment # 2 MENT ^1= ARNOLD SCH WARZEN EDGER, GOVERNOR N C E 915 L 9TREET~ 6ACNI,MENTO CA ~ 96814'3906 ~ WWW.OOF.CP.3GV Subject: Price and Population Information Appropriations Limit ~~~~~~~~ MAY 0 7 2008 CITY OF UKWH FINANCE DEPT. The California Revenue and Taxation Code, Section 2227, mandates the Department of Finance (Finance) to transmit an estimate of the percentage change in population to local governments. Each local Jurisdiction must use their percentage change in population factor for January 1, 2008, in conjunction with a change in the cost of living, or price factor, to calculate their appropriations limit for tiscal year 2008-09. Enclosure I provide the change in California's per capita personal income and an example for utilizing the price factor and population percentage change factor to calculate the 2008-09 appropriations limit. Enclosure II provides city and unincorporated county population percentage changes, and Enclosure IIA provides county and incorporated areas population percentage changes. The population percentage change data excludes federal and state institutionalized populations and military populations. Population Percent Change for Special Districts Some special districts must establish an annual appropriations limit. Consult the Revenue and Taxation Code, Section 2228 for further Information regarding the appropriation limit. You can access the Code from the following website: "ham llwwuu leginfo ca coWcalaw html" check: "Revenue and Taxation Code" and enter 2228 for the search farm to learn more about the various population change factors available to special districts to calculate their appropriations limit. Artlcie X111 B, Section 9, of the State Constitution exempts certain special districts from the appropriations limit calculation mandate. Consult the following websNe: "http:i/www.leginfo.ca.govl.constl.article 13B" for additional information. Special districts required by law to calculate their appropriations limit must present the calculation as part of their annual audit. Any questions special districts have on this issue should be referred to their respective county for clarficatlon, or to their legal representation, or to the law itself. No State agency reviews the local appropriations limits. Population Certffication The population cert'rfication program applies only to cities and counties. Revenue and Taxation Code Section 11005.6 mandates Finance to automatically cert'rfy any population estimate that exceeds the current certitted population wish the State Controller's Office. Finance will certify the higher estimate to the State Controller by June 1, 2008. Please Note: Prior year's city population estimates may be revised. If you have any questions regarding this data, please contact the pemographic Research Unit at (916) 323-4086. MICHAEL C. GENEST Director By: ANA J. MATOSANTOS Chief Deputy Director Enclosure Page 1 Fiscal Year 2008-2009 May 2008 Enclosure I A. Price Factor. Article XIII B specifies that local jurisdictions select their cost-of-living factor to compute their appropriation limit by a vote of their governing body. The cost-of-living factor provided here is per capita personal income. If the percentage change in per capita personal income is selected, the percentage change to be used in setting the 2008-2009 appropriation limit is: Per Capita Personal Income Fiscal Year Percentage change (FY) over prior year 2008-2009 4.29 B. Following is an example using sample population change and the change in California per capita personal income as growth factors in computing a 2008-2009 appropriation limit. 2008-2009: Per Capita Cost of Living Change = 4.29 percent Population Change = 1.31 percent Per Capita Cost of Living converted to a ratio: 4.29 + 100 = 1 0429 100 Population converted to a ratio: 1.31 + 100 = 1 0131 100 Calculation of factor for FY 2008-2009: 1.0429 x 1.0131=1.0566 Page 2 Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Enclosure II Annual Percent Change in Population Mlnus Exclusions January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2008 and Total Population, January 1, 2008 Total County PP.rcent Chance -Population Minus Encluslons - Pooulatlon City 2007-2008 1-1-07 1-1-08 1-1-2008 Mendocino Fort Bragg 0.44 6,860 6,890 6,890 Point Arena 0.41 491 493 493 Ukiah 0.10 15,742 15,758 15,758 VYilits 0.50 5,007 5,032 5,032 Uninwrporaled 0.94 61,204 61,T/B 61,990 County Total 0.72 89,304 89,951 90,163 (') EzclUSlans Include rosltlenis on iedeml milUary InsWllallons and group quaners'resltlenls In slate mental InsUtWOns, and stale and tedaral conedlonal insOWllons. 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