FY 2023 ADOPTED BUDGET AS OF 9-22-22 - Flipbook - Page 49
Strategic → Strategic Priorities, Goals, Strategies, and Actions
GOAL #3: To provide quality, cost-effective public services.
GOAL #3 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES ALIGNMENT:
99 Competent and Effective Government;
99 Planned and Secure Future;
99 Developed and Functional Infrastructure;
GOAL #3 STRATEGIES:
1. Maintain the financial viability of the City.
● City Manager’s Office:
Conduct City Strategic Plan study for the next decade of City of Eustis development.
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Finance Department:
■ The proposed budget for FY 22/23 balances recurring revenues and expenditures in the
General Fund and maintains over $5 Million in the reserves over and above the 90-day
operating amount;
■ Independent consultants Water Rates study will be performed in the beginning of FY 2023
■ To propose a Stormwater fee increase in the water rates study frame.
■ No Millage Rate increase since 2013;
■ Annual Water/Sewer Rate increases of only 2.5% annually for the last two years;
■ No new Taxes for fees implemented in the last six years;
■ Lowest Per-Capita General expenditures cost in the Golden Triangle plus Leesburg.
■ Lowest Per-Capita number of Employees in the Golden Triangle plus Leesburg.
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Police Department:
■ To purchase Hybrid police vehicles - 53% higher fuel efficiency;
♦ Hybrid system warranted eight years/80,000 miles;
♦ Purchase six new vehicles a year, 7-year rotation of the fleet
■ To build a new police department or public safety complex;
♦ Up to current building codes and standards
♦ Energy efficient, possibly solar-powered
♦ With the design in mind to be a 20-year building
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Maximize the effective use of technology.
● Finance Department: The City allocates annual funding for the IT computer replacement program
and prepares the Disaster Recovery Program (DRP) to quickly respond to unplanned incidents
such as natural disasters, power outages, cyber-attacks, and other disruptive events that require
penetration testing.
● The Finance department is implementing new “Gravity” software for CIP, Budget, and ACFR
reporting and automated annual book preparation, simplifying the manual process and ensuring
data accuracy. Additionally, the department will implement Edmunds Viewpoint dashboard
software update that will allow the creation of automatic graphs and charts for financial planning
and reporting.
City of Eustis, Florida
Adopted Annual Budget
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