FY 2023 ADOPTED BUDGET AS OF 9-22-22 - Flipbook - Page 71
Budget-In-Brief → Budget Overview
The Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget
Budget Overview
The City of Eustis Budget serves as much more than just a financial plan. It also meets four essential
purposes:
Policy Document
The Adopted Budget serves to inform the reader about the City of Eustis and its policies that guide
the prioritization of the spending of resources. The City Manager’s Budget Message provides a
condensed analysis of the Adopted Budget, highlighting the central issues in developing the budget
as well as establishing the theme for the Fiscal Year. The Adopted Budget includes the organization-wide financial and programmatic policies and goals that address long-term financial issues,
as well as short-term operational policies that direct the development of the annual budget. The
Adopted Budget provides information about the services the City will provide for the fiscal year
beginning October 1, 2022, and extending to September 30, 2023.
Financial Plan
The Adopted Budget demonstrates the financial plan of the City, detailing the costs associated with
providing municipal services and how the services will be funded. The Budget Summaries provide
the reader with an at-a-glance view of all appropriated funds’ revenue sources and expenditures/
expenses by program, object category, and fund. The Adopted Budget explains the underlying
assumptions for revenue estimates and analyzes significant revenue trends. In addition, projected
beginning and ending fund balances are shown for the fiscal year, demonstrating the anticipated
changes in fund balances from one year to the next.
Operations Guide
The Adopted Budget provides detailed information on how the City and departments are organized.
Within the departmental sections, the reader is provided information about the activities, services,
and functions that are carried out by each department in support of the overall City Commission
goals and objectives. Included is also an organization chart, authorized positions, budget highlights,
and budgetary appropriation.
Communications Device
The Adopted Budget provides the reader with summary information to assist with understanding
revenue sources and planned fiscal spending that supports the established goals and objectives.
Included in the Adopted Budget document is a table of contents and a glossary to enable the
reader to locate information and to understand the terminology used throughout the document.
City of Eustis, Florida
Adopted Annual Budget
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