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Your Priorities. Your Voice.

Your Priorities. Your Voice. Preparing the City of Dallas Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2019-20 March 2019 – Community Meetings. City of Dallas Budget. Each year, the City of Dallas spends more than $3 billion to provide a wide range of services for residents, including:

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Your Priorities. Your Voice.

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  1. Your Priorities.Your Voice. Preparing the City of Dallas Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2019-20 March 2019 – Community Meetings

  2. City of Dallas Budget • Each year, the City of Dallas spends more than $3 billion to provide a wide range of services for residents, including: • It is important for City staff to understand how residents want their City dollars to be spent FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement

  3. Our goals for today • Inform community members about the City of Dallas annual budget • Answer questions and clarify information being shared today • Most importantly – listen to community members as you express your priorities and concerns FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement

  4. What is a budget? • Policy document • Describes the goals and strategies of the City • Financial plan • Describes where the money comes from and where/how it will be spent • Operations guide • Describes the programs and services offered by the City • Communication tool • Used to communicate information to City Council and to residents FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement https://dallascityhall.com/departments/budget/financialtransparency/Pages/annual-budget.aspx

  5. Does the City balance its budget? • Yes, the City of Dallas balances the budget each year by making sure that we do not spend more money than we receive in revenue • Not only does the City balance the budget when it is approved by City Council, we also monitor the budget every month to make sure that we never spend more than we have received FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement

  6. How big is the City budget? FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement

  7. What steps do we follow to create the budget? FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement

  8. What steps do we follow to create the budget? FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement

  9. How does the City pay for General Fund services? • About 75% of the money comes from property tax and sales tax • The other 25% comes from franchise fees, charges for service, fines, etc. FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement Total Revenue = $1.37B Total Revenue = $1.37 billion

  10. How is your property tax bill calculated? • Your property tax bill is based on three things: • Property value set by the Appraisal District • Tax rate set by City Council • Any exemptions allowed by state law • When residents pay property taxes, about 27% comes to City and 73% goes to other organizations, like the school districts FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement

  11. How is sales tax determined? • The state is in charge of sales tax • State law identifies items and services that are taxable (versus non-taxable) • The sales tax rate in Dallas is 8.25% FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement

  12. Where does the City spend most of this money? • Public safety is one of the City’s top priorities • 60% of the General Fund pays for police, fire, ambulances, courts, and other public safety programs • It takes 100% of our property tax and almost 30% of sales tax to pay just for public safety FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement

  13. What are the City’s priorities? • Public Safety ($821M or 60%) • For example: Police, fire, ambulance, and courts • Quality of Life ($204M or 15%) For example: Parks, arts/culture, libraries, code compliance, and animal services • Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and Sustainability ($146M or 11%) For example: Street and alley maintenance and repair, traffic signals, and City building repair • Government Performance and Financial Management ($109M or 8%) For example: Mayor/City Council, Human Resources, payroll, and the City Attorney’s Office • Economic and Neighborhood Vitality ($66M or 5%) For example: City planning, economic development, and housing programs • Human and Social Needs ($20M or 1%) For example: Homeless services, equity and human rights, immigrant affairs, community courts, and community centers FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement

  14. What do we expect for next year’s budget? • A priority for City Council is to increase pay for first responders: police officers and firefighters in uniform • The Texas legislature is considering changes to state law that could limit increases in property tax • This could slow down the growth of property taxes but would also reduce the amount of money the City has to provide services • More emphasis on achieving equity in under-served areas of the city FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement

  15. What’s next? • Let’s turn the conversation over to you • What questions do you have? How can we clarify the budget process? FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement

  16. Thanks for participating! • Your site facilitator will lead the next discussion • Ask them if you have more questions • Participate in the exercises and tell us your priorities • Remember to complete the survey FY 2019-20 Budget Engagement

  17. Your Priorities.Your Voice. Preparing the City of Dallas Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2019-20 March 2019 – Community Meetings

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