FY22 Amended Aprropriation Order Summary — File 212150

CITY OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS JOSEPH A. CURTATONE MAYOR CITY HALL ● 93 HIGHLAND AVENUE ● SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS 02143 [phone removed], EXT. 2100 ● TTY: [phone removed]● FAX: (617) 625- 3434● www.somervillema.gov E-MAIL: mayor@somervillema.gov To: Honorable Members of the City Council Re: Planned FY22 Amended General Fund Budget Adjustments Date: July 24, 2020 This memo describes the changes planned for the amended FY22 General Fund budget compared to the preliminary budget submitted to the City Council on June 7th. These changes fall into three categories: 1. Corrections and adjustments to the proposed budget 2. Cost-neutral line-item changes 3. Cuts made as part of the FY22 budget process 4. Reinvestment of funding from departmental cuts Category 1: Corrections and adjustment to the proposed budget The following adjustments and corrections are applied to the amended budget and were presented at departmental budget hearings and at cut night on June 23rd: Department Budget Line Description Amount City Council Legal Services Update to the original proposal. $25,000 HHS Salaries/Wages Temp The original amount was omitted inadvertently. $27,000 HHS Salaries Correction to a salary step. $14,784 SomerPromise Salaries The salary for the SomerBaby home visitor was assigned to a non-existing account. $48,710 SomerPromise Salaries The Coordinator position was budgeted for twenty hours/week instead of full-time $21,308 Inspectional Services Salaries Correction based on a revised position regrade. $10,737 OSPCD – Housing Salaries Correction based on a revised position regrade. $(4,480) Net Change $143,059

2 Category 2: Cost-neutral line-item changes Two items have been requested by departmental staff to be moved to different expense objects: Original Line New Line Description Value DPW Highway OM (529005) DPW Grounds OM (529005) Care of Trees was originally allocated in Highway instead of Grounds. $230,000 DPW Snow Removal OM (53000,558004, 573000) DPW Administration OM (530000) The Auditing Department advised that these types of snow expenses should not be budgeted within the Snow Removal cost center. $17,000 Net Change $0 Category 3: Cuts made as part of the FY22 budget process The City Council voted to approve four cuts to departments totaling $406,768: Department Line Description Amount Police 511000 Salaries – 4 vacant patrol positions pending hiring. $(93,662) Police 511000 Salaries – 6 vacant patrol positions reduced to one month. $(177,106) Police 530000 Removal of staffing study to reallocate. $(60,000) Police 558003 Public Safety Supplies. $(76,000) Net Change $(406,768) Category 4: Reinvestment of funding from departmental cuts After accounting for cuts voted by the City Council as well as adjustments based on corrections to the original budget proposal, the amended general fund budget is $263,709 less than the original appropriation. On June 23rd, the Council made a number of resolutions to increase funding using available capacity under the levy limit. The Administration is including two investments in the final proposal in addition to relocating the police staffing study that was cut from the Police Department budget to the RSJ Office budget: Department Line Description Amount Transfer to Special Revenue N/A Additional appropriation to the Racial & Social Justice Stabilization Fund. $250,000 Racial & Social Justice 530000 Relocation of police staffing study from Police. $60,000 OSPCD - Housing 511000 Administrative Assistant (NU12-4 for 10 months). $45,511

3 Net Change $355,511 The Administration also commits to seeking a supplemental appropriation for the RSJ Office to more fully support the Somerville Commission for Women, the Human Rights Commission, and the Somerville Commission for Persons with Disabilities as appropriate in light of the work the Office will undertake with these commissions to establish strategic plans, re-examine and, if appropriate, propose changes to their enabling ordinances, work on creative recruitment strategies, and engage the community and other city departments in their work. While the Administration recognizes the value of many of the other resolutions voted on by the Council, they require additional consideration and due diligence before we formally request funding for them. We look forward to engaging in future conversations with the Council on these requests. The proposed reinvestments total $355,511. The amended budget proposal of $270,179,919 is, therefore, $91,802 higher than the original proposal and $260,970 below the levy limit.