REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
May 12, 2016
FROM: DOUGLAS T. SLOAN, City Attorney
SUBJECT
Title
RESOLUTION - Approving the reallocation of $50,000 from contingency in the City Attorney’s budget to hire a Budget Consultant
Body
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that Council approve the attached resolution allocating $50,000 from contingency to the City Attorney’s budget to fund a budget consultant.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On June 23, 2015, Council unanimously passed a motion to amend the proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget to add $50,000 to contingency for consultants for the City Attorney’s Office. Council now wishes to remove the $50,000 from contingency and use it to fund a budget analyst consultant through the City Attorney’s Office. This reallocation does not increase appropriations; it moves existing appropriations from the contingency account to the outside professional services/consulting account.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
This is not a project for CEQA purposes.
LOCAL PREFERENCE
Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT
This reallocation does not increase appropriations; it moves existing appropriations from contingency into the outside professional/consulting services account.