UPCOMING
BUDGET
MEETINGS:
Wednesday, April 20
7 p.m.
City Council Special Meeting
City budget public hearing
Wednesday, April 20
Following Special Meeting
City Council Workshop
Fire and Police departmental budgets
Wednesday, May 4
6 p.m.
City Council Workshop
General budget review
Wednesday, May 4
Following Workshop
City Council Special Meeting
Budget adoption
Wednesday, May 11
7 p.m.
City Council Meeting
Fallback budget adoption date
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Public hearing held on education portion of FY2023 budget
The City Council held a public hearing on the education portion of the Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Budget at its April 13 regular meeting. It was the only budget-related item on the meeting's agenda.
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Carolyn Mebert, Chair of the Dover School Board, speaks at the April 13 public hearing on the education portion of the Fiscal 2023 Proposed Budget. |
The public hearing follows the presentation to the City Council of the School Board's adopted budget on March 30.
The April 13 public hearing and the March 30 budget presentations can be viewed on the FY2023 Budget Revealed web page. The page also includes Executive, Community Services, Finance, Library, Recreation and Welfare departmental presentations.
Public hearing on City portion of budget April 20
City Council also to receive
Fire and Police budget presentations
City Council will hold a public hearing on the city portion of the proposed budget and receive budget presentations from the Fire and Police departments on Wednesday, April 20.
The public hearing is part of a 7 p.m. special meeting in City Hall's Council Chambers. The budget presentations will occur in a workshop immediately following the special meeting. Find the agenda for the special meeting here and the workshop here. |
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A summary of appropriations for
the City portion of the budget
The single largest component of the city portion of the Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Budget is the Personal Services. The total increase in the Personal Services section of the General Fund budget represents $2,919,599 or 10.2%. Other operational costs make up an increase of $959,143 or 3.8%. These two components make up departmental operations and maintenance with a net increase of $3,878,742, or 9.5%.
The next single largest component is Debt Service, which increased by $5,004, or 0.1%. Capital Outlay has an increase of $628,465 or 14.6 percent.
The table below shows the components of City appropriations.
An in-depth discussion of cost drivers for each section of the city portion of the budget is included in the Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Budget, beginning on page 15 of the detailed budget document and page 9 of the budget summary document. Both are available here.
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The fiscal year and the budget
The City's fiscal year begins on July 1 of each year and ends the following June 30. The City's budget process begins each fall with the Capital Improvements Program (CIP). All capital spending of $25,000 or more for items with useful lives of three years or longer is included in this budget. Based on the City Council's financing policy, items are identified for bonding, appropriation in the annual operating budget or other types of financing. The City Council adopted the six-year CIP plan and authorized appropriations and bonding for fiscal year 2023 projects at its Nov. 10, 2021 meeting.
Items identified for the annual operating budget are included in the City Manager's proposed annual budget. Departments are responsible for submitting their annual budget request to the City Manager. After reviews with the departments, the City Manager makes any final adjustments to his proposed budget. The City Manager's proposed annual budget for the next fiscal year, including the School Board request, is due annually to the City Council by April 15.
The City Council may add to, or cut from, the Manager's proposed annual budget by majority vote; however, the City Council must pass the budget by June 15 after separate public hearings for the City and School budgets. The budget becomes effective July 1. If the City Council does not adopt the budget by June 15, the City Manager's proposed budget takes effect July 1.
After the original budget is adopted, the City Manager may make appropriation transfers within a non-school department or transfer between non-school departments with City Council approval. After initial adoption, the City Council may amend the budget by a two-thirds vote.
The annual budget process is detailed in each proposed budget. Find it on page 7 of the Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Budget and page 3 of the Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Budget Summary, both available here. |
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Want to know more? In addition to the online resource for this fiscal year's budget, check out Budget Revealed for more information about the budget process, including previous budgets, insight into the budget cycle, and additional multimedia content.
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