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Home My WebLink About2021-09-22 Budget Hearing #5-7 Follow-up Questions1200N COUNTY-CITY BUILDING PHONE 574.235.9216 227 W. JEFFERSON BLVD. FAX 574.235.9928 SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601-1830 CITY OF SOUTH BEND, IN JAMES MUELLER, MAYOR DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE Personnel & Finance Committee: 2022 Budget – Strategic Initiatives September 10, September 17, and September 22, 2021 Responses to Council Questions 9/10/2021 Meeting Follow-up Note: Information requested on the City of South Bend Housing Repair Program (location of repaired homes, reasons for denial, etc.) will be presented to Council at an upcoming planned Residential Neighborhoods Committee meeting. Question #1 (President White): How much revenue does the City receive from the Federal Government for the Human Rights Commission? Here is the revenue from the last few years: Subdivision 2018 ACTUAL 2019 ACTUAL 2020 ACTUAL 2021 ORIGINAL BUDGET 2022 BUDGET Human Rights-EEOC 64,580 63,960 47,200 68,200 68,200 Human Rights-HUD 10,000 183,100 119,900 75,000 85,000 74,580 247,060 167,100 143,200 153,200 9/17/2021 Meeting Follow-up Question #2 (Vice President McBride): Can the Council members be provided a map showing which neighborhoods and neighborhood associations are in TIF districts? The map of TIF districts is copied below (and can also be found online here: https://southbend.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=b71acfe377144a1e844f42a4bf0b04bd) Page 2 of 5 Page 3 of 5 Question #3 (Councilmember Wax): What commitment has the County made toward homelessness and mental health facilities? The County has not formally or publicly committed to funding either of these projects (intake center or mental health crisis response center), but both these projects are in discussions at the County level. To date, the County Council has appropriated approximately $13 million of the $52 million that the County was allocated from the ARP funds. Question #4 (Councilmember Tomas Morgan): How much has been spent and how much is remaining of the original grant from the Bloomberg Mayor’s Challenge for the Commuter’s Trust? Of the original $1 million grant, the City has spent $652,178 between 1/1/2019 and 8/31/2021. The 2022 budget is expected to be the final year in which there will be funding available from this original grant. Question #5 (Councilmember Hamann): How much of the proposed utility rate increases are due to an expected increase in PILOT? The PILOT payment has held steady or decreased over the past 4-5 years (see table 1 below), and, although it is expected to increase slightly over the next five years, the overall PILOT payment makes up only a small percentage of the rates (see table 2 below). Table 1 Subdivision 2018 ACTUAL 2019 ACTUAL 2020 ACTUAL 2021 ACTUAL 2022 BUDGET Wastewater 4,601,656 4,678,366 4,592,349 4,543,120 4,465,686 Water Works 1,730,831 1,662,624 1,629,442 1,611,201 1,613,639 6,332,487 6,340,990 6,221,791 6,154,321 6,079,325 Table 2 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Sewage Works Revenues 38,199,800 39,746,700 41,311,300 43,092,900 44,335,600 Expenses Operating expenses (24,231,200) (24,715,824) (25,210,140) (25,714,343) (26,228,630) Capital (non-bond funded) (4,505,000) (10,337,500) (4,755,000) (4,721,000) (5,255,000) PILOT (4,543,100) (4,465,686) (5,450,800) (6,285,800) (6,250,900) Debt service (7,689,800) (8,321,600) (9,294,800) (9,316,300) (8,800,500) Total expenses (40,969,100) (47,840,610) (44,710,740) (46,037,443) (46,535,030) PILOT as a % of total expenses 11.1% 9.3% 12.2% 13.7% 13.4% Total approximate monthly sewer bill $47.85 $49.65 $51.66 $53.74 $55.91 Total monthly bill increase YOY $1.80 $2.01 $2.08 $2.17 Monthly bill increase attributable to non-PILOT $1.63 $1.76 $1.80 $1.88 Monthly bill increase attributable to PILOT $0.17 $0.25 $0.28 $0.29 Page 4 of 5 Water Works Revenues 21,004,800 21,696,800 22,480,300 22,502,600 22,523,300 Expenses Operating expenses (16,319,200) (16,645,584) (16,978,496) (17,318,066) (17,664,427) Capital (non-bond funded) (1,421,000) (8,500,000) (1,550,000) (1,600,000) (1,300,000) PILOT (1,611,200) (1,613,639) (1,835,900) (2,096,500) (2,207,400) Debt service (1,487,200) (1,671,500) (2,041,800) (2,093,600) (2,981,400) Total expenses (20,838,600) (28,430,723) (22,406,196) (23,108,166) (24,153,227) PILOT as a % of total expenses 7.7% 5.7% 8.2% 9.1% 9.1% Total approximate monthly water bill $20.33 $20.96 $21.71 $21.71 $21.71 Total monthly bill increase YOY $0.63 $0.75 $0.00 $0.00 Monthly bill increase attributable to non-PILOT $0.59 $0.69 $0.00 $0.00 Monthly bill increase attributable to PILOT $0.04 $0.06 $0.00 $0.00 Total monthly bill increase attributable to PILOT $0.20 $0.31 $0.28 $0.29 9/22/2021 Meeting Follow-up Question #6 (Council President White): What is the breakdown of youth employment demographics and the mentored mowing program? Youth Jobs SB Funded by the Common Council, this program began in the 2020 with the expressed goals of recruiting a more diverse youth workforce and adding an educational component to the job. Youth employees are presented with approximately 1 hour of personal development opportunities for every 20 hours of work, including a dynamic leadership retreat at the beginning of the program. Kintae Lark was hired as the full- time Youth Employment Manager to oversee the recruitment and training. In its second year, the program employed 77 young people between the ages of 15 and 18. The demographic information of these employees in 2021 is included below: Female Male Total Asian 1 1 Black or African American 14 6 20 Hispanic or Latino 6 10 16 Two or more races 3 3 6 White 12 22 34 Grand Total 35 42 77 Youth Mentored Mowing Program Through a competitive, open, and public Request for Proposals, VPA awarded a program contract to Greater Impact Lawn Care. Greater Impact mentors their employees both on-the-job and in the classroom through a highly relational approach. They care for approximately 113 city properties, including the City Cemetery. Currently there are 12 youth hired through Greater Impact Lawn Care that worked directly on City properties. All of the youth are male, 11 African American and 1 Caucasian. Question #7 (Councilmember Hamann): Can you revise the provided organizational charts to include the names of the individuals in each position? Page 5 of 5 Happy to work to provide this, and will send updated slides to the Clerk’s Office when complete. Because of the number of employees involved (over 1,000), only upper-level and mid-level management will be identified by name. Question #8 (Councilmember Hamann): Which of the proposed new positions are expected to be funded from ARP funds? Of the 16 proposed new positions in 2022’s budget, four positions are expected to be funded using ARP funds. These positions are highlighted in the chart below: Dept Division / Subdivision Requested Title 2022 Salary Cap Mayor's Office Community Initiatives Administrative Assistant II 44,410 Mayor's Office Community Initiatives Violence Prevention Coordinator II 42,915 Administration & Finance Controller's Office Director of City Finance 85,152 Public Works Engineering Engineer II 78,725 Public Works Solid Waste Solid Waste Driver 39,478 Innovation & Technology 311 Call Center 311 Customer Service Liaison 47,595 Innovation & Technology Information Technology Specialist of Services 59,372 Community Investment Community Investment Assistant Director of Opportunity 76,834 Community Investment Community Investment Deputy Director - Community Investment 103,691 Community Investment Community Investment Project Manager-EEE 57,845 Community Investment Community Investment Manager - Neighborhood Housing Programs 69,967 Community Investment Community Investment Workforce Development Manager 69,967 Community Investment Community Investment Neighborhood Grant Specialist 53,341 Community Investment Community Investment Neighborhood Program Specialist 53,341 Community Investment Community Investment Property Inspector 59,681 Venues, Parks & Arts Park Maintenance Group Leader - Parks 40,394 Question #9 (Councilmember Hamann): How does the cost of the proposed increases for the 34 positions proposed to receive an increase above 2% compare with the cost of raising the City minimum wage for part-time / seasonal employees to $14/hr and full-time to $17/hr? As provided in a previous answer, as compared to the currently proposed budget (which already makes a commitment to raise minimum wage for City employees to $12/hour for part-time/seasonal and $15/hour for full time), the City estimates that it would cost at least $400,000 - $500,000 additional in annual expense to move to $14/hr and $17/hr. The total salary cost for the 34 positions proposed to receive a raise greater than 2% is $220,046 higher than 2021’s budgeted salary cost. If you compare the proposed 2022 salaries to what those salaries would have been in 2022 had the positions received only a standard 2% raise, the increased cost to the City of these 34 proposed raises is $178,012.