Special Assembly Meeting 2024-12
Immediately followed by Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession
https://juneau.zoom.us/j/95424544691 or 1-253-215-8782 Webinar ID: 954 2454 4691
Submitted By:
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Katie Koester, City Manager
We would like to acknowledge that the City & Borough of Juneau is on Tlingit land, and wish to honor the indigenous people of this land. For more than ten thousand years, Alaska Native people have been and continue to be integral to the well-being of our community. We are grateful to be in this place, a part of this community, and to honor the culture, traditions, and resilience of the Tlingit people. Gunalchéesh!
The public may participate in-person or via Zoom webinar. Testimony time will be limited by the Mayor based on the number of participants. Members of the public that want to provide oral testimony via remote participation must notify the Municipal Clerk prior to 4pm the day of the meeting by calling 907-586-5278 and indicating the topic(s) upon which they wish to testify. For in-person participation at the meeting, a sign-up sheet will be made available at the back of the Chambers and advance sign-up is not required. Members of the public are encouraged to send their comments in advance of the meeting to BoroughAssembly@juneau.gov.
This ordinance establishes the mill rates for property taxes for 2024, which funds a significant portion of the City and Borough of Juneau’s FY25 operating budget. The Charter requires the Assembly to adopt, by ordinance, the tax levies necessary to fund the budget before June 15.
The mill levies presented in this ordinance support the Manager’s FY25 Proposed Budget as amended by the Assembly Finance Committee (AFC). As part of the budget review process, the AFC reviews, amends and recommends to the Assembly the final mill levies.
For FY25, the AFC recommends a decrease 0.12 mills from the FY24 Adopted Budget, resulting in a total mill levy of 10.04 mills, the components of which are:
Operating Mill Rate by Service Area
Areawide: 6.20 (flat from FY24 Adopted)
Roaded Service Area: 2.45 (flat from FY24 Adopted)
Fire Service Area: 0.31 (flat from FY24 Adopted)
Operating Total: 8.96 (flat from FY24 Adopted)
Debt Service: 1.08 (a decrease of 0.12 from FY24 Adopted)
Total Millage: 10.04 (a decrease of 0.12 from FY24 Adopted)
An opportunity for public comment was provided at a Regular Assembly meeting on April 29, 2024. The AFC reviewed the mill rate ordinance at its meetings on April 6 and May 22, 2024, referring the amended ordinance to the full Assembly for adoption.
The Systemic Racism Review Committee reviewed the preliminary mill rate during the April 30, 2024 and May 14, 2024 meetings.
The City Manager recommends the Assembly adopt this ordinance, as amended by the Assembly Finance Committee.
This ordinance appropriates $532,582,700 in expenditure authority for the City and Borough of Juneau's FY25 operating budget, excluding the School District. This ordinance appropriates all transfers between funds that support operations, debt service and capital projects as well as the associated expenditures within the funds themselves.
This ordinance also recognizes $506,937,200 of forecast revenue and transfers-in and decreases fund balances, across all funds, by $25,645,500. The forecast revenue and draw from fund balance are sufficient to fund the budgeted expenditures.
The original ordinance was introduced at the April 1, 2024 Regular Assembly meeting and referred to the Assembly Finance Committee (AFC) for deliberation. An opportunity for public comment was provided at the Regular Assembly meeting on April 29, 2024. The AFC referred the amended budget ordinance to the full Assembly for adoption at the May 22, 2024 meeting. The Charter requires adoption of the FY25 operating budget by June 15.
The Systemic Racism Review Committee reviewed the preliminary ordinance during the April 30, 2024 and May 14, 2024 meetings.
The City Manager recommends the Assembly adopt this ordinance, as amended by the Assembly Finance Committee.
This resolution would adopt the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for Fiscal Years 2025 through 2030, as required by Charter Section 9.4, and lists the capital projects that will be initially appropriated by ordinance in FY25.
The Public Works and Facilities Committee reviewed the preliminary CIP at its March 11, 2024 meeting and forwarded the plan to the Assembly. The Systemic Racism Review Committee reviewed the preliminary CIP during the April 30, 2024 and May 14, 2024 meetings.
The CIP resolution was introduced at the April 1, 2024 Assembly Meeting and referred to the Assembly Finance Committee (AFC) for deliberation. An opportunity for public comment was provided at the Assembly Meeting on April 29, 2024. The AFC referred the amended resolution to the full Assembly for adoption at the May 22, 2024 meeting. The Charter requires adoption of the FY25 CIP by June 15.
The City Manager recommends the Assembly adopt this resolution, as amended by the Assembly Finance Committee.
ADA accommodations available upon request: Please contact the Clerk's office 36 hours prior to any meeting so arrangements can be made for closed captioning or sign language interpreter services depending on the meeting format. The Clerk's office telephone number is 586-5278, TDD 586-5351, e-mail: city.clerk@juneau.gov.