Adopted Budget Fiscal Year 2008-09

Adopted Budget Fiscal Year 2008-09 (PDF | 5.3MB) NEW! 12/07/2008

The budget is organized in a manner to facilitate your general understanding of the City’s fiscal status, to present management’s assessment of major issues and, finally, to present the plan for allocating resources to address those issues during the coming fiscal year. The budget is organized as follows: Budget Message, General Fund, Other Funds, Capital Improvement Program, Summary Tables, and Appendix.

Budget Message

This section provides an overview of the region’s economic outlook, an executive summary of the City’s all funds budget, outlines major fiscal issues confronting the City, and highlights significant budgetary changes for fiscal year 2008-09.  It also summarizes the sources and uses of funds.  An overview of the budget development process is provided along with relevant timelines and milestones, as well as the results from the 2006 National Citizen Survey and descriptive statistics about Chula Vista and its residents.

General Fund

The General Fund budget funds the day-to-day operations of most city services.  This section of the document provides an overview of General Fund revenues and expenditures, staffing changes, and budgetary trends.  This section is followed by more detailed descriptions of each department organized by functional groups: Legislative and Administrative Services, Development and Maintenance Services, Public Safety Services, and Community Services.  Mission statements, organizational charts, strategic goals, operating budgets, core services, purpose statements, major accomplishments, and key performance metrics are then further delineated for each departmental line of business.  

Other Funds

In order to facilitate the reader’s understanding of the different funding sources, this portion of the document has been organized into the following categories: Redevelopment Agency and Housing Authority funds, development services funds, sewer funds, transit funds, debt service funds, internal service funds, capital project funds, and other funds.  Detailed descriptions, funding and staffing levels are provided for each fund.  Due to various legal restrictions these funds are limited in their uses and generally cannot be applied to fund day-to-day operations such as Police and Fire services.

Capital Improvement Program

This section provides an overview of the City’s Capital Improvement Program for the coming fiscal year.  The Capital Improvement Program accounts for the acquisition, rehabilitation, or construction of major capital facilities, infrastructure, or equipment. Information regarding recommended funding for new or existing capital improvement projects is organized by project type.  More detailed information about each capital project, including project area maps, project status, expenditures to date, current year appropriations, and future funding, can be found in the Capital Improvement Program budget document. 

Summary Tables and Appendix

The summary tables provide a quick way to view budget allocations by department (or fund) and expenditure category, revenues by fund and type, projected fund balances by fund, and Council authorized positions by department.  The appendix contains supplementary information on a variety of topics including fiscal and investment policies, debt administration, and a glossary of finance and budget terms.