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�,J��Y11LA' y1,, <br /> of z City of Tukwila <br /> a ' i o Allan Ekberg, Mayor <br /> 290a INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Finance Committee <br /> FROM: Joseph Todd, Technology & Innovation Service Director and CIO <br /> BY: Joel Bush, Technology and Innovation Service Integration Manager <br /> CC: Mayor Ekberg <br /> DATE: September 12, 2018 <br /> SUBJECT: Technology & Innovation Services Budget <br /> ISSUE <br /> City departments are developing their proposals for the 2019-2020 biennial budget while also <br /> incorporating methods of Priority Based Budgeting (PBB). The 2019-2020 biennial budget will <br /> include general fund department budgets allocated to programs. The City Council requested <br /> that individual departmental budgets be presented to its standing committees as they become <br /> available. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> The City is committed to developing and passing a fiscally-sound, balanced budget. Two <br /> challenges the City is encountering are 1) sales tax revenue growth of 3% projected for 2018 <br /> has not been realized to date, and 2) sales tax mitigation payments will end in late 2019. As a <br /> result, the City is seeking a balanced budget with expenditure reductions and possible new <br /> revenue opportunities. <br /> The 2019-20 Technology & Innovation Services budget proposal covers staffing, infrastructure, <br /> and services which enable the delivery of high quality services to City of Tukwila departments <br /> and citizens. <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> The following will summarize the proposed changes to the Technology & Innovation Services <br /> Department: <br /> Budget reduction <br /> The proposed reductions to the budget are in the area of professional services. <br /> Professional Services costs are reduced for the 2019-2020 budget cycle as $122K had been <br /> budgeted to support the realignment of TIS staff to lead the refreshing of City Technology. Most <br /> other Services line items are remaining constant. <br /> The Professional Services reduction areas include cancelling the Dimensional contract for City <br /> Council video recording services and reducing the spend on our Tier 1 help desk service, <br /> Vitalyst by 50%. <br /> 25 <br />