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City of Tukwila <br />Allan Ekberg, Mayor <br />INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Public Safety Committee <br />FROM: Jay C. Wittwer, Fire Chief <br />CC: Mayor Ekberg <br />DATE: 09/25/2018 <br />SUBJECT: 2019-2020 Fire 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 that <br />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 Fire budget proposal covers staffing, supplies and services, and capital outlays <br />which continue the delivery of high -quality emergency services to City of Tukwila residents. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Salaries and Benefits <br />The department is anticipating a decline in Salaries and Benefits expense in 2019 resulting from <br />less overtime expense. As the department becomes more fully staffed following a period with <br />more retirements than expected, there should be less need for overtime than in 2018. 2020 <br />should see an increase in Salaries and Benefits due to increased COLAs and changes in <br />healthcare and retirement costs. <br />Supplies and Services <br />Supplies and Services expenditures remain relatively stable. Increases include radio <br />replacement costs reentering the budget after being funded by a one-time grant. Equipment <br />Rental — Operating and Maintenance costs are also expected to increase as the department <br />anticipates acquiring new apparatus through the Public Safety Plan. Other various Supplies <br />and Services categories were reduced to control costs. <br />179 <br />