FY 2011-12 Adopted Budget - City of Oviedo

Of the FY 12 total budget of $2,802,000, approximately $972,000 is dedicated to maintenance operations and street
sweeping and $153,000 is for administration and inspections. The balance or $1,453,000 is dedicated to drainage
capital improvements and $223,000 is appropriated for transfers to the General Fund, Health Insurance Fund and
Technology Improvements Fund.
Fund balance will decline to approximately $100,000 by the end of FY 11-12 with the completion of the Aulin
Avenue and McKinnon Avenue South drainage projects. Consequently, the pace of Master Plan improvements
will slow unless adjustments to the stormwater utility fee are made.
Summary Comments
As adopted, I believe that the FY 2011-12 Budget addresses several important City Council goals and priorities:
• Providing tax relief to most Oviedo taxpayers by maintaining the tax rate at 4.8626 mills or 7% below the
rolled back tax rate of 5.222 mills.
• Maintaining public trust as measured by the 66% “excellent/good” rating received from citizens in
response to the question regarding the value of services for the taxes paid to the City (2011 National Citizen
Survey).
• Maintaining the City’s strong financial position as measured by the projected 15% reserve level in the
General Fund and the projected 39% reserve in the Utility Operating Fund.
• Providing the staffing and financial resources necessary to maintain current levels of service for public
safety and for other core City services - despite the workforce reductions of the past three years.
• Continuing to make a substantial investment to maintain, repair and enhance the condition of the City’s
infrastructure for roads, general City facilities, drainage, and utilities.
The economic realities of the past 3 years have challenged us to undertake a critical review of all aspects of City
government in terms of the services we provide and the level at which those services are provided. We will continue
to face similar - but hopefully less severe challenges in 2012 as the economy slowly improves.
I would like to thank the City’s many valuable and quality employees whose daily work is the key ingredient to
providing quality municipal services as reflected in the positive results from the 2011 National Citizen Survey. As
well, I would like to thank the City’s Department Directors and staff for their efforts in preparing their respective
budgets under difficult economic conditions. I would also like to recognize Bob Bentkofsky, Assistant City
Manager, Kathryn Breazeale, Budget Officer and Gail Bigelow, Management Analyst for their untiring efforts in
developing a quality budget document that was recently recognized for the sixth consecutive year by the
Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award (FY 2010-11
budget document).
Respectfully submitted
Richard Gestrich,
City Manager
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