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CityCouncil | 2009-02-07 | 16 | the level of detail being proposed. Vice Mayor deHaan inquired whether the Recreation and Parks Department currently has the same cost centers. The Interim Finance Director responded in the affirmative; stated the cost centers remain the same in some cases; further stated the goal is to break down everything into programs to see the cost of providing the service. Mayor Johnson stated the programs should be broken down to the correct level even if it cannot be done in a year; for example, the cost of the Fire Academy should be known; Council needs to know the cost in order to set priorities. Councilmember Gilmore stated the categories provided [in Attachment C) would feed into the template for the upcoming budget inquired whether costs could still be obtained even if the deeper level would not be added to the template until FY 2010-11 The Interim Finance Director responded in the affirmative. reviewed the format. Councilmember Gilmore inquired how cost recovery is captured for non-revenue generating departments, to which the Interim Finance Director responded the department's portion of cost allocation is shown as revenue. Mayor Johnson inquired whether the Finance Department gets money from other departments. The Interim Finance Director responded in the affirmative; gave a brief explanation of cost allocation. Mayor Johnson inquired whether technology costs, including hardware, are part of cost allocation, to which the Interim Finance Director responded user departments are charged for IT. Vice Mayor deHaan inquired whether other municipalities have similar systems in place so Alameda does not have to reinvent the wheel. The Interim Finance Director responded the format presented is a standard program performance budget there are a variety of budget formats the proposed format is the way to identify service costs. In response to Vice Mayor deHaan's inquiry, the Interim Finance Director provided background information on program performance Special Meeting Alameda City Council 16 February 7, 2009 | CityCouncil/2009-02-07.pdf |