pages: CityCouncil/2009-02-07.pdf, 17
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CityCouncil | 2009-02-07 | 17 | budgets. Vice Mayor deHaan inquired whether funding from other entities is shown as revenue, to which the Interim Finance Director responded in the affirmative. In response to Mayor Johnson's inquiry about how long completely building the budget would take, the Interim Finance Director reviewed the timeline. Mayor Johnson inquired where vehicles, equipment and training would be in the budget. The Interim Finance Director responded vehicles would be under ISF; training would be in departmental budgets; further stated training would be allocated by program. Vice Mayor deHaan inquired how AMP does its internal financial management and whether it is done the same way The AMP General Manager responded the PUB is going through the same process, is looking at improving reporting and would be making some changes stated the budgets may not be identical next year AMP is going in the same general direction as the City. Councilmember Matarrese stated the City and AMP seem to be going through the same process in parallel; hopefully, the process will match upi the items in the spreadsheet are the only required customization; inquired whether one effort could be used, rather than two separate efforts. The Interim Finance Director responded financial information for the Housing Authority and AMP is not in the City's system; stated the City does payroll for both and is reimbursed, but does not handle budget revenue and expenses; staff would be hard pressed to get the City and redevelopment agency converted to the new system; the Housing Authority and AMP would have some similar pieces, but complete conversion would be impossible. Councilmember Matarrese inquired whether services are being duplicated, to which the Interim Finance Director responded in the negative. The AMP General Manager stated AMP has a completely different system and accounting rules; AMP can use the same format for its part of the City's budget document. Mayor Johnson stated the AMP budget should be consistent with the Special Meeting Alameda City Council 17 February 7, 2009 | CityCouncil/2009-02-07.pdf |