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<br />The following funds experienced a decrease in net position. <br /> <br /> The Ambulance Transport Fund’s net position decreased $1.2 million. In addition to the impact of recording the new <br />OPEB liability, the fund also incurred a significant increase in personnel costs over the prior year primarily from <br />adding a BLS unit. <br /> The Parking Services Fund’s net position decreased $1.3 million from recording the OPEB liability as well as a one- <br />time cost in FY18 for replacing the City’s parking meters. <br /> The Wastewater Utility Fund’s net position decreased $3.7 million. In addition to the impact of recording the OPEB <br />liability, the fund also recorded a prior period adjustment for inventory. <br /> <br />Other factors concerning the finances of proprietary funds can be found in the previous discussion of the City’s business-type <br />activities. <br /> <br />General Fund Budgetary Highlights <br /> <br />The City’s final General Fund budget differs from the original budget in that it contains carry-forward appropriations for various <br />programs and projects, and supplemental appropriations approved during FY18. As a result, the final fiscal year 2018 budget <br />for the General Fund increased by $8.1 million. The primary reasons for this increase were as follows: <br /> <br /> $3.4 million for one-time funding requests <br /> $1.6 million in contractual obligations to vendors <br /> $2.3 million in program reappropriations <br /> <br />These changes were partially funded by increases of $0.7 million in charges for services, reimbursement revenue from City of <br />Springfield for logistics and battalion chief support of $0.25 million and $1.3 million in intergovernmental revenues (grant <br />funding). The remaining funding of $5.85 million is from unspent resources from the prior year. <br /> <br />The difference between the budget and actual FY18 results is recorded as an adjustment to budgeted FY19 Beginning <br />Working Capital (BWC). The FY19 BWC adjustment is an increase of $11.6 million. This means that the aggregated <br />beginning resources for FY19 were under‐estimated by that amount when the budget was prepared in early 2018. <br /> <br />Economic Factors and Next Year’s Budgets and Rates <br />During the preparation of the budget for the ensuing fiscal year, the long-term impacts of the local economy were examined in <br />conjunction with business decisions made by the City. The following were the major assumptions used in developing the <br />FY19 budget: <br /> <br /> Property tax revenues were expected to increase 4.0%. <br /> Salaries for non-represented employees and employees covered under collective bargaining agreements were expected <br />to increase 2.0% - 2.2%. <br /> Health benefit rates were increased by 0.8%. <br /> Retirement costs were expected to range from 25.7% to 29.7% of payroll, depending on which pension plan the employee <br />participates in. <br /> Interest rates on investments were projected to be 1.5%. <br /> <br />Requests for Information <br />This financial report is designed to provide a general overview of the City’s finances. Questions concerning any of the <br />information provided in this report or requests for additional financial information should be addressed to: <br /> <br />Fionan Cronin, CPA <br />Assistant Finance Director <br />City of Eugene <br />100 West 10th Avenue, Suite 400 <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />25 <br />December 10, 2018, Meeting - Item 2D