HOW TO READ THE MAYOR’S BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS
The Budget Recommendation contains summary information about
budgeted revenues and proposed appropriations, as well as detailed
information down to the individual budget appropriation.
Summary A through F, the first financial reports withinthe
Recommendations, contains summary financialinformation at revenue
and expenditure levels.
Estimated Revenue Details appear after the SummaryStatements
with the Statement of Estimates of Assetsand Liabilities and
Appropriation of Liabilities.
Estimated Expenditures follow the Estimated RevenueDetails and
provides information down to the individualbudget
appropriation.
The detail is organized first by funding sources,then by city
departments.
The first fund is the Corporate Fund, or Fund 100, the City’s
main operating fund. After the Corporate Fund, detail information
is provided for all various local funds, sorted by fund number
order.
Within each fund statement, information is broken down by
department, in ascending department code order. Only departments
being funded by a particular funding source (i.e., Corporate Fund)
will appear within detail section. The legend below illustrates how
to read reports within this section.
The Recommendations conclude with information about
grants(Summary G and Estimates of Grant Revenue),
anticipatedreimbursements between funds (Appendix A and B), and
salaryrate schedules.
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FUND NUMBER AND NAME DEPARTMENT NAME
DEPARTMENT NUMBER/ ORGANIZATIONAL CODE/ DIVISION OR BUREAU
NUMBER
DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT
APPROPRIATION CODE
FISCAL YEAR
ANNUAL SALARY OR RATE NUMBER OF DEPARTMENT POSITIONS
POSITION CODE AND TITLE
