Agenda for City Council Retreat (10/25/2008)

City Council Retreat
Saturday, October 25, 2008 - - 9:30 a.m.

Council will adhere to this As of October 22, 2008
schedule as closely as possible.

AGENDA

ALEXANDRIA CITY COUNCIL RETREAT
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008

T&ES AND RECREATION MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS FACILITIES
2900 BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE

9:30 to 9:45 COFFEE, FRUIT AND DOUGHNUTS

9:45 to 9:55 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Mayor William D. Euille
City Manager Jim Hartmann

9:55 to 10:05 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK (NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL)
Mark Jinks, Deputy City Manager

10:05 to 10:15 REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT OUTLOOK FOR CY 2009
Bryan Page, Deputy Director, Real Estate Assessments
Jeff Bandy, Division Chief, Appraisal/Real Estate
Assessments

10:15 to 11:00 UPDATE ON REVENUE OUTLOOK FOR REMAINDER OF FY
2009
AND REPORT ON FY 2009 SPENDING REDUCTION PLANS
Bruce Johnson, Director, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)

11:00 to 11:15 FUTURE COURSE OF THE REAL ESTATE MARKET
Eric Eisinger, Budget/Management Analyst, OMB

11:15 to 11:30 OVERALL REVENUE OUTLOOK FOR FY 2010
Bruce Johnson, Director, OMB

11:30 to 11:45 FUTURE OF DEDICATED REAL ESTATE TAXES
Affordable Housing
Open Space
Transportation – Commercial Property Tax
Mark Jinks, Deputy City Manager

11:45 to 12:30 LUNCH

12:30 to 1:15 BUDGET PRIORITIES

12:30 to 12:35 Overview (Jim Hartmann, City Manager)
12:35 to 12:45 Pay and Compensation (Michele Evans, Deputy City Manager)
12:45 to 1:00 Fire/Police Communications (Earl Cook, Executive Deputy Police Chief/Blaine Corle, Deputy Police Chief/Adam Thiel, Fire Chief
1:00 to 1:15 Fire Dept. Initiatives (Adam Thiel, Fire Chief)

1:15 to 1:45 CITY OPERATING BUDGET CURRENT SERVICES EXPENDITURE OUTLOOK FOR FY 2010
Bruce Johnson, Director, OMB
Kendel Taylor, Financial Management Coordinator, OMB

1:45 to 2:15 SCHOOLS OPERATING BUDGET OUTLOOK FOR FY 2010
Dr. Morton Sherman, Superintendent, Alexandria City Public
Schools
Margaret Byess, Executive Director for Financial Services,
Alexandria City Public Schools

2:15 to 2:25 CITY ACTION/RESPONSE TO BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (BFAAC) RECOMMENDATIONS
Bruce Johnson, Director, OMB
Tracy Rickett, BFAAC, Chair

2:25 to 2:40 BREAK

2:40 to 3:05 CIP OUTLOOK AND FINANCING OPTIONS
Bruce Johnson, Director, OMB
Michael Stewart, Budget/Management Analyst, OMB

3:05 to 3:30 SCHOOLS CIP PROJECTS
Dr. Morton Sherman, Superintendent, Alexandria City Public
Schools
Robert Watling, Supervisor of Budget, Alexandria City Public Schools

3:30 to 3:40 ECO-CITY INITIATIVES
Richard Baier, Director, Transportation and Environmental
Services
Lalit Sharma, Division Chief, Office of Environmental Quality

3:40 to 3:50 LONG RANGE INTERACTIVE MODEL OUTLOOK THROUGH FY 2015
Bruce Johnson, Director, OMB

3:50 to 4:00 ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE
Mark Jinks, Deputy City Manager

4:00 to 5:00 COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF BUDGET GUIDANCE

DIRECTIONS: Business Center Drive is located off Roth Street which is accessed via the 3000 block of Duke Street (Generous George’s Positive Pizza and Pasta Place is on the corner of Roth Street and Duke Street.)

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