2020/12/16 Council Agenda Packet

(3) Seeking additional revenues. • We were given the opportunity to identify our own ideas for addressing the General Government deficit, and we also reached out to the City Council for any additional ideas they had. • All these various ideas were combined into an online survey. Between our fourth and fifth meeting, we each took time to complete that survey, rating thirty-two separate ideas, and providing feedback on the various questions posed by Mayor Franklin. Through discussion in our last three meetings, we reviewed and refined the survey results and confirmed how we would answer the five questions posed by the Mayor. It was during this time that Boeing announced it would be closing production of the 787 line in Everett; at our seventh meeting, the City Finance Director was able to provide us with the updated — and worsening -- General Government budget deficit forecast through 2027. We were provided a draft of this report, prepared by the facilitator, in advance of our eighth and last meeting. We spent our eighth meeting reviewing the report together, confirming direction to finalize the report, and approving the report We reconvened for a short ninth meeting to consider additional information about the anticipated 2020 budget variance and approved additional edits to the report. We would note that all the financial data in this report has been provided to us by the City Finance staff and has not been independently verified. An Overview of the General Government Budget Challenge What are "General Government' services, and how do they support our quality of life in Everett? What is the nature of the funding challenge? We think it is important to preview our further findings and recommendations with a high-level overview of the General Government budget situation as we understand it. Figure 1 below lists the City's General Government services. A quick glance will confirm these are the basic services that residents and businesses rely upon to make Everett a safe and livable city. Figure 1: City General Government Services ■ City Council City Administration Police Fire Parks, Senior Center Animal Services Municipal Arts Library • ■ ■ ■ ■ Legal Municipal Court Human Resources Communications Finance Information Technology Community Planning and Economic Development Facilities Jail contract with Snohomish County 3