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Reasons for the request by Chief Crowley, to transfer $1.3 million of the $2.9 million in the L.A. Fire Hydrant Installation Fund to the City's Reserve Fund; include
2024-25Proposed_Budget.pdf "The April 2024 proposed budget for the LAFD, by Mayor Bass, was a decrease of $23 million. By May the City Council had changed it to a $17.6 million cut. Would the $1.3 million transferred out of the L.A. Fire Hydrant Installation Fund to the City's Reserve Fund been enough to repair some of the 100 fire trucks inoperable in January 2025?
April 29th Item 10 of the City Council Meeting Agenda: Regular City Council - 4/29/25
Passed as a part of a group vote (Items 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 30). All Council Members voted.
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a transfer of funds from the Fire Hydrant Installation and Main Replacement Fund No. 336 to the City’s Reserve Fund.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
REQUEST the Controller to transfer all identified eligible monies to the City’s Reserve Fund
Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the Office of Finance. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
Report from Budget and Finance Committee dated 4-1-25
Report from Office of Finance dated 3-06-25
Note: "The Reserve Fund is established to ensure that funds are available for unanticipated expenditures and revenue shortfalls in the General Fund. The City’s Reserve Fund Policy sets a goal for the Reserve Fund to be at least 5% of the General Fund budget every year. On July 1, 2023, the Reserve Fund had a balance of $648.3 million, 8.2% of the General Fund budget and well above the 5% Reserve Fund Policy goal.
The Budget Stabilization Fund (BSF) was added to the City Charter in 2011. The purpose of the BSF is to set aside funds when the City exceeds revenue projections to help smooth out years when revenue is stagnant or in decline. In fiscal year 2023, the BSF grew slightly to $195.8 million."
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