CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON 2019 ANNUAL BUDGET

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1 CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON 2019 ANNUAL BUDGET For the period January 1, 2019 thru December 31, 2019

2 2019 Budget City of Bremerton, Washington 2019 Budget For the year beginning January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2019 Mayor Greg Wheeler Council Members Eric Younger Council President.. District 7 Pat Sullivan.. District 1 Leslie Daugs.. District 2 Kevin Gorman.. District 3 Tony Hillman.. District 4 Michael Goodnow.. District 5 Richard Huddy.. District 6 Executive Leadership Roger Lubovich.. City Attorney Chal Martin.. Public Works & Utilities Director Jim Burchett.. Police Chief Pat McGanney.. Interim Fire Chief Andrea Spencer.. Director of Community Development Jeff Elevado.. Director of Parks and Recreation DeWayne Pitts.. Director of Financial Services

3 Cover by Kelsie Donleycott Photo Courtesy of Puget Sound Regional Council

4 Mayor Greg Wheeler November 20, 2018 To the Citizens and the Honorable Council of the City of Bremerton: I am pleased to share with you the City s 2019 Annual Budget. This budget prioritizes resources for many of the key initiatives from my campaign last year while also focusing on Council s goals and priorities. Providing public services to a variety of important and diverse needs is challenging as cities across the region struggle to deal with the impacts of homelessness, mental illness, safe communities, and the need for quality affordable housing. I am pleased this budget addresses these ongoing issues while maintaining fiscal prudence and improving service levels. The financial health of our City remains strong and continues to benefit from a history of consistently responsible budgeting and restrained spending. By ensuring fiscal responsibility and sound management, the City has an excellent bond rating and our General Fund has a balance that exceeds national best practices. Here are highlights of the budget s new programs: Quality affordable housing is important to me and the City Council. In January the City is partnering with the Bremerton Housing Authority (BHA) to create a rental assistance and eviction prevention program. We will provide BHA with $100,000 to assist the working poor and seniors who are struggling to pay their rent. For both groups, housing instability results when there is a disruption in income (job loss, reduction in hours, or reduction in benefits), an unanticipated expense (car repair or medical bill), or some unanticipated crisis affecting income. These citizens are often less than one month away from being without housing. This program will increase housing stability and decrease the devastating effects of homelessness in our City. Also in support of affordable housing, the City will provide $100,000 to Kitsap Community Resources (KCR) for a weatherization and minor home repair program. This program benefits those in our community who struggle to afford heating bills which often forces them to make choices between staying warm and paying for rent or food. The

5 funding would help fix and insulate homes of our low income neighbors resulting in a 30% reduction in energy use. Having walked nearly every City street during my campaign, covering 1,150 miles, I truly understand the importance of neighborhood walkability. The City Council has established a goal to increase funding for residential streets and sidewalks to ensure that the City s infrastructure is repaired and maintained. I support this goal, and therefore the budget includes funds dedicated to improving this program. Over $8.7 million of funding will support maintenance for City streets and sidewalks. We are just beginning to build our streets program and throughout the year I will be sharing with the community our program s successes. The City must be a leader for equal opportunity and diversity and our workplace goals and policies must be kept current and reflect our community. New funding in the budget will provide for the review and modernization of Human Resources policies; this will ensure ongoing support and guidance to City employees, strengthen diversity and equal opportunity practices and meet the needs of the City s large workforce. Increased funding will ensure that the City can proactively respond to issues and ensure that policies and procedures are updated regularly and are consistent with changing labor laws. Public safety is important to our citizens, and to support this my budget includes adding three new firefighter positions. These positions will allow us to increase our staffing on the City s ladder truck which will help increase our speed and efficiency in operations and improve our emergency situation rescue times. These new staff members will each be Firefighter/EMTs and will be cross-trained for fire boat operations for water related emergencies which will increase the safety to the citizens and firefighters of our community. This budget is a reflection of Bremerton s values and promotes a smart, sustainable future that our City and elected officials can and should be proud of. Sincerely, Greg Wheeler Mayor

6 Table of Contents Budget Summary...1 All Funds Revenue and Expenditure Summary...9 Budget Process Budget Calendar Strategic Priorities and Initiatives...18 Personnel...20 Budget Detail...29 General Fund...31 General Fund Revenue Detail...37 Special Revenue Funds...75 Debt Service Funds Capital Improvement Funds Enterprise Funds Internal Service Funds Capital Improvement Program Financial Goals and Policies Organizational Charts Statistical Information Glossary of Terms Ordinances..217