FY 2011-12 ADOPTED BUDGET
The City of Asheville’s 2011-12 Annual Operating Budget, with a net budget totaling $132,456,548, was adopted by City Council on May 24, 2011. The Adopted Budget is balanced with a property tax rate of 42 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, which represents no change from the previous fiscal year.
The information below, which is excerpted from the FY 2011-12 Adopted Budget Document, provides a brief overview of the Budget. The information is available for viewing in Portable Document Format (PDF) using AdobeAcrobat Reader.
The Introduction includes a description of the budget process and City organizational structure, and a presentation of the City’s financial policies.
The Budget Summary section provides a detailed picture of the City’s FY 2011-12 adopted annual operating budget, including information on total budget expenditures, revenues, and staffing.
The Fund Summary section segregates the expenditures and revenues by fund. Detailed information is included for all City operating funds, with a focus on the City’s largest fund - the general fund. This section also highlights the City’s major revenue sources and summarizes the trends and assumptions that were used in developing the FY 2011-12 revenue estimates.
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Service Area Summaries:
The next five sections present budget data for the major service areas. Detailed budget information is included for the City departments and divisions associated with each service category. Departmental goals, objectives and performance measures are presented in this section.
General Government
Finance and Management Services, City Manager's Office, Economic Development, City Attorney's Office, Information Technology Services, Human Resources
Police, Fire
Water Resources Fund, Public Works, Stormwater Fund, Street Cut Utility Fund, Transportation, Transit Service Fund, Parking Service Fund
Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts, Golf Fund, Civic Center Fund
Planning & Developpment, Housing Trust Fund, Building Safety
The long-range Capital Improvement Program (CIP) describes planned capital improvement projects and funding sources for the next five fiscal years. This section also contains information on the City's annual debt service requirements.
The community profile provides demographic and economic information for the Asheville area. This section also includes the Budget Ordinance adopting the annual budget and funding the tax rate for the City of Asheville for the Fiscal Year 2011-12 and a glossary of common terms.
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Copies of the 2011-12 Budget Document can be obtained from the City’s Office of Budget & Research.
Please direct document requests and any other comments or questions to:
Budget & Research Division
City of Asheville
P.O. Box 7148
Asheville, NC 28802-7148
Telephone: (828) 259-5599
Fax: (828) 259-5499
Email: Tony McDowell: tmcdowell@ashevillenc.gov
or John Sanchez: jsanchez@ashevillenc.gov