BUDGET BULLETIN CITY OF CORAL GABLES

2016-2017 BUDGET ESTIMATE

PROVIDED BY COMMISSIONER JEANNETT SLESNICK 305 460-5326

SPEAK OUT ON WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE SPENT!

ATTEND THE SECOND AND FINAL HEARING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE 2016-17 BUDGET

PROPOSAL FOR CORAL GABLES.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 AT 5:01 PM

CORAL GABLES CITY HALL, IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS

405 BILTMORE WAY, CORAL GABLES, FL 33134

ONLY A FEW CITIZENS ATTENDED THE FIRST HEARING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR

INPUT RELATIVE TO HOW OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE SPENT. DO YOU WANT YOUR TRASH

PICK-UP TO REMAIN THE SAME, BETTER STREET LIGHTING, MORE POLICE PRESENCE, BETTER

MAINTENANCE OF HISTORIC LANDMARKS, MORE PARKS...WE NEED TO KNOW!

Fiscal Year 2017 Budget includes City funding

for new projects and additional funding for

existing projects or programs. Highlights of

newly funded items include $1,500,000

towards the acquisition of land for Fire

Station #4, $400,000 for the installation of

pedestrian street lighting and bike amenities

on Aragon and Andalusia Avenues, $350,000

for the installation of crosswalk upgrades

and installation of new sidewalks, $200,000

towards optimizing energy and water

efficiency at City facilities and $200,000 for

the installation of decorative street lighting.

Additional funding for existing projects is

included in Fiscal Year 2017 of $3,209,449

for the replacement/addition of vehicles,

$1,353, 81 to fund the cyclical replacement/

renovation of Parks & Recreation equipment

and play areas, $1,262,308 for upgrading the

Information Technology infrastructure,

$1,265,000 for Sanitary Sewer and $727,000

for Storm Water system repairs, $750,000

for City Hall Repairs/Improvements, $600,00

for ongoing citywide street resurfacing,

$500,000 for Closed Circuit television camer-

as at strategic locations citywide, $431,375

for Citywide Roof Repairs, $400,000 for the

development of passive parks throughout

the City, and $235,000 for the emergency

Vehicle Intersection Preemption System.

FISCAL YEAR 2017 BUDGET