Operating Budget for Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2012

Manager's Budget Messages

• City Manager's Message dated March 20, 2012
• City Manager's Message dated July 18, 2012
• Service Reductions - Impact Statement

Overview Section

Overview (includes all of the pages below in one 18-page document)
Describes the budget process, the City's organization, long-range planning process, and budget and financial policies

• Overview - City of Chesapeake Organization
• Overview - City-Wide Organizational Chart
• Overview - How to Read the Operating Budget Document
• Overview - Operating Budget Process and Calendar
• Overview - Long Range Planning and the Operating Budget
• Chesapeake City Council Priorities (September 2010)
• Overview - Short Term Budget & Financial Policies Guiding The Development of the Operating Budget
• Overview - Policies Guiding Development of the Capital Budget
• Overview - Financial Structure

Summary Charts

• Graphs - "Where it is Coming From ... and Where it is Going ..."
• Resources and Requirements
  • Displays the City budget revenues and expenses in summary
• Operating Budget Summaries
• Fund Balance Projection
  • Displays the total Operating Budget by Fund, by Section and by Type of expense. Includes a display of the General Fund revenues and expenses.

Revenue

• Revenue
  • Provides details of the revenue sources of the City.

Operating Budget by Department

• Governance and Management
  • Provides budget details for offices and departments of elected and appointed officials and on departments focused on internal municipal services (finance, human resources, etc.).
• Quality of Community Life
  • Provides budget details for departments providing human, health, recreational, and knowledge services to citizens, including: Human Service Agencies, Health Department, Parks & Recreation, and Libraries.
•  Economic and Environmental Vitality
  • Provides budget details for departments focused on development of the local economy and on the physical infrastructure and environment of the community. This section includes: Economic Development, Planning, Development and Permits, Public Works, and Public Utilities.
• Public Safety and Justice 
  • Provides budget details for departments focused on safety and justice, including: Police, Fire, Sheriff, and Courts.
•  Education
  •  Provides a summary of Chesapeake Public Schools’ Operating Budget.
•  Debt Service
  •  Provides a summary of the debt payments required of the City with identification of funding sources and debt management policies.
• Appendix
  • Provides a personnel summary