This is the first public hearing regarding the Town of Addison’s Annual Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024.  The proposed FY 2024 budget requests an appropriation of $117,562,785 consisting of $104,265,110 for operating expenditures, $10,446,135 for capital improvements, $875,540 for transfers, and $1,976,000 for one-time decision packages. Listed below is a breakdown of funds:
 

• Revenues for all funds total $107,910,607 an increase of $18.12M compared to the FY 2023 budget.  Primary revenue sources are property tax ($36.08 million), sales tax ($15.2 million), hotel occupancy tax ($5.25 million), interest and other income ($13.59 million), and utility service fees ($15.95 million).
• Staffing level of 316.5 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) positions. This is an increase of 8.5 FTE’s over FY 2023.
• An employee compensation pool of 4% with an additional 5% budgeted to implement the results of a compensation market study.

• Emergency Management Coordinator - 1.0 FTE ($154,381 recurring cost and $7,600 one-time cost)
• Mental Health Wellness Program for Police Department ($30,000 recurring cost)
• AED purchase and monthly inspections ($18,000 recurring cost and $75,000 one-time cost)
• Two Fire Administration Vehicles ($120,000 one-time cost)
• Building Inspector 3rd party Services ($36,353 recurring cost)
• Assistant Director of Development Services - 1.0 FTE ($157,592 recurring cost and $9,900 one-time cost)
• Code Enforcement Manager - 1.0 FTE ($132,429 recurring cost and $51,400 one-time cost)
• Code Enforcement Officer - 1.0 FTE ($109,974 recurring cost and $49,900 one-time cost)
• Neighborhood Services Startup Funding ($60,000 one-time cost)
• Facility Attendant - 0.5 FTE ($23,548 recurring cost)
• Parks Planned Asset Replacement ($196,000 one-time cost)
• Addison Circle Park Vision Plan ($205,000)
• Pickleball Court Shade Structure ($217,000)
• Spruill Dog Park Artificial Turf ($4,602 recurring cost and $235,287 one-time cost)
• Public Art Installation ($150,000 one-time cost)
• NTTA Pedestrian Crossing, Gateway and Landscape Plan ($156,000 one-time cost)
• Recreation Van ($98,274 one-time cost)
• Addison Athletic Club Building Improvements ($57,000 one-time cost) 
• Addision Athletic Club Outdoor Pool Renovation ($339,743 one-time cost)
• Paver Replacements on Arapaho ($300,000 one-time cost)
• Brick Paver Repairs in Vitruvian Area ($105,000 one-time cost)
• Airport Insurance Administrative Program ($30,000 one-time cost)
• Asphalt Trailer ($75,000 one-time cost)
• Hutton Branch Outfall Reconstruction ($755,000 one-time cost)
• Annual Stormwater Maintenance Plan ($450,000 recurring cost)
• Street Sweeper and Street Maintenance Worker - 1.0 FTE ($225,000 one-time cost and $843 annual recurring savings)
• GIS Analyst Position - 1.0 FTE ($14,878 annual savings)
• Public Works Superintendent ($144,333 recurring cost and $5,000 one-time cost)
• Utility Billing Customer Portal ($20,000 recurring cost and $10,000 one-time cost)
• Contracted Utility Repairs ($100,000 recurring cost)
• Kellway Wet Well Structural Inspection ($55,000 one-time cost)
• Non-Destructive Testing of 24-inch Water Transmission Main ($110,000 one-time cost)

The FY 2024 proposed five-year capital improvements budget totals $54.29 million. Significant projects include:

• Midway Road Reconstruction ($10.00 million),
• Vitruvian West Streetscape and Bella Lane Extension ($0.60 million),
• Improvements to Existing Buildings ($1.50 million),
• Keller Springs Reconstruction ($14.74 million),
• Les Lacs Pond Improvements ($2.55 million),
• Vitruvian Park Phase 6, Block 301, 302, and 303 Improvements ($2.65 million),
• Quorum Drive Reconstruction ($3.41 million),
• Monfort Drive Reconstruction ($2.75 million),
• Beltway Drive Trail ($2.20 million)
• Transit Oriented Development Parking Garage ($3.40 million)
• Redding Trail Extension and Dog Park Improvements ($0.55 million),
• Lake Forest Drive Utility Improvements ($0.94 million),
• Beltway Drive/Belt Line Road Water Main Replacement ($0.64 million),
• Celestial Pumpstation Pump #3 Replacement ($0.45 million),
• Celestial Pumpstation Pump #1 Replacement ($0.45 million),
• Surveyor Pumpstation Electrical Upgrades ($0.70 million)
• SCADA and Kellway Electrical Control Panel Upgrades ($0.43 million),
• Bravo/Golf Taxiway Improvements ($4.00 million),
• Reconstruction of Jimmy Doolittle Drive ($1.40 million),
• Eastside Airport Service Road Reconstruction (0.32 million),
• Airport Regulated Garbage Utility Building ($0.28 million),
• West Perimiter Fencing Improvements ($0.07 million),
• Wiley Post Building Improvements ($0.12 million),
• Wiley Post Parking Lot Reconstruction ($0.15 million).

Texas Local Government Code (LGC) Sec. 102.006 requires the governing body of a municipality to hold a public hearing on the proposed budget and provide for public notice of the date, time, and location of the hearing.  This notice was published in the Dallas Morning News on Friday, August 25, 2023. 

A second public hearing will be held before the budget is considered for adoption on September 12, 2023 at 7:30 pm at the Addison Conference Centre located at 15650 Addison Road, Addison, Texas 75001.

The Fiscal Year 2024 proposed budget can be found at the following link on the Town's website: https://addisontexas.net/finance/budget