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Introduction Fiscal Year 2017 Adopted Budget About the Budget The City of Casselberry's budget serves as much more than just a financial plan. It also meets four essential purposes: Policy Document The Adopted Budget serves to inform the reader about the City of Casselberry and its policies that guide prioritization for the spending of resources. The City Manager's Budget Message provides a condensed analysis of the Adopted Budget, highlighting the central issues in developing the budget as well as establishing the theme for the Fiscal Year. The Adopted Budget includes the organization wide financial and programmatic policies and goals that address long-term financial issues, as well as short-term operational policies that direct the development of the annual budget. The Adopted Budget provides information about the services the City will provide for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2016 and ending on September 30, 2017. Financial Plan The Adopted Budget demonstrates the financial plan of the City, detailing the costs associated with providing municipal services and how the services will be funded. The Budget Summaries provides the reader with an at a glance view of all appropriated funds' revenue sources and expenditures/expenses by program, object category, and fund. The Adopted Budget explains the underlying assumptions for revenue estimates and analyzes significant revenue trends. In addition, projected beginning and ending fund balances are shown for the fiscal year in Appendix B, demonstrating the anticipated changes in fund balances from one year to the next to assist in future planning. A five year capital improvement plan is included, which assists management in allocating appropriate future resources for capital needs in addition to being able to consider the operating impact of capital outlay. Operations Guide The Adopted Budget provides detailed information on how the City and departments are organized. A summary of sources and uses is provided to review summarized information on how money is collected and spent in the current year. Within the departmental sections, the reader is provided information about the activities, services and functions that are carried out by each department in support of the overall City Commission goals and objectives. Included is also an organization chart, authorized positions, budget highlights and budgetary appropriation. Each division demonstrates the sources by that are used to provide the resources for the operations of the various programs the City provides. Communications Device The Adopted Budget provides the reader with summary information to assist with understanding revenue sources and planned fiscal spending that support the established goals and objectives. Included in the Proposed Budget document is a table of contents and a glossary to enable the reader to locate information and to understand the terminology used throughout the document. Charts, graphs and tables are strategically used to provide a visual demonstration of the narrative presented. The City Manager's Budget Message provided at the beginning of the Adopted Budget document provides the reader with a condensed analysis of the financial plans for fiscal year 2017 for the City of Casselberry. page 22