BREMERTON — The Bremerton City Council held a public comment session on the proposed 2016 budget Nov. 18.
The proposed budget will be voted on 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, at a special meeting.
The total proposed revenue and total proposed expenditures are $152,931,712. In 2015, the total budget was $136,082,276. The proposed budget is increased by $16,849,436.
Revenue sources are split into the general fund and business funds.
The general fund, accounting for 43.5 percent of the budget ($66,578,116), encompasses government, special revenue, debt service and capital improvement funds
The general fund budget in 2015 was $36,336,504. This year’s proposed general fund was increased by $30,241,612.
Significant differences in the proposed 2016 budget include:
— Engineering, general fund: $604,276 more than 2015.
— Non-departmental, general fund: $1,929,589 more than 2015.
— Street, special revenue: $1,823,274 less than 2015.
— Parking system, special revenue: $557,447 more than 2015.
— General government, capital improvement: $74,041 more than 2015.
— Park facilities construction, capital improvement: $213,678 less than 2015.
— Washington Avenue connector, capital improvement: $2,896,091 less than 2015.
The capital improvement section also added transportation capital projects ($3,100,195) and fire public safety capital ($4,430,000), and removed the lower Wheaton Way project ($97,712) from the budget.
The business-type funds make up 56.5 percent of the budget ($86,353,596) and includes enterprise funds and internal service funds.
In 2015, the total business-type funds in the budget was $75,048,053. This year’s proposed business-type funds was increased by $11,305,543.
Significant differences in the proposed 2016 budget include:
— Water capital, enterprise funds: $4,121,238 more than 2015.
— Wastewater capital, enterprise funds: $1,097,408 more than 2015.
— ER&R equipment reserve, internal service funds: $494,170 less than 2015.
The internal service section also added self insurance health and welfare reserve ($5,112,900).
The total proposed expenditures match the proposed revenue in each subsection of the general and business funds.
To view the proposed 2016 budget, visit www.ci.bremerton.wa.us/964/2016-Pro posed-Budget.
