Community Development Administration Overview

 Administration Function and Goals

  • Coordinate Community Development activity in implementing Council goals.

  • Provide office management and clerical support to all Community  Development divisions

  • Support the downtown and riverfront planning effort.

  • Ensure that the City's activities comply with federal regulations for threatened  steelhead and salmon.

  • Improve citizen service.

  • Coordinate City participation in the South Corridor Transportation Alternatives  Study.

  • Manage the Community Development Budgets and Capital Improvement  Program.  Evaluate alternative service delivery.

  • Work with intergovernmental partners to provide better service to Milwaukie  citizen
     

 Divisions

  • Administration

  • Planning

  • Building Inspection

  • Engineering

  • Streets [budgets include  operating, bike paths, and  Systems Development  Charges (SDC)]

  • Water (budgets include operating, SDC, and capital reserve)

  • Sewer (budgets include operating, SDC, and capital reserve)

  • Stormwater (budgets include operating, SDC, and capital reserve)

  • Fleet (vehicles) Services (budgets include operating and capital reserve)

  • Fleet Reserve

  • Facility Maintenance

  • Public Parking Facilities


Fund Types

  • General Fund — The least restricted fund and used for general government  functions

  • Special Revenue Funds — Spending is restricted by the Oregon Constitution  or State law. Example: State Gas Tax/Street Fund and Bike Path Fund

  • Enterprise Funds — These funds must be spent on the activity they were  collected to fund. Example: Water Fund

  • Internal Services Funds — User departments pay for services from another  department.  Example: Use of City vehicle and an allocated portion of the City’s  electrical bill.

  • SDC funds — SDCs are charged to new development.  They are based and  spent on a specific list of projects necessary to accommodate growth.

  • Capital Reserve Funds — Funds are set aside for future capital projects.


Revenue Sources

  • Community Development Administration is an Internal Services Fund, and the  costs of this fund are charged back to all Community Development functions.

Last updated: 10/03/2008

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