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Posted: March 28, 2025
Rapid City
Agenda Item Summary

Agenda Item Ref. #: LF040225-13

Agenda Item Title:

Second Reading and Recommendation of Ordinance No. 6663, an Ordinance Regarding Supplemental Appropriation No. 1 for 2025

Origination Group:
Legal & Finance Committee
Origination Meeting Date:
04/02/2025
City Council Hearing Date:
04/07/2025
City Council First Reading Date:
04/07/2025
City Council Second Reading Date:
04/21/2025
Petitioner:
Finance Office
Staff Contact:
Daniel Ainslie, Finance Director
Location:
Council Chambers
Agenda Item Summary:
The Mayor has directed staff to enhance the efficiency of service delivery for our community's residents. The goal is to complete necessary tasks as promptly and cost-effectively as possible. Staff members have been collaborating to identify areas for improvement, and this supplemental appropriation represents the first of several steps to realize this vision.

Routine tasks that the City frequently outsources are often performed at a significantly higher cost than if completed internally. Additionally, state and local purchasing requirements substantially extend the time needed to prepare bidding or quote documents and to finalize the process. Over the past three months, the City has successfully completed several small-scale concrete, street, and utility repair projects that would typically have been outsourced. These projects yielded significant taxpayer savings:

• Park Drive Bridge: $10,700
• 5th Street Storm Drainage: $43,700
• Police Department Canine Kennel: $2,800
• 5th and Cathedral Catch Basins: $10,650
• Fire Department Training Paving: $14,450

These case studies demonstrate the taxpayer savings and expedited project delivery achievable with a sufficient internal workforce. The proposed supplemental appropriation aligns with this approach, funding four additional street operators, four mechanics, two parks staff, and two janitorial staff members. The associated costs are fully offset by eliminating contracts and projects that would otherwise have been outsourced. This approach will not only maintain the current level of projects but will also provide immediate savings of $3,288 to the General Fund. Moreover, the additional workforce will enable the City to tackle additional high-priority tasks.

This supplemental appropriation also includes carryover projects and initiatives that were funded in 2024 but remain incomplete. The ordinance attachment for this report will be finalized and amended on March 31.

Funding Source & Fiscal Impact (if applicable):

Funding Cost Center
Is Funding Budgeted?:
Not Budgeted

Recommendations:

Origination Recommendation Action:
Approve
Origination Recommendation Notes:
First reading approved on April 7, 2025.
City Council Recommendation Action:
Approve
Published in 2025 - LF Agenda Items

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