2019-252 Ordinance Adopting the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget and Appropriating Monies for the Purpose of Defraying the Expenses of Departments and Funds of the City of Decatur, Illinois for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2020

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� ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Pro�ram Description The Economic&Community Development Department (ECD) is responsible for the implementation of applicable plans, policies,codes, and ordinances that provide for the orderly development of the city while promoting the public health, safety, and general welfare of our citizens, protecting property values, and preserving the city's unique qualities and characteristics,through four functional divisions (Planning&Sustainability, Revitatization & Housing Services, Neighborhood Inspections and Building Inspections) and in conjunction with several citizen volunteer commissions and boards e.g. Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Historical &Architectural Sites Commission. The City Council approved City Administration's proposal to shifting mass transit services and some of the economic development functions to be under the Deputy City Manager. Specifically, ECD staff are involved in current/long-range land use and comprehensive planning, development review and processing, regional transportation planning(as the lead agency for the Metropolitan Planning Commission for Decatur Urbanized Area Transportation Study- DUATS),federal housing programs, economic development, property maintenance and code enforcement, building permitting/inspection services, and community/neighborhood services and revitalization, while providing technical and policy support to the City Administration and City Council. While most of the functions are supported by the General Fund, some of our operations and programs rely on federal (e.g. CDBG, HOME, DOT, FTA) and state grants (e.g. IDOT, IHDA) and Downstate Mass Transit Operation Assistance, as well as other funding sources and donations such as from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation for building demolitions on blight properties and to-be-acquired Macon County Trustee lots. Sta an The Economic & Community Development Department contains 22 FT positions. Its current services include economic development, planning and zoning, federal housing and community development block grant programming and administration, neighborhood inspections, neighborhood revitalization, property maintenance enforcement, building permits and inspections and regional transportation planning(thru DUATS). Bud�et Hi�hli�hts The proposed programs, staffing, equipment,and resource levels of ECD in FY 2020 are comparable to the previous fiscal year except for the following proposed highlights, addition, and/deletions: 1. In order to expedite implementation of strategies for Council's neighborhood revitalization initiative,the budget includes participation-related costs for membership City of Decatur 4� 2020 Budget