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city of
Year of incorporation
Area of City
Public streets
Population
Police station
Police staff
Fire stations
Fire staff
City parks
Public beaches
1888
42 sq. miles
1,407
169,350
1
319
8
119
30
3.5 miles
Mayor
Deputy Mayor
Council Member
Council Member
Council Member
City Clerk
City Treasurer
City of Oceanside is located 35 miles north of
San Diego and 83 miles south of Los Angeles.
FY 13-14 FTE
%
City Council
9.45
1.03%
City Clerk
9.00
0.98%
City Treasurer
2.94
0.32%
City Manager
46.07
5.03%
City Attorney
8.66
0.95%
30.85
3.37%
Department
Financial Services
Human Resources
13.05
1.43%
Police
319.00
34.86%
Fire
119.00
13.01%
Public Works
87.54
9.57%
Development Services
47.20
5.16%
Neighborhood Services
55.32
6.05%
Library
26.00
2.84%
Water Utilities
140.92
15.40%
TOTAL*
915.00
100.00%
*Full and part time employees
City Manager
City Attorney
Deputy City Manager
Development Services Dir.
Financial Services Director
Fire Chief
Human Resources Dir.
Library Services Director
Neighborhood Services Dir.
Police Chief
Water Utilities Director
Jim Wood
Jerome Kern
Gary Felien
Jack Feller
Esther Sanchez
Zack Beck
Gary Ernst
OCEANSIDE CA
Peter A. Weiss
John P. Mullen
Michelle Skaggs-Lawrence
George Buell III
Teri Ferro
Darryl Hebert
Pat Nunez
Sherri Cosby
Margery Pierce
Frank McCoy Jr.
Cari Dale
City of Oceanside
300 North Coast Hwy.
Oceanside, CA 92054
(760) 435-4500
The complete budget document is available at the
City of Oceanside Official Website
www.ci.oceanside.ca.us
GENERAL FUND
BUDGET-IN-BRIEF
FY 2013-2014
This budget document has been developed to serve as the City’s monetary statement of program and
service delivery for the next twelve months.
The City of Oceanside’s revenues show signs of stabilizing after significant declines the past several
years. Property taxes and sales taxes are showing nominal increases, predominantly driven by the
fluctuating cost of fuel. Expenditures continue to exceed revenues due to rising costs of personnel wages,
pensions and health insurance benefits. The City Council and management staff have taken numerous
proactive steps to arrest the financial decline.
For the past few years the City of Oceanside has been in the bridging stage – with the
objective of getting through the immediate crisis to create breathing room for making
more sustainable reform. The City is now in the reform stage by implementing its shortterm recovery plan, and working towards the development and implementation of longterm treatments for financial sustainability including: reducing the size of government,
outsourcing or eliminating non-essential programs and functions, reducing management
positions, and consolidating functions.
Taxes pay for public services and facilities that
provide general benefits, and there is no direct
relationship between the taxpayer’s benefit and the
tax paid. The following chart shows how taxes
received by the City of Oceanside are spent.
Revenues (in millions)
FY 13/14
Property Taxes
Svc Charges/Permits
Sales Taxes
$47.26
20.73
19.73
All Other Taxes
Other & Transfers
Fines/Forfeitures
Use of Money
Intergovernmental
Grand Total
Sales Tax
16%
11.38
13.31
4.31
4.25
0.53
$121.50
All Other Taxes
9%
Expenditures (in millions)
General Government
Council
Clerk
Treasurer
Manager
Attorney
Finance
H/R
Non-Departmental
Public Safety
Fire
Police
Public Works
Public Works
Community Development
Development Services
FY 13/14
$0.87
1.00
0.32
0.58
1.53
4.83
0.69
5.99
24.48
49.52
12.83
7.19
Community & Cultural Services
Neighborhood Services
Library
ED/Propr Mgmt/Dwtn Plan
5.52
4.61
1.10
Grand Total
$121.06
Community & Cultural
Services
9%
Community
Development
6%
General Government
13%
Public Works
11%
Other &
Transfers
11%
Svc
Charges/Permits
17%
Fines/Forfeitures
4%
Use of Money
4%
Intergovernmental
0%
Property Tax
39%
Public Safety
61%