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# This Week in City Hall, January 23
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/this-week-in-city-hall-january-23/
- Published: 2023-01-23T23:32:20.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-29T17:53:58.000Z
- Description: 21/22 Fourth Quarter Financial Report The City’s finance department will share the Fourth Quarter Financial Report for the 2021 & 22 fiscal year. Year end revenue to the City came in $10.8M over projections, even after a mid-cycle $13.7M increase in projected income, for a total of $308,100,000 – a
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: City Hall, Budget & Finance, Column, #bulk-2023-03-29

## 21/22 Fourth Quarter Financial Report

The City’s finance department will share the [Fourth Quarter Financial Report](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11573616&GUID=B3E2870D-F969-4093-9014-962D7FE333E4&ref=raincrossgazette.com) for the 2021 & 22 fiscal year. Year end revenue to the City came in $10.8M over projections, even after a mid-cycle $13.7M increase in projected income, for a total of $308,100,000 – a 6.5% increase over the previous year.

|                       | 2019        | 2020        | 2021        | 2022        |
| --------------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| Property Taxes        | $67.4m      | $70.8m      | $73.6m      | $77.9m      |
| Sales and Use Tax     | $68.4m      | $66.3m      | $78.3m      | $90.8m      |
| Utility Users Tax     | $28.0m      | $29.0m      | $30.6m      | $32.5m      |
| General Fund Transfer | $46.5m      | $46.1m      | $46.9m      | $47.1m      |
| Measure Z Transfer    | $13.2m      | $18.3m      | $18.3m      | $18.3m      |
| Other Revenue         | $48.5m      | $45.9m      | $41.7m      | $18.3m      |
| **Total**             | **$272.0m** | **$276.5m** | **$289.4m** | **$308.1m** |

City Staff is requesting Council approval for a carryover of “unexpended funds” of approximately $3.3 million in the General Fund and $39.3 million in other City funds and to use the $34.7 million in surplus reserves for City staff salary increases, the City’s Capital Replacement Fund, and a trust established to CalPERS obligations.

## City Council and Mayoral Compensation Review

Every other year January Council reviews it’s own compensation (salary + benefits) alongside the Mayor’s. Any increase in salary requires at least five affirmative votes and may not exceed 5% of the existing salaries. Council has not approved an increase since 2015.

The current monthly salary for the Mayor is $6,897 and the City Council is $3,448\. If Council votes to increase the compensation, a public hearing will be scheduled for February 28, 2023, for final action.

## Redistricting Update

The City began [a required review of ward boundaries](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/city-begins-redistricting-process-encourages-resident-involvement/) in August 2002 through a process dubbed: [Reshape Riverside](https://riversideca.gov/cityclerk/reshape-riverside?ref=raincrossgazette.com).

The FAIR MAPS Act requires wards of relatively equal population size that share common simple borders (rivers, streets, highways, etc.) and maintain “communities of interest”.

Six maps are under consideration:

1. [Map A3:](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/content/files/cityclerk/sites/riversideca.gov.cityclerk/files/pdf/Redistricting%5F2021/draft-20map-20a3-20woodstreets-20whole.pdf) based on existing Ward map with minimal neighborhood splits (22 neighborhoods kept whole, 5 neighborhoods split)
2. [Map B](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/content/files/cityclerk/sites/riversideca.gov.cityclerk/files/pdf/Redistricting%5F2021/draft-20map-20b.pdf): outline to minimize population deviation while maintaining existing current lines as much as possible (14 neighborhoods kept whole, 13 neighborhoods split)
3. [Map C2:](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/content/files/cityclerk/sites/riversideca.gov.cityclerk/files/pdf/Redistricting%5F2021/draft-20map-20c2.pdf) Map created by public citizen through redistricting website (16 neighborhoods kept whole, 11 neighborhoods split)
4. [Map C3](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/content/files/cityclerk/sites/riversideca.gov.cityclerk/files/pdf/Redistricting%5F2021/draft-20map-20c3.pdf): Map created by public citizen through redistricting website which keeps all of the Hunter Industrial Park neighborhood together (17 neighborhoods kept whole, 10 neighborhoods split)
5. [Map D](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/content/files/cityclerk/sites/riversideca.gov.cityclerk/files/pdf/Redistricting%5F2021/draft-20map-20d-20bbra.pdf): Submitted by the Brown and Black Redistricting Alliance (18 neighborhoods kept together, 9 neighborhoods split)
6. [Map D3](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/content/files/cityclerk/sites/riversideca.gov.cityclerk/files/pdf/Redistricting%5F2021/draft-20map-20d3.pdf): Downtown-Eastside split

Council will hold a final public hearing tonight before making a final decision next month.

## Establishing Commision of the Deaf

With an estimated [156,176 individuals with hearing difficulty living](https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2019-acs-data-wheel.html?ref=raincrossgazette.com) in the Inland Empire, Council is consider the adoption of an ordinance [establishing a Commission of the Deaf](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11573633&GUID=4E3B9906-68E1-42DC-BB9F-CBBEF5B07062&ref=raincrossgazette.com) to advise the City Council on matters affecting members of the deaf community.