Revenues of those are the revenues the mayor and the board of supervisors have to allocate and this is the projection from the citys fiveyear Financial Plan and you can see i have circled down here that over the four years of this projection theres an average growth rate of about 3. 5 and so we can change that or tweak that in terms of our growth assumption but if we use that number we should be growing our support by no more than about 3. 5 if were not going to continue to exacerbate the citys deficit. So what that translates to is you take this 813 which is where we should end this budget process and grow it by 3. 5 and end up at 842 and the same for the next year and the next year. So if our general fund stays within that constraints, we wont be cutting services, but well still be growing but we wont be growing at a rate that is eating in to the increasing the deficit and eat north to everybody eels else share of the general fund. And then lastly, what can you do is if you take that
Pay for general city responsibilities which is things like Retiree Health subsidiaries , Health Service Administration Costs and those dollars that we must spend keep City Services running and were obligated do not have a policy choice to make to reduce them without other action and that leaves about 2. 5 billion that is available that is truly a matter of policy addition correction so in that light our 715 million is much larger share puts us at about 30 of the total discretionary dollars that are available to allocate and so that is a big portion its a much bigger portion than when you look at the higher level numbers and that is one of the reasons that our budget is a major factor for the citys general Fund Balancing plan and vice versa when the general fund is in trouble were in trouble and when were in trouble the general fund is in trouble so thats why were always working very carefully to coordinate with Mayors Office and Controllers Office on our Financial Planning so that it a
Share puts us at about 30 of the total discretionary dollars that are available to allocate and so that is a big portion its a much bigger portion than when you look at the higher level numbers and that is one of the reasons that our budget is a major factor for the citys general Fund Balancing plan and vice versa when the general fund is in trouble were in trouble and when were in trouble the general fund is in trouble so thats why were always working very carefully to coordinate with Mayors Office and Controllers Office on our Financial Planning so that it alliance with the citys approach. So any questions on that piece of it . Commissioner. With regards to our 715 million general fund support at 29 how did that compare to other departments, what are the next top three perhaps . All right, here we go. Lets see. So if you look in the second column of numbers you can see the general fund support so just to kick a couple off theyre on the prior page so you can see Police Department at 4
Is available that is truly a matter of policy addition correction so in that light our 715 million is much larger share puts us at about 30 of the total discretionary dollars that are available to allocate and so that is a big portion its a much bigger portion than when you look at the higher level numbers and that is one of the reasons that our budget is a major factor for the citys general Fund Balancing plan and vice versa when the general fund is in trouble were in trouble and when were in trouble the general fund is in trouble so thats why were always working very carefully to coordinate with Mayors Office and Controllers Office on our Financial Planning so that it alliance with the citys approach. So any questions on that piece of it . Commissioner. With regards to our 715 million general fund support at 29 how did that compare to other departments, what are the next top three perhaps . All right, here we go. Lets see. So if you look in the second column of numbers you can see th
Resignation and harsh words about the governments muddled thinking over the brexit negotiations. But what about the other side of the Negotiating Table . Is there clarity there . Until last week, Jonathan Faull was britains top man in the European Commission, who worked closely with the eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier hes been speaking to our Political Editor nick watt. Whats he been saying . Jonathan faull has been an eu lifer until retirement and he has put some questions over the uk Core Calculations for the brexit negotiations. As we were hearing, he has said he doesnt believe uk can buy Privileged Access to the Single Market. We reported a few months ago that senior whitehall officials were eyeing this idea because the uk cannot accept the Core Principles of the Single Market which is accepting Free Movement of people and the jurisdiction of the European Court ofjustice. WhatJonathan Faull is saying, you are either a member of the Single Market, in which case you accept its ru