Memo-Adjustments Made to the 2004 Budget
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. Administrative Services Department
Office of the City Manager
Memorandum
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Steven C. Mielke, City Manager ~
Date: November 21, 2003
Subject: Adjustments Made to the 2004 Budget
Staff and Council have been working on the 2004 budget for a number of months, and
along the way have made incremental decisions towards reaching a final budget. The
attached summary is intended to detai,l the adjustments that have been made thus far
based upon staff's understanding of the Council's desires. At the Work Session staff
will review this summary with the Council as a tool to help in verifying the direction the
budget is headed.
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. ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO 2004 BUDGET
$ 288,000 Reduce capital spending
$ 367,000 Eliminate six positions. (Assessor, Residential Appraiser, Assistant to
the City Manager, Dispatcher, Communications Coordinator, Meter
Reader)
$ 232,500 Public Works reorganization net savings, eliminates three
Maintenance' Workers and one Superintendent. (does not include
transition costs)
$ 35,000 Reduction of hours of two secretarial positions
$ 12,500 Reduce hours of operations at Activity Center
$ 12,100 Cancel cleaning contract at Activity Center
$ 12,1 00 Cancel cleaning contract at Public Works
$ 14,000 Reduce hours of warming houses and park attendants
$ 60,000 Postpone hiring of police officer
$ 9,000 Reduce training, travel & membership budgets
$ 1,000 Reduce health & welfare budget
$ 9,600 Reduce miscellaneous expenses
$ 12,000 Reduce number of volunteer fire fighters from 40 to 36
. $ 5,000 Reduced fire prevention supplies
$1,069,800 TOTAL SA VINGS
$ 5,000 Implement membership fee at the Activity Center
$ 53,000 Increase charges for services for building activities
$ 14,000 Increase revenues for fire inspections
$ 40,000 Increase rental license fees
$ 265,000 Create franchise fees
$ 186.000 Increase general fund operations levy
$ 562,000 TOTAL NEW REVENUE SOURCES
$ 15,000 Contract out traffic marking
$ 30,000 Skid Loader
$ 56,500 Contract out for Assessing services
$ 101,500 TOTAL NEW COSTS
$1,530,300 NET SAVINGS & COSTS AND NEW REVENUE SOURCES
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