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471 <br /> October'1-0,1d7S <br /> This budget can be summarized in the Word: responsive. The 19Eq budget <br /> is responsive to the community:to the Council:to the various committees, <br /> commissions, aintaining <br /> oanndd boards obe more precise,tthe for <br /> he budget is responsive to them <br /> maintenance <br /> of ph,sical community assets,nanmly the street,water,and sewer syst <br /> and responsive to community services <br /> around growth,namely, <br /> • <br /> Planning,n.engineering,inspection,building development,transit,and ems, <br /> recreatio <br /> bet us examine for a moment <br /> ch <br /> concept of <br /> responsiveness was translated <br /> relying pcompete ithPrinciples et uire an slight manner£from in myrioe ase"budget processan the by <br /> budgetary <br /> s <br /> nbegrg. oritie • <br /> e ts to eliminate wide n,w to the de _ <br /> rspectives on desired'nnin with firmpservices,between administrative and department <br /> Init <br /> thanr100Yz existingthe departments sforward with a b collective list of more <br /> inclidea absorption al tr <br /> eet improve- <br /> ments,and the correction of <br /> eficiencies in <br /> ilities. The <br /> most affetask at cteawas <br /> servrce�aecr ssdthe y. in priority,£ihe hams which • <br /> The final priorities resulted from <br /> • <br /> voiced <br /> members of this Council,the <br /> listening spectrum concerns <br /> plan the library <br /> and dideliaison committee development,commercial and industrial expansion,and community <br /> From the departmental lists,which exceeded 4 million dollars <br /> the administration selected nts that primarily coincided <br /> With <br /> problems and issues. <br /> herefore,the 1900 budget <br /> primarily addresses <br /> priority <br /> or planner, <br /> eers,inspectors, <br /> and <br /> dlthe leisure services secontingent ruch as the permits,aonTnd pz programs.gen"men 1 reviews,and <br /> Revenue increases are forecast in a limited number of major accounts such <br /> as property tax,sales <br /> H 0 tax. /n addition,we have carried .1 <br /> forward some dollars from x1079dbased <br /> tures and more revenues than anticipated. The property tax <br /> limited to 66 growth over tim 1070 base,plus new <br /> on whi <br /> con <br /> tructi <br /> afY is <br /> ccounts foraent rate of i additioal£12tron cease to that base.sThis iseabouthhalf • <br /> theThe <br /> sales tax accounts have grown over the past several <br /> years due factors, inflation and volume of <br /> attributedvolun.can be t fosse 1 <br /> the influx of many new people. The two <br /> H 0 tax center on w <br /> anconstruction. <br /> More 11Y <br /> the manufacturing B , <br /> stax increases belargely the id l£iro ted <br /> The hand,volume,but - sibsome tial new Start. <br /> iortgage rates de <br /> have <br /> len <br /> commerc <br /> al and industrial , <br /> construction appear to continue in a healthy pattern. 1,78 and 1070 in <br /> retrospect were boom <br /> to rely such rates mina ubtedly p given current Market <br /> unrealistic <br /> deciding a fate of new constructs immediate suture. n <br />