1987/11/18 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

1 450 , November 18,1987 f 1987. Thisprimarily results from the completionof.the 1984 program whereby the State subsidized the shift of the property tax if away from business inventories. The last payment was received this ear making 1988 the final year of the transition. This less of revenue is offset somewhat by expeced growth in our share of revenues Vehicle Excise Tax and the Gas TaxThe state expects.the Prom the Liquor Excise and Liquor Profits taxes to remain stable in 1988. All Other Revenue Sources a e We a projecting a 9%decrease in 1988 revenues from the remaining general government sources. This results vfrom expected reductions in various Snterfund payments and a reduction In the amount of cash carried forward into 1988 as compared to this year. P Expenses The 1988 expense budget contains some new programs and personnel in areas that are currentlyn underserved. Personnel nel include four phased in library positions, o a staff person inthe clerk's office, a financial position in utilities/public works,h and one half-time a person at the animal shelter. Among all of program andshave requests which wee reviewed et our first budget workshop, we retained those whichli we feel have the greatest potential to support or enhance our necessary services. {If It should also be noted that fifteen additional new staff positions Ii.: have been included in theanion 1988.budget which are on "hold" status. I By this we mean, that their salaries have been included along with estimated revenues to support the increased cost. Becauseof recent Ings and economic predictions, we are going to monitor our major revenue sources before making Pinel commitments n these positions. Police c. T�police operating budget for 1988 ontains a significant pp adjustment for additional personnel. Nine new positions were 11 1, i authorized in 1987 along with seven more in 1988. At this time, f 1 III the added staff are on the'hold list". We recognize the need for a 1 ld l I', greater level of service based on the tremendous increase in the ember of dispatched tails and the rapidly expanding south end. We I'•� attempting [ maintain o standards in c er ge entl response 1'11 1 �A t, tines. TM1Ss ceno only be accompllehetl by.moreooPPicex5 antl petrol t1 ars. fX , ! Fire I y The dire budget cone ns two new positions fee Ifo whicinvestigator are in the k 1 1' y "hold" category. We have recognized the need for an nve st iga[or ��. , who can devote additional time to the task of monitoring and tracking incidents of arson in the City. We also are faced with if mandated standards for ealing with hazardous materials imposed by fi I1 q 1'+I personnel al will government, in providing without any yimportant sup going Also, �t+i1 programs for our fixe personnel. training I 1 }}I I� ,' Sbxaxyy � i The library budget has four new phased-in positions added for 1988. 11 1 9 A1 h 1 1 � '' 1 1 1 n F';