1990/10/17 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

:.,4 7,,, ,,918 41 October 17,1990 This budget includes money to fund our City Hall at the Mall . project. We experimental lust completed a highly successful three month i t program r g a 1 and rough this innovative way to provide servhave had the opportunity to have first ,I,.I d t t wit 600 E erettt area people. That simply could not have been accomplished a city + hall that is open eight 4', to five,Piexpanding' e days a eek. Vie will beexpo d1 g services to neighborhoods by establishing a tree planting program, an experimental lean up project, and our Neighborhood policing. ;4 The growth of the south end of our city hes been extremely rapid and 1t is nows ary for us to establish fixe station tT in the 511 Lake reWe will reflect in this budget the hiring of the necessary p o 1 t the station. Since it takes almost a year to fully train new file fighters w6 ill start the new hires in the-f 1 of 19 1 and look to the 1992budget to fund the station and equipment. rn t We ill c beginthe first phase of upgrading our Fire II Department's hazardousmaterials response team-es federal laws 104' mandate our role in this area {p 3& The 1991 budget includes montes to Mart an ell out effort to Prepare for our Centennial Celebration beginning in the spring Of 4 �1 1993. It is crucial begin this process now so we can attract ' participation from throughout the community as well as our friends from'other countries. Th p person Fixed for this position wall be 11;1/.4 responsible to attract full slate of state wide conventions and + lll activities to be held in Everett during our celebration period. "1 a(�� 1Thees will also brequired to be the resource person to raise the funds t k this a celebration that will make people takenotice of Everett and reinforce pride in all of aux citizens. Our centennial x111 be the highlight of en exciting emerging new ;!� Everett... �M,�... 1 This budget will also include a commitment to our most valuable future resource, the young people of ourcommunity. We will hire a ' full time youth director d provide mones for youth programs. 1 4s �1 We ere truly et a fulcrum point in our future. The projects and ' a1 booams that are our in this budget reflect a commitment to t 1 1 responsive to customers,the people of Everett. Whileotherti d thecountry are Pacing rapidly declining 0 possible cession, Everett has chosen noto i 4 participate,but t rathera leader in demonstrating that workingg 1y tog th With citizens, e can build a community that offersWI 4 bright future f y t e. {. To 1 h e going to pay for these new programs we need to look at our revenue picture. First we are projecting that our actual general government revenues • u Por 1990 will exceed budgeted revenues by 6.5%. Our projections for 1991 show overall growth in general government revenues of 5.5%. y We anticipate etn 9%growth in u regular be used tax rev noes in government he n revenues will primarily be used to fund general government operation s,ue iM1i _ 11r