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• person with recreation experience and clerical experience. Additionally, we had some concerns about continuation of service under a combined recreation/clerical position- . primarily that the recreation coordinator's busiest time is the spring and summer, and that would basically leave Mary, Roland and myself without any support in those very busy months (building permits, budget-time, etc...). I think we've come up with a good compromise solution, and this will add only about 3/4 of a full-time equivalent to our staffing level. In addition, you will see a recommended 3% increase in employee compensation for 2004. As always, I am concerned about retaining the high-quality, hard working employees that we have, and I made some other adjustments in the budget (cutting other line items, looking for additional revenue sources), in order to offer a more attractive compensation amount to our employees. I continue to believe that our employees are our strongest asset, and I am concerned that we may not be competitive with other cities in the metro our size, so I am looking for your support in helping to retain them through a 3% increase in 2004. In addition, we did think of another capital item for next year-new accounting software for Roland. The current system is DOS based, and the supplier is probably going to begin phasing out support of the system in the next year or so. This is a large expenditure, although Roland and I are investigating other options as well. We just want to make sure there is a placeholder in the budget if we need to replace it next year. • This budget represents a flat levy-the same rate we used last year. If there is an increase, it would be directly attributed to the county's valuation of the property o~-- there will be no levy increase on the part of the city through its levy. We have some preliminary numbers from the County, which we are working on. Roland and I will have that info for you at the meeting-it came in too late this week for us to include. Additionally, we saw a small increase in our fiscal disparities allocation. You have also requested a 10% reduction budget. Unfortunately, I did not have time to complete that this week. I will try to have this done by Wednesday evening. It will not vary too much from that of 2003. Please note that we saved nearly $12,000 in our parks and recreation program this year- due to staff recommendations about coaching levels, programming, and fees. I am very proud of Bill and Diane for making these changes and saving a substantial sum in the process. This is reflected in the Parks Programs Special Revenue Fund. I think that is about it please call me on Tuesday if you have any questions. Have a great long weekend! •