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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />NOVEMBER 27, 1991 <br />Provided the reductions listed on page 43 are adopted, <br />the budget deficit will be reduced to $37,770, and the <br />City Administrator recommended an additional $25,000 in <br />cuts to provide a cushion to meet any future State aid <br />cuts that could occur during 1992. <br />On page 44 of his memo, the City Administrator reviewed <br />additional potential cuts that could be made to address <br />the remaining budget deficit. The City Administrator <br />reported that he has broken down the list of potential <br />cuts outlined on page 44 into two steps. The first <br />step involves $27,400 in cuts and includes $10,000 from <br />the City's contribution to the Fire Relief Association, <br />$2,400 by restricting the City newsletter to 4 pages, <br />and $15,000 from Fire Department compensation <br />increases. <br />The City Administrator reported that from his <br />calculations of figures presented at the November 12th <br />workshop, there appears to be $20,950 of new money in <br />compensation for the Fire Department. The <br />Administrator stated that while he does not dispute the <br />need for the additional compensation, all City <br />Departments have been cauqht by the budget situation. <br />The Administrator did not believe this was the year <br />that the City could deal with the full increase being <br />requested by the Fire Department. <br />The Administrator outlined Step 2 which includes <br />cutting the Canadian Days budget by $10,000, cutting <br />Accounting Services by $3,000 through the ability to do <br />more in-house, cutting the City's contribution to Fire <br />Relief by an additional $5,000, cutting $9,025 from <br />Northwest Youth and Family Services. Step 2 involves <br />$27,025 in cuts. <br />The City Administrator pointed out that if both Steps 1 <br />and 2 are adopted, the result would be a General Fund <br />surplus of $3,655. <br />In addition to all of the above, the City Administrator <br />reported that he has identified some additional <br />reductions and revenue sources, those involving <br />reduction of $3,600 from the Street Department <br />Temporary Employee line item, $6,400 in additional <br />revenues from increased adult field maintenance fees, <br />and reduction of $2,000 from storm clean-up line item. <br />Page 2 <br />