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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />SEPTEMBER 2, 1992 <br />funds after that point be transferred into the General <br />Capital Improvement Fund. The Administrator <br />recommended against these funds remaining undesignated. <br />Scalze suggested that this excess budget amount could <br />be used to lower the tax levy. Scalze also suggested <br />that each department should have a 5-year capital <br />improvement plan. <br />Blesener noted that the City has received a lot of <br />charitable gambling donations in the past, however, <br />this source of revenue has declined dramatically. The <br />City needs to plan for capital improvements. <br />The Administrator reviewed the City's bonded <br />indebtedness in detail. <br />The next department reviewed was Cable TV which is <br />proposed at $39,500 for 1993 versus $34,830 for 1992. <br />It was noted that this department is not funded through <br />tax levies, but rather Cable TV franchise fees. <br />The City Administrator again reported that he has <br />provided for employee wage step increases in the 1993 <br />budget proposal plus 3.5o inflationary increases. It <br />was the Administrator's recommendation that another <br />workshop be held to discuss the issue of wages. <br />The Administrator pointed out that the City must <br />certify its maximum levy to the County by September <br />15th. Between that time and the Truth in Taxation <br />Hearing sometime in December, the 1993 Budget will be <br />fine-tuned. The Administrator stated that $1,870,013 <br />be certified to the County as the City's maximum levy <br />on September 15th. <br />Blesener noted the adjustments made to the Fire <br />Department's budget this evening will lower that amount <br />somewhat ($1,859,747). It was pointed out that with <br />those adjustments, the 1993 Budget proposal is <br />approximately 4% higher than the 1992 Budget. <br />Scalze expressed concern with the fact that the <br />assistant recreation directors' salaries had not been <br />cut. <br />The City Administrator explained that he had not <br />implemented the cuts since the program was in a <br />transitionary period, and there were a lot of things <br />being done that were not anticipated. These include <br />the Director training to provide schooling for <br />certification of coaches, the Director coordinating <br />maintenance activities with Public Works, various <br />Page 13 <br />