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CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S SECOND QUARTER REPORT MONTHS APRIL - JULY, 1994 To say that a lot has been accomplished in the last four months would be a gross understatement. The City Council and staff have had a most productive four months and the reward is that August should be a little less intense so that all of us who plan to take vacations can do so without heavy issues hanging over our heads. Rather than go into long, drawn out narratives, I have shorten my quarterly report to brief "bullet" items that will present, what I hope will be, an informative "overview" . A special notation must be made, however, regarding the enormous amount of staff time that has been involved in the development of the new Program/Performance based budget format for the 1995 Budget, both General Fund and all Enterprise Funds. This has been an almost year long endeavor that has truly put to the test the resolve of the staff to create a budget document that is more representative of the service to cost philosophy. The number, of additional hours put in by staff to develop their program budgets number in the hundreds . For a while, weekends and weekday nights for many of us became a blurr as we worked to perfect our programs for years 1995, 1994 , 1993 and 1992 . The 1995 Budget has been balanced in the quickest timeframe since I came to the City in 1991 . Not only has the General Fund Budget been balanced, but all Enterprise Fund Budgets are complete and should be finalized by the end of September - another record. The conversion to a Program budget has not been easy. It could not have been completed without the commitment and dedication both of Council and Staff to work together to make the process work. My thanks to the staff and to the Council for what has been a difficult but very successful endeavor. APRIL * Cathy Bennett joined the staff as the Economic Development Coordinator. * Jennifer Bergman joined the staff as the Housing Intern and began the 12 month housing stock analysis. * The Council/Staff Strategic Planning Session was held and the FOCUS 2000 Implementation Plan was developed. * Staff participates in MAC's first meeting of area communities to discuss the proposed changes to the Anoka-County/Blaine Airport.