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■ ■ ■ ■ <br /> THlS IS <br /> For the Week of June 20 - June 24, 1994 <br /> ADMINISTRATION <br /> The last several weeks have been very difficult ones for staff in that amidst all our <br /> regular duties and crisis management, we have all been working to develop the new <br /> budget format for the 1995 Budget. At last count, all staff are still with us, but we're <br /> not sure if Mike Ulrich is going to get through this with the same amount of hair that <br /> he has now he has been observed on numerous occasions pulling out his hair. I <br /> have quickly emulated this activity as the software I need to complete the <br /> Administrative Services budgets will not load into the computer. Murphy, that little <br /> devil, has taken roost in Mounds View City Hall! <br /> The first draft of the 1995 Budget will be distributed in the Work Session packet for <br /> the meeting on July 5th. The Budget Work Session will be held the following day, <br /> Wednesday, July 6th at 6:00 p.m. <br /> Please note that the first draft of the Budget represents the first draft of an entirely <br /> new format, plus the old budget format - staff has had to do double the work to <br /> develop the budget. As changes are made, the subsequent drafts will be perfected <br /> until the final draft will represent all the necessary documentation in final form. <br /> There are several policy issues that the Council will be asked to determine as we <br /> proceed through the budget process. These issues relate to the level of capital <br /> expenditures (included in the Long Term Financial Plan), staff levels, service and <br /> program levels. At the last Council Work Session, the Council determine the General <br /> Fund Budget should be under an overall 5% increase. While Don Brager and myself <br /> have reduced department program budgets, many of the reductions necessary to <br />