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proposal from the fire department has <br /> not been received. An increase of 10% <br /> has tentatively been budgeted. <br /> * Legal Staff has reason to believe that the <br /> City Attorney will request an increase <br /> in the hourly rate charged the City. <br /> The previous year's budgeted amount has <br /> been included in the 1992 Budget. <br /> * Garage Equipment repairs has been increased by <br /> $3, 030 for overhead garage door repairs. <br /> They are presently in need of repair, <br /> however, there are not sufficient funds <br /> in the 1991 budget. <br /> Capital requests for 1992 have previously been discussed <br /> in conjunction with the Capital Improvements Plan of the Long <br /> Term Financial Plan and as a consequence will not be repeated in <br /> this memorandum. <br /> Staff began a second round of budget hearings to reduce the <br /> $444, 353 difference between 1992 expenditures and available <br /> revenues. The results of those efforts are contained in the <br /> column labelled "Team Requests" . Staff eliminated all of the <br /> requests for new personnel or expanded hours for existing <br /> personnel as it was felt that the costs could not be justified in <br /> light of the great imbalance between available revenues and <br /> requested expenditures. Other reductions have been made to <br /> departmental budgets with the goal of maintaining present <br /> personnel and essential services. At the present time further <br /> expenditure reductions or revenue enhancements of $214, 726 must <br /> be made to achieve a balanced budget. <br /> Staff is presently developing proposals for your consideration to <br /> realize the goal of a balanced budget for 1992 . Some items under <br /> consideration include: <br /> * Reviewing City feesandcharges and increasing them when <br /> feasible and appropriate. <br /> * Development of new user fees. One possibility is the <br /> establishment of a street lighting utility. <br /> * Investigating the impact of the elimination of some <br /> City services that are non essential in nature. <br /> * Consideration of the use of reserves as a temporary <br /> measure to balance the 1992 budget thereby allowing <br /> more time to study the long range impacts of a <br /> permanent reduction in revenues upon the provision of City <br /> services. <br />