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Subdivision 2. The Public Service Program. The program shall be a continuing five-year plan for all public services, estimating future needs for the public health, safety and welfare of the City. It shall measure the objectives and needs for each city department, the standard of services desired, and the impact of each such service on the annual operating budget. Subdivision 3. The Capital Improvement Plan. This program shall consist of projects and facilities that are or will be needed by the City in carrying out the anticipated program of public services. It shall include a list of all capital improvements proposed to be undertaken during the next five fiscal years, with appropriate supporting information as to the necessity for such improvements; cost estimate, method of financing and recommended time schedule for each such improvement; and the estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining the facilities to be constructed or acquired. This information shall be revised and extended each year for capital improvements still pending or in process. Subdivision 4. A Long-Term Revenue Program. This program shall consist of a tentative revenue policy which describes long-term plans for financing public services and capital improvements. Subdivision 5. The Capital Budget. This program shall be a summary on the basis of a five year period of the capital or money requirements for the above described programs. It shall list a priority for each anticipated investment in community facilities and balance this with a consideration of the availability • of necessary revenues. Subdivision 6. A summary of the long-term financial plan shall be published in the city newsletter annually. Section 7.06. Council Action on Budget. Subdivision 1. The budget shall be considered at the first regular monthly meeting of the Council in September and at subsequent meetings until a budget is adopted for the ensuing year. The meetings shall be so conducted as to give interested citizens a reasonable opportunity to be heard. The Council may revise the proposed budget but no amendment to the budget shall increase the authorized expenditures to an amount greater than the estimated income. The Council shall adopt the budget by a resolution that shall set forth the total for each budgeted fund and each department with such segregation as to objects and purposes of expenditures as the Council deems necessary for purposes of budget control. The Council shall also adopt a resolution levying the amount of taxes provided in the• budget, and the Clerk-Administrator shall certify the tax resolution to the County Auditor in accordance with state law. Adoption of the budget resolution shall constitute appropriations at the beginning of the fiscal year of the sums 'fixed in the resolution of the several purposes named. Subdivision 2. At least two weeks before the budget is adopted for the ensuing fiscal year, a summary shall be given in the City Newsletter, in draft form, of the budget.. Such summary shall be set forth in language designed to be readily understood by the layperson, and shall provide appropriate supporting 410 Mounds View City Charter