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1983 LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLAN INTRODUCTION 10 On December 4, 1979, the voters of Mounds View adopted the City's first Home Rule Charter which established several requirements for the City Council and appointed staff regarding financial planning for the City. One of the requirements, Section 7.05, calls for the annual preparation and adoption of a Long -Term Financial Plan by the City Council. The Long -Term Financial Plan, consisting of four elements: Public Service Program, Capital Improvements Plan, Long -Term Revenue Dnnnr am and ran i+al DuAn & --....:a ......ate., pi 1uc luny-, opyC 1 llicit- cial planning on which an annual budget should be based. Thus, the annual budgetary process shall be compatible from year to year and provide for the necessary historical perspective in order to know "where we are and where we are going". The 1983 Long -Term Financial Plan has been prepared with the knowledge that the 1980's will present government with the chal- lenge of continuing to provide essential public services at a time when revenues are remaining stable or decreasing. This Long -Term Financial Plan is being presented in the spirit that government can make improvements in its operations so as to place less of a burden on the local taxpayers and "do more for less". i PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM f The Public Service Program, as outlined by Section 7.05, Subdivision 2, is to 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 needs and objec- tives for each City Department, the standard of services desired, and the impact of each such service on the annual operating budget." Included in the 1983 Public Service Program are organizational charts showing the present organization and staffing of the City's Departments. Attached as Appendix A is the present organizational chart of the City down to the departmental level. The following is a review of each individual Department, an out- line of its basic objectives, an assessment of its needs in order to meet those objectives, and a determination of what effect those needs will have on the City's annual budget. A. Administration - The administration portion of the Public Service Program encompasses a wide variety of activities which need to be addressed individually. These individual areas of activity are City Council, Commissions, Elections, City Hall, Legal and Fire, and Clerk -Administrator's Office.