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1983 LONG-TER14 FINANCIAL PLAN Page Two 1) City Council - The City Council is comprised of five elected officials; Mayor and four Councilmembers, serving non-consecutive terms who, as a body, are responsible for the administration of the City. Basically, the objec- tives of the City Council are identical to those of the City's Departments, as the Council sets the policies which determine each Department's objectives, It is anticipated that the level of service provided by the City Council, as it relates to being a division of the Administration Department, will not be changed and any increased impact on the budget may result from infla- tionary factors, possible compensation increases for the Reecurding 3e'-1'ULal y, or irlti fcco, dVFJ, rth 1 expenses contained within the City Council budget. 2) Commissions - The City has a variety of active commis- sions including Planning, Charter, Festivities, Civil Service, and Parks and Recreation, which serve as advisory bodies to the City Council and, when functioning jointly with other political subdivisions, operate as an administrative body responsible to the City Council. An example of the latter is the North Suburban Cable Communications Commission, a consortium of 10 suburban municipalities established to coordinate the franchising of Cable TV service in the 10 municipalities, of which the City is a member. It is not anticipated that the activities of the City's Commissions will modify in such a way as to signifi- cantly impact upon the budget. Any increases are expected to result from increases in training costs, Recording Secretary salary, and increased operating cost for the Festival in the Park. 3) Elections - The election activities of the City are united to the maintenance of the Voter Registration Card files, provision and maintenance of voting and ballot counting equipment, and supplies and adminis- trative services, including election judges, necessary for the legal and efficient conduct of elections. Except for possible increases in capital expenditures for the purchase of new equipment, it is not anticipated that basic election services will change over the next five years except when special elections are held, which cannot be anticipated, or the State or Federal govern- ments modify the rules and regulations for the conduct of elections in such a way that increased expenditures are required. With the increasing complexity of elections resulting from large voter turnouts and the increased numbers of issues on the ballot, it is felt that the City's three ballot counting machines are no longer adequate for our purposes. These machines must be hand fed resulting in