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Item #9 N T~: 1Vlayor and City Council F1~~1VI: Lori Johnson, City Administrator DATE: August 2, 2010 SUBJECT: 2011 Budget Discussion As we discussed previously, at this budget work session we will begin detailed General fund budget review with the general government departments. Attached is the budget detail for those funds along with the proposed 2011 goals by division. At Monday's meeting we will go through each of the attached budgets in as much detail as the Council desires. The Council's consensus on the 2011 tax levy, pay increases, and use of LGA are all incorporated in this draft budget. It is typical that there are more expenditure requests than funds available in the initial budget process. That gap is eliminated during the budget process as requests are thoroughly evaluated and prioritized and additional funding sources are identified and revenue estimates are adjusted. In fact, the gap this year is less than the initial gap last year. Including the three Council consensus items noted above, there is currently a budget gap of approximately $550,000 that needs to be closed. That number will change slightly as we are still refining some of the line item amounts. Expenditures in the draft budget are increasing $345,600 over 2010; this includes $320,400 of capital outlay in addition to the $250,000 for equipment replacement charges. Additionally, the Ice .Arena and Pinewood have requested $68,250 in capital outlay. This affects the General fiend because of the transfers from the General fund to fully fiord their operations. The list of capital outlay items included in the budget is attached for your review. Obviously, funds aren't available to purchase all of these items. Some will need to be delayed whIle others may be purchased with LGA if and when that is received. Also, if a department will be under budget in 2010 or if the entire 2010 General fund budget has a surplus, some of these items could be purchased in 2010 and eliminated from the 2011 budget. We will review each of the capital requests when the corresponding department/division budget is discussed. The Fleet Committee is finalizing the equipment purchases for 2011; therefore, that data is not included with this memo. It will be included in next week's packet in preparation for the discussion on public safety and public works budgets.