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Item # 4. I . ~~ i cty of „', Elk River MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Lori Johnson, City Administrator DATE: August 9, 2010 SUBJECT: 2011 Budget At Monday's work session, we will continue budget discussions by reviewing the streets, snow removal, equipment services, engineering, police, fire, and emergency management budgets as well as the proposed fleet purchases. For the most part, the budgets are relatively unchanged; although, there are several proposed policy changes and capital outlay requests that staff will present for Council input and direction. This memo outlines only the highlights of the budgets. We will, of course, discuss the budgets in as much detail as the Council wants at the meeting. Fleet Committee First, we will review the Fleet Committee's recommendations for capital purchases in 2011. The Committee has worked diligently to utilize equipment and vehicles without regard for department lines and to pass on used equipment to other departments whenever possible. They have consistently scrutinized purchases to ensure that equipment replacement funds are maximized by extending the life cycle of equipment whenever possible, sharing equipment city-wide, and transferring equipment no longer functional or needed in one department to another department instead of buying new. Committee Chair Mark Thompson and Finance Director Tim Simon will go over the 2011 proposal and the five year projections for both purchases and fund balance at the meeting. The replacement cost to fund the purchases is included in the proposed budget. Public Works Next, we will review the street, snow removal and equipment services budgets. These budgets are either slightly below or less than a percent above last year's budgets after one adjustment to move the capital outlay proposed in the snow removal budget to the equipment replacement fund is made. This item was requested in the budget process instead of through the fleet committee; therefore, an adjustment needs to be made. Another item