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PLANNING <br /> <br />Provides the principal contact between the developers of residential, <br />commercial, and industrial properties. Coordinates staff reports <br />for Planning Commission and City Council deliberations <br />concerning zoning, variances, platting, waivers and conditional use <br />permits. Program efforts relate to everyday relationships between <br />planning, implementation and development of the city. <br /> <br />Serves as liaison for the Planning Commission, reviews and makes <br />recommendations on current activities, and develops long-range <br />plans to guide the physical development of the municipality. <br /> <br />Provides for City Planning Consultants to offer input, when <br />requested, on planning proposals, and special long and short range <br />planning projects. <br /> <br />1997 BUDGET COMPARED WITH 1996 BUDGET <br /> <br />This departmental budget is: <br /> <br />Proposed in the amount of $165,700; <br />A $21,500 or 15% increase compared to the adopted 1996 budget; <br />Approximately 3.6% of the total General Fund expenditures. <br /> <br />Almost 90% of the expenditures in this budget are for personal services. The <br />personal services category is proposed to increase bye. The maiorim <br />of the increase in personal services is for the addition o~ a ~'lann~ng Intern in <br />~the spring. The planning department currently has three employe'es: U~ty ' <br />~~,',~ssistant City Planner, and Planning Secretary;. <br /> <br />The largest operating expenditure is for the public hearing notices to be <br />published in the local newspaper. The other professional services category <br />has increase~by $1,500 to a total of $3,000 and expenditures in this line item <br />call for the hiring of a planning consultant to work with staff on a :aighway <br />corridor, landscaping, and pedestrian trail study. <br /> <br /> <br />