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Fire Departments (requested): Administration—The Fire Administration Budget includes the replacement of 10 sets of turnout gear in the Operating Supplies line item. This would start a replacement process as the gear gets older and is in need of replacement. Regular pay decreases due to the building maintenance allocation consolidation. Part-time pay includes the administrative assistant, forty on-call firefighters, and duty officer compensation. The Capital Outlay request includes extrication equipment and a master key vehicle retention box system. Inspections—The Fire Inspections Budget also includes the fire marshal position which will be cross- walked at the end of the budget process to the Building Safety budget. No other significant changes noted for the inspections budget. Emergency Management—The 2012 Capital Outlay included the final year of the radio board upgrades for the sirens. The 2013 Capital Outlay request is for emergency operations center (EOC) radio equipment and upgrades. Safety-The Safety Budget includes all the city-wide training including supplies. Other Professional Services includes the contracted safety training,which the chief is looking at changing to another organization. In addition,Professional Services includes a policy manual update. The Safety Budget is funded via our Insurance Reserve Fund which we have historically received a dividend for liability insurance and recently workers compensation. The 2011 amount was $38,054. We continue to expect the dividend to cover our Safety Budget. Revenues and Expenditure Summaries: The attached General Fund revenues and expenditures are updated with a few slight changes as more updated revenues and expenditures information has been obtained. Total General Fund expenditures were$13,046,900 on July 9 and currently is $13,018,700(difference is street maintenance overtime added, insurance adjustments, and a few other minor updates). Council discussed including an amount for elections for 2013,based on further review we agree with a level amount and would like to start the consistent amount in the 2014 budget and beyond. The requested budget is prepared using the same total tax levy as the 2012 budget. Breakout is as follows: City of Elk River 2013 Preliminary Tax Levy Pay 2012 Pay 2013 Levy Levy General Fund $ 9,142,170 $ 9,303,135 Library 63,100 63,100 Surface Water Management 50,000 50,000 Debt Service 592,041 643,497 Tax Abatement 428,504 216,083 Total City Levy $10,275,815 $10,275,815 %Change in City Tax Levy 0.00% N:\Public Bodies\City Council\Council RCA\Agenda Packet\08-20-2012\budgetstaffreport0820.docx