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2000 Budget <br />August 1, 2000 <br />Page 7 <br /> <br />route when sections of the east Elk River area are developed (i.e. Trott Brook <br />Farms). The snow plowing equipment is already available in the department. <br />If this employee is not added, then we will need to hire more contracted <br />services for snow removal and more part time help for park maintenance <br />during the summer. <br /> <br />The equipment requested in the streets budget includes the General Fund <br />financing the hoist, radio system, and two used trucks. The proposal is to use <br />equipment certificates for the larger expenditure, the roadside mower. The <br />hoist being requested is part of the plan to relocate the mechanic area to the <br />section of the building that the school originally occupied. <br /> <br />This department is up mainly in the personal services area and in the capital <br />outlay area. However, the contracted services for seal coating and overlay <br />work is also proposed to increase by $21,000 in 2001. An addition to the <br />normal seal coat program is planned in order to do Jackson Avenue and Main <br />Street. <br /> <br />Equipment Repair & Maintenance...This budget is up in the personal <br />services, capital outlay, and supplies categories. Supplies are up over $20,000 <br />and this amount is driven by a low estimate last year and more services <br />being requested from other city departments. <br /> <br />Snow Removal...This department is up in the personal services area. <br /> <br />Parks...This budget is up in the personal services and capital outlay areas. <br />In addition to the mower listed in this budget, another purchase is planned to <br />take place using equipment reserves. This is for a large $48,000 turf mower. <br /> <br />Recreation...This budget is broken into four different programs...Area-wide <br />Recreation, Adult Recreation, Youth Recreation, and Youth Initiatives. <br />Overall, Areawide Recreation is going up approximately $12,000, Youth <br />Recreation is going up approximately $11,000, and Youth Initiatives is going <br />down $5,000. <br /> <br />Summary.... At first look, nothing being requested by the department heads <br />is extravagant or out of line with what they need in order to provide the best <br />service possible to our citizens. However, the fact is that we cannot afford <br />everything being requested and some adjustments in expenditures are going <br />to be necessary. Overall the budget proposal is up $705,150 or 12 percent <br />from the adopted 2000 budget. By way of comparison, last year expenditures <br />at the first budget meeting were up approximately $550,000 or 10.2 percent. <br />If you add the additional capital outlay that is in the General Fund, then the <br />initial 2001 requests are not too much different than they were last year. <br />When looking at inflation (approx. 3 percent), community growth (approx. 5 <br />percent), expanded services (cable TV, building inspections, computer <br /> <br /> <br />