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<br />PLANNING <br /> <br />. <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 concerning <br />zoning, variances, platting, and conditional use permits. Program <br />efforts relate to everyday relationships between planning, <br />implementation and development of the city. <br /> <br />Serves as liaison for the planning commission and the park and <br />recreation commission, reviews and makes recommendations on <br />current activities, and develops long-range plans to guide the physical <br />development of the municipality. <br /> <br />Provides for city planning consultants to offer input, when requested, <br />on planning proposals, and special long and short range planning <br />~~. I <br /> <br />2000 BUDGET COMPARED WITH 1999 BUDGET <br /> <br />This departmental budget is: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- Proposed in the amount of $230,500; <br />- A $15,450 or 7.2% increase compared to the adopted 1999 budget; <br />- Approximately 4% of the total general fund expenditures. <br /> <br />Slightly over 88% of the expenditures in this budget are for personal services. <br />The personal services category is proposed to increase by $13,800, which <br />represents almost all of the budget increase. This increase is due to typical <br />cost of living increases and step increases within the pay plan. The planning <br />department has a staff of four: director of planning, senior planner, planner, <br />and planning secretary. <br /> <br />The other changes in this departmental budget even out against each other. <br />The equipment repair and maihtenance services line item is down, which <br />slightly offsets an increase in the other professional services line item. The <br />other professional services line item is going up due to the need for consulting <br />services to help with the GIS program and the ArcView mapping system <br />program. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />24 <br />