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Page 7 City Council Budget Meeting September 29. 1987 e Parks-$1.500 from a reduction in the Supplies and Contractural Service categories. Recreation-$500 from miscellaneous expenditures. Contingency-$5.000 TOTAL - $48.500 The Council and Administrator concurred that all of the possible reductions listed above are not likely to take place. and that even if they did. there would still be about a $50.000 gap between expenditures and Revenue Option #2. The Council again discussed the need for the additional revenues from the Electric Utility to help finance needed public services including the additional time required by the Fire Chief and additional police services. The Administrator and Finance Director then reviewed the previously classified Special Levies with the City Council. It was noted that most of these special levy budgets have been wrapped into the City's general tax levy in 1988. but that the method of levying may revert back to the 1987 format in the future years. Therefore. these budget areas are kept separate from the standard general fund expenditure budget. e The PUBLIC LIBRARY budget calls for expenditures of $40.050. This is a reduction from the 1987 adopted budget because of the large expenditure in 1987 for new carpeting. It was noted that 1% of the City street crew time is again allocated to the library in 1988. The Capital Outlay expenditures calls for $3.000 to be placed in reserve for self insurance purposes. plus the purchase of a 16 millimeter projector. smoke detectors and general furniture and fixture items. The DUTCH ELM budget calls for expenditures in the amount of $18.200. This is a $3.050. increase over the 1987 adopted budget. The main increase in this budget is for the purchase of trees for a replanting program throughout the community. It was noted that the City will only be levying for $10.000 for Dutch Elm activities and that $8.200 for financing this budget will be taken from the Dutch Elm reserves. It was further noted that if additional Dutch Elm funds are to be used in helping to finance the Main Street improvement beautification project in 1988 an additional amount can be levied in 1989 to balance any deficit due to additional 1988 expenditures. The INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT budget calls for expenditures in the amount of $95.000. The street crew has 10% of its total time allocated to this department. The major expenditure for Infrastructure Replacement is for an overlay project on Orono Road and for other smaller infrastructure replacement projects. It was noted that a policy on the use of Infrastructure Replacement funds for certain types of projects will be presented to the Council during the winter months. e